Steve Toole

Stephen John Toole

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 9, 1859 in New Orleans, LA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1886
Teams (by GP): Grays/Cowboys/Gladiators 1886-1890

Final Game: August 9, 1890
Died: March 28, 1919 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1886	27	BRO	AA	6	6	.500	4.41	13	12	1	11	0	0	104.0	100	92	51	0	64	48	8	0	10	479	78	1.577	8.7	0.0	5.5	4.2	0.75
1887	28	BRO	AA	14	10	.583	4.31	24	24	0	22	1	0	194.0	186	133	93	1	106	48	12	1	14	850	99	1.505	8.6	*0.0*	4.9	2.2	0.45
1888	29	ROC	N/A	9	2	.818	1.53	12	11		11	1		100.0	71	49	17		32	52	3		2			1.030	6.4		2.9	4.7	1.63	ROC · INTA
1888	29	KCC	AA	5	6	.455	6.68	12	10	2	10	0	0	91.2	124	99	68	4	50	35	5	0	12	453	51	1.898	12.2	0.4	4.9	3.4	0.70

1889	30	ROC	N/A	8	18	.308	1.57	27	26		23	2		229.1	195	140	40		104	132	23		14			1.304	7.7		4.1	5.2	1.27	ROC · IL
1890	31	BRG	AA	2	4	.333	4.05	6	6	0	6	0	0	53.1	47	32	24	0	39	10	4	0	5	248	98	1.613	7.9	0.0	6.6	1.7	0.26
4 Yrs				27	26	.509	4.79	55	52	3	49	1	0	443.0	457	356	236	5	259	141	29	1	41	2030	80	1.616	9.3	0.1	5.3	2.9	0.54
162 Game Avg.				17	17	.509	4.79	35	33	2	31	1	0	282	290	226	150	3	165	90	18	1	26	1290	80	1.616	9.3	0.1	5.3	2.9	0.54

BRO (2 yrs)				20	16	.556	4.35	37	36	1	33	1	0	298.0	286	225	144	1	170	96	20	1	24	1329	91	1.530	8.6	0.0	5.1	2.9	0.56
BRG (1 yr)				2	4	.333	4.05	6	6	0	6	0	0	53.1	47	32	24	0	39	10	4	0	5	248	98	1.613	7.9	0.0	6.6	1.7	0.26
KCC (1 yr)				5	6	.455	6.68	12	10	2	10	0	0	91.2	124	99	68	4	50	35	5	0	12	453	51	1.898	12.2	0.4	4.9	3.4	0.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1886	27	BRO	AA	104.0	13	12	92	7.96	5.65	-0.15	0.00	99.0	5.74	-24	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	-1.5	-19	.360	.489	$
1887	28	BRO	AA	194.0	24	24	133	6.17	6.58	-0.06	0.00	99.0	6.57	12	0.9		-0.2	1.7	23	.539	.506	$
1888	29	KCC	AA	91.2	12	10	99	9.72	5.30	-0.17	0.00	110.0	6.02	-37	-2.7	1.0	-0.1	-2.4	-32	.275	.483	$

1890	31	BRG	AA	53.1	6	6	32	5.40	5.66	-0.18	0.00	102.0	5.96	5	0.5		-0.1	0.7	7	.578	.503	$
4 Seasons				443.0	55	52	356	7.23	5.99	-0.12	0.00	101.6	6.19	-44	-3.1	1.0	-0.5	-1.5	-21	.443	.495	$

BRO (2 yrs)				298.0	37	36	225	6.80	6.25	-0.09	0.00	99.0	6.28	-12	-0.9	1.0	-0.3	0.2	5	.476	.497	$
BRG (1 yr)				53.1	6	6	32	5.40	5.66	-0.18	0.00	102.0	5.96	5	0.5		-0.1	0.7	7	.578	.503	$
KCC (1 yr)				91.2	12	10	99	9.72	5.30	-0.17	0.00	110.0	6.02	-37	-2.7	1.0	-0.1	-2.4	-32	.275	.483	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1886	27	6	6	.500	4.41	13	12	1	11	0	104.0	100	92	51	0	64	48	8	0	10	479	78	1.577	8.7	0.0	5.5	4.2	0.75	78
1887	28	20	16	.556	4.35	37	36	1	33	1	298.0	286	225	144	1	170	96	20	1	24	1329	91	1.530	8.6	0.0	5.1	2.9	0.56	91
1888	29	25	22	.532	4.90	49	46	3	43	1	389.2	410	324	212	5	220	131	25	1	36	1782	78	1.617	9.5	0.1	5.1	3.0	0.60	78
1889	30	25	22	.532	4.90	49	46	3	43	1	389.2	410	324	212	5	220	131	25	1	36	1782	78	1.617	9.5	0.1	5.1	3.0	0.60	78
1890	31	27	26	.509	4.79	55	52	3	49	1	443.0	457	356	236	5	259	141	29	1	41	2030	80	1.616	9.3	0.1	5.3	2.9	0.54	80

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1886	27	8	6	.571	3.26	127.0	103	51	46	0	66	59	8	1.331	7.3	4.7	4.2	0.89	0.0	13
1887	28	17	9	.654	2.85	234.0	180	82	74	1	103	58	12	1.209	6.9	4.0	2.2	0.56	0.0	24
1888	29	5	7	.417	4.77	117.0	129	69	62	4	52	45	5	1.547	9.9	4.0	3.5	0.87	0.3	12

1890	31	5	3	.625	3.12	75.0	57	29	26	0	47	14	5	1.387	6.8	5.6	1.7	0.30	0.0	6
4 Yrs		35	25	.583	3.39	553.0	469	231	208	5	268	176	30	1.333	7.6		2.9	0.66	0.1	55

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1887 AA .583 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1887 AA 8.629 (3rd)	Shutouts s c a p y 1887 AA 1 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1887 AA 0.046 (1st)
Games Finished s c a p y 1886 AA 1 (9th) 1888 AA 2 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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