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Bob Steele
Robert Wesley Steele

Bats Both, Throws Left
Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 17, 1916
Final Game April 24, 1919
Born March 29, 1894 in Cassburn, Ontario, CAN
Died January 27, 1962 in Ocala, FL

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1916 22 STL NL   5  15  29  22   7   1   5  0  148.0  156   74   56   6   42   67   3   2   619       1  3.41  2.64   77 1.338
 1917 23 TOT NL   6  14  39  25  14   1  11  1  221.7  191   88   70   1   72  105   5   8   920       2  2.84  2.81   99 1.186
         STL NL   1   3  12   6   1   0   3  0   42.0   33   18   15   1   19   23   0   2   173       0  3.21  2.68   83 1.238
         PIT NL   5  11  27  19  13   1   8  1  179.7  158   70   55   0   53   82   5   6   747       2  2.76  2.84  103 1.174
 1918 24 TOT NL   5   8  22  11   7   2   6  2  115.0  100   54   37   3   28   45   5   3   479       0  2.90  2.73   94 1.113
         PIT NL   2   3  10   4   2   1   3  1   49.0   44   25   18   2   17   21   2   0   209       0  3.31  2.87   87 1.245
         NYG NL   3   5  12   7   5   1   3  1   66.0   56   29   19   1   11   24   3   3   270       0  2.59  2.62  101 1.015
 1919 25 NYG NL   0   1   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    3    3    2   0    2    0   0   0    15       0  6.00  2.79   47 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .296  16  38  91  58  28   4  23  3  487.7  450  219  165  10  144  217  13  13  2033       3  3.05  2.74   90 1.218
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  17  41  26  12   1  10  1  222.3  205   99   75   4   65   99   5   5   927   0   1  3.05  2.74   90 1.218
 Career High      6  15  39  25  14   2  11  2  221.7  191   88   70   6   72  105   5   8   920   0   2  2.84  2.81   99 1.113

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1916 22 STL NL  29   51    0   10   0  0   0    0   0      0  11  .196  .196  .196   21   10   0           0    
 1917 23 TOT NL  45   89    8   22   2  1   0    5   1      0  14  .247  .247  .292   64   26   1           0    
         STL NL  12   13    2    5   1  0   0    0   0      0   0  .385  .385  .462  162    6   0           0    
         PIT NL  33   76    6   17   1  1   0    5   1      0  14  .224  .224  .263   47   20   1           0    
 1918 24 TOT NL  22   37    4    8   0  2   0    2   3      3   5  .216  .275  .324   82   12   0           0    
         PIT NL  10   16    1    2   0  1   0    0   1      1   3  .125  .176  .250   28    4   0           0    
         NYG NL  12   21    3    6   0  1   0    2   2      2   2  .286  .348  .381  124    8   0           0    
 1919 25 NYG NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       97  178   12   40   2  3   0    7   4  0   3  31  .225  .238  .270   55   48   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        297   20   67   3  5   0   12   7  0   5  52  .225  .238  .270   55   80   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     45   89    8   22   2  2   0    5   3  0   3  14                          26   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1916 22 STL NL   51   41    2   1.3    77| .196  .253| .196  .311| .196  .338| .392  .649|  21  .157  -4.9  -0.6     
 1917 23 TOT NL   90   68    6   2.4    80| .247  .259| .247  .316| .292  .342| .539  .658|  64  .350  -4.3  -0.5     
         STL NL   13    8    2   6.8    76| .385  .253| .385  .310| .462  .334| .847  .644| 162  .783   0.9   0.1     
         PIT NL   77   60    4   1.8    81| .224  .260| .224  .318| .263  .343| .487  .661|  47  .243  -5.2  -0.6     
 1918 24 TOT NL   40   29    4   3.7    80| .216  .261| .275  .319| .324  .338| .599  .657|  82  .538  -1.0  -0.1     
         PIT NL   17   14    1   1.9    82| .125  .265| .176  .323| .250  .342| .426  .664|  28  .258  -1.6  -0.2     
         NYG NL   23   15    3   5.4    78| .286  .259| .348  .316| .381  .334| .729  .651| 124  .697   0.5   0.1     
 1919 25 NYG NL    1    1    0   0.0    81| .000  .263| .000  .317| .000  .346| .000  .663|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       182  139   12   2.3    79| .225  .258| .238  .316| .270  .340| .508  .655|  55  .340 -10.5  -1.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1916 22 STL NL P 29 3 26 3 0 .906 .960 1.00 1.63 1.76 2.67 22 148.0 1917 23 TOT NL P 39 5 52 7 3 .891 .961 1.46 1.78 2.31 2.85 25 221.7 STL NL P 12 1 9 1 0 .909 .962 0.83 1.78 2.14 2.85 6 42.0 PIT NL P 27 4 43 6 3 .887 .961 1.74 1.78 2.35 2.85 19 179.7 1918 24 TOT NL P 22 2 21 2 0 .920 .962 1.05 2.03 1.80 2.93 11 115.0 PIT NL P 10 1 12 0 0 1.000 .963 1.30 2.03 2.39 2.94 4 49.0 NYG NL P 12 1 9 2 0 .833 .962 0.83 2.03 1.36 2.93 7 66.0 1919 25 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 3.00 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1916 22 STL NL P 29 3 26 3 0 .906 .960 1.00 1.63 1.76 2.67 22 148.0 1917 23 TOT NL P 39 5 52 7 3 .891 .961 1.46 1.78 2.31 2.85 25 221.7 STL NL P 12 1 9 1 0 .909 .962 0.83 1.78 2.14 2.85 6 42.0 PIT NL P 27 4 43 6 3 .887 .961 1.74 1.78 2.35 2.85 19 179.7 1918 24 TOT NL P 22 2 21 2 0 .920 .962 1.05 2.03 1.80 2.93 11 115.0 PIT NL P 10 1 12 0 0 1.000 .963 1.30 2.03 2.39 2.94 4 49.0 NYG NL P 12 1 9 2 0 .833 .962 0.83 2.03 1.36 2.93 7 66.0 1919 25 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 3.00 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 91 10 99 12 3 .901 .961 1.20 1.80 2.01 2.82 58 487.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 91 10 99 12 3 .901 .961 1.20 1.80 2.01 2.81 58 488
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1917 NL-7.75-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1917 NL-4.26-7

Saves
1918 NL-2-5

Home Runs Allow.
1916 NL-6-8
1918 NL-3-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1917 NL-72-9

Losses
1916 NL-15-7

Wild Pitches
1917 NL-8-3

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 14, 1917: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Doug Baird.

July 20, 1918: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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