Steve Ontiveros

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: March 5, 1961 in Tularosa, NM us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 14, 1985 (Age 24-101d, 15,037th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 1, 2000 (Age 39-210d)
vs. TBD 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Steven Ontiveros

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

ERA

3.67

207

661.2

382

WHIP

1.253

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 60 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 17 go ahead

3 Tms
OAK	56
PHI	3
BOS	1

Platoon
vs RHB	32
vs LHB	28

Home/Road
Away	34
Home	26

Outs
1	28
0	23
2	9

16 Opps
NYY	11
DET	7
CAL	6
TEX	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
MIN	4
BOS	4
SEA	3
BAL	3
TOR	2
CHC	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
MON	1

53 Batters
Kirk Gibson	3
Dan Pasqua	3
Iván Calderón	2
Mike Pagliarulo	2
Juan González	2
Alan Trammell	1
Steve Balboni	1
Mark McLemore	1
Jerome Walton	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Benji Gil	1
Chris Sabo	1
Darrin Jackson	1
Mike Stanley	1
Barry Bonds	1
Wade Boggs	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Randy Ready	1
Bob Meacham	1
Ron Shepherd	1
Don Mattingly	1
Tim Laudner	1
Mickey Brantley	1
Dwight Evans	1
B.J. Surhoff	1
J.T. Snow	1
Carmelo Castillo	1
Ernie Riles	1
Danny Tartabull	1
Jim Dwyer	1
Jack Howell	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Don Baylor	1
Larry Sheets	1
Greg Brock	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Dick Schofield	1
Mike Greenwell	1
José Valentín	1
Devon White	1
Frank Thomas	1
Tino Martinez	1
Darnell Coles	1
Darrell Miller	1
Jay Buhner	1
Steve Buechele	1
Tim Wallach	1
Ron Kittle	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Tony Fernández	1
Mickey Tettleton	1
Darrell Evans	1
Kent Hrbek	1

18 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	25
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	4
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	22
9	12
8	10
78	6
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	34
3	9
4	5
2	4
1	4
5	2
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	13
12-	8
--3	1
-2-	1
-23	1
1-3	1

95 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	35
1 on	15
2 on	10
Any on	25

Inning
1	4
2	9
3	7
4	8
5	5
6	5
7	8
8	7
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	20
4-6	18
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	7
+1	6
Tied	14
-1	9
-2	2
-3	9
-4..	8

Ahead	18
Tied	14
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	34
2-0	5
0-0	4
1-2	3
1-0	3
2-1	3
1-1	3
0-2	1
3-2	1
3-1	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	11
3B	11
RF	9
DH	7
LF	7
SS	5
C	4
CF	3
2B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	11
6th	11
5th	9
3rd	6
2nd	6
8th	6
9th	5
7th	3
1st	3

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-08-22	Kirk Gibson	DET	@	OAK	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---		1	3	8	20%	50%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1985-09-06	Dan Pasqua	NYY		OAK	ahead 5-3	b 5	1	12-		3	6	DH	12%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Winfield Scores; R. Hassey Scores
3	3	3	1	1985-09-15 (1)	Steve Balboni	KCR	@	OAK	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---		1	6	3	8%	17%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1985-09-23	Carmelo Castillo	CLE	@	OAK	behind 3-8	t 8	1	---		1	9	9	1%	2%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1986-04-21	Dick Schofield	CAL		OAK	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---		1	8	6	6%	13%		Home Run
6	6	2	1	1986-05-06	Jesse Barfield	TOR		OAK	behind 2-17	b 9	1	---		1	6	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
7	7	3	1	1986-05-08	Randy Ready	MIL	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 9	1	---		1	1	5	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	1986-05-10	Don Baylor	BOS	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 10	1	1--		2	5	DH	42%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rice Scores
9	9	5	1	1986-05-22	Dan Pasqua	NYY		OAK	behind 2-3	b 9	0	---		1	4	7	44%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	6	1	1986-05-26	Darnell Coles	DET		OAK	behind 1-4	b 8	1	---		1	6	5	6%	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	1986-05-28	Jim Dwyer	BAL	@	OAK	ahead 6-5	t 9	1	12-		3	9	PH	12%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Beníquez Scores; M. Young Scores
12	12	8	1	1986-06-03	Kirk Gibson	DET	@	OAK	behind 3-6	t 8	0	---		1	3	DH	6%	13%		Home Run (Deep CF)
13	13	9	1	1986-07-12	Ron Shepherd	TOR		OAK	behind 2-5	b 9	0	---		1	7	7	5%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	10	1	1986-10-01	Steve Buechele	TEX		OAK	behind 4-5	b 7	0	---		1	8	5	22%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1987-05-06	Mike Greenwell	BOS		OAK	tied 2-2	b 7	1	12-		3	4	7	28%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Barrett Scores; W. Boggs Scores
16	16	2	1	1987-05-10	Darrell Evans	DET		OAK	behind 5-6	b 8	1	1--		2	7	3	53%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Nokes Scores
17	17	3	1	1987-05-29	Ron Kittle	NYY		OAK	behind 4-13	b 6	1	---		1	6	DH	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	1987-06-08	Iván Calderón	CHW	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	9	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	5	1	1987-07-12	Greg Brock	MIL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	4	3	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	6	1	1987-07-19	Dwight Evans	BOS		OAK	tied 0-0	b 4	1	1--		2	6	9	20%	76%		Home Run; J. Rice Scores
21	21	7	1	1987-07-24	Ernie Riles	MIL		OAK	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---		1	6	5	13%	51%		Home Run (Deep CF)
22	22	8	1	1987-07-29	Devon White	CAL	@	OAK	behind 0-1	t 4	0	12-		3	3	9	24%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Pettis Scores; R. Jones Scores
23	23	9	1	1987-08-09	Kent Hrbek	MIN		OAK	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1-3		3	4	3	22%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Gagne Scores; K. Puckett Scores
24	24	10	2	1987-08-09	Tom Brunansky	MIN		OAK	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---		1	7	7	7%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	11	3	1987-08-09	Tim Laudner	MIN		OAK	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	1--		2	8	2	12%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smalley Scores
26	26	12	4	1987-08-09	Gary Gaetti	MIN		OAK	ahead 6-3	b 8	1	---		1	5	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF)
27	27	13	1	1987-08-16	Darrell Miller	CAL		OAK	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---		1	8	2	11%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
28	28	14	2	1987-08-16	Mark McLemore	CAL		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 2	1	---		1	9	4	9%	73%		Home Run (CF-RF)
29	29	15	3	1987-08-16	Jack Howell	CAL		OAK	ahead 3-1	b 2	1	1--		2	2	5	12%	87%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Downing Scores
30	30	16	1	1987-08-21	Don Mattingly	NYY	@	OAK	behind 0-5	t 4	1	---		1	3	3	4%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	17	2	1987-08-21	Bob Meacham	NYY	@	OAK	behind 2-5	t 6	0	---		1	2	4	8%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	18	3	1987-08-21	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY	@	OAK	behind 3-6	t 9	1	---		1	4	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	19	1	1987-09-06	Larry Sheets	BAL		OAK	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---		1	5	9	11%	53%		Home Run
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1988-04-13	Mickey Brantley	SEA		OAK	behind 1-8	b 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	7	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Kingery Scores
35	35	2	1	1988-04-22	Iván Calderón	CHW		OAK	tied 1-1	b 3	1	1--	9,(2-2) BSCFBFFFX	2	4	9	20%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); H. Baines Scores
36	36	3	1	1988-05-31	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	5	11%	59%		Home Run (LF-CF)
37	37	4	1	1988-08-02	Dan Pasqua	CHW		OAK	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	4	3	8%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1989-04-06	Jerome Walton	CHC		PHI	behind 0-4	b 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	1	8	6%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	2	1	1989-06-08	Barry Bonds	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 6-0	t 1	1	12-		3	1	7	4%	98%		Home Run; J. Ortiz Scores; B. Walk Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1990-09-28	Tim Wallach	MON		PHI	behind 0-5	b 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	4	5	4%	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Aldrete Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1994-05-10	Kirk Gibson	DET		OAK	ahead 6-1	b 7	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Fielder Scores
42	42	2	1	1994-05-20	Darrin Jackson	CHW	@	OAK	ahead 9-2	t 6	1	12-	3,(1-1) SBX	3	6	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball); F. Thomas Scores; J. Franco Scores
43	43	3	1	1994-07-09	Chris Sabo	BAL		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	5,(1-2) B1FFFX	2	2	5	13%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Anderson Scores
44	44	4	1	1994-07-20	Mike Stanley	NYY	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	2	13%	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
45	45	5	1	1994-07-31	Alan Trammell	DET		OAK	behind 1-4	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	6	9%	28%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
46	46	6	1	1994-08-05	Iván Rodríguez	TEX	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	2	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47	47	7	2	1994-08-05	Juan González	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	7	16%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Canseco Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1995-05-05	Benji Gil	TEX	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	9	6	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
49	49	2	2	1995-05-05	Mickey Tettleton	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	-23	4,(2-1) CBBX	3	4	DH	5%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Frye Scores; R. Greer Scores
50	50	3	1	1995-05-10	Jay Buhner	SEA	@	OAK	behind 0-3	t 4	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	9	24%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Cora Scores; K. Griffey Scores
51	51	4	1	1995-05-16	Frank Thomas	CHW		OAK	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	3	3	10%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	5	1	1995-06-07	Wade Boggs	NYY		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	5	11%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
53	53	6	2	1995-06-07	Danny Tartabull	NYY		OAK	ahead 3-1	b 8	0	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	6	DH	3%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Mattingly Scores
54	54	7	1	1995-06-30	J.T. Snow	CAL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
55	55	8	1	1995-07-05	B.J. Surhoff	MIL	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1--	4,(1-2) FCB1X	2	6	3	19%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Vaughn Scores
56	56	9	2	1995-07-05	José Valentín	MIL	@	OAK	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	---	6,(3-2) BFSBBX	1	9	6	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
57	57	10	1	1995-08-24	Mo Vaughn	BOS	@	OAK	ahead 3-2	t 2	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	3	3	23%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. McGee Scores/unER; J. Valentin Scores/unER; M. Vaughn Scores/unER
58	58	11	1	1995-09-03	Tony Fernández	NYY		OAK	behind 2-4	b 4	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	8	6	22%	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Mattingly Scores
59	59	12	1	1995-09-24	Tino Martinez	SEA		OAK	behind 3-6	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	3	10%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	2000-09-16 (2)	Juan González	DET		BOS	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	4	9	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Easley Scores

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NYY	11
DET	7
CAL	6
TEX	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
MIN	4
BOS	4
SEA	3
BAL	3
TOR	2
CHC	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
MON	1

NYY	11
DET	7
CAL	6
TEX	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
MIN	4
BOS	4
SEA	3
BAL	3
TOR	2
CHC	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
MON	1

NYY	11
DET	7
CAL	6
TEX	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
MIN	4
BOS	4
SEA	3
BAL	3
TOR	2
CHC	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
MON	1