Steve Searcy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: June 4, 1964 in Knoxville, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN).

School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: August 29, 1988 (Age 24-086d, 15,522nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 7.2 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: June 1, 1992 (Age 27-363d)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Full Name: William Steven Searcy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.0

ERA

5.68

187.0

140

WHIP

1.733

Summary of 25 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 6 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	23
PHI	2

Platoon
vs RHB	22
vs LHB	3

Home/Road
Away	13
Home	12

Outs
1	11
2	9
0	5

11 Opps
NYY	5
MIL	4
BOS	3
BAL	3
TEX	2
CLE	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
TOR	1

24 Batters
Jesse Barfield	2
Chris Sabo	1
Leo Gómez	1
Candy Maldonado	1
Carlos Quintana	1
Wayne Tolleson	1
Dante Bichette	1
Jeffrey Leonard	1
Kelly Gruber	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Rob Deer	1
Nick Esasky	1
Fred McGriff	1
Sam Horn	1
Steve Buechele	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Mitch Webster	1
Oscar Azócar	1
Ken Williams	1
Juan González	1
Luis Rivera	1
Steve Balboni	1
Chili Davis	1
Carlton Fisk	1

11 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	11
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	15
89	4
78	3
8	2
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
5	8
1	6
3	5
6	2
4	2
2	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	13
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	11
1--	7
-2-	4
12-	1
123	1
1-3	1

43 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	11
1 on	11
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	14

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

1-3	6
4-6	13
7-end	6

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	4
-1	6
-4..	2

Ahead	13
Tied	4
Behind	8

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
3-1	4
2-2	4
1-2	3
1-1	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
3-2	1
1-0	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	6
3B	5
1B	4
LF	4
DH	2
SS	2
CF	1
C	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1988-08-29	Carlton Fisk	CHW		DET	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	4	2	14%	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
2	2	2	2	1988-08-29	Ken Williams	CHW		DET	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	11%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1988-09-03	Jeffrey Leonard	MIL	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	7	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. Molitor Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1989-08-20	Wayne Tolleson	NYY	@	DET	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) BBCCX	1	8	5	12%	48%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
5	5	2	2	1989-08-20	Jesse Barfield	NYY	@	DET	behind 1-5	t 4	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	2	5	9	12%	22%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); R. Kelly Scores
6	6	3	1	1989-08-27	Nick Esasky	BOS		DET	ahead 4-1	b 8	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	3	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Burks Scores; M. Greenwell Scores/unER
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1990-07-20	Steve Buechele	TEX		DET	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	8	5	17%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Stanley Scores
8	8	2	1	1990-07-25	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	DET	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	6	14%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
9	9	3	1	1990-07-30	Jesse Barfield	NYY		DET	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	5,(2-2) BSSBX	1	5	9	11%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
10	10	4	2	1990-07-30	Oscar Azócar	NYY		DET	behind 1-2	b 4	0	-2-	5,(1-2) B11C.SFX	2	3	7	19%	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Sax Scores
11	11	5	1	1990-08-10	Mitch Webster	CLE		DET	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	123	3,(1-1) CBX	4	2	7	23%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Jacoby Scores; J. Manto Scores; A. Cole Scores
12	12	6	1	1990-08-15	Rob Deer	MIL	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 5	2	-2-	6,(2-2) BS+1C.FBX	2	5	9	25%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Sheffield Scores
13	13	7	2	1990-08-15	Greg Vaughn	MIL	@	DET	ahead 6-2	t 7	2	---	4,(1-2) SBSX	1	6	7	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	8	1	1990-09-06	Candy Maldonado	CLE	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	4	9	13%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Browne Scores; C. James Scores
15	15	9	1	1990-09-16	Steve Balboni	NYY	@	DET	behind 0-5	t 7	0	1--	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	4	3	6%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Barfield Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1991-04-17	Kelly Gruber	TOR	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	3	5	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Gruber Scores
17	17	2	1	1991-05-11	Chili Davis	MIN		DET	behind 3-4	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	12%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. Davis Scores
18	18	3	1	1991-05-15	Juan González	TEX		DET	behind 3-4	b 12	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	8	79%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Franco Scores; J. González Scores
19	19	4	1	1991-05-24	Luis Rivera	BOS	@	DET	ahead 5-3	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	9%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); L. Rivera Scores
20	20	5	2	1991-05-24	Carlos Quintana	BOS	@	DET	ahead 6-3	t 6	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	2	3	8%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); W. Boggs Scores; C. Quintana Scores
21	21	6	1	1991-05-28	Dante Bichette	MIL		DET	ahead 13-0	b 6	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Vaughn Scores; D. Bichette Scores
22	22	7	1	1991-07-01	Sam Horn	BAL		DET	ahead 7-0	b 5	1	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	4	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Horn Scores
23	23	8	2	1991-07-01	Leo Gómez	BAL		DET	ahead 8-0	b 5	1	1--	4,(1-2) FCBX	2	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Milligan Scores; L. Gómez Scores
24	24	9	1	1991-07-21	Fred McGriff	SDP		PHI	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	---	5,(3-1) ..BBB.SX	1	4	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball); F. McGriff Scores
25	25	10	1	1991-09-03	Chris Sabo	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 4-3	t 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	5	21%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); P. O'Neill Scores; C. Sabo Scores