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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, 15,044th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1982	21	OAK-min	AA,A-	3	2	.600	4.89	20	2	8	0	0	0	35.0	37	26	19	4	16	0	37	3	0	1				1.514	9.5	1.0	4.1	9.5	2.31	WHA,MED EL,NORW
1983	22	OAK-min	AA	8	4	.667	3.75	32	13	12	5	0	5	129.2	131	62	54	11	36	2	91	0	1	3				1.288	9.1	0.8	2.5	6.3	2.53	ALB EL
1984	23	OAK-min	A,AAA	4	2	.667	3.64	7	7	0	2	0	0	42.0	41	21	17	3	11	0	32	2	0	1				1.238	8.8	0.6	2.4	6.9	2.91	MAD,TAC MIDW,PCL
1985	24	OAK-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	2.94	15	0	7	0	0	2	33.2	26	13	11	1	21	2	30	2	0	1				1.396	7.0	0.3	5.6	8.0	1.43	TAC PCL
1985	24	OAK	AL	1	3	.250	1.93	39	0	18	0	0	8	74.2	45	17	16	4	19	2	36	2	0	1	284	199	3.26	0.857	5.4	0.5	2.3	4.3	1.89
1986	25	OAK	AL	2	2	.500	4.71	46	0	27	0	0	10	72.2	72	40	38	10	25	3	54	1	0	4	305	82	4.15	1.335	8.9	1.2	3.1	6.7	2.16
1987	26	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1				1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	TAC PCL
1987	26	OAK	AL	10	8	.556	4.00	35	22	6	2	1	1	150.2	141	78	67	19	50	3	97	4	1	4	645	104	4.30	1.268	8.4	1.1	3.0	5.8	1.94
1988	27	OAK	AL	3	4	.429	4.61	10	10	0	0	0	0	54.2	57	32	28	4	21	1	30	0	5	5	241	83	3.78	1.427	9.4	0.7	3.5	4.9	1.43
1989	28	PHI-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0				1.800	8.1	0.0	8.1	0.0	0.00	SWB IL
1989	28	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	3.82	6	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	34	15	13	2	15	1	12	0	0	2	134	94	4.30	1.598	10.0	0.6	4.4	3.5	0.80
1990	29	PHI-min	A+,AA	0	2	.000	5.27	5	5	0	0	0	0	13.2	11	8	8	0	5	0	10	2	1	0				1.171	7.2	0.0	3.3	6.6	2.00	CLW,REA FLOR,EL
1990	29	PHI	NL	0	0		2.70	5	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	9	3	3	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	43	146	3.81	1.200	8.1	0.9	2.7	5.4	2.00

1991	30	PHI-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.90	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.0	29	11	10	2	10	0	21	0	0	2	127			1.258	8.4	0.6	2.9	6.1	2.10	SWB IL
1992			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
1993	32	MIN-min	AAA	7	6	.538	2.87	20	16	2	2	0	0	103.1	90	40	33	5	20	0	73	4	2	5	418			1.065	7.8	0.4	1.7	6.4	3.65	POR PCL
1993	32	SEA	AL	0	2	.000	1.00	14	0	8	0	0	0	18.0	18	3	2	0	6	2	13	0	0	1	72	446	2.54	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	6.5	2.17
1994	33	OAK	AL	6	4	.600	2.65	27	13	5	2	0	0	115.1	93	39	34	7	26	1	56	6	0	5	463	167	3.78	1.032	7.3	0.5	2.0	4.4	2.15
1995	34	OAK	AL	9	6	.600	4.37	22	22	0	2	1	0	129.2	144	75	63	12	38	0	77	4	0	5	558	99	4.09	1.404	10.0	0.8	2.6	5.3	2.03	AS

1996	35	CAL-min	A+	1	1	.500	2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	3	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	35			1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	9.0		LEL CALL
1997	36	ANA-min	A+	0	1	.000	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2			3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00	LEL CALL
1998	37	BAL-STL-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.18	19	17	2	0	0	1	90.1	91	46	42	11	27	0	74	2	1	1	378			1.306	9.1	1.1	2.7	7.4	2.74	ROC,MEM IL,PCL
1999	38	MIL-min	AAA	5	1	.833	4.44	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.2	47	26	24	5	12	1	33	0	0	1	203			1.212	8.7	0.9	2.2	6.1	2.75	LOU IL
2000	39	COL-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.91	8	8	0	0	0	0	43.1	36	15	14	6	10	1	33	3	0	2	177			1.062	7.5	1.2	2.1	6.9	3.30	CSP PCL
2000	39	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	10.13	3	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	6	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	2	28	53	7.45	2.438	15.2	1.7	6.8	1.7	0.25
2001	40	OAK-NYM-min	AAA	9	8	.529	3.99	23	22	0	1	1	0	126.1	126	63	56	13	37	1	92	9	2	6	541			1.290	9.0	0.9	2.6	6.6	2.49	SAC,NFK PCL,IL
10 Yrs				34	31	.523	3.67	207	73	65	6	2	19	661.2	622	308	270	60	207	13	382	17	6	29	2773	113	3.96	1.253	8.5	0.8	2.8	5.2	1.85
162 Game Avg.				8	8	.523	3.67	50	18	16	1	0	5	161	151	75	66	15	50	3	93	4	1	7	673	113	3.96	1.253	8.5	0.8	2.8	5.2	1.85

OAK (6 yrs)				31	27	.534	3.70	179	67	56	6	2	19	597.2	552	281	246	56	179	10	350	17	6	24	2496	112	3.96	1.223	8.3	0.8	2.7	5.3	1.96
PHI (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	3.54	11	5	1	0	0	0	40.2	43	18	16	3	18	1	18	0	0	2	177	104	4.18	1.500	9.5	0.7	4.0	4.0	1.00
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	.500	10.13	3	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	6	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	2	28	53	7.45	2.438	15.2	1.7	6.8	1.7	0.25
SEA (1 yr)				0	2	.000	1.00	14	0	8	0	0	0	18.0	18	3	2	0	6	2	13	0	0	1	72	446	2.54	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	6.5	2.17

AL (8 yrs)				32	30	.516	3.68	196	68	64	6	2	19	621.0	579	290	254	57	189	12	364	17	6	27	2596	113	3.95	1.237	8.4	0.8	2.7	5.3	1.93
NL (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	3.54	11	5	1	0	0	0	40.2	43	18	16	3	18	1	18	0	0	2	177	104	4.18	1.500	9.5	0.7	4.0	4.0	1.00

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