Steve Comer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: January 13, 1954 in Minneapolis, MN us

High School: Minnetonka HS (Minnetonka, MN)

School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: April 15, 1978 (Age 24-092d, 14,018th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 15, 1984 (Age 30-246d)
vs. OAK 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Steven Michael Comer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

ERA

4.13

176

701.2

245

WHIP

1.445

Summary of 57 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 19 go ahead

2 Tms
TEX	46
CLE	11

Platoon
vs RHB	29
vs LHB	28

Home/Road
Home	32
Away	25

Outs
2	23
1	17
0	17

13 Opps
OAK	11
CAL	7
BAL	6
MIL	6
SEA	5
NYY	4
MIN	3
BOS	3
CHW	3
TOR	3
KCR	2
CLE	2
DET	2

46 Batters
Carney Lansford	4
Gorman Thomas	3
Ken Singleton	3
George Brett	2
Ruppert Jones	2
Gary Roenicke	2
Dave Kingman	2
Lloyd Moseby	1
Todd Cruz	1
Wayne Gross	1
John Mayberry	1
Tom Poquette	1
Bob Watson	1
Alan Ashby	1
Bobby Grich	1
Harold Baines	1
Dwayne Murphy	1
Donnie Hill	1
Larry Murray	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Randy Bush	1
Jeff Newman	1
Orlando Mercado	1
Dave Winfield	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Barry Bonnell	1
Al Cowens	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Jim Gantner	1
Lance Parrish	1
Brian Downing	1
Ron Hassey	1
Larry Harlow	1
Mike Hargrove	1
Ron Jackson	1
Jason Thompson	1
Jim Spencer	1
Thurman Munson	1
Kent Hrbek	1
Ron Kittle	1
Tony Armas	1
Eddie Murray	1
Don Baylor	1
Bobby Murcer	1

12 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	26
RingCentral Col (OAK)	6
ClevelandStd (CLE)	6
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
9	21
7	20
8	1
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28
2·HR gms	13
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	15
-2-	6
--3	4
123	3
1-3	2

95 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	27
1 on	25
2 on	2
3 on	3
Any on	30

Inning
1	14
2	10
3	4
4	4
5	11
6	4
7	5
8	2
9	3

1-3	28
4-6	19
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	2
+2	2
+1	9
Tied	18
-1	4
-2	5
-3	5
-4..	4

Ahead	21
Tied	18
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	9
CF	9
DH	8
RF	7
3B	7
C	6
LF	6
2B	2
SS	2
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
4th	11
7th	10
3rd	9
6th	7
5th	6
2nd	5
8th	5
1st	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-07-23	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	7	8	21%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Bando Scores
2	2	2	1	1978-08-28	Alan Ashby	TOR	@	TEX	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	1	7	2	9%	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	2	1978-08-28	John Mayberry	TOR	@	TEX	behind 2-4	t 6	2	---	1	5	3	11%	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1978-09-06 (1)	Brian Downing	CAL		TEX	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	13%	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1978-09-24 (1)	Ruppert Jones	SEA	@	TEX	behind 1-5	t 7	0	---	1	3	8	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1979-05-18	Ruppert Jones	SEA		TEX	behind 0-3	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	8%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	2	1	1979-05-22	Ron Jackson	MIN	@	TEX	behind 2-3	t 6	0	---	1	5	3	16%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	1979-06-06	Gorman Thomas	MIL		TEX	behind 0-2	b 2	0	-2-	2	6	8	14%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Oglivie Scores
9	9	4	1	1979-06-17	Thurman Munson	NYY	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2	3	2	13%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Randolph Scores
10	10	5	1	1979-06-22	Tony Armas	OAK		TEX	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	7	8	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep CF)
11	11	6	2	1979-06-22	Larry Murray	OAK		TEX	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	1--	2	8	9	13%	90%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; T. Armas Scores
12	12	7	1	1979-06-27	Carney Lansford	CAL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	10%	58%		Home Run
13	13	8	1	1979-07-22	George Brett	KCR	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	5	17%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Wilson Scores
14	14	9	2	1979-07-22	George Brett	KCR	@	TEX	tied 2-2	t 5	2	-2-	2	4	5	24%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Otis Scores
15	15	10	1	1979-07-27	Bob Watson	BOS	@	TEX	behind 0-11	t 8	2	1--	2	6	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Dwyer Scores
16	16	11	1	1979-08-07 (1)	Jason Thompson	DET		TEX	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	10%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	12	1	1979-08-12	Ron Hassey	CLE	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	2	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	13	2	1979-08-12	Mike Hargrove	CLE	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	1	7	17%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kuiper Scores
19	19	14	1	1979-08-17	Sixto Lezcano	MIL		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	9	11%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	15	1	1979-08-26	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	2	4	8	17%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Bando Scores
21	21	16	2	1979-08-26	Cecil Cooper	MIL	@	TEX	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	1--	2	3	3	21%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Bando Scores
22	22	17	1	1979-08-31	Tom Poquette	BOS		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1-3	3	2	9	20%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. O'Berry Scores; R. Burleson Scores
23	23	18	2	1979-08-31	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		TEX	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	1--	2	5	7	5%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rice Scores
24	24	19	1	1979-09-17	Rickey Henderson	OAK		TEX	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	44%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	20	1	1979-09-22	Bobby Grich	CAL		TEX	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	7	4	20%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	21	1	1979-09-26	Wayne Gross	OAK	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	5	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	22	2	1979-09-26	Jeff Newman	OAK	@	TEX	behind 1-5	t 9	1	---	1	4	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	23	1	1979-09-30	Carney Lansford	CAL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	5	15%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Miller Scores
29	29	24	2	1979-09-30	Don Baylor	CAL	@	TEX	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	DH	7%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1980-04-13 (1)	Jim Spencer	NYY	@	TEX	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	123	4	6	3	27%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jones Scores; O. Gamble Scores; B. Watson Scores
31	31	2	1	1980-04-29	Lance Parrish	DET		TEX	behind 0-7	b 5	0	1-3	3	7	2	6%	12%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Summers Scores; J. Thompson Scores
32	32	3	1	1980-05-04	Ken Singleton	BAL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	9	17%	68%		Home Run (CF-RF); P. Kelly Scores
33	33	4	1	1980-05-21	Larry Harlow	CAL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	5	2	1980-05-21	Todd Cruz	CAL	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1--	2	8	6	20%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Garr Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1981-04-09	Bobby Murcer	NYY		TEX	ahead 6-3	b 7	1	123	4	8	PH/DH	3%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Watson Scores; L. Piniella Scores; G. Nettles Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1982-05-25	Gary Roenicke	BAL	@	TEX	ahead 7-0	t 7	1	1--	2	6	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lowenstein Scores
37	37	2	1	1982-06-15	Al Cowens	SEA		TEX	behind 1-3	b 7	2	---	1	5	9	13%	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	3	1	1982-08-09	Jim Gantner	MIL		TEX	ahead 7-1	b 8	0	---	1	8	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	4	1	1982-08-22	Ken Singleton	BAL	@	TEX	ahead 8-3	t 9	1	---	1	7	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	5	1	1982-08-27 (2)	Ken Singleton	BAL		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	DH	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	6	2	1982-08-27 (2)	Eddie Murray	BAL		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1	4	3	9%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	7	1	1982-09-02	Greg Luzinski	CHW		TEX	behind 0-3	b 3	2	--3	2	4	DH	17%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Baines Scores
43	43	8	2	1982-09-02	Harold Baines	CHW		TEX	behind 4-5	b 9	2	---	1	3	9	49%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	9	1	1982-09-07	Randy Bush	MIN	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	7	DH	12%	76%		Home Run
45	45	10	2	1982-09-07	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	TEX	ahead 4-0	t 5	2	-2-	2	4	3	6%	96%		Home Run; T. Brunansky Scores
46	46	11	1	1982-09-19	Orlando Mercado	SEA		TEX	ahead 5-1	b 5	2	123	4	8	2	6%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Zisk Scores/unER; G. Gray Scores/Team unER; B. Brown Scores/Team unER; O. Mercado Scores/Team unER
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1984-05-27 (2)	Lloyd Moseby	TOR		CLE	tied 2-2	b 5	2	--3	2	3	8	23%	79%		Home Run; R. Mulliniks Scores
48	48	2	1	1984-06-08	Barry Bonnell	SEA	@	CLE	behind 1-4	t 4	1	1--	2	6	7	16%	35%		Home Run; S. Henderson Scores
49	49	3	1	1984-06-14	Dave Kingman	OAK		CLE	behind 1-2	b 1	1	1--	2	4	DH	19%	63%		Home Run; D. Lopes Scores
50	50	4	2	1984-06-14	Carney Lansford	OAK		CLE	behind 3-6	b 6	1	-2-	2	5	5	18%	34%		Home Run; D. Lopes Scores
51	51	5	1	1984-07-21	Ron Kittle	CHW	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	7	11%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	6	1	1984-07-29	Gary Roenicke	BAL		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---	1	7	7	11%	84%		Home Run
53	53	7	1	1984-08-10 (2)	Dave Winfield	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 6-0	t 5	0	1--	2	3	9	2%	99%		Home Run; B. Meacham Scores
54	54	8	1	1984-09-09	Dave Kingman	OAK	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	DH	18%	66%		Home Run; C. Lansford Scores
55	55	9	2	1984-09-09	Donnie Hill	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	1--	2	9	6	13%	84%		Home Run; J. Essian Scores/unER
56	56	10	3	1984-09-09	Carney Lansford	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	---	1	2	5	5%	88%		Home Run; C. Lansford Scores/unER
57	57	11	1	1984-09-15	Dwayne Murphy	OAK		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	8	18%	73%		Home Run; C. Lansford Scores