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Phil Stephenson

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: September 19, 1960 in Guthrie, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 5th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS) and the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS).

High School: Guthrie HS (Guthrie, OK)

School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)

Debut: April 5, 1989 (Age 28-198d, 15,580th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1992 (Age 32-015d)
vs. ATL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Phillip Raymond Stephenson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.4

298

.201

RBI

OBP

.309

SLG

.312

OPS

.621

OPS+

Summary of 6 Home Runs

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

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

1 Tm
SDP	6

Platoon
vs RHP	6

Home/Road
Home	4
Away	2

Outs
0	4
2	2

4 Opps
SFG	3
PIT	1
CHC	1
NYM	1

6 Pitchers
John Burkett	1
Walt Terrell	1
Rick Reuschel	1
David Cone	1
Mike Harkey	1
Kelly Downs	1

3 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	4
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1

Where Hit
9	4
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	2
6	2
1	1
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	5
-2-	1

7 RBI
RISP	1
0 on	5
1 on	1
Any on	1

Inning
1	1
2	4
8	1

1-3	5
7-end	1

RelScore
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	2
-2	1
-3	1

Ahead	2
Tied	2
Behind	2

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	2
3-2	1
0-0	1
2-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6

OrderPos
5th	3
6th	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1989-09-30	SDP		SFG	Rick Reuschel	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.092	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1989-10-01	SDP		SFG	Kelly Downs	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	3	0.116	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1990-04-26	SDP		CHC	Mike Harkey	behind 0-2	b 8	0	---	6,(2-2) .BFFFBX	1	6	3	0.140	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1990-05-25	SDP	@	NYM	David Cone	ahead 3-1	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	7	3	0.082	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	1990-06-20	SDP	@	SFG	John Burkett	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	3	0.118	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	4	1	1990-07-02	SDP		PIT	Walt Terrell	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BBCBFX	2	5	3	0.158	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Carter Scores