Steve Hovley

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 188lb (178cm, 85kg)

Born: December 18, 1944 in Ventura, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 35th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: June 26, 1969 (Age 24-190d, 12,854th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1973 (Age 28-284d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Stephen Eugene Hovley

Nicknames: Tennis Ball Head

Pronunciation: \HOHVE-lee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

1019

263

.258

122

RBI

OBP

.335

SLG

.330

OPS

.665

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	MIL		CAL	L,0-12	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 8	MIL		CAL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 10	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
4	4	Apr 11	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
5	5	Apr 12 (1)	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 12 (2)	MIL	@	CHW	W,16-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
7	7	Apr 13	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 14	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	9	Apr 16	MIL		KCR	L,6-8	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
10	10	Apr 18	MIL		CHW	L,5-8	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	11	Apr 20	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS	44	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
12	12	Apr 21	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	13	Apr 22	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
14	14	Apr 25 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	16 (1)	Apr 26	MIL	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	17	Apr 27	MIL	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
17	19 (1)	Apr 29	MIL	@	WSA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	21 (1)	May 1	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	23 (1)	May 3 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS	36	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	24	May 3 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
21	25	May 5	MIL		BOS	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
22	26	May 6	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
23	27	May 7	MIL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	28	May 9	MIL		WSA	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	29	May 10 (1)	MIL		WSA	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
26	30	May 10 (2)	MIL		WSA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
27	31	May 11	MIL		NYY	T,5-5	GS	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	32	May 12	MIL		NYY	L,5-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
29	34 (1)	May 16	MIL		MIN	L,7-11	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
30	35	May 17	MIL		MIN	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	36	May 19	MIL		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	37	May 20	MIL		OAK	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	38	May 22	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	41 (2)	May 25	MIL	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
35	43 (1)	May 28	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	46 (2)	May 31	MIL		DET	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	48 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	MIL		CLE	L,5-9	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	49	Jun 3	MIL		CLE	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
				Player went from Milwaukee Brewers to Oakland Athletics
39	60	Jun 14	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-4	GF	28	7.2	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
40	61	Jun 15	OAK	@	DET	W,12-7	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	67 (5)	Jun 21 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	70 (2)	Jun 24	OAK		KCR	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	71	Jun 26	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	66	14.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
44	72	Jun 27	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	73	Jun 28 (1)	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-1	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	74	Jun 28 (2)	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	75	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	76	Jul 1	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	77	Jul 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-6	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
50	79 (1)	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	81 (1)	Jul 6	OAK		MIN	L,1-2	GF	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	85 (3)	Jul 11	OAK		MIL	W,11-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	86	Jul 12 (1)	OAK		MIL	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
54	87	Jul 12 (2)	OAK		MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	88	Jul 16 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,8-2	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	91 (2)	Jul 18	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-7	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	93 (1)	Jul 20	OAK	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	96 (2)	Jul 24	OAK		NYY	W,11-0	GF	15	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	97	Jul 25	OAK		NYY	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
60	98	Jul 26	OAK		NYY	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	110 (11)	Aug 7	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	112 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	116 (3)	Aug 12	OAK		CLE	W,11-4	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	128 (11)	Aug 26	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	138 (9)	Sep 6	OAK		KCR	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	140 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	144 (3)	Sep 11	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	145	Sep 12	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	146	Sep 13 (1)	OAK	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	50	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	147	Sep 13 (2)	OAK	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	54	11.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	149 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
72	150	Sep 16	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	152 (1)	Sep 19	OAK		CAL	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	154 (1)	Sep 21	OAK		MIN	W,6-0	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
75	155	Sep 22	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	GF	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	157 (1)	Sep 25	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
77	158	Sep 26	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
78	160 (1)	Sep 29	OAK		MIL	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
79	161	Sep 30	OAK		MIL	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
80	162	Oct 1	OAK		MIL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
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