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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	KCR	@	CAL	W,12-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
2	3	Apr 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	4	Apr 10	KCR		TEX	W,12-1	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	9 (4)	Apr 15	KCR	@	CHW	W,12-5	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	12 (2)	Apr 19	KCR		OAK	W,16-8	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	13	Apr 20	KCR		CHW	L,2-16	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	15 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	KCR		CHW	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	20 (4)	Apr 28	KCR	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	23 (2)	May 2	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH RF
10	24	May 4	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	25	May 5	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-7	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	29 (3)	May 10	KCR		DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	33 (3)	May 14	KCR		CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	34	May 15	KCR		CAL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
15	38 (3)	May 19	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-2	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
16	39	May 20	KCR	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
17	40	May 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	41	May 22	KCR	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	42	May 23	KCR	@	MIN	L,6-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
20	43	May 24	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	44	May 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS	46	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
22	45	May 27 (1)	KCR		BOS	W,13-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	47 (1)	May 28	KCR		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
24	48	May 29	KCR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	52 (3)	Jun 2	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	53	Jun 3	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	54	Jun 4	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
28	55	Jun 5	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	RF CF
29	56	Jun 6	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	57	Jun 8	KCR		NYY	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
31	58	Jun 9	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
32	59	Jun 10	KCR		NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
33	61 (1)	Jun 13	KCR	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	63 (1)	Jun 15	KCR	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
35	65 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
36	66	Jun 17 (2)	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	67	Jun 18	KCR		OAK	L,5-9	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	68	Jun 19	KCR		OAK	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
39	69	Jun 20	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	71 (1)	Jun 23	KCR		TEX	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	72	Jun 24 (1)	KCR		TEX	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	73	Jun 24 (2)	KCR		TEX	W,10-6	GF	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	74	Jun 25	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-5	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
44	75	Jun 26	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-6	GF	12	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	78 (2)	Jun 29	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
46	79	Jun 30 (1)	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
47	80	Jun 30 (2)	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	82 (1)	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	84 (1)	Jul 4	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
50	86 (1)	Jul 6	KCR		DET	W,12-1	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
51	97 (10)	Jul 17	KCR	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
52	98	Jul 18	KCR	@	DET	L,4-14	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	99	Jul 20	KCR		MIL	W,6-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
54	103 (3)	Jul 26 (2)	KCR		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
55	105 (1)	Jul 28	KCR		CAL	L,8-19	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	107 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	KCR		CAL	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	109 (1)	Aug 1	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
58	111 (1)	Aug 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	112	Aug 4	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	113	Aug 5	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	116 (2)	Aug 9	KCR		BOS	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	118 (1)	Aug 11	KCR		BAL	W,9-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	120 (1)	Aug 14	KCR		CLE	W,8-5	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	122 (1)	Aug 16	KCR		CLE	L,4-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	127 (4)	Aug 21	KCR		NYY	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	128	Aug 22	KCR		NYY	W,8-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	131 (2)	Aug 26	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
68	132	Aug 28	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	140 (7)	Sep 8 (2)	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
70	144 (3)	Sep 11	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
71	145	Sep 12	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
72	146	Sep 13	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	147	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
74	148	Sep 15	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
75	149	Sep 16	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	150	Sep 17	KCR		MIN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	151	Sep 18	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	152	Sep 19	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
79	154 (1)	Sep 21	KCR		CHW	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
80	155	Sep 22	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	GF	24	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	PH RF CF
							83gm		442.2	115	4	3	122	1