James Steels

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: May 30, 1961 in Jackson, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Santa Maria HS (Santa Maria, CA).

High School: Santa Maria HS (Santa Maria, CA)

Debut: April 6, 1987 (Age 25-311d, 15,279th in major league history)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 19, 1989 (Age 27-354d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: James Earl Steels

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.4

133

.181

RBI

OBP

.250

SLG

.211

OPS

.461

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-21 / in Starts: 3-7
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 54 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	40 (21-10-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 54 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	32 (15-10-5)

Most Driven In
C Wilkerson	2
S Fletcher	1
S Kemp	1
O McDowell	1
P Incaviglia	0
C Espy	0

Most Driven In By
S Buechele	2
P O'Brien	1
C Wilkerson	0
P Incaviglia	0
L Parrish	0

1988 Batting Game Log

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1988 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	63	25 (24)	May 4	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	3	.37	0.001	.28	0.00%	0.12	RF
2	64	26	May 5	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	.47	-0.047	.32	-0.02%	-1.00	RF
3	65	29 (2)	May 8	TEX		NYY	W,10-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.182	.167	.182	.348	3	1.27	0.068	.95	0.03%	0.43	RF
4	66	30	May 10	TEX		BAL	W,13-5	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.154	.167	.321	4	.16	0.006	.11	0.00%	0.39	PR LF
5	67	31	May 11	TEX		BAL	W,8-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.154	.167	.321	3						RF
6	68	35 (3)	May 15	TEX		KCR	L,4-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.143	.154	.297	9	1.85	-0.046	2.53	-0.04%	-0.16	PH
7	69	36	May 16	TEX		KCR	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.133	.143	.276	1	7.15	-0.164	8.12	-0.11%	-0.47	PH
8	70	37	May 17	TEX	@	TOR	W,7-6	12-GF(14)	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.235	.313	.548	6	2.66	0.357	2.36	0.19%	1.28	PH
9	71	40 (2)	May 22 (1)	TEX		MIN	L,5-15	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.263	.333	.596	3	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	1.23	PH RF
10	72	41	May 22 (2)	TEX		MIN	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.238	.300	.538	9	1.02	-0.051	1.22	-0.04%	-0.40	1B
11	73	43 (1)	May 25	TEX		TOR	W,5-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.227	.286	.513	6	.12	-0.003	.12	0.00%	-0.50	PH
12	74	47 (3)	May 29	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-12	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.240	.292	.532	7	.30	-0.011	.30	-0.01%	-0.77	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	75	52 (4)	Jun 3	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.240	.292	.532	4						LF
14	76	55 (2)	Jun 6	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.241	.286	.527	6	.63	-0.031	.42	-0.01%	-0.59	1B
15	77	60 (4)	Jun 11	TEX		OAK	L,4-13	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.233	.276	.509	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	1B
16	78	62 (1)	Jun 14	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.235	.273	.508	1	1.10	-0.029	.58	-0.01%	-0.29	DH
17	79	66 (3)	Jun 18	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.235	.273	.508	4						LF
18	80	67	Jun 19	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.235	.273	.508	6						PR
19	81	68	Jun 20	TEX		SEA	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.235	.273	.508	4						LF
20	82	70 (1)	Jun 22	TEX		SEA	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.222	.257	.479	1	5.50	-0.271	2.98	-0.09%	-0.97	PH LF
21	83	71	Jun 24	TEX		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.200	.231	.431	5	.77	-0.088	.31	-0.02%	-1.13	LF
22	84	73 (1)	Jun 26	TEX		CHW	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.200	.231	.431	5						PR
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	85	77 (3)	Jul 1	TEX		BAL	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.205	.233	.437	6	1.17	-0.045	.52	-0.01%	-0.56	LF
24	86	78	Jul 2	TEX		BAL	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.205	.233	.437	4						PR 1B
25	87	79	Jul 3	TEX		BAL	W,13-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.205	.233	.437	3						RF
26	88	80	Jul 4	TEX		NYY	L,2-13	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.200	.227	.427	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	RF
27	89	82 (1)	Jul 6	TEX		NYY	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.200	.227	.427	6						PR
28	90	84 (1)	Jul 8	TEX	@	BAL	W,8-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.200	.227	.427	4						LF
29	91	92 (7)	Jul 19	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.196	.222	.418	1	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH CF
30	92	93	Jul 21	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.191	.217	.409	7	.44	-0.012	.03	0.00%	-0.68	PR
31	93	94	Jul 22	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.191	.217	.409	5						LF
32	94	102 (7)	Jul 30	TEX	@	DET	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.188	.213	.400	6	1.21	-0.033	.04	0.00%	-0.48	PH
33	95	103	Jul 31	TEX	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.192	.216	.408	7	1.09	0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.29	DH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	96	104	Aug 2	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.189	.212	.400	8	.44	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.69	PH
35	97	107 (2)	Aug 6	TEX		CLE	L,3-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.189	.212	.400	6						PR
36	98	114 (6)	Aug 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,12-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.185	.208	.393	3	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.16	1B
							15-21		54	53	4	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.189	.185	.208	.393		1.07	-0.407	.71	-0.14%	-6.31

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