Steve Avery

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg)

Born: April 14, 1970 in Trenton, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from John F. Kennedy HS (Taylor, MI).

High School: John F. Kennedy HS (Taylor, MI)

Last Game: July 20, 2003 (Age 33-097d)
vs. CHW 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Steven Thomas Avery

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.8

ERA

4.19

297

261

1554.2

980

WHIP

1.349

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1988	18	-2.1	Pulaski	APPY	Rk	ATL	7	1	.875	1.50	2.18	10	10	0	3	2	0	66.0	38	16	11	2	19	0	80	1	1	5		0.864	5.2	0.3	2.6	10.9	4.21
1989	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	ATL	12	7	.632	2.11	2.84	26	26	0	4	1	0	171.0	127	54	40	8	54	1	165	2	1	8		1.058	6.7	0.4	2.8	8.7	3.06
1989	19	-4.7	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	6	3	.667	2.77	3.42	13	13	0	1	0	0	84.1	68	32	26	3	34	0	75	1	0	4		1.209	7.3	0.3	3.6	8.0	2.21
1989	19	-3.4	Durham	CARL	A	ATL	6	4	.600	1.45	2.28	13	13	0	3	1	0	86.2	59	22	14	5	20	1	90	1	1	4		0.912	6.1	0.5	2.1	9.3	4.50
1990	20	-5.5	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	5	5	.500	3.39	3.83	13	13	0	3	0	0	82.1	85	35	31	7	21	0	69	2	0	5		1.287	9.3	0.8	2.3	7.5	3.29
1990	20	-8.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	11	.214	5.64	7.18	21	20	1	1	1	0	99.0	121	79	62	7	45	2	75	2	1	5	466	1.677	11.0	0.6	4.1	6.8	1.67
1991	21	-7.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	18	8	.692	3.38	3.81	35	35	0	3	1	0	210.1	189	89	79	21	65	0	137	3	1	4	868	1.208	8.1	0.9	2.8	5.9	2.11
1992	22	-6.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	11	11	.500	3.20	3.66	35	35	0	2	2	0	233.2	216	95	83	14	71	3	129	0	3	7	969	1.228	8.3	0.5	2.7	5.0	1.82
1993	23	-5.2	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	18	6	.750	2.94	3.26	35	35	0	3	1	0	223.1	216	81	73	14	43	5	125	0	1	3	891	1.160	8.7	0.6	1.7	5.0	2.91
1994	24	-4.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	8	3	.727	4.04	4.21	24	24	0	1	0	0	151.2	127	71	68	15	55	4	122	4	2	5	628	1.200	7.5	0.9	3.3	7.2	2.22
1995	25	-2.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	7	13	.350	4.67	4.78	29	29	0	3	1	0	173.1	165	92	90	22	52	4	141	6	0	3	724	1.252	8.6	1.1	2.7	7.3	2.71
1996	26	1.8	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	26	-2.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	7	10	.412	4.47	4.81	24	23	0	1	0	0	131.0	146	70	65	10	40	8	86	4	0	5	567	1.420	10.0	0.7	2.7	5.9	2.15
1997	27		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Rk-AAA-A+	BOS	1	0	1.000	0.64	1.93	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	8	3	1	1	4	0	12	0	0	0	55	0.857	5.1	0.6	2.6	7.7	3.00
1997	27	0.9	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	19	0.800	1.8	0.0	5.4	1.8	0.33
1997	27	4.5	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
1997	27	7.5	Red Sox	GULF	Rk	BOS	0	0		1.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	3	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	25	0.833	7.5	1.5	0.0	12.0
1997	27	-1.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	7	.462	6.42	7.08	22	18	1	0	0	0	96.2	127	76	69	15	49	0	51	2	0	4	453	1.821	11.8	1.4	4.6	4.7	1.04
1998	28	1.4	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	2	.000	5.56	7.15	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.1	9	9	7	2	9	0	6	1	0	0	53	1.588	7.1	1.6	7.1	4.8	0.67
1998	28	-1.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	10	7	.588	5.02	5.39	34	23	4	0	0	0	123.2	128	74	69	14	64	0	57	4	0	7	546	1.553	9.3	1.0	4.7	4.1	0.89
1999	29	0.6	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	6	7	.462	5.16	5.81	19	19	0	0	0	0	96.0	75	62	55	11	78	0	51	1	1	4	426	1.594	7.0	1.0	7.3	4.8	0.65
2000	30		4 Teams	4 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA-A	ATL	4	12	.250	5.16	6.38	19	19	0	1	0	0	103.0	112	73	59	13	65	1	64	0	0	3	468	1.718	9.8	1.1	5.7	5.6	0.98
2000	30	3.5	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	1	3	.250	9.43	10.71	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.0	23	25	22	3	17	0	8	0	0	0	101	1.905	9.9	1.3	7.3	3.4	0.47
2000	30	6.1	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	5	.000	8.69	9.93	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	43	32	28	6	22	1	17	0	0	2	147	2.241	13.3	1.9	6.8	5.3	0.77
2000	30	7.3	Myrtle Beach	CARL	A+	ATL	3	3	.500	1.53	2.11	7	7	0	1	0	0	47.0	40	11	8	2	25	0	32	0	0	1	195	1.383	7.7	0.4	4.8	6.1	1.28
2000	30	8.7	Macon	SALL	A	ATL	0	1	.000	1.50	7.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	5	1	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	25	1.167	9.0	3.0	1.5	10.5	7.00

2003	33	6.2	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	1	4	.200	3.15	4.19	22	2	4	0	0	0	34.1	37	16	12	6	10	3	14	0	0	1	146	1.369	9.7	1.6	2.6	3.7	1.40
2003	33	4.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	0	1.000	5.63	6.19	19	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	19	11	10	5	7	1	6	0	0	0	71	1.625	10.7	2.8	3.9	3.4	0.86
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		96	83	.536	4.19	4.63	297	261	11	14	6	0	1554.2	1529	800	723	148	569	27	980	26	9	47	6609	1.349	8.9	0.9	3.3	5.7	1.72
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		30	31	.492	3.00	3.84	97	77	4	11	3	0	482.2	416	206	161	39	182	5	410	6	2	22	724	1.239	7.8	0.7	3.4	7.6	2.25
All Levels (14 Seasons)							126	114	.525	3.91	4.44	394	338	15	25	9	0	2037.1	1945	1006	884	187	751	32	1390	32	11	69	7333	1.323	8.6	0.8	3.3	6.1	1.85

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		8	14	.364	4.21	4.97	43	23	4	3	0	0	154.0	155	85	72	18	60	3	98	3	0	6	319	1.396	9.1	1.1	3.5	5.7	1.63
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		6	8	.429	4.26	5.05	20	20	0	1	0	0	114.0	111	64	54	9	56	1	92	1	0	6	149	1.465	8.8	0.7	4.4	7.3	1.64
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		3	3	.500	1.44	1.98	8	8	0	1	0	0	50.0	42	11	8	2	26	0	35	0	0	1	206	1.360	7.6	0.4	4.7	6.3	1.35
A (2 seasons)					Minors		6	5	.545	1.46	2.62	15	15	0	3	1	0	92.2	65	27	15	7	21	1	97	1	1	4	25	0.928	6.3	0.7	2.0	9.4	4.62
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		7	1	.875	1.50	2.38	11	11	0	3	2	0	72.0	43	19	12	3	19	0	88	1	1	5	25	0.861	5.4	0.4	2.4	11.0	4.63