Steve Hovley
Born: December 18, 1944, Ventura, CAHeight: 5'10" Weight: 188 Bats: Left Throws: Left
College: Stanford
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Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 Seattle AL 24 91 329 41 91 120 14 3 3 20 3 1 10 4 27 3 1 34 2 .277 .365 .338 1970 2 Teams 25 112 235 25 57 67 10 0 0 17 0 0 8 1 20 2 1 22 6 .243 .285 .310 1971 Oakland AL 26 24 27 3 3 5 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 7 0 1 9 0 .111 .185 .306 1972 Kansas City AL 27 105 196 24 53 69 5 1 3 24 4 1 3 3 22 2 1 29 2 .270 .352 .351 1973 Kansas City AL 28 104 232 29 59 75 8 1 2 24 2 1 6 4 31 2 0 34 3 .254 .323 .346 TOTALS 436 1019 122 263 336 39 5 8 88 9 4 29 12 107 9 4 128 13 .258 .330 .335
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1969 Seattle AL RF 394.0 40 9 0 49 80 6 2 4 .977 1.96 1969 Seattle AL CF 318.1 33 2 1 35 88 3 0 0 1.000 2.57 1969 Seattle AL LF 22.0 3 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 1970 Milwaukee AL RF 268.0 31 6 8 37 55 1 3 0 .949 1.88 1970 Milwaukee AL CF 25.0 3 3 2 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.96 1970 Oakland AL CF 136.0 9 18 1 27 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.85 1970 Oakland AL LF 21.2 0 8 0 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.74 1970 Oakland AL RF 42.2 3 5 0 8 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.53 1971 Oakland AL RF 9.0 0 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1971 Oakland AL LF 24.0 2 2 0 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.62 1971 Oakland AL CF 16.0 2 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 1972 Kansas City AL RF 200.1 18 20 5 38 48 4 2 0 .963 2.34 1972 Kansas City AL CF 181.1 16 9 0 25 52 3 0 0 1.000 2.73 1972 Kansas City AL LF 22.0 0 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 1973 Kansas City AL RF 264.0 23 30 2 53 71 1 0 1 1.000 2.45 1973 Kansas City AL CF 171.0 16 10 2 26 44 3 3 0 .940 2.47 1973 Kansas City AL LF 7.2 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by California Angels in the 35th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
- Selected by Seattle Pilots from California Angels (35th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
- Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Al Downing and Tito Francona (June 11, 1970).
- Placed on disabled list by Oakland A's (May 22, 1971)
- Activated by Oakland A's (June 20, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by Oakland A's (June 21, 1971)
- Activated by Oakland A's (July 11, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by Oakland A's (July 28, 1971)
- Activated by Oakland A's (October 1, 1971)
- Selected by Kansas City Royals from Oakland Athletics in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 29, 1971).
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