Steve Kemp
Born: August 7, 1954, San Angelo, TXHeight: 6'0" Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Left
College: Southern California
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Batting Statistics Hide 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 1977 Detroit AL 22 151 552 75 142 233 29 4 18 88 1 7 3 3 71 0 5 93 11 .257 .422 .343 1978 Detroit AL 23 159 582 75 161 232 18 4 15 79 3 3 2 3 94 3 1 87 9 .277 .399 .379 1979 Detroit AL 24 134 490 88 156 266 26 3 26 105 2 8 5 6 66 2 2 70 13 .318 .543 .398 1980 Detroit AL 25 135 508 88 149 241 23 3 21 101 1 9 5 1 66 3 4 64 24 .293 .474 .376 1981 Detroit AL 26 105 372 52 103 156 18 4 9 49 0 4 9 3 65 5 1 48 13 .277 .419 .389 1982 Chicago AL 27 160 580 91 166 248 23 1 19 98 1 6 7 7 81 8 3 83 8 .286 .428 .381 1983 New York AL 28 109 373 53 90 149 17 3 12 49 1 2 1 0 38 3 2 37 17 .241 .399 .318 1984 New York AL 29 94 313 37 91 126 12 1 7 41 3 4 4 1 40 0 1 54 12 .291 .403 .369 1985 Pittsburgh NL 30 92 236 19 59 82 13 2 2 21 1 4 1 0 24 1 0 54 5 .250 .347 .317 1986 Pittsburgh NL 31 13 16 1 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 6 1 .188 .375 .350 1988 Texas AL 33 16 36 2 8 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 9 1 .222 .222 .256 TOTALS 1168 4058 581 1128 1747 179 25 130 634 13 48 39 24 551 25 19 605 114 .278 .431 .367
| 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 1977 Detroit AL LF 1316.0 147 1 1 148 252 10 5 1 .981 1.79 1978 Detroit AL LF 1395.0 156 1 2 157 325 11 8 2 .977 2.17 1979 Detroit AL LF 1020.1 114 3 6 117 225 12 6 2 .975 2.09 1979 Detroit AL RF 24.0 3 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 1980 Detroit AL LF 737.0 84 1 8 85 198 4 1 3 .995 2.47 1981 Detroit AL LF 806.1 92 0 6 92 210 6 3 0 .986 2.41 1982 Chicago AL LF 1315.2 154 0 25 154 278 6 7 1 .976 1.94 1983 New York AL RF 652.0 72 13 10 85 175 4 3 4 .984 2.47 1983 New York AL LF 180.1 20 5 7 25 42 1 0 0 1.000 2.15 1984 New York AL LF 628.2 70 5 16 75 135 2 4 0 .972 1.96 1985 Pittsburgh NL LF 476.1 61 2 25 63 108 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 1986 Pittsburgh NL LF 22.0 3 1 2 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 1988 Texas AL LF 22.0 2 3 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 1988 Texas AL 1B 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1988 Texas AL RF 1.1 0 1 0 1 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 Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (January 7, 1976).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Chet Lemon (November 27, 1981).
- Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).
- Signed by New York Yankees (December 9, 1982).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Tim Foli and cash to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dale Berra, Alfonso Pulido and Jay Buhner (December 20, 1984).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 8, 1986).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (June 22, 1986).
- Released by San Diego Padres (September 18, 1986).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (March 4, 1987).
- Released by Texas Rangers (October 15, 1987).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (January 19, 1988).
- Released by Texas Rangers (May 25, 1988).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (June 9, 1988).
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