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Steve Ontiveros
Steven Ontiveros

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut June 14, 1985
  vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 1, 2000
Born March 5, 1961 in Tularosa, NM

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1982. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1985 24 OAK AL   1   3  39   0   0   0  18  8   74.7   45   17   16   4   19   36   2   1   284   2   0  1.93  3.82  198 0.857
 1986 25 OAK AL   2   2  46   0   0   0  27 10   72.7   72   40   38  10   25   54   1   4   305   3   0  4.71  3.85   82 1.335
 1987 26 OAK AL  10   8  35  22   2   1   6  1  150.7  141   78   67  19   50   97   4   4   645   3   1  4.00  4.16  104 1.268
 1988 27 OAK AL   3   4  10  10   0   0   0  0   54.7   57   32   28   4   21   30   0   5   241   1   5  4.61  3.82   83 1.427
 1989 28 PHI NL   2   1   6   5   0   0   0  0   30.7   34   15   13   2   15   12   0   2   134   1   0  3.82  3.54   93 1.598
 1990 29 PHI NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   1  0   10.0    9    3    3   1    3    6   0   0    43   0   0  2.70  3.80  141 1.200
 1993 32 SEA AL   0   2  14   0   0   0   8  0   18.0   18    3    2   0    6   13   0   1    72   2   0  1.00  4.42  442 1.333
 1994 33 OAK AL   6   4  27  13   2   0   5  0  115.3   93   39   34   7   26   56   6   5   463   1   0  2.65  4.42  167 1.032
 1995 34 OAK AL   9   6  22  22   2   1   0  0  129.7  144   75   63  12   38   77   4   5   558   0   0  4.37  4.30   98 1.404 AS
 2000 39 BOS AL   1   1   3   1   0   0   0  0    5.3    9    6    6   1    4    1   0   2    28   0   0 10.13  5.07   50 2.438
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .523  34  31 207  73   6   2  65 19  661.7  622  308  270  60  207  382  17  29  2773  13   6  3.67  4.11  112 1.253
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   7  50  17   1   0  15  4  160.7  151   74   65  14   50   92   4   7   673   3   1  3.67  4.11  112 1.253
 Career High     10   8  46  22   2   1  27 10  150.7  144   78   67  19   50   97   6   5   645   3   5  1.93  4.42  198 0.857

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1988 27 OAK AL  13    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 28 PHI NL   6   12    2    1   1  0   0    3   0  0   1   2  .083  .154  .167   -8    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     211   12    3    1   1  0   0    3   0  0   1   2  .083  .154  .167   -8    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          9    2    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .083  .154  .167   -8    2   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     47   12    2    1   1  0   0    3   0  0   1   2                           2   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1988 27 OAK AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1989 28 PHI NL   13   11    0   0.0    90| .083  .253| .154  .320| .167  .376| .321  .696|  -8  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons       13   11    0   0.0    90| .083  .253| .154  .320| .167  .376| .321  .696|  -8  .000  -1.7  -0.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 24 OAK AL P 39 7 14 1 1 .955 .955 0.54 0.70 2.53 1.86 0 74.7 1986 25 OAK AL P 46 2 10 0 1 1.000 .960 0.26 0.68 1.49 1.83 0 72.7 1987 26 OAK AL P 35 14 29 1 0 .977 .956 1.23 0.67 2.57 1.84 22 150.7 1988 27 OAK AL P 10 6 12 0 0 1.000 .963 1.80 0.67 2.96 1.78 10 54.7 DH 1 1989 28 PHI NL P 6 4 9 0 2 1.000 .949 2.17 0.63 3.81 1.88 5 30.7 1990 29 PHI NL P 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 0.58 4.50 1.80 0 10.0 1993 32 SEA AL P 14 0 2 1 2 .667 .952 0.14 0.56 1.00 1.80 0 18.0 1994 33 OAK AL P 27 15 22 0 2 1.000 .956 1.37 0.52 2.89 1.72 13 115.3 1995 34 OAK AL P 22 17 26 0 4 1.000 .960 1.95 0.53 2.98 1.79 22 129.7 AS 2000 39 BOS AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.47 0.00 1.70 1 5.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 27 OAK AL DH 1 1985 24 OAK AL P 39 7 14 1 1 .955 .955 0.54 0.70 2.53 1.86 0 74.7 1986 25 OAK AL P 46 2 10 0 1 1.000 .960 0.26 0.68 1.49 1.83 0 72.7 1987 26 OAK AL P 35 14 29 1 0 .977 .956 1.23 0.67 2.57 1.84 22 150.7 1988 27 OAK AL P 10 6 12 0 0 1.000 .963 1.80 0.67 2.96 1.78 10 54.7 1989 28 PHI NL P 6 4 9 0 2 1.000 .949 2.17 0.63 3.81 1.88 5 30.7 1990 29 PHI NL P 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 0.58 4.50 1.80 0 10.0 1993 32 SEA AL P 14 0 2 1 2 .667 .952 0.14 0.56 1.00 1.80 0 18.0 1994 33 OAK AL P 27 15 22 0 2 1.000 .956 1.37 0.52 2.89 1.72 13 115.3 1995 34 OAK AL P 22 17 26 0 4 1.000 .960 1.95 0.53 2.98 1.79 22 129.7 2000 39 BOS AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.47 0.00 1.70 1 5.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 207 67 127 3 12 .985 .957 0.94 0.63 2.64 1.80 73 661.7 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 207 67 127 3 12 .985 .957 0.94 0.63 2.64 1.80 73 662
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1995   OAK AL      0  1  0   0.2   1   1   1   0   1  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1995   OAK AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1995 *

ERA
1994 AL-2.65-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1994 AL-1.032-1

Hits Allowed/9IP
1994 AL-7.26-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1994 AL-2.03-4

Shutouts
1995 AL-1-9

Hit Batsmen
1994 AL-6-10

Adjusted ERA+
1994 AL-167-3

Oldest Player
2000 AL-39-6

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1500) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1232) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1982.

December 21, 1988: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

February 16, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 11, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

February 28, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

April 16, 1992: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

April 5, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

August 10, 1993: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Seattle Mariners for Greg Shockey (minors).

October 8, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 11, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 26, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 10, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

October 6, 1997: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

February 15, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 23, 1998: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 1, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 25, 1998: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

January 20, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

March 31, 1999: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

May 24, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

July 24, 1999: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

July 7, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

September 9, 2000: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

September 10, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 1, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 5, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Oakland Athletics$88,000
1987Oakland Athletics$131,500
1988Oakland Athletics$200,000
1989Philadelphia Phillies$180,000
1990Philadelphia Phillies$150,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$180,000
1993Seattle Mariners$115,000
1994Oakland Athletics$175,000
1995Oakland Athletics$965,000
1996California Angels$225,000
1997Anaheim Angels$154,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,563,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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