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Steve Kemp	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 200   Born: August 7, 1954 in Usa, TX, SAN ANGELO

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1981
Gold Glove	1979    1988
All-Star Selections	1981    1984    1986    1988

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1977	22	NYG	NL					8	8	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8
1978	23	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	8	7	7	8	8
1979	24	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8
1980	25	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	8	7	7	8	8
1981	26	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	8	7	7	8	7
1982	27	NYG	NL	$ 3,178,571				8	8	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	8
1983	28	NYG	NL	$ 3,664,286				8	8	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	7
1984	29	NYG	NL	$ 3,664,286				8	8	7	7	8	8	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	7
1985	30	KCR	AL	$ 4,000,000				9	9	8	7	8	8	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	7
1986	31	KCR	AL	$ 4,000,000				9	9	8	7	8	8	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	7
1987	32	KCR	AL	$ 4,000,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6
1988	33	KCR	AL	$ 4,000,000				6	6	6	5	6	5	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
1989	34	IND	AL	$ 2,000,000				4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	4	3	3	3
1990	35	IND	AL	$ 2,000,000				2	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	5	4	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	5	4	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 4,000,000				9	9	8	7	8	8	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1977	22	AAA		135	507	87	150	26	4	29	81	6	6	86	54	.296	.398	.535	.932	104.3
1978	23	NYG	NL	75	286	35	74	14	0	11	42	2	0	31	23	.259	.330	.423	.753	37.5	6.8
		AAA		80	322	58	109	23	2	18	63	9	2	45	20	.339	.420	.590	1.010	73.4
1979	24	NYG	NL	155	579	91	149	30	6	27	110	11	4	68	53	.257	.332	.470	.802	92.9	21.9
1980	25	NYG	NL	154	579	103	142	23	7	24	89	14	5	73	60	.245	.328	.434	.761	83.6	17.5
1981	26	NYG	NL	153	566	83	151	27	2	29	93	4	0	67	66	.267	.346	.475	.822	90.7	20.6
1982	27	NYG	NL	154	572	99	160	42	2	24	97	1	0	74	57	.280	.360	.486	.846	93.4	19.6
1983	28	NYG	NL	154	589	84	160	45	2	27	106	1	1	66	77	.272	.341	.492	.833	95.7	21.2
1984	29	NYG	NL	146	540	74	141	28	4	22	94	3	0	50	69	.261	.321	.450	.771	77.8	17.0
1985	30	KCR	AL	128	455	62	131	22	1	24	87	0	0	53	60	.288	.359	.499	.858	75.9	15.3
1986	31	KCR	AL	149	563	86	154	24	5	24	101	0	0	80	67	.274	.365	.462	.827	94.6	21.7
1987	32	KCR	AL	150	610	87	174	38	1	23	93	1	0	62	91	.285	.350	.464	.814	93.1	16.0
1988	33	KCR	AL	153	632	98	198	39	2	21	95	0	0	58	116	.313	.369	.481	.850	105.6	24.3
1989	34	IND	AL	111	397	33	93	14	2	7	35	0	0	16	131	.234	.269	.332	.601	32.8	1.6
1990	35	AAA		112	451	31	81	11	0	10	28	0	0	40	102	.180	.246	.271	.517	30.4
		A		25	83	8	23	0	0	3	8	0	0	15	12	.277	.388	.386	.773	13.7
12 Years Sim				1682	6368	935	1727	346	34	263	1042	37	10	698	870	.271	.342	.460	.802	973.6	203.5
3 Years AAA				327	1280	176	340	60	6	57	172	15	8	171	176	.266	.352	.455	.808	208.1
1 Years A				25	83	8	23	0	0	3	8	0	0	15	12	.277	.384	.386	.769	13.7
4 Years Minors				352	1363	184	363	60	6	60	180	15	8	186	188	.266	.354	.451	.806	221.7
162 Game Average					613	90	166	33	3	25	100	3	0	67	83	.271	.342	.460	.802	93.8
Career Highs				155	632	103	198	45	7	29	110	14	5	80	131	.313	.369	.499	.858	105.6

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		4510	688	1284	246	27	201	751	27	8	502	542	.285	.356	.485	.841	762.9
vs LH		1858	247	443	100	7	62	291	10	2	196	328	.238	.308	.400	.708	237.5
Home	831	3055	457	856	165	9	131	512	16	5	333	421	.280	.349	.469	.818	495.7
Away	851	3313	478	871	181	25	132	530	21	5	365	449	.263	.335	.452	.788	504.7
RISP		1702	0	475	100	8	79	753	0	0	219	241	.279	.353	.486	.839	294.7
Pinch Hitting		64	7	19	0	2	3	19	0	0	10	7	.297	.392	.500	.892	12.5
Close/Late		721	105	192	39	4	35	125	0	0	102	92	.266	.355	.477	.833	123.5
Mar/Apr	251	952	140	233	40	2	42	138	10	1	101	119	.245	.314	.423	.738	132.7
May	283	1086	167	313	61	6	49	170	3	0	134	170	.288	.365	.491	.856	191.1
June	281	1085	159	320	51	7	55	207	3	2	100	169	.295	.353	.507	.860	187.2
July	288	1068	144	272	65	7	38	176	6	2	107	159	.255	.321	.435	.757	150.2
August	302	1147	181	306	66	10	39	179	12	3	143	128	.267	.347	.444	.791	178.7
Sep/Oct	277	1030	144	283	63	2	40	172	3	2	113	125	.275	.346	.456	.802	160.6

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1978	23	NYG	NL	1B	53	52	460.3	519	55	3	57	.995	11.22					0.9
				LF	21	21	189.0	36	0	1	0	.973	1.71					0.3
				RF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1979	24	NYG	NL	1B	150	148	1333.7	1676	119	7	172	.996	12.11					3.6
				LF	4	0	9.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.00					0.1
				RF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
1980	25	NYG	NL	LF	43	43	382.7	74	3	2	1	.975	1.81					0.6
				1B	6	1	22.3	30	2	0	4	1.000	12.90					0.0
1981	26	NYG	NL	RF	2	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.25					0.0
				1B	1	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	5.42					0.0
1982	27	NYG	NL	RF	4	0	14.7	5	0	0	0	1.000	3.07					0.1
				LF	1	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.57
1983	28	NYG	NL	1B	13	12	107.0	135	13	0	12	1.000	12.45					0.3
				LF	1	0	6.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.35					0.0
				RF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1984	29	NYG	NL	RF	5	0	15.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.60					0.0
				1B	1	0	1.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	13.53					0.0
				LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1985	30	KCR	AL	LF	108	106	945.7	200	6	5	1	.976	1.96					1.4
				RF	16	0	29.7	12	0	0	0	1.000	3.64
1986	31	KCR	AL	LF	145	143	1270.0	293	7	5	1	.984	2.13					1.9
				1B	2	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
				RF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1987	32	KCR	AL	1B	147	147	1333.0	1674	133	11	146	.994	12.20					2.7
				LF	2	2	18.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00					0.0
				RF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
1988	33	KCR	AL	1B	152	150	1328.0	1720	117	13	154	.993	12.45					2.2
1989	34	IND	AL	1B	96	93	782.3	942	64	7	96	.993	11.57					1.4
				RF	8	6	45.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.60					0.1
				LF	3	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	5.14
				1B	621	603	5372.6	6701	504	41	641	.994	12.07					11.2
				LF	329	315	2836.0	615	17	13	3	.980	2.01					4.3
				RF	40	6	118.3	30	0	0	0	1.000	2.28					0.3
Career Totals					990	924	8326.9	7346	521	54	644	.993	8.50					15.8
Career Highs					155	150	1353.0	1720	133	13	172	1.000	12.45

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1979	24	NYG	NL	7	28	4	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.393	.414	.429	.842
1980	25	NYG	NL	11	44	8	13	2	0	3	10	0	1	5	0	.295	.367	.545	.913
1981	26	NYG	NL	16	68	7	14	1	0	3	9	0	0	3	12	.206	.239	.353	.592
1982	27	NYG	NL	7	29	2	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	4	.207	.219	.345	.564
1983	28	NYG	NL	5	20	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.250	.286	.300	.586
1984	29	NYG	NL	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1986	31	KCR	AL	13	55	13	14	2	0	4	11	0	0	6	10	.255	.328	.509	.837
1987	32	KCR	AL	7	24	3	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	3	.250	.379	.333	.713
Career Post-Season Batting				67	272	38	69	8	1	11	40	0	1	22	34	.254	.307	.412	.719

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1988-6-.313 Slugging Pct 1982-8-.486 1983-8-.492 1985-7-.499 OPS 1985-9-.858 1986-9-.827 XR 1983-8-95.7 1986-7-94.6 1988-9-105.6 Games 1979-8-155 At-Bats 1987-4-610 1988-1-632 Runs 1980-2-103 1982-9-99 1988-6-98 Hits 1988-1-198 Total Bases 1981-10-269 1983-8-290 1987-10-283 1988-8-304 Singles 1988-3-136 Doubles 1982-4-42 1983-3-45 Triples 1980-4-7 1986-10-5 Homeruns 1979-8-27 1981-6-29 1982-8-24 1983-6-27 RBIs 1979-4-110 1981-10-93 1982-10-97 1983-4-106 1984-8-94 1986-8-101 Walks 1986-7-80 Strikeouts 1989-10-131

Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 76    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1977

Had first career hit on 7/4/1978, off Masanori Murakami (NYA)

Hit first career homerun on 7/6/1978, off Rich Gossage (NYA)

Drove in 6 runs against Miami on 9/8/1979

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1979

Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1981, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 11 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1981, hitting .365 with 9 HR, 29 RBI

Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game

Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981

2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration

Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Miami on 8/18/1982

2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration

Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1983, hitting .400 with 1 HR, 4 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1983, hitting .467 with 4 HR, 7 RBI

2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration

Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1984, hitting .348 with 4 HR, 10 RBI

Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game

Injured on 9/17/1984 with a Fractured Ankle, out for 3 weeks

10/13/1984: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years

Traded from New York (N) to Kansas City on 3/4/1985 (Going to NYG: P Rick Camp, SS Dave Hilton. Going to KCR: 3B Jeff Burroughs, 1B Steve Kemp, C Jody Davis, LF Tito Landrum)

Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/28/1985

Drove in 6 runs against Miami on 6/18/1986

Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game

Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 6/13/1987

Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Indianapolis on 8/30/1987

Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1988, hitting .379 with 3 HR, 13 RBI

Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game

9/1/1988: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1988

Traded from Kansas City to Indianapolis on 3/4/1989 (Going to IND: P Steve Comer, 1B Steve Kemp, P Jeff Reardon, P Roy Thomas. Going to KCR: P Don Cooper)

Injured on 4/6/1989 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks

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