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Steve
Hovley		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 193
 
Born: December 18, 1944 in Usa, CA, VENTURA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 24 LAD NL     6 6 5 1 2 2 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7
1970 25 LAD NL     6 6 5 1 1 1 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7
1971 26 LAD NL     6 6 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7
1972 27 LAD NL     6 6 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 7 7
1973 28 LAD NL     6 6 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7
1974 29 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1975 30 LAD NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 6
1976 31 LAD NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1977 32 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1978 33 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5
1979 34 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 7 8 8 5 5 5
1980 35 PHN NL     5 5 5 1 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 8 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 7 6 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
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
1969 24 AAA   81 291 31 88 15 1 4 28 8 1 35 32 .302 .377 .402 .779 45.1  
    AA   53 195 32 58 9 1 3 23 5 2 30 26 .297 .391 .400 .791 31.6  
1970 25 AAA   136 523 54 141 30 1 3 55 9 2 77 86 .270 .363 .348 .711 70.9  
1971 26 AAA   134 511 69 134 24 1 6 49 10 4 79 67 .262 .361 .348 .709 69.6  
1972 27 AAA   131 469 84 132 21 1 8 53 14 2 65 59 .281 .369 .382 .751 70.3  
1973 28 AAA   135 550 50 149 28 2 2 52 7 3 66 84 .271 .349 .340 .689 67.9  
1974 29 LAD NL 97 265 32 58 12 0 0 21 4 1 25 39 .219 .285 .264 .549 17.5 0.0
1975 30 AAA   136 517 72 148 26 3 4 53 8 3 79 72 .286 .381 .371 .752 77.0  
1976 31 AAA   137 537 72 151 24 3 5 53 8 7 82 92 .281 .376 .365 .741 77.1  
1977 32 LAD NL 39 122 11 31 4 0 0 8 0 0 14 14 .254 .331 .287 .618 11.4 1.4
    AAA   56 142 15 30 7 0 0 7 3 0 24 26 .211 .325 .261 .586 14.5  
    AA   28 97 10 25 3 1 2 8 1 1 14 10 .258 .351 .371 .722 13.3  
1978 33 PHN NL 45 114 14 24 5 0 0 10 0 1 18 20 .211 .319 .254 .573 10.7 0.6
1979 34 PHN NL 30 78 7 14 3 0 0 5 3 0 8 16 .179 .253 .218 .471 5.1 0.0
    AAA   42 53 11 16 1 0 1 9 2 0 14 6 .302 .448 .377 .825 10.7  
1980 35 AAA   104 280 39 90 12 2 4 34 5 2 52 43 .321 .428 .421 .849 52.2  
4 Years Sim 211 579 64 127 24 0 0 44 7 2 65 89 .219 .297 .261 .558 44.6 2.0
10 Years AAA 1092 3873 497 1079 188 14 37 393 74 24 573 567 .279 .372 .363 .735 555.4  
2 Years AA 81 292 42 83 12 2 5 31 6 3 44 36 .284 .382 .390 .772 44.9  
12 Years Minors 1173 4165 539 1162 200 16 42 424 80 27 617 603 .279 .373 .365 .738 600.4  
162 Game Average 444 49 97 18 0 0 33 5 1 49 68 .219 .297 .261 .558 34.3  
Career Highs 97 265 32 58 12 0 0 21 4 1 25 39 .254 .331 .287 .618 17.5  
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   485 54 113 21 0 0 37 7 1 54 72 .233 .309 .276 .586 44.7
vs LH   94 10 14 3 0 0 7 0 1 11 17 .149 .236 .181 .417 3.4
Home 104 273 23 60 11 0 0 22 2 1 31 40 .220 .298 .260 .558 22.6
Away 107 306 41 67 13 0 0 22 5 1 34 49 .219 .297 .261 .558 25.6
RISP   133 0 27 4 0 0 40 0 0 15 22 .203 .281 .233 .514 9.3
Pinch Hitting   9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.1
Close/Late   77 5 17 1 0 0 9 0 0 14 10 .221 .337 .234 .571 7.7
Mar/Apr 19 29 4 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 7 .172 .294 .172 .467 2.3
May 22 54 4 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 5 7 .148 .217 .185 .402 1.9
June 53 147 14 31 6 0 0 8 0 0 19 21 .211 .305 .252 .557 12.1
July 39 116 17 30 7 0 0 10 1 0 11 18 .259 .318 .319 .637 12.2
August 39 119 13 26 5 0 0 10 2 0 10 21 .218 .279 .261 .540 8.9
Sep/Oct 39 114 12 27 4 0 0 10 1 2 15 15 .237 .323 .272 .595 10.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 29 LAD NL RF 91 76 661.3 155 5 6 2 .964 2.18 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    CF 5 5 39.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0  
1977 32 LAD NL RF 39 38 324.0 80 0 2 0 .976 2.22 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 33 PHN NL CF 18 13 129.0 51 0 0 0 1.000 3.56 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 13 9 87.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 4 30.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 34 PHN NL LF 13 8 84.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.39 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 7 7 59.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.36 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 6 56.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 152 129 1128.3 268 6 8 2 .972 2.19 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  CF 31 25 228.0 80 0 0 0 1.000 3.16 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  LF 18 12 114.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  C 1 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   202 166 1475.3 370 6 8 2 .979 2.29 0 0 .000 0 3.4
Career Highs   96 81 700.3 162 5 6 2 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0  
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jim Lyttle (979)
  2. Rabbit Warstler (976)
  3. Doug Loman (971)
  4. Orlando Gonzalez (970)
  5. Dennis Werth (969)
  6. Chappie Geygan (968)
  7. Jim Qualls (967)
  8. Rick Bladt (965)
  9. Don Dillard (962)
  10. Ray Coleman (962)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 70th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1969
Injured on 5/13/1969 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/27/1969 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 8/11/1971 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Injured on 7/6/1972 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/18/1972 with a Broken Hand, out for 7 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/1/1974, off Buster Narum (STL)
Injured on 7/11/1975 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/7/1976 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 4/27/1977 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Traded from Los Angeles to Philadelphia on 3/4/1978 (Going to PHN: RF Steve Hovley. Going to LAD: DH Roy Foster)
Injured on 8/17/1980 with a Broken Finger, out for 6-7 weeks
 
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