Steve Hovley stats
Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 1973
Bio
- Debut
- 1969
Bio
- Debut
- 1969
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 436
- AB
- 1,019
- R
- 122
- H
- 263
- HR
- 8
- RBI
- 88
- SB
- 29
- AVG
- .258
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | MIL | 91 | 329 | 41 | 91 | 3 | 20 | 10 | .277 |
| 1970 |  MIL/ATH | 112 | 235 | 25 | 57 | 0 | 17 | 8 | .243 |
| 1971 | ATH | 24 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .111 |
| 1972 | KC | 105 | 196 | 24 | 53 | 3 | 24 | 3 | .270 |
| 1973 | KC | 104 | 232 | 29 | 59 | 2 | 24 | 6 | .254 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,152
- TB
- 336
- XBH
- 52
- HBP
- 4
- IBB
- 9
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | MIL | 364 | 120 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | MIL/ATH | 258 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | ATH | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | KC | 226 | 69 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | KC | 268 | 75 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.0
- RC
- 126.1
- RC/27
- 4.40
- ISOP
- .072
- SECA
- .202
- BB/K
- 0.91
- AB/HR
- 127.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | MIL | 1.1 | 44 | 4.8 | .088 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 109.7 | 0 |
| 1970 | MIL/ATH | -0.6 | 23.8 | 3.6 | .043 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | ATH | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | .074 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | KC | 0.7 | 26.4 | 4.7 | .082 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 65.3 | 0 |
| 1973 | KC | -0.2 | 29.2 | 4.4 | .069 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 116 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR