Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1983
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1983
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 476
- AB
- 1,125
- R
- 89
- H
- 267
- HR
- 18
- RBI
- 108
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .237
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CHC | 38 | 85 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .259 |
| 1984 | CHC | 25 | 54 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 |
| 1985 | CHC | 58 | 119 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .151 |
| 1986 |  CHC/STL | 36 | 68 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .294 |
| 1987 | STL | 74 | 179 | 19 | 45 | 2 | 19 | 0 | .251 |
| 1988 | STL | 36 | 54 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .278 |
| 1989 | PHI | 58 | 155 | 9 | 39 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .252 |
| 1990 | PHI | 29 | 80 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .250 |
| 1991 | PHI | 58 | 158 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .228 |
| 1992 | PHI | 20 | 53 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .245 |
| 1993 | CHC | 44 | 120 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .225 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- AB
- 4
- R
- 0
- H
- 2
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .500
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,197
- TB
- 372
- XBH
- 64
- HBP
- 6
- IBB
- 17
- GIDP
- 33
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CHC | 88 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHC | 57 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHC | 128 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHC/STL | 72 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | STL | 195 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | STL | 59 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI | 169 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | PHI | 84 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | PHI | 164 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | PHI | 55 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHC | 126 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.8
- RC
- 89.7
- RC/27
- 2.60
- ISOP
- .093
- SECA
- .132
- BB/K
- 0.27
- AB/HR
- 62.5
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CHC | 0.5 | 7.5 | 3 | .106 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 85 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHC | 0.4 | 5.4 | 3.3 | .185 | 0.2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHC | -0.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | .042 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 119 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHC/STL | 0.6 | 8.1 | 4.2 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 34 | 0 |
| 1987 | STL | 0.4 | 18.1 | 3.4 | .095 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 89.5 | 0 |
| 1988 | STL | 0.5 | 7.4 | 5.1 | .111 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 54 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI | 0.5 | 14.6 | 3.2 | .084 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 77.5 | 0 |
| 1990 | PHI | -0.1 | 6 | 2.7 | .025 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | PHI | -0.7 | 8.1 | 1.7 | .057 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 158 | 0 |
| 1992 | PHI | -0.1 | 4.3 | 2.7 | .094 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 53 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHC | 0.1 | 9.3 | 2.4 | .175 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 24 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Steve Lake's career stats?
Steve Lake played 11 seasons for the Cubs, the Cardinals and the Phillies. He was a career .237 hitter with 267 hits, 18 home runs and 108 RBI. His best season was 1986: a .294 batting average, 2 home runs and 14 RBI.
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