Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1985
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1985
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 102
- W
- 8
- L
- 8
- ERA
- 5.26
- IP
- 219.0
- K
- 126
- BB
- 91
- WHIP
- 1.64
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | ATL | 23 | 1 | 2 | 5.16 | 68.0 | 29 | 32 | 1.74 |
| 1986 |  ATL/KC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 21.1 | 8 | 11 | 1.27 |
| 1987 | SEA | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6.60 | 30.0 | 22 | 12 | 1.83 |
| 1988 | NYY | 39 | 5 | 5 | 4.37 | 82.1 | 55 | 30 | 1.53 |
| 1989 | MIN | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7.79 | 17.1 | 12 | 6 | 1.96 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 5.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | ATL/KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Steve Shields's career stats?
Steve Shields played 5 seasons for the Braves, the Mariners, the Yankees and the Twins. He had 8 wins and 126 strikeouts with a 5.26 ERA over 219.0 innings. His best season was 1988: 5 wins, a 4.37 ERA and 55 strikeouts.
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