MLB / Players

Steve Arlin

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 3 in · 195 lb
BornSeptember 25, 1945 · Seattle, WA, USA
MLB debutJune 17, 1969
Final gameSeptember 14, 1974
Seasons6 (1969–1974)

San Diego Padres 1969–1973; Cleveland Indians 1974; San Diego Padres 1974

Percentile snapshot

1973 season — qualified pitchers

G
34
18.6
GS
27
16.3
W
11
20.9
L
14
34.9
SV
0
0
CG
7
26.7
SHO
3
51.2
H
196
73.3
ER
102
24.4
BB
72
55.8
SO
98
18.6
HR
26
16.3
IP
180.0
12.8
ERA
5.10
1.2
WHIP
1.489
5.8
K/9
4.90
45.3
FIP
4.56
0
FIP-
130.8
0
ERA+
68.3
0
sWAR
-1.6
0

of 87 qualified 1973 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-1.2
4.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19694220000000100.000.000.000.000-126.2-100.0.000-0.7
19702550000000100.000.000.000.000-119.5-100.0.0000.2
197136837359010232000.123.156.151.307-21.8-10.3.1491.6
1972388572611110482400.153.247.194.44133.330.7.2251.7
1973346760210100542100.167.231.183.41420.219.7.207-1.6
19742719180210000700.111.111.167.278-38.2-21.8.127-2.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19694101000131199210.79.282.0637.595.94168.438.0-0.7
1970221001111483012.72.841.5002.134.27108.0139.10.2
197136349190104211881031568227.73.481.3796.173.0792.894.91.6
197238371021012321710012215919250.03.601.3565.723.82116.291.21.7
197334271114073196102729826180.05.101.4894.904.56130.868.3-1.6
197427223121201447459386107.76.191.8853.184.30120.557.8-2.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
141
PA
261
AB
230
R
13
H
32
2B
3
3B
2
HR
0
RBI
11
BB
15
SO
74
SB
0
BA
.1391
OBP
.1976
SLG
.1696
OPS
.3672

Pitching

G (P)
141
GS
123
W
34
L
67
SV
1
CG
32
SHO
11
IP
789
SO (P)
463
BB allowed
373
ERA
4.325
WHIP
1.4772
K/9
5.28

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1973-08-10WSH @ SD Gameday302100203
1972-06-03CHC @ SD Gameday211010203
1971-08-12NYM @ SD Gameday201010003
1971-05-08CIN @ SD Gameday512000002
1972-07-31SD @ HOU Gameday312000012

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1972-06-18SD @ PIT Gameday9.0200390
1972-07-06SD @ NYM Gameday10.0100480
1971-05-08CIN @ SD Gameday9.0700180
1972-06-23SF @ SD Gameday9.0111380
1972-07-14NYM @ SD Gameday9.0233581

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.