Steve Avery
Atlanta Braves 1990–1996; Boston Red Sox 1997–1998; Cincinnati Reds 1999; Detroit Tigers 2003
Percentile snapshot
1995 season — qualified pitchers
of 75 qualified 1995 pitchers (min 144 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 21 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | -47.0 | -28.0 | .123 | -1.0 |
| 1991 | 37 | 88 | 79 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .253 | .253 | .506 | 35.8 | 40.1 | .239 | 3.7 |
| 1992 | 35 | 88 | 76 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | .171 | .203 | .224 | .426 | 6.5 | 18.6 | .201 | 3.9 |
| 1993 | 35 | 85 | 75 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .182 | .213 | .395 | -1.0 | 6.3 | .182 | 5.0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 58 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .115 | .143 | .258 | -48.7 | -32.9 | .116 | 1.6 |
| 1995 | 29 | 63 | 53 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .218 | .377 | .596 | 44.2 | 52.9 | .257 | 1.2 |
| 1996 | 24 | 50 | 46 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .245 | .500 | .745 | 80.2 | 89.3 | .311 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124.4 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.9 |
| 1998 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121.5 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.8 |
| 1999 | 19 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | -81.4 | -61.1 | .070 | 0.3 |
| 2003 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 473.6 | 443.2 | .894 | 0.0 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 62 | 45 | 75 | 7 | 99.0 | 5.64 | 1.677 | 6.82 | 3.64 | 90.9 | 71.0 | -1.0 |
| 1991 | 35 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 189 | 79 | 65 | 137 | 21 | 210.3 | 3.38 | 1.208 | 5.86 | 3.76 | 97.3 | 114.3 | 3.7 |
| 1992 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 216 | 83 | 71 | 129 | 14 | 233.7 | 3.20 | 1.228 | 4.97 | 3.36 | 91.9 | 114.4 | 3.9 |
| 1993 | 35 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 216 | 73 | 43 | 125 | 14 | 223.3 | 2.94 | 1.160 | 5.04 | 3.25 | 81.1 | 136.2 | 5.0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 68 | 55 | 122 | 15 | 151.7 | 4.04 | 1.200 | 7.24 | 3.91 | 92.8 | 104.5 | 1.6 |
| 1995 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 165 | 90 | 52 | 141 | 22 | 173.3 | 4.67 | 1.252 | 7.32 | 4.09 | 96.8 | 90.5 | 1.2 |
| 1996 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 65 | 40 | 86 | 10 | 131.0 | 4.47 | 1.420 | 5.91 | 3.78 | 88.2 | 96.0 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 69 | 49 | 51 | 15 | 96.7 | 6.42 | 1.821 | 4.75 | 5.69 | 122.8 | 72.1 | -0.9 |
| 1998 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 69 | 64 | 57 | 14 | 123.7 | 5.02 | 1.553 | 4.15 | 5.42 | 115.7 | 93.3 | 0.8 |
| 1999 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 55 | 78 | 51 | 11 | 96.0 | 5.16 | 1.594 | 4.78 | 5.97 | 128.3 | 90.3 | 0.3 |
| 2003 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16.0 | 5.63 | 1.625 | 3.38 | 7.72 | 177.1 | 77.5 | 0.0 |
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
Pitching
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
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-06-12 | ATL @ NYM Gameday | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1995-06-05 | CHC @ ATL Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1995-05-19 | MIA @ ATL Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1995-07-08 | SF @ ATL Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1996-06-21 | SF @ ATL Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-08-08 | ATL @ CIN Gameday | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995-09-23 | WSH @ ATL Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 1991-08-30 | ATL @ PHI Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 1995-05-31 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 6.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995-06-27 | WSH @ ATL Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.