MLB / Players

Steve Stone

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 175 lb
BornJuly 14, 1947 · Euclid, OH, USA
MLB debutApril 8, 1971
Final gameSeptember 29, 1981
Seasons11 (1971–1981)

San Francisco Giants 1971–1972; Chicago White Sox 1973; Chicago Cubs 1974–1976; Chicago White Sox 1977–1978; Baltimore Orioles 1979–1981

Percentile snapshot

1980 season — qualified pitchers

G
37
78.4
GS
37
92
W
25
100
L
7
93.2
SV
0
0
CG
9
67
SHO
1
21.6
H
224
39.8
ER
90
42
BB
101
1.1
SO
149
86.4
HR
22
21.6
IP
250.7
84.1
ERA
3.23
81.8
WHIP
1.297
56.8
K/9
5.35
71.6
FIP
3.99
33
FIP-
100.8
38.6
ERA+
122.5
86.4
sWAR
4.5
86.4

of 89 qualified 1980 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
97.1
26.2
sWAR
14.0
90.4

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
197124423410000251900.000.128.000.128-62.9-60.4.096-0.2
197227413424000011500.118.143.118.261-42.6-25.5.1281.9
1973390000000000001.1
197442655827000222000.121.150.121.271-39.4-25.0.1360.7
197534837238200332900.111.158.139.297-32.9-18.8.1501.6
19761722211300000900.143.143.143.286-43.7-21.6.1350.4
1977310000000000001.1
1978300000000000000.7
1979320000000000002.4
1980490000000000004.5
198115000000000000-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19712419590221105155639110.74.151.4915.124.03117.582.8-0.2
19722716680419741498511123.72.981.1816.193.55101.2117.51.9
19733622611130163838213811176.34.241.3897.043.3485.192.71.1
197438238601018578649019169.74.141.4684.774.18110.391.60.7
19753332128061198948013924214.33.951.2975.843.97103.996.71.6
197617153601170342133675.04.081.2133.963.7799.293.00.4
1977313115120802281048012425207.34.511.4865.384.34106.190.71.1
1978303012120611961038411819212.04.371.3215.013.84100.587.20.7
1979323211703017378739631186.03.771.3234.655.09125.7107.42.4
198037372570912249010114922250.73.231.2975.353.99100.8122.54.5
198115124700063322730762.74.601.4364.314.38120.678.9-0.1

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
340
PA
253
AB
219
R
9
H
22
2B
2
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
7
BB
11
SO
92
SB
0
BA
.1005
OBP
.1472
SLG
.1096
OPS
.2568

Pitching

G (P)
320
GS
269
461st-most career GS
W
107
L
93
SV
1
CG
43
SHO
7
IP
1,788
SO (P)
1,065
BB allowed
716
361st-most career BB allowed
ERA
3.966
WHIP
1.3549
K/9
5.36

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
1972-05-28SF @ ATL Gameday412000002
1976-08-13LAD @ CHC Gameday302000002
1975-06-05SF @ CHC Gameday301100002
1975-06-14CIN @ CHC Gameday201100002
1974-08-18SD @ CHC Gameday501000201

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1973-09-30CWS @ ATH Gameday9.03002120
1971-06-20SD @ SF Gameday9.03003110
1980-06-17LAA @ BAL Gameday9.05324110
1979-08-14CWS @ BAL Gameday10.09110101
1979-07-22ATH @ BAL Gameday9.07110101

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

Cy Young Award All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.