Bill Steele
1910–1914 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals
130G
.203AVG
.281OBP
.273SLG
More career statistics
47H
0HR
30RBI
0SB
37–43W–L
676.2IP
236K
4.02ERA
79GS
7SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Hits | 47 | 48 |
| Batting · RBI | 30 | 31 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,881 | 2,940 |
| Pitching · p er | 302 | 313 |
| Pitching · p h | 733 | 741 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,030 | 2,041 |
| Pitching · p k | 236 | 232 |
| Pitching · p r | 408 | 409 |
| Pitching · p w | 235 | 237 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | 263 | 231 | 20 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 24 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | .203 | .281 | .273 | .554 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 676.7 | 129 | 79 | 40 | 37 | 43 | 7 | 733 | 408 | 302 | 21 | 235 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 4.02 | 1.431 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1910-09-28 to 1910-10-15
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1912-09-08 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1912-05-18 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1912-05-23 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 58 | 109 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 23 | .207 | .294 | .250 |
| Away | 72 | 154 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 24 | .209 | .260 | .295 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .154 | .300 | .231 |
| May | 26 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | .196 | .218 | .255 |
| June | 26 | 55 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | .294 | .345 | .412 |
| July | 23 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | .205 | .279 | .231 |
| August | 15 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | .103 | .243 | .172 |
| September | 22 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .189 | .225 | .243 |
| October | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .273 | .385 | .364 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 21 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | .235 | .325 | .382 |
| boston-braves | 20 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .121 | .143 | .121 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 20 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | .273 | .353 | .386 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .233 | .273 | .267 |
| chicago-cubs | 18 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .240 | .310 | .320 |
| new-york-giants | 17 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | .250 | .286 | .312 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 15 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | .091 | .200 | .121 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 30 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .267 | 72 | 25 |
| 1911 | St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 100 | 21 | – | 15 | – | .210 | 287 | 115 |
| 1912 | St. Louis Cardinals | 41 | 62 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .177 | 194 | 61 |
| 1913 | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 18 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .056 | 54 | 10 |
| 1914 | Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals | 25 | 21 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .333 | 73 | 21 |