Bob Steele
1916–1919 · bats B / throws L · New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
97G
.225AVG
.238OBP
.270SLG
More career statistics
40H
0HR
7RBI
4SB
16–38W–L
487.2IP
217K
3.05ERA
57GS
3SV
1Rare feat
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 · Strikeouts | 31 | 29 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 182 | 183 |
| Batting · RBI | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · Walks | 3 | 4 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,033 | 2,032 |
| Pitching · p er | 165 | 163 |
| Pitching · p h | 450 | 454 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,463 | 1,456 |
| Pitching · p k | 217 | 220 |
| Pitching · p w | 144 | 153 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 182 | 178 | 12 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | .225 | .238 | .270 | .508 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 487.7 | 91 | 57 | 28 | 16 | 38 | 3 | 450 | 219 | 165 | 10 | 144 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 3.05 | 1.218 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1917-06-23 to 1917-07-18
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1917-08-21 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1918-08-20 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1918-06-30 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 51 | 10 | – | – | – | .196 | 147 | 67 |
| 1917 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 89 | 22 | – | 6 | 1 | .247 | 220 | 106 |
| 1918 | New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates | 22 | 37 | 8 | – | 2 | 3 | .216 | 114 | 47 |
| 1919 |  New York Giants | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | – |