Steve Hovley
1969–1973 · bats L / throws L · Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Athletics, SE1
436G
.258AVG
.335OBP
.330SLG
More career statistics
263H
8HR
88RBI
29SB
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 · Caught stealing | 12 | 13 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 436 | 1,152 | 1,019 | 122 | 263 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 88 | 116 | 128 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 336 | .258 | .335 | .330 | .665 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1969-09-28 to 1970-04-18
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1970-04-12 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1969-07-18 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 8 total bases | 1969-08-05 | 1 in 167 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 220 | 589 | 143 | 3 | 48 | 63 | 62 | .277 | .350 | .345 |
| Away | 216 | 563 | 120 | 5 | 40 | 53 | 66 | .239 | .307 | .314 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 129 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 10 | .321 | .395 | .402 |
| May | 63 | 185 | 37 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 22 | .230 | .319 | .286 |
| June | 60 | 162 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | .241 | .309 | .310 |
| July | 91 | 208 | 55 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 19 | .291 | .337 | .381 |
| August | 77 | 177 | 34 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 21 | .217 | .294 | .299 |
| September | 93 | 273 | 58 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 31 | .244 | .322 | .303 |
| October | 6 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .471 | .500 | .529 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 60 | 189 | 40 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 15 | .240 | .307 | .293 |
| california-angels | 56 | 151 | 41 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | .299 | .351 | .365 |
| chicago-white-sox | 43 | 123 | 33 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | .306 | .382 | .472 |
| athletics | 38 | 100 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | .352 | .410 | .396 |
| boston-red-sox | 32 | 95 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 13 | .232 | .316 | .329 |
| new-york-yankees | 32 | 92 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 8 | .269 | .348 | .308 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 31 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .196 | .220 | .232 |
| cleveland-guardians | 30 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | .130 | .198 | .169 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | SE1 | 91 | 329 | 91 | 3 | 20 | 10 | .277 | – | – |
| 1970 | Milwaukee Brewers, Athletics | 112 | 235 | 57 | – | 17 | 8 | .243 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Athletics | 24 | 27 | 3 | – | 3 | 2 | .111 | – | – |
| 1972 |  Kansas City Royals | 105 | 196 | 53 | 3 | 24 | 3 | .270 | – | – |
| 1973 | Kansas City Royals | 104 | 232 | 59 | 2 | 24 | 6 | .254 | – | – |