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Steve McCatty
Steven Earl McCatty

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 17, 1977
  vs. MIL 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER
Final Game September 25, 1985
Born March 20, 1954 in Detroit, MI

Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1977 23 OAK AL   0   0   4   2   0   0   1  0   14.3   16    9    8   1    7    9   1   1    66   0   0  5.02  3.99   79 1.605
 1978 24 OAK AL   0   0   9   0   0   0   5  0   20.0   26   14   10   1    9   10   0   1    98   1   0  4.50  3.63   81 1.750
 1979 25 OAK AL  11  12  31  23   8   0   4  0  185.7  207  106   87  17   80   87  10   2   841   8   0  4.22  4.06   96 1.546
 1980 26 OAK AL  14  14  33  31  11   1   2  0  221.7  202  104   95  27   99  114   8   5   960   2   0  3.86  3.76   97 1.358
 1981 27 OAK AL  14   7  22  22  16   4   0  0  185.7  140   50   48  12   61   91   2   0   741   1   0  2.33  3.48  150 1.083 MVP-13,CYA-2
 1982 28 OAK AL   6   3  21  20   2   0   0  0  128.7  124   62   57  16   70   66   4   5   570   0   0  3.99  3.88   97 1.508
 1983 29 OAK AL   6   9  38  24   3   2  11  5  167.0  156   79   74  16   82   65   1   5   725   4   0  3.99  3.83   96 1.425
 1984 30 OAK AL   8  14  33  30   4   0   1  0  179.7  206  101   95  24   71   63   1   5   793   0   0  4.76  3.72   78 1.542
 1985 31 OAK AL   4   4  30   9   1   0   8  0   85.7   95   56   53  10   41   36   4   1   383   4   0  5.57  3.82   69 1.588
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .500  63  63 221 161  45   7  32  5 1188.3 1172  581  527 124  520  541  31  25  5177  20   0  3.99  3.78   95 1.424
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  39  28   8   1   5  0  211.3  208  103   93  22   92   96   5   4   921   3   0  3.99  3.78   95 1.424
 Career High     14  14  38  31  16   4  11  5  221.7  207  106   95  27   99  114  10   5   960   8   0  2.33  4.06  150 1.083

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1977 23 OAK AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 1.95 2 14.3 1978 24 OAK AL P 9 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.33 0.84 1.35 1.89 0 20.0 1979 25 OAK AL P 31 12 20 3 3 .914 .950 1.03 0.81 1.55 1.92 23 185.7 1980 26 OAK AL P 33 13 26 1 2 .975 .956 1.18 0.77 1.58 1.85 31 221.7 1981 27 OAK AL P 22 11 26 1 2 .974 .964 1.68 0.81 1.79 1.98 22 185.7 1982 28 OAK AL P 21 12 13 0 0 1.000 .958 1.19 0.73 1.75 1.80 20 128.7 1983 29 OAK AL P 38 7 16 1 1 .958 .958 0.61 0.73 1.24 1.80 24 167.0 1984 30 OAK AL P 33 15 16 2 1 .939 .957 0.94 0.70 1.55 1.79 30 179.7 1985 31 OAK AL P 30 4 13 1 4 .944 .955 0.57 0.70 1.79 1.86 9 85.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 23 OAK AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 1.95 2 14.3 1978 24 OAK AL P 9 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.33 0.84 1.35 1.89 0 20.0 1979 25 OAK AL P 31 12 20 3 3 .914 .950 1.03 0.81 1.55 1.92 23 185.7 1980 26 OAK AL P 33 13 26 1 2 .975 .956 1.18 0.77 1.58 1.85 31 221.7 1981 27 OAK AL P 22 11 26 1 2 .974 .964 1.68 0.81 1.79 1.98 22 185.7 1982 28 OAK AL P 21 12 13 0 0 1.000 .958 1.19 0.73 1.75 1.80 20 128.7 1983 29 OAK AL P 38 7 16 1 1 .958 .958 0.61 0.73 1.24 1.80 24 167.0 1984 30 OAK AL P 33 15 16 2 1 .939 .957 0.94 0.70 1.55 1.79 30 179.7 1985 31 OAK AL P 30 4 13 1 4 .944 .955 0.57 0.70 1.79 1.86 9 85.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 221 76 131 10 13 .954 .957 0.94 0.75 1.57 1.86 161 1188.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 221 76 131 10 13 .954 .957 0.94 0.75 1.57 1.86 161 1188
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  OAK KCR     W   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9     6   1   4   3 
        ALCS  OAK NYY     L   1   1  13.50  0  1  0  0   3.1   6   5   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   2   2   4.38  1  1  0  1  12.1  12   6   6   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  OAK KCR     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  OAK NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1981-AL-13-0.06
Car-1033-0.06 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1981-AL-2-0.60
Car-83-0.60 shares

ERA
1981 AL-2.33-3

Wins
1981 AL-14-1

Won-Loss %
1981 AL-.667-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1981 AL-1.083-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1980 AL-8.20-9
1981 AL-6.79-2

Innings
1981 AL-185.7-4

Strikeouts
1981 AL-91-9

Comp. Games
1981 AL-16-2

Shutouts
1981 AL-4-1
1983 AL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1980 AL-27-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1980 AL-99-3
1981 AL-61-6
1983 AL-82-9

Losses
1984 AL-14-9

Hit Batsmen
1979 AL-10-3
1980 AL-8-2

Batters Faced
1981 AL-741-6

Adjusted ERA+
1981 AL-150-3

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 5 (418) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 26 (873) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 24, 1973: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Oakland Athletics$520,000
Career (may be incomplete)$520,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Steve McCatty's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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