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Steve Ontiveros
Steven Robert Ontiveros

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut August 5, 1973
  vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 21, 1980
Born October 26, 1951 in Bakersfield, CA

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 1969. (All Transactions)

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        A solid thirdbaseman in the majors and six seasons with the Seibu Lions (.312 lifetime in Japan). Steve is also a great guy to play golf with.

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 21 SFG NL  24   33    3    8   0  0   1    5   0  0   4   7  .242  .324  .333   79   11   0   0   0   0   0
 1974 22 SFG NL 120  343   45   91  15  1   4   33   0  0  57  41  .265  .375  .350  100  120   0   0   4   3  12
 1975 23 SFG NL 108  325   21   94  16  0   3   31   2  0  55  44  .289  .391  .366  108  119   2   4   4   2   9
 1976 24 SFG NL  59   74    8   13   3  0   0    5   0  0   6  11  .176  .244  .216   30   16   0   1   0   1   2
 1977 25 CHC NL 156  546   54  163  32  3  10   68   3  3  81  69  .299  .390  .423  109  231   2   4   4   3  15
 1978 26 CHC NL  82  276   34   67  14  4   1   22   0  2  34  33  .243  .321  .333   75   92   1   5   3   0   4
 1979 27 CHC NL 152  519   58  148  28  2   4   57   0  1  58  68  .285  .362  .370   93  192   1   5   7   7  19
 1980 28 CHC NL  31   77    7   16   3  0   1    3   0  0  14  17  .208  .330  .286   69   22   0   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      732 2193  230  600 111 10  24  224   5  6 309 290  .274  .365  .366   95  803   6  19  23  16  62
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        485   51  133  25  2   5   50   1  1  68  64  .274  .365  .366   95  178   1   4   5   4  14
 Career High    156  546   58  163  32  4  10   68   3  3  81  69  .299  .391  .423  109  231   2   5   7   7  19
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1973 21 SFG NL   37   25    4   4.3   101| .242  .268| .324  .338| .333  .399| .657  .737|  79  .503  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1974 22 SFG NL  403  264   46   4.7    99| .265  .268| .375  .341| .350  .387| .725  .728| 100  .545   2.4   0.2   0%
 1975 23 SFG NL  388  246   50   5.5    99| .289  .270| .391  .341| .366  .390| .757  .732| 108  .607   7.1   0.7 100%
 1976 24 SFG NL   82   64    4   1.7    94| .176  .266| .244  .333| .216  .379| .460  .712|  30  .164  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1977 25 CHC NL  636  407   92   6.1   112| .299  .282| .390  .351| .423  .430| .813  .781| 109  .624  10.6   1.0  50%
 1978 26 CHC NL  316  221   31   3.8   104| .243  .275| .321  .345| .333  .405| .654  .750|  75  .452  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 1979 27 CHC NL  590  397   69   4.7   108| .285  .280| .362  .347| .370  .416| .732  .763|  93  .527  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1980 28 CHC NL   91   62    8   3.5   101| .208  .275| .330  .338| .286  .399| .616  .737|  69  .412  -2.9  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2543 1686  304   4.9   105| .274  .276| .365  .345| .366  .408| .731  .753|  95  .547  -2.6  -0.4  45%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1973 21 SFG NL 1B 5 35 6 0 2 1.000 .993 8.20 8.40 9.22 9.83 4 40.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1974 22 SFG NL 3B 75 64 144 16 16 .929 .948 2.77 2.64 2.91 3.04 72 643.3 1B 19 160 14 3 14 .983 .991 9.16 8.34 10.39 9.94 18 150.7 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.95 1.00 2.30 1 9.0 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.65 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.93 1 7.0 1975 23 SFG NL 3B 89 64 188 21 14 .923 .945 2.83 2.58 3.03 2.98 88 748.7 OF 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 0.88 2.01 1.17 2.28 5 54.0 RF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.86 1.74 1.23 2.05 4 44.0 1B 4 9 1 0 1 1.000 .990 2.50 8.53 9.68 9.97 0 9.3 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 0.90 2.07 1 10.0 1976 24 SFG NL 3B 7 4 6 0 1 1.000 .952 1.43 2.61 3.70 2.93 2 24.3 OF 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 2.03 0.75 2.35 3 36.0 1B 4 12 1 2 1 .867 .992 3.25 8.60 10.00 9.92 0 11.7 LF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.60 0.39 2.03 2 23.0 CF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.85 0 6.0 RF 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.85 2.57 2.19 1 7.0 1977 25 CHC NL 3B 155 100 324 20 24 .955 .956 2.74 2.54 2.81 2.98 153 1359.7 1978 26 CHC NL 3B 77 57 194 9 16 .965 .952 3.26 2.53 3.34 3.00 75 676.3 1B 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 7.00 8.30 7.00 10.00 1 9.0 1979 27 CHC NL 3B 142 98 268 23 27 .941 .951 2.58 2.50 2.71 2.89 140 1213.3 1B 1 7 1 0 1 1.000 .988 8.00 8.60 9.00 9.90 0 8.0 1980 28 CHC NL 3B 24 13 39 4 1 .929 .947 2.17 2.39 2.80 2.87 23 167.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1973 21 SFG NL 1B 5 35 6 0 2 1.000 .993 8.20 8.40 9.22 9.83 4 40.0 1974 22 SFG NL 1B 19 160 14 3 14 .983 .991 9.16 8.34 10.39 9.94 18 150.7 1975 23 SFG NL 1B 4 9 1 0 1 1.000 .990 2.50 8.53 9.68 9.97 0 9.3 1976 24 SFG NL 1B 4 12 1 2 1 .867 .992 3.25 8.60 10.00 9.92 0 11.7 1978 26 CHC NL 1B 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 7.00 8.30 7.00 10.00 1 9.0 1979 27 CHC NL 1B 1 7 1 0 1 1.000 .988 8.00 8.60 9.00 9.90 0 8.0 1974 22 SFG NL 3B 75 64 144 16 16 .929 .948 2.77 2.64 2.91 3.04 72 643.3 1975 23 SFG NL 3B 89 64 188 21 14 .923 .945 2.83 2.58 3.03 2.98 88 748.7 1976 24 SFG NL 3B 7 4 6 0 1 1.000 .952 1.43 2.61 3.70 2.93 2 24.3 1977 25 CHC NL 3B 155 100 324 20 24 .955 .956 2.74 2.54 2.81 2.98 153 1359.7 1978 26 CHC NL 3B 77 57 194 9 16 .965 .952 3.26 2.53 3.34 3.00 75 676.3 1979 27 CHC NL 3B 142 98 268 23 27 .941 .951 2.58 2.50 2.71 2.89 140 1213.3 1980 28 CHC NL 3B 24 13 39 4 1 .929 .947 2.17 2.39 2.80 2.87 23 167.0 1976 24 SFG NL CF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.85 0 6.0 1974 22 SFG NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.93 1 7.0 1975 23 SFG NL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 0.90 2.07 1 10.0 1976 24 SFG NL LF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.60 0.39 2.03 2 23.0 1973 21 SFG NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1974 22 SFG NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.95 1.00 2.30 1 9.0 1975 23 SFG NL OF 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 0.88 2.01 1.17 2.28 5 54.0 1976 24 SFG NL OF 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 2.03 0.75 2.35 3 36.0 1973 21 SFG NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1974 22 SFG NL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.65 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1975 23 SFG NL RF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.86 1.74 1.23 2.05 4 44.0 1976 24 SFG NL RF 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.85 2.57 2.19 1 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 569 400 1163 93 99 .944 .951 2.75 2.54 2.91 2.96 553 4832.7 1B* 34 230 23 5 19 .981 .991 7.44 8.41 9.96 9.92 23 228.7 OF* 18 11 1 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 2.01 1.08 2.30 9 100.0 7 3 12# RF* 12 9 1 0 0 1.000 .971 0.83 1.75 1.67 2.07 5 54.0 LF* 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.29 1.63 0.45 2.02 4 40.0 CF* 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.85 0 6.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 621 641 1187 98 118 .949 .956 2.94 2.85 3.19 3.26 585 5161
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

On-base %
1977 NL-.390-8

Games
1977 NL-156-10

Bases on Balls
1977 NL-81-8

Times on Base
1977 NL-247-9

Hit By Pitch
1979 NL-7-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1979 NL-19-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 1969.

February 11, 1977: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Andy Muhlstock (minors) and Bobby Murcer to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring.

June 24, 1980: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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