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Jumbo Brown League
10-10-2128
Willie Steele Center Field
Retired (1996, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .267 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .752 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
H 772 Age at Death 62 Date of Birth 04-16-1961
HR 98 Drafted Round 3, Pick 56
(1980)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(23 games)
RBI 350
SB 155
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A  Velocity F    Mentor vR C+
Speed A  Bunt A  Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B D+ (23.7%) LF A+ (95.8%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health D  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (98.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1980 Minors 19 68.00 10 / 10 6 / 6 10 / 10 12 / 14 1 / 13 10 / 10 5 / 5 54 / 68
1981 Minors 20 58.00 9 / 9 5 / 5 8 / 11 6 / 9 2 / 7 8 / 8 8 / 9 46 / 58
1982 Minors 21 58.00 5 / 7 9 / 10 4 / 5 6 / 9 0 / 4 4 / 8 10 / 15 38 / 58
1983 Minors 22 70.00 4 / 7 3 / 5 7 / 9 7 / 12 2 / 19 5 / 11 4 / 7 32 / 70
1984 Minors 23 60.00 4 / 8 5 / 8 4 / 11 4 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 6 5 / 9 23 / 60
1985 Minors 24 36.00 3 / 3 6 / 8 0 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 6 3 / 9 0 / 3 14 / 36
1985 Majors 24 25.40 54 45 0 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 7 0 / 2 2 / 5 4 / 5 9 / 25
1986 Majors 25 69.88 162 135 0 1 / 9 6 / 10 3 / 13 4 / 13 0 / 7 2 / 8 2 / 9 18 / 69
1987 Majors 26 51.33 149 76 13 1 / 7 5 / 9 1 / 3 2 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 8 1 / 10 11 / 51
1988 Majors 27 53.10 162 84 0 3 / 8 1 / 7 2 / 11 1 / 3 1 / 10 3 / 8 1 / 6 12 / 53
1989 Majors 28 27.61 120 19 42 1 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 2 2 / 27
1990 Majors 29 46.34 162 59 0 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 46
1991 Majors 30 59.55 162 101 0 1 / 11 0 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 59
1992 Majors 31 29.30 162 27 0 0 / 2 0 / 7 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 6 1 / 2 0 / 7 2 / 29
1993 Majors 32 34.46 162 38 0 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 0 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 34
1994 Majors 33 42.81 136 52 17 0 / 2 1 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 42
1995 Majors 34 43.90 162 49 0 -2 / 4 -2 / 4 -1 / 6 -7 / 8 -7 / 2 -2 / 10 0 / 9 -21 / 43
1996 Minors 35 14.00 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 4 1 / 14
1996 Majors 35 0.93 3 1 0 -6 / 0 -1 / 0 -4 / 0 -5 / 0 -4 / 0 -4 / 0 -1 / 0 -25 / 0
Total 1596 686 72 35 / 107 47 / 123 36 / 117 34 / 123 -5 / 121 34 / 124 39 / 127 220 / 842
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1996-11-01Willie Steele has retired from the St. Louis Wolverines
1996-10-01The St. Louis Wolverines have promoted Willie Steele to the major league team.
1996-05-10The St. Louis Wolverines have acquired Willie Steele from the waiver wire.
1996-04-21The Washington Senators have waived Willie Steele.
1996-04-03The Washington Senators have designated Willie Steele for assignment.
1994-08-08Willie Steele of the Washington Senators is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1994-05-02Willie Steele of the Washington Senators is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1994-04-11The Washington Senators have acquired Willie Steele from the waiver wire.
1994-04-01The Houston Cougars have promoted Armando Lutz to the major league team. The Houston Cougars have promoted Tatsuya Matsui to the major league team. The Houston Cougars have designated Frenchy Hankins for assignment. The Houston Cougars have designated Willie Steele for assignment.
1989-04-09Willie Steele of the Houston Cougars is injured and is expected to be out 47 days.
1987-07-31Willie Steele of the Houston Cougars is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1985-08-03Trade #1394859 has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Houston Cougars. The Houston Cougars receive Masato Matsumoto, Willie Steele, Cesar Rigney, Roy Gorecki (Optioned), Draft Pick - 1988 Round 2 (NYA), Draft Pick - 1988 Round 1 (NYA), Draft Pick 1987 Round 2 NYA (Dave Tabb), Draft Pick 1987 Round 1 NYA (Chuck Fick), Draft Pick 1986 Round 2 NYA (Rod Long) from the New York Yankees in exchange for Rick Casey, Yank Magrann, Vladimir Molinet.