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Keith Hernandez League
4-8-2146
Sly Steel Left Field
Retired (1964, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .257 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .709 Status Deceased (1990) Option Years 0  
H 350 Age at Death 60 Date of Birth 10-09-1930
HR 36 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1955)
Majors Svc Time 8 years
(151 games)
RBI 171
SB 35
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed B- Bunt Control D+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF (0.2%)   Health D- LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF (89.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1956 SS PIT 12 12 105.0 55 14 41 0 4 -3 4.71 1.000
LF PIT 31 0 59.0 11 11 0 0 0 -2 1.68 1.000
RF PIT 4 4 35.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.83 1.000
CF PIT 1 1 10.0 5 5 0 0 0 -1 4.50 1.000
1B PIT 2 0 7.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 7.71 1.000
C PIT 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 3.00 1.000
1957 LF PIT 35 4 92.0 18 18 0 0 0 +1 1.76 1.000
RF PIT 9 9 80.0 17 16 0 1 0 -1 1.80 .941
SS PIT 6 6 53.2 28 9 14 5 3 0 3.86 .821
CF PIT 5 5 44.1 14 14 0 0 0 0 2.84 1.000
1B PIT 6 4 37.0 42 40 1 1 2 0 9.97 .976
C PIT 4 0 10.0 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 33.3% 0 5.40 1.000
1958 RF PIT 7 7 61.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 1.62 1.000
LF PIT 12 3 36.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
C PIT 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
SS PIT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1959 RF PIT 38 38 335.0 76 72 1 3 0 -1 1.96 .961
LF PIT 21 12 114.0 23 23 0 0 0 -3 1.82 1.000
2B PIT 8 0 15.0 7 3 4 0 0 0 4.20 1.000
SS PIT 5 0 10.0 10 4 6 0 1 0 9.00 1.000
CF PIT 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 2.25 1.000
3B PIT 2 0 6.0 3 0 2 1 0 -2 3.00 .667
1B PIT 2 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.75 1.000
C PIT 1 0 1.0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 18.00 .667
1960 RF PIT 12 12 104.2 28 28 0 0 0 0 2.41 1.000
LF PIT 9 6 60.0 14 13 0 1 0 0 1.95 .929
SS PIT 2 1 11.0 6 1 4 1 1 -1 4.09 .833
C PIT 2 0 5.0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0 7.20 1.000
2B PIT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1961 LF PIT 12 9 85.0 27 27 0 0 0 0 2.86 1.000
RF PIT 9 9 83.0 17 17 0 0 0 +1 1.84 1.000
SS PIT 3 2 17.2 12 7 5 0 0 -1 6.12 1.000
CF PIT 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1B PIT 2 0 4.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 13.50 1.000
2B PIT 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 2.25 1.000
C PIT 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 18.00 1.000
1962 LF PIT 12 6 62.0 17 16 0 1 0 -1 2.32 .941
2B PIT 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 .000
3B PIT 1 0 3.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
SS PIT 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
C PIT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1B PIT 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
RF PIT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1963 LF CHN 35 35 327.1 71 68 0 3 0 -3 1.87 .958
1964 LF CHN 41 41 360.2 95 90 1 4 0 -2 2.27 .958
3B CHN 2 2 17.0 9 1 7 1 0 -1 4.24 .889
CF CHN 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
Pos Total LF 208 116 1196.0 284 274 1 9 0 -10 2.07 .968
RF 80 79 699.2 160 155 1 4 0 -1 2.01 .975
SS 30 21 201.1 113 37 70 6 9 -5 4.78 .947
CF 9 9 80.1 25 25 0 0 0 -2 2.80 1.000
1B 13 4 53.0 58 55 2 1 2 0 9.68 .983
3B 5 2 26.0 15 1 12 2 0 -3 4.50 .867
C 11 0 23.0 16 13 2 1 0 0 4 2 33.3% 0 5.87 .938
2B 13 0 23.0 9 3 5 1 0 -1 3.13 .889
Total 369 231 2302.1 680 563 93 24 11 0 4 2 33.3% -22 2.56 .965
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Sly Steel has retired from the Chicago Doublemint Chewers
1963-04-18The Chicago Doublemint Chewers have acquired Sly Steel from the waiver wire.
1963-04-01The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Dale Fine to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have designated Sly Steel for assignment.
1956-03-25The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Dave Nettles to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Steve Nebraska to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Bob Stokes to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Dave Papish to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Sly Steel to the major league team.
1955-04-16The Pittsburgh Stillers have renamed Del Slade to Sly Steel.