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Whitey Ford League
4-1-2070
Steve Danforth First Base
Retired (1967, Age 40)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .291 Total Rating   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .806 Status Deceased (1992) Option Years 0  
H 2335 Age at Death 65 Date of Birth 05-27-1927
HR 205 Drafted Round 1, Pick 10
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 18 years
(12 games)
RBI 999
SB 300
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt Control   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 3
2B B- (59.7%) CF (1.9%)   Health D- LCS Appearances 7
3B B- (59.1%) RF A+ (98.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 3B STL 135 135 1194.2 340 88 238 14 9 +2 2.46 .959
1951 3B STL-MIL 114 114 1022.0 301 69 222 10 12 -3 2.56 .967
1952 3B MIL 62 59 534.2 169 36 130 3 10 +1 2.79 .982
1B MIL 11 10 88.0 97 94 1 2 8 -1 9.72 .979
C MIL 4 4 36.0 30 29 0 1 0 1 6 0 0.0% 0 7.25 .967
1953 2B MIL 53 53 440.2 234 90 134 10 13 0 4.57 .957
3B MIL 37 34 305.1 87 17 66 4 3 +4 2.45 .954
1B MIL 26 26 226.2 227 221 4 2 22 -4 8.93 .991
1954 2B MIL 92 92 817.1 459 181 272 6 43 +5 4.99 .987
1B MIL 31 31 264.0 286 277 9 0 16 0 9.75 1.000
1955 2B MIL 96 96 857.0 501 199 293 9 56 +8 5.17 .982
3B MIL 23 23 199.0 47 16 31 0 1 -2 2.13 1.000
1B MIL 16 16 136.0 152 147 5 0 4 +4 10.06 1.000
1956 2B MIL 96 96 845.0 483 190 286 7 57 0 5.07 .986
3B MIL 39 39 341.1 100 16 77 7 6 -4 2.45 .930
1957 1B MIL 128 128 1107.2 1181 1146 33 2 85 +13 9.58 .998
2B MIL 7 7 63.0 38 14 24 0 3 +1 5.43 1.000
1958 1B MIL 135 135 1217.2 1337 1294 38 5 77 +5 9.85 .996
1959 1B MIL 123 122 1091.2 1174 1131 41 2 93 +15 9.66 .998
1960 1B MIL-BAL 87 87 777.2 867 845 20 2 64 +4 10.01 .998
3B MIL-BAL 38 38 344.2 105 22 80 3 4 -3 2.66 .971
1961 2B BAL 55 55 462.0 273 133 138 2 33 0 5.28 .993
1B BAL 45 45 410.1 455 445 9 1 28 0 9.96 .998
3B BAL 2 2 18.0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
SS BAL 2 2 16.0 11 5 6 0 2 0 6.19 1.000
RF BAL 1 1 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1962 2B BAL 51 51 432.0 265 121 134 10 34 -5 5.31 .962
1B BAL 42 34 318.1 357 345 9 3 32 +1 10.01 .992
3B BAL 18 18 158.0 65 22 39 4 3 +1 3.47 .938
1963 1B BAL-STL 48 47 423.0 411 400 10 1 34 -1 8.72 .998
3B BAL-STL 31 31 270.0 79 11 63 5 3 -4 2.47 .937
2B BAL-STL 23 21 188.0 118 45 66 7 13 -2 5.31 .941
RF BAL-STL 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1964 1B STL 44 44 380.1 404 399 5 0 25 +1 9.56 1.000
3B STL 37 37 319.2 109 32 69 8 3 -1 2.84 .927
LF STL 31 31 266.0 52 51 0 1 0 -2 1.73 .981
1965 LF STL 112 109 954.1 238 235 0 3 0 +6 2.22 .987
RF STL 4 4 35.0 6 5 0 1 0 0 1.29 .833
1B STL 3 3 26.0 33 32 1 0 3 +1 11.42 1.000
1966 LF STL 46 46 407.1 88 87 0 1 0 +2 1.92 .989
1B STL 37 37 322.2 348 342 5 1 31 -3 9.68 .997
RF STL 6 6 51.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 2.12 1.000
CF STL 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 .000
1967 RF STL 8 8 71.0 22 22 0 0 0 0 2.79 1.000
LF STL 8 8 69.2 17 17 0 0 0 0 2.20 1.000
CF STL 2 2 16.0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 0.56 .500
Pos Total 1B 776 765 6790.0 7329 7118 190 21 522 +35 9.69 .997
3B 536 530 4707.1 1405 330 1017 58 54 -9 2.58 .959
2B 473 471 4105.0 2371 973 1347 51 252 +7 5.09 .978
LF 197 194 1697.1 395 390 0 5 0 +6 2.07 .987
RF 20 20 172.0 45 44 0 1 0 0 2.30 .978
C 4 4 36.0 30 29 0 1 0 1 6 0 0.0% 0 7.25 .967
CF 3 3 25.0 3 1 0 2 0 -1 0.36 .333
SS 2 2 16.0 11 5 6 0 2 0 6.19 1.000
Total 2011 1989 17548.2 11589 8890 2560 139 830 1 6 0 0.0% +38 5.87 .988
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Steve Danforth has retired from the St. Louis Sickos
1967-04-23Steve Danforth of the St. Louis Sickos is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1963-07-29A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Sickos and the Baltimore Browns. The Baltimore Browns receive Lou Malhotra, Howie Guintini from the St. Louis Sickos in exchange for Steve Danforth, Bob Brown, Terry Lewis, Draft Pick 1965 Round 3 BAL (Marshall Harville).
1963-04-02Steve Danforth of the Baltimore Browns is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1962-09-20Steve Danforth of the Baltimore Browns is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1961-08-08Steve Danforth of the Baltimore Browns is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1961-03-25The Baltimore Browns have placed Steve Danforth on the trade block.
1960-06-15A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Browns and the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers receive Bill Wallace, Ed White, Ed Silber, Draft Pick 1961 Round 2 BAL (Buck Gile), Draft Pick 1961 Round 1 DET (Stoney Darensbourg) from the Baltimore Browns in exchange for J.R. Dunham, Steve Danforth, Kelly Tuero, Mike Morris.
1954-07-17Steve Danforth of the Milwaukee Brewers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1952-08-16Steve Danforth of the Milwaukee Brewers is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
1951-06-10A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Sickos and the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers receive Steve Danforth, Draft Pick 1952 Round 1 STL (Rich Davanon) from the St. Louis Sickos in exchange for Kelly Tuero.
1951-05-19Steve Danforth of the St. Louis Sickos is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1950-04-01The St. Louis Sickos have renamed Steve Snider to Steve Danforth.