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Name Team Age
Willie Steele Retired (1996, Age 35) Died (2023, Age 62)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 56
(1980)		 CF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jumbo Brown League 0 10 years (23 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ B+ B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ B- A 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- A  A 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D- C+ C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D  0 4/16/1961
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (98.0 %) A+ (95.8 %) D+ (23.7 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1980 Minors 68.00 10 / 10 6 / 6 10 / 10 12 / 14 1 / 13 10 / 10 5 / 5 54 / 68
1981 Minors 58.00 9 / 9 5 / 5 8 / 11 6 / 9 2 / 7 8 / 8 8 / 9 46 / 58
1982 Minors 58.00 5 / 7 9 / 10 4 / 5 6 / 9 0 / 4 4 / 8 10 / 15 38 / 58
1983 Minors 70.00 4 / 7 3 / 5 7 / 9 7 / 12 2 / 19 5 / 11 4 / 7 32 / 70
1984 Minors 60.00 4 / 8 5 / 8 4 / 11 4 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 6 5 / 9 23 / 60
1985 Minors 36.00 3 / 3 6 / 8 0 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 6 3 / 9 0 / 3 14 / 36
1985 Majors 25.40 54 45 0 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 7 0 / 2 2 / 5 4 / 5 9 / 25
1986 Majors 69.88 162 135 0 1 / 9 6 / 10 3 / 13 4 / 13 0 / 7 2 / 8 2 / 9 18 / 69
1987 Majors 51.33 149 76 13 1 / 7 5 / 9 1 / 3 2 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 8 1 / 10 11 / 51
1988 Majors 53.10 162 84 0 3 / 8 1 / 7 2 / 11 1 / 3 1 / 10 3 / 8 1 / 6 12 / 53
1989 Majors 27.61 120 19 42 1 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 2 2 / 27
1990 Majors 46.34 162 59 0 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 46
1991 Majors 59.55 162 101 0 1 / 11 0 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 59
1992 Majors 29.30 162 27 0 0 / 2 0 / 7 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 6 1 / 2 0 / 7 2 / 29
1993 Majors 34.46 162 38 0 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 0 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 34
1994 Majors 42.81 136 52 17 0 / 2 1 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 42
1995 Majors 43.90 162 49 0 -2 / 4 -2 / 4 -1 / 6 -7 / 8 -7 / 2 -2 / 10 0 / 9 -21 / 43
1996 Minors 14.00 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 4 1 / 14
1996 Majors 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.