Steve Kemp

Left Field

1977—1988

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
#93

Player Detail

Steven F.
GIVEN NAME
Kemp
SURNAME
August 7, 1954, in San Angelo, TX
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1977—1988
Playing Career
Played from 22-33
PLAYING AGE
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
Texas Rangers
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Detroit Tigers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
33
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 195
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
April 7, 1977
Major League Debut
May 24, 1988
FINAL GAME

Related Content

  • Steve Kemp Scouting Report

60

HITTING

55

POWER

40

RUNNING

35

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1168
1128
130
634
.278
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
19.2
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.797
.747
107.2

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.278
.367
.431

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Gary Roenicke
Larry Herndon

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Carlton Fisk
Don Mattingly
Lou Whitaker
Alan Trammell
Aurelio Rodriguez
Barry Bonds
Ron LeFlore
Kirk Gibson
Mark Fidrych
Nolan Ryan
Billy Martin

Steve Kemp Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Kemp
517
144
74
23
3
17
81
73
77
5
222
219
.278
.367
.431
797
AVG LF
537
145
73
25
4
14
51
79
16
221
200
.271
.335
.412
.747

Steve Kemp Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
93
128
97
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
65
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Steve Kemp PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
19.5
19.0
18.7
11.5
2.70
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Steve Kemp
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
137.6
125.0
101.5
65.2
19.0
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Steve Kemp
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF