Steve Avery
[edit] Biography
Born on April 14, 1970 in Trenton, Michigan, Steve Avery (Steven Thomas Avery) played for the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 11 year career. Avery broke into the bigs on June 13, 1990 with the Atlanta Braves, and put up a 5.64 ERA in 99 innings pitched in 1990, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Steve Avery's best season was 1993, when he posted a 2.94 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 125 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1990
| ATL
| N
| 21
| 20
| 3
| 11
| 5.64
| 75
| 79
| 62
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 99
| 121
| 7
| 45
| 2
| 5
| 2
|
| 1991
| ATL
| N
| 35
| 35
| 18
| 8
| 3.38
| 137
| 89
| 79
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 210.1
| 189
| 21
| 65
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1992
| ATL
| N
| 35
| 35
| 11
| 11
| 3.20
| 129
| 95
| 83
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 233.2
| 216
| 14
| 71
| 3
| 7
| 0
|
| 1993
| ATL
| N
| 35
| 35
| 18
| 6
| 2.94
| 125
| 81
| 73
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 223.1
| 216
| 14
| 43
| 5
| 3
| 0
|
| 1994
| ATL
| N
| 24
| 24
| 8
| 3
| 4.04
| 122
| 71
| 68
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 151.2
| 127
| 15
| 55
| 4
| 5
| 4
|
| 1995
| ATL
| N
| 29
| 29
| 7
| 13
| 4.67
| 141
| 92
| 90
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 173.1
| 165
| 22
| 52
| 4
| 3
| 6
|
| 1996
| ATL
| N
| 24
| 23
| 7
| 10
| 4.47
| 86
| 70
| 65
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 131
| 146
| 10
| 40
| 8
| 5
| 4
|
| 1997
| BOS
| A
| 22
| 18
| 6
| 7
| 6.42
| 51
| 76
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 96.2
| 127
| 15
| 49
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1998
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 23
| 10
| 7
| 5.02
| 57
| 74
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 123.2
| 128
| 14
| 64
| 0
| 7
| 4
|
| 1999
| CIN
| N
| 19
| 19
| 6
| 7
| 5.16
| 51
| 62
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 75
| 11
| 78
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 2003
| DET
| A
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 5.62
| 6
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 19
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 222
| 220
| 78
| 69
| 3.93
| 866
| 639
| 575
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 1318.1
| 1255
| 114
| 449
| 26
| 36
| 20
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 75
| 41
| 18
| 14
| 5.64
| 114
| 161
| 148
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 236.1
| 274
| 34
| 120
| 1
| 11
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 297
| 261
| 96
| 83
| 4.19
| 980
| 800
| 723
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 1554.2
| 1529
| 148
| 569
| 27
| 47
| 26
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1990
| ATL
| N
| P
| 21
| 20
| 99
| 4
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 8
| 3
| .929
|
| 1991
| ATL
| N
| P
| 35
| 35
| 210.1
| 9
| 31
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 21
| 11
| 1
| .976
|
| 1992
| ATL
| N
| P
| 35
| 35
| 233.2
| 16
| 36
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 42
| 14
| 0
| .945
|
| 1993
| ATL
| N
| P
| 35
| 35
| 223.1
| 4
| 47
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 32
| 14
| 9
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| ATL
| N
| P
| 24
| 24
| 151.2
| 4
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 3
| 4
| .968
|
| 1995
| ATL
| N
| P
| 29
| 29
| 173.1
| 3
| 37
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 11
| 13
| .952
|
| 1996
| ATL
| N
| P
| 24
| 23
| 131
| 8
| 26
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 6
| 4
| .944
|
| 1997
| BOS
| A
| P
| 22
| 18
| 96.2
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 4
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| BOS
| A
| P
| 34
| 23
| 123.2
| 7
| 39
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 9
| 3
| .979
|
| 1999
| CIN
| N
| P
| 19
| 19
| 96
| 4
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 3
| 4
| .952
|
| 2003
| DET
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 16
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 297
| 261
| 1554.2
| 63
| 302
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 7
| 201
| 83
| 43
| .966
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1990
| ATL
| N
| 21
| 30
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .133
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1991
| ATL
| N
| 37
| 79
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 2
| .215
| .253
| .253
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 31
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1992
| ATL
| N
| 35
| 76
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .171
| .203
| .224
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| ATL
| N
| 35
| 75
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 5
| .160
| .182
| .213
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1994
| ATL
| N
| 24
| 49
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 5
| .102
| .115
| .143
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| ATL
| N
| 29
| 53
| 4
| 11
| 2
| 4
| .208
| .218
| .377
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| ATL
| N
| 24
| 46
| 5
| 11
| 2
| 11
| .239
| .245
| .500
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1997
| BOS
| A
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| BOS
| A
| 39
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| CIN
| N
| 19
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .077
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| DET
| A
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 224
| 434
| 31
| 75
| 4
| 32
| .173
| .193
| .251
| 14
| 4
| 12
| 135
| 0
| 41
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 82
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 306
| 437
| 35
| 76
| 4
| 32
| .174
| .194
| .252
| 14
| 4
| 12
| 135
| 0
| 41
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 30, 1988).
- Granted free agency (October 31, 1996).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 22, 1997).
- Granted free agency (October 28, 1998).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 21, 1998).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 1999).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (February 22, 2000).
- Granted free agency (October 18, 2000).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (January 26, 2001).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (March 30, 2001).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (January 23, 2003).
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