Steve Kemp
Steve Kemp
Full name: Steven F. Kemp
Born: August 7, 1954, San Angelo, Texas
First Game: April 7, 1977 ; Final Game: May 24, 1988
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 195
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Steve Kemp
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1977 DET A Daily Splits 151 552 75 142 29 4 18 88 71 0 93 5 1 7 0 8 11 3 3 .257 .343 .422 -1.3 1977 DET A
1978 DET A Daily Splits 159 582 75 161 18 4 15 79 97 3 87 1 3 3 0 12 9 2 3 .277 .379 .399 0.7 1978 DET A
1979 DET A Daily Splits 134 490 88 156 26 3 26 105 68 2 70 2 2 8 0 4 13 5 6 .318 .398 .543 2.7 1979 DET A
1980 DET A Daily Splits 135 508 88 149 23 3 21 101 69 3 64 4 1 9 0 9 24 5 1 .293 .376 .474 2.0 1980 DET A
1981 DET A Daily Splits 105 372 52 103 18 4 9 49 70 5 48 1 0 4 0 6 13 9 3 .277 .389 .419 1.3 1981 DET A
1982 CHI A Daily Splits 160 580 91 166 23 1 19 98 89 8 83 3 1 6 0 7 8 7 7 .286 .381 .428 0.2 1982 CHI A
1983 NY A Daily Splits 109 373 53 90 17 3 12 49 41 3 37 2 1 2 0 9 17 1 0 .241 .318 .399 -0.2 1983 NY A
1984 NY A Daily Splits 94 313 37 91 12 1 7 41 40 0 54 1 3 4 0 5 12 4 1 .291 .369 .403 0.2 1984 NY A
1985 PIT N Daily Splits 92 236 19 59 13 2 2 21 25 1 54 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 0 .250 .317 .347 -0.6 1985 PIT N
1986 PIT N Daily Splits 13 16 1 3 0 0 1 1 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .188 .350 .375 0.1 1986 PIT N
1988 TEX A Daily Splits 16 36 2 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .222 .256 .222 -0.3 1988 TEX A
Total NL 105 252 20 62 13 2 3 22 29 1 60 0 1 4 0 0 6 2 0 .246 .319 .349 -0.5 Total NL
Total AL 1063 3806 561 1066 166 23 127 612 547 24 545 19 12 44 0 60 108 37 24 .280 .370 .436 5.3 Total AL
Total Splits 1168 4058 581 1128 179 25 130 634 576 25 605 19 13 48 0 60 114 39 24 .278 .367 .431 4.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1979 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 AL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1977 DET A Daily OF 148 147 146 1316 252 10 5 1 0 .981 148 0 0
1977 DET A LF 148 147 146 1316 252 10 5 1 0 .981
1978 DET A Daily OF 157 156 154 1395 325 11 8 2 0 .977 157 0 0
1978 DET A LF 157 156 154 1395 325 11 8 2 0 .977
1979 DET A Daily OF 120 117 110 1044.1 229 12 6 2 0 .976 117 0 3
1979 DET A LF 117 114 108 1020.1 225 12 6 2 0 .975
1979 DET A DH 11 11 11 -
1979 DET A RF 3 3 2 24 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 DET A Daily OF 85 84 76 737 197 4 1 3 0 .995 85 0 0
1980 DET A LF 85 84 76 737 198 4 1 3 0 .995
1980 DET A DH 46 44 42 -
1981 DET A Daily OF 92 92 86 806.1 207 4 3 0 0 .986 92 0 0
1981 DET A LF 92 92 86 806.1 210 6 3 0 0 .986
1981 DET A DH 12 10 10 -
1982 CHI A Daily OF 154 154 129 1315.2 280 6 7 1 0 .976 154 0 0
1982 CHI A LF 154 154 129 1315.2 278 6 7 1 0 .976
1982 CHI A DH 2 2 2 -
1983 NY A Daily OF 101 92 75 832.1 215 5 3 3 0 .987 25 0 85
1983 NY A RF 85 72 62 652 175 4 3 3 0 .984
1983 NY A LF 25 20 13 180.1 42 1 0 0 0 1.000
1983 NY A DH 2 2 2 -
1984 NY A Daily OF 75 70 54 628.2 138 2 4 0 0 .972 75 0 0
1984 NY A LF 75 70 54 628.2 135 2 4 0 0 .972
1984 NY A DH 12 12 10 -
1985 PIT N Daily OF 63 61 36 476.1 105 1 0 0 0 1.000 63 0 0
1985 PIT N LF 63 61 36 476.1 108 2 0 0 0 1.000
1986 PIT N Daily OF 4 3 1 22 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 4 0 0
1986 PIT N LF 4 3 1 22 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 TEX A Daily DH 7 6 6 -
1988 TEX A LF 5 2 1 22 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 TEX A OF 5 2 1 23.1 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 1
1988 TEX A 1B 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 TEX A RF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 1004 978 868 8597 1962 55 37 12 0 .982 925 0 89
Total LF 925 903 804 7919.2 1786 54 34 9 0 .982
Total DH 92 87 83 -
Total RF 89 75 64 677.1 180 4 3 3 0 .984
Total 1B 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (January 7, 1976 ).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Chet Lemon (November
27, 1981 ).
Granted free agency (November 10, 1982 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 9, 1982 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with Tim Foli and cash to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange
for Dale Berra , Alfonso Pulido and Jay Buhner (December 20, 1984 ).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 8, 1986 ).
Signed by San Diego Padres (June 22, 1986 ).
Released by San Diego Padres (September 18, 1986 ).
Signed by Texas Rangers (March 4, 1987 ).
Released by Texas Rangers (October 15, 1987 ).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 19, 1988 ).
Released by Texas Rangers (May 25, 1988 ).
Signed by Texas Rangers (June 9, 1988 ).
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