Steve
Jeltz
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 28, 1959 in France, , PARIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1989    1990   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1988 29 TOR AL 75 191 20 55 15 0 2 16 0 0 12 16 .288 .328 .398 .726 21.8 3.4
1989 30 TOR AL 142 412 50 121 31 1 2 46 0 0 63 39 .294 .383 .388 .772 60.9 13.3
1990 31 TOR AL 154 580 82 161 39 2 6 64 2 1 67 83 .278 .350 .383 .733 77.9 17.4
1991 32 TOR AL 155 577 80 150 17 7 9 57 4 0 68 94 .260 .336 .360 .697 69.8 12.3
1992 33 TOR AL 157 542 67 134 20 1 8 43 0 0 70 86 .247 .332 .332 .664 61.3 8.7
1993 34 CIN NL 146 447 83 140 9 0 16 62 1 1 69 63 .313 .405 .441 .846 78.3 17.4
1994 35 CIN NL 137 343 45 86 9 1 6 38 0 0 53 59 .251 .348 .335 .684 41.0 5.4
1995 36 BOS AL 38 105 14 27 6 0 0 11 0 0 9 22 .257 .313 .314 .627 10.4 1.0
1996 37 SEA AL 55 130 15 22 2 0 0 13 0 1 11 43 .169 .231 .185 .415 4.9 0.0
9 Years Sim 1059 3327 456 896 148 12 49 350 7 3 422 505 .269 .350 .365 .715 426.3 78.9
162 Game Average 508 69 137 22 1 7 53 1 0 64 77 .269 .350 .365 .715 65.2  
Career Highs 157 580 83 161 39 7 16 64 4 1 70 94 .313 .405 .441 .846 78.3  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1988 29 TOR AL 2B 45 38 339.0 66 154 2 37 .991 5.84   2.0
    3B 10 5 53.0 6 20 0 0 1.000 4.42   0.4
    SS 11 3 42.0 6 21 0 5 1.000 5.79   0.2
    1B 2 2 17.0 17 3 0 3 1.000 10.59   0.0
1989 30 TOR AL 2B 139 138 1148.7 226 512 4 100 .995 5.78   7.7
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1990 31 TOR AL 2B 152 151 1327.7 284 592 18 121 .980 5.94   6.5
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1991 32 TOR AL SS 78 75 671.7 103 285 5 61 .987 5.20   4.0
    2B 73 72 630.3 109 298 7 55 .983 5.81   3.8
1992 33 TOR AL SS 153 151 1331.3 162 527 12 102 .983 4.66   5.5
    RF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 7.38   0.0
1993 34 CIN NL 2B 108 100 846.0 158 369 5 65 .991 5.61   4.8
    SS 9 4 54.7 6 27 0 6 1.000 5.43   0.3
    3B 4 3 28.0 1 10 0 2 1.000 3.54   0.2
1994 35 CIN NL 2B 67 61 519.3 90 194 4 40 .986 4.92   2.0
    SS 34 13 154.3 24 58 0 6 1.000 4.78   1.2
    3B 9 8 73.7 4 17 2 2 .913 2.57   0.2
1995 36 BOS AL SS 28 25 216.0 26 83 3 15 .973 4.54   1.7
    2B 3 3 22.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.64   0.0
    3B 3 2 20.0 1 9 1 1 .909 4.50   0.0
1996 37 SEA AL 3B 24 10 119.0 7 26 3 3 .917 2.50   0.4
    2B 17 12 108.3 24 40 0 13 1.000 5.32   0.4
    SS 13 10 91.0 24 32 0 7 1.000 5.54   0.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 604 575 4941.3 958 2162 40 432 .987 5.68   27.3
  SS 328 281 2563.3 351 1034 20 202 .986 4.86   13.3
  3B 54 28 305.0 21 86 6 8 .947 3.16   1.3
  1B 2 2 17.0 17 3 0 3 1.000 10.59   0.0
  RF 3 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
Career Totals   991 887 7839.6 1350 3285 66 645 .986 5.32   42.0
Career Highs   156 152 1344.0 284 592 18 121 .995 5.93    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 29 TOR AL 5 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .091 .286 .182 .468
1989 30 TOR AL 11 39 6 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 4 .333 .366 .385 .750
1992 33 TOR AL 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282
1994 35 CIN NL 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .000 .364 .000 .364
Career Post-Season Batting 24 67 9 15 3 0 0 8 0 0 10 9 .224 .325 .269 .593
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1993-6-.313
On-Base Pct
1989-9-.369*
1993-2-.405
Triples
1991-9-7
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 9/1/1977
Drafted in 5th round, 115th overall pick, by Toronto in 1983
Injured on 5/21/1984 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/21/1985 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/23/1988, off Bill Swaggerty (CAL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1988, off Orel Hershiser (KCR)
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1989
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1990
Traded from Toronto to Cincinnati on 2/7/1993 (Going to CIN: P Bryan Harvey, SS Steve Jeltz. Going to TOR: P Stacy Jones)
Injured on 6/25/1994 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/1/1995 to a 3-year deal worth $2,750,000 per year
Released by Boston on 6/16/1995
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/10/1996 to a 1-year deal worth $875,000 per year