Steve
Kemp
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 7, 1954 in San Angelo, TX, USA
 
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
1977 22 DET AL 161 565 82 139 35 2 16 69 4 4 69 60 .246 .331 .400 .731 73.6 10.4
1982 27 DET AL 130 430 49 94 14 0 9 48 0 1 55 75 .219 .312 .314 .626 41.8 6.6
1983 28 DET AL 98 198 22 51 7 0 3 28 0 0 24 35 .258 .338 .338 .676 21.6 4.5
1984 29 DET AL 156 522 66 123 24 2 8 67 0 1 66 114 .236 .319 .335 .655 59.8 9.1
1985 30 DET AL 14 46 4 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 10 .152 .220 .152 .372 0.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 559 1761 223 414 80 4 36 216 4 6 218 294 .235 .321 .346 .667 196.9 30.6
162 Game Average 510 64 119 23 1 10 62 1 1 63 85 .235 .321 .346 .667 57.1  
Career Highs 161 565 82 139 35 2 16 69 4 4 69 114 .258 .338 .400 .731 73.6  
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
1977 22 DET AL RF 160 158 1353.7 302 8 9 1 .972 2.06   3.8
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1982 27 DET AL LF 4 2 23.0 2 0 2 0 .500 0.78   0.1
    RF 2 0 14.0 8 0 1 0 .889 5.14    
    CF 3 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1983 28 DET AL LF 41 31 300.0 51 3 3 0 .947 1.62   0.7
    RF 16 10 96.3 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.03    
    CF 20 1 44.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.86    
1984 29 DET AL RF 150 149 1292.3 213 7 3 1 .987 1.53   1.6
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 30 DET AL RF 13 13 117.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00    
  RF 341 330 2873.3 549 16 13 2 .978 1.77   5.7
  LF 48 33 328.0 55 3 5 0 .921 1.59   0.8
  CF 26 2 59.0 18 2 0 1 1.000 3.05    
Career Totals   415 365 3260.3 622 21 18 3 .973 1.77   6.5
Career Highs   161 158 1355.7 304 8 9 1 1.000 2.63    
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.
Doubles
1977-10-35
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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  1. Greg Briley (979)
  2. Champ Summers (963)
  3. Marc Newfield (962)
  4. Mike Kingery (959)
  5. Melvin Nieves (958)
  6. Timo Perez (956)
  7. Glenallen Hill (953)
  8. Devon White (952)
  9. Brooks Kieschnick (952)
  10. Leon Roberts (950)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/5/1977, off Mike Torrez (NYY)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1977, off Wayne Simpson (CAL)
Injured on 6/19/1978 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Injured on 10/2/1978 with a Broken Nose, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1984, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 11 RBI