Steve
Lake
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: March 14, 1957 in Usa, CA, INGLEWOOD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1989   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1991 34 PHI NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.3
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.3
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
1986 29 TOR AL 57 149 15 36 6 0 1 16 0 0 14 10 .242 .307 .302 .609 12.2 2.3
1987 30 TOR AL 60 132 8 30 8 0 1 14 1 0 7 10 .227 .261 .311 .571 10.1 0.0
1988 31 TOR AL 92 304 39 79 19 0 5 37 0 0 27 18 .260 .318 .372 .690 35.0 5.1
1989 32 TOR AL 125 415 46 107 14 2 4 41 2 0 26 25 .258 .300 .330 .630 37.1 3.7
1990 33 PHI NL 69 204 32 67 15 1 4 36 0 0 21 2 .328 .389 .471 .860 32.2 6.9
1991 34 PHI NL 71 149 22 43 6 1 1 22 2 0 22 7 .289 .378 .362 .740 19.7 3.6
1992 35 PHI NL 63 146 22 40 6 0 4 22 0 0 14 12 .274 .335 .397 .733 18.4 2.9
1993 36 CHW AL 133 460 37 104 17 1 5 46 0 0 35 43 .226 .278 .300 .578 37.1 1.5
8 Years Sim 670 1959 221 506 91 5 25 234 5 0 166 127 .258 .314 .348 .662 201.8 26.0
162 Game Average 473 53 122 22 1 6 56 1 0 40 30 .258 .314 .348 .662 48.8  
Career Highs 133 460 46 107 19 2 5 46 2 0 35 43 .328 .389 .471 .860 37.1  
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1986 29 TOR AL C 49 43 385.7 277 28 2 0 .993 7.12 49 18 .367 1 2.6
1987 30 TOR AL C 50 34 337.7 243 20 2 0 .992 7.01 31 7 .226 3 2.3
1988 31 TOR AL C 90 85 763.7 594 50 6 2 .991 7.59 94 29 .309 7 3.4
1989 32 TOR AL C 124 121 1071.3 787 61 7 1 .992 7.12 101 38 .376 7 7.2
1990 33 PHI NL C 52 51 442.0 353 32 4 2 .990 7.84 50 18 .360 1 3.4
    2B 3 0 8.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 34 PHI NL C 39 34 299.0 277 12 0 1 1.000 8.70 31 8 .258 1 2.4
    P 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1992 35 PHI NL C 38 37 303.3 267 16 0 0 1.000 8.40 20 9 .450 0 2.3
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 36 CHW AL C 131 129 1137.0 1027 36 1 1 .999 8.41 72 21 .292 8 9.4
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1994 37 CLE AL C 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 575 534 4741.6 3828 255 22 7 .995 7.75 448 148 .330 28 32.9
  2B 5 0 11.7 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   588 534 4765.3 3833 260 22 9 .995 7.73 448 148 .330 28 33.0
Career Highs   133 129 1141.0 1027 61 7 3 1.000 13.50 101 38 .450 8  
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
1987 30 TOR AL 4 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .250 .200 .450
1988 31 TOR AL 5 15 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .133 .235 .200 .435
1989 32 TOR AL 11 37 4 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .270 .308 .351 .659
1990 33 PHI NL 7 26 2 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .269 .269 .423 .692
1991 34 PHI NL 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .077 .077 .077 .154
1992 35 PHI NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1993 36 CHW AL 14 47 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .170 .200 .213 .413
Career Post-Season Batting 48 155 15 31 7 0 1 14 0 0 7 15 .200 .233 .265 .498
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 116th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1979
Injured on 7/18/1980 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Released by Baltimore on 4/1/1982
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 7/31/1983 to a minor league deal
Released by Pittsburgh on 7/31/1983
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 7/31/1983 to a minor league deal
Traded from Minnesota to Toronto on 3/2/1986 (Going to MIN: DH O. Velez, P J. Reardon, P D. Robinson, SS K. Gruber, LF M. Young. Going to TOR: C S. Lake, 3B K. Mitchell)
Had first career hit on 4/4/1986, off Mike Flanagan (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/10/1986, off Dave Gumpert (SEA)
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1989
Traded from Toronto to Philadelphia on 2/21/1990 (Going to PHI: C Steve Lake. Going to TOR: P Julio Machado, 2B Juan Castillo)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/10/1990
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $982,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/28/1992 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $982,143 through salary arbitration
Released by Philadelphia on 2/7/1993
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/15/1993 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/24/1994 to a 1-year deal worth $525,000 per year