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Steve Kemp

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: August 7, 1954 in San Angelo, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (1st) of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Arcadia HS (Arcadia, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 7, 1977 (Age 22-243d, 13,840th in major league history)
vs. KCR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 24, 1988 (Age 33-291d)
vs. TOR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Dick Moss

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Steven F. Kemp

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.5

4058

1128

130

.278

581

RBI

634

OBP

.367

SLG

.431

OPS

.797

OPS+

119

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 11	DET		TOR	W,6-2	GS	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 12	DET		TOR	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	LF
5	5	Apr 15	DET	@	KCR	W,4-0	GS	31	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
6	6	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	7	Apr 17	DET	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	8	Apr 18	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 19	DET	@	TOR	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	11 (1)	Apr 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
11	16 (4)	Apr 27	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
12	17	Apr 28	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	18	Apr 29	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	19	Apr 30	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	20	May 1	DET	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
16	21	May 2	DET	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
17	22	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
18	23	May 5	DET	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	24	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	25	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
21	26	May 8	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	27	May 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-15	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	28	May 10	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
24	29	May 12	DET		SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	32 (2)	May 16	DET		CAL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	33	May 17	DET		CAL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	35 (1)	May 19	DET		TEX	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
28	36	May 20	DET		TEX	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	37	May 22	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
30	38	May 23	DET		BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	39	May 24 (1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	40	May 24 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	42 (1)	May 26	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
34	43	May 27	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
35	44	May 28	DET	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	45	May 29	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	46	May 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	47	May 31	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	48	Jun 1	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
40	49	Jun 2	DET		MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	50	Jun 3	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
42	51	Jun 5	DET		MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	52	Jun 6	DET		MIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	53	Jun 7	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	54	Jun 8	DET	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	56 (1)	Jun 10	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
47	57	Jun 11	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	58	Aug 10	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	59	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	60	Aug 12	DET		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
51	61	Aug 13	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
52	62	Aug 14	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	63	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,8-5	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	67 (3)	Aug 19	DET		MIN	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
55	68	Aug 21	DET		TEX	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	72 (3)	Aug 25	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	73	Aug 26	DET		KCR	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
58	74	Aug 27	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	75	Aug 28	DET	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	77 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	78	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	79	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	80	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	81	Sep 3	DET	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	82	Sep 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	83	Sep 5	DET	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	84	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
68	85	Sep 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	86	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
70	87	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	88	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	89	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,11-9	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	90	Sep 13	DET		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	91	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
75	92	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	41	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	93	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	94	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
78	95	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	96	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	97	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	98	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	99	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	100	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
84	101	Sep 25	DET		MIL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	102	Sep 26	DET		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
86	103	Sep 27	DET		MIL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
87	104	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
88	105	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,14-0	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	106	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
90	107	Oct 2	DET	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF
91	108	Oct 3	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	109	Oct 4	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
							92gm		806.1	210	6	3	219	0