Steve Kemp Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

Steve Kemp Stats

Steve Kemp was born on Saturday, August 7, 1954, in San Angelo, Texas. Kemp was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 7, 1977, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Steve Kemp baseball stats page.

"Ever since I've played baseball I've been the type of hitter who uses all the field and that's the way I want to stay." - Steve Kemp in Baseball Digest (August 1979, Bud Burns, 'Steve Kemp: The Maturing of a Hitter', Page 38)

Birth Name:	Steven F. Kemp
Nickname:	Steve
Born On:	08-07-1954 (Leo)
Born In:	San Angelo, Texas
Died On:	Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Arcadia High School (Arcadia, CA)
College:	University of Southern California
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Left
Height:	6-00	Weight:	195
First Game:	04-07-1977 (Age 22)
Last Game:	05-24-1988
Draft:	1976 : 1st Round (1st)

Did Not Pitch

Steve Kemp Steve Kemp Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1977	23	Tigers	151	552	75	142	29	4	18	0	88	71	0	93	1	7	5	11	.257	.343	.422
1978	24	Tigers	159	582	75	161	18	4	15	1	79	97	3	87	3	3	1	9	.277	.379	.399
1979	25	Tigers	134	490	88	156	26	3	26	1	105	68	2	70	2	8	2	13	.318	.398	.543
1980	26	Tigers	135	508	88	149	23	3	21	1	101	69	3	64	1	9	4	24	.293	.376	.474
1981	27	Tigers	105	372	52	103	18	4	9	0	49	70	5	48	0	4	1	13	.277	.389	.419
1982	28	White Sox	160	580	91	166	23	1	19	1	98	89	8	83	1	6	3	8	.286	.381	.428
1983	29	Yankees	109	373	53	90	17	3	12	0	49	41	3	37	1	2	2	17	.241	.318	.399
1984	30	Yankees	94	313	37	91	12	1	7	0	41	40	0	54	3	4	1	12	.291	.369	.403
1985	31	Pirates	92	236	19	59	13	2	2	0	21	25	1	54	1	4	0	5	.250	.317	.347
1986	32	Pirates	13	16	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	1	.188	.350	.375
1988	34	Rangers	16	36	2	8	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	9	0	1	0	1	.222	.256	.222
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
11 Years			1,168	4,058	581	1,128	179	25	130	4	634	576	25	605	13	48	19	114	.278	.367	.431

Steve Kemp Steve Kemp Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1977 Tigers	LF	148	147	438	267	1.8	262	252	10	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	16.15
1978 Tigers	LF	157	156	462	344	2.2	336	325	11	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	19.64
1979 Tigers	LF	117	114	3,060	243	2.1	237	225	12	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	2.09
1979 Tigers	RF	3	3	72	5	1.7	5	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.88
1980 Tigers	LF	85	84	2,211	203	2.4	202	198	4	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	2.47
1981 Tigers	LF	92	92	2,418	219	2.4	216	210	6	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	2.41
1982 White Sox	LF	154	154	3,945	291	1.9	284	278	6	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	1.94
1983 Yankees	LF	25	20	540	43	1.7	43	42	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.15
1983 Yankees	RF	85	72	1,956	182	2.1	179	175	4	3	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.47
1984 Yankees	LF	75	70	1,884	141	1.9	137	135	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	1.96
1985 Pirates	LF	63	61	1,428	110	1.7	110	108	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.08
1986 Pirates	LF	4	3	66	8	2.0	8	8	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.27
1988 Rangers	1B	1	0	6	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
1988 Rangers	LF	5	2	66	5	1.0	5	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.05
1988 Rangers	RF	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
LF Totals		925	903	16,518	1,874	2.0	1,840	1,786	54	34	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	3.01
RF Totals		89	75	2,031	187	2.1	184	180	4	3	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.45
1B Totals		1	0	6	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
11 Years		1,015	978	18,555	2,062	2.0	2,025	1,967	58	37	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	2.95

Steve Kemp Steve Kemp Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1977 Tigers	3	3	.500	3	0	0	30.7	5.9	6.3	-	-	-
1978 Tigers	2	3	.400	3	0	0	38.8	6.7	7.4	-	-	-
1979 Tigers	5	6	.455	6	0	11	18.8	7.0	4.7	-	-	-
1980 Tigers	5	1	.833	7	0	46	24.2	7.9	5.0	-	-	-
1981 Tigers	9	3	.750	3	0	12	41.3	7.8	7.6	-	-	-
1982 White Sox	7	7	.500	4	0	2	30.5	7.0	5.9	-	-	-
1983 Yankees	1	0	1.000	14	1	2	31.1	10.1	7.6	-	-	-
1984 Yankees	4	1	.800	11	0	12	44.7	5.8	7.6	-	-	-
1985 Pirates	1	0	1.000	31	0	n/a	118.0	4.4	11.2	-	-	-
1986 Pirates	1	0	1.000	9	0	n/a	16.0	2.7	16.0	-	-	-
1988 Rangers	1	0	1.000	6	0	7	0.0	4.0	18.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
11 Years	39	24	.619	97	1	92	31.2	6.7	6.4	-	-	-

Steve Kemp Steve Kemp Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1977 Detroit Tigers	33	$28,500.00	-	-
1978 Detroit Tigers	33	$55,000.00	-	-
1979 Detroit Tigers	33	$75,000.00	Stats	-
1980 Detroit Tigers	33	$210,000.00	-	-
1981 Detroit Tigers	33	$600,000.00	-	-
1982 Chicago White Sox	22	Undetermined	-	-
1983 New York Yankees	21	$878,000.00	-	-
1984 New York Yankees	21	$870,000.00	-	-
1985 Pittsburgh Pirates	13	$1,420,000.00	-	-
1986 Pittsburgh Pirates	23	$1,220,000.00	-	-
1988 Texas Rangers	24	$227,500.00	-	-
Steve Kemp Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that you can compare Steve Kemp to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1977 American League season?

You can follow the team links in the chart above to locate common statistics (singles), advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique statistics (plate appearances & times on bases) not found on any other website.

If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider making a donation to Baseball Almanac : a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance.