Steve Ontiveros | Major Leaguer 1985-2000

Full Name: Steven Ontiveros
Born: March 5,1961 in Tularosa, New Mexico
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College: University of Michigan

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Drafted: Selected by Oakland Athletics in 2nd Round (54th overall) of 1982 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 21,1988] - Released by Athletics. [Feb 16,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Phillies. [Nov 11,1991] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 28,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Apr 16,1992] - Released by Tigers. [Apr 5,1993] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins. [Aug 10,1993] - Traded by Twins to Mariners for Greg Shockey. [Oct 8,1993] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 31,1994] - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. [Oct 24,1994] - Granted Free Agency. [Apr 11,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. [Nov 1,1995] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 26,1996] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Oct 10,1996] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 20,1997] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Oct 6,1997] - Released by Angels. [Feb 15,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Apr 23,1998] - Released by Cardinals. [May 1,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Orioles. [Jul 25,1998] - Released by Orioles. [Jan 20,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Devil Rays. [Mar 31,1999] - Released by Devil Rays. [May 24,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Brewers. [Jul 24,1999] - Released by Brewers. [Jul 7,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Rockies. [Sep 9,2000] - Released by Rockies. [Sep 10,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox. [Nov 1,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 5,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1982	Medford	Nwest	21	Oak	A-	1	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	3	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	4	9	0		3.38	0.00	4.50	10.13	0.88	--
	West Haven	East	21	Oak	AA	2	2	6.33	16	2	0	0	5	0	27.0	34	26	19	4	12	28	1		11.33	1.33	4.00	9.33	1.70	--
1983	Alb/Colnie	East	22	Oak	AA	8	4	3.75	32	13	5	0	12	5	129.2	131	62	54	11	36	91	3		9.09	0.76	2.50	6.32	1.29	--
1984	Madison	Midw	23	Oak	A	3	1	2.05	5	5	2	0	0	0	30.2	23	10	7	0	6	26	1		6.75	0.00	1.76	7.63	0.95	--
	Tacoma	PCL	23	Oak	AAA	1	1	7.94	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	18	11	10	3	5	6	0		14.30	2.38	3.97	4.77	2.03	--
1985	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	1	3	1.93	39	0	0	0	18	8	74.2	45	17	16	4	19	36	1	0	5.42	0.48	2.29	4.34	0.86	62%
1986	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	2	2	4.71	46	0	0	0	27	10	72.2	72	40	38	10	25	54	4	0	8.92	1.24	3.10	6.69	1.33	58%
1987	Tacoma	PCL	26	Oak	AAA	0	0	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	1		3.00	0.00	6.00	3.00	1.00	--
	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	10	8	4.00	35	22	2	1	6	1	150.2	141	78	67	19	50	97	4	1	8.42	1.14	2.99	5.79	1.27	59%
1988	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	3	4	4.61	10	10	0	0	0	0	54.2	57	32	28	4	21	30	5	5	9.39	0.66	3.46	4.94	1.43	49%
1989	Scr/wb	IL	28	Phi	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0		8.11	0.00	8.11	0.00	1.80	--
	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	2	1	3.82	6	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	34	15	13	2	15	12	2	0	9.98	0.59	4.40	3.52	1.60	67%
1990	Clearwater	FSL	29	Phi	A+	0	0	2.35	3	3	0	0	0	0	7.2	4	2	2	0	3	2	0		4.70	0.00	3.52	2.35	0.91	--
	Reading	East	29	Phi	AA	0	2	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	6	6	0	2	8	0		10.50	0.00	3.00	12.00	1.50	--
	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	0	0	2.70	5	0	0	0	1	0	10.0	9	3	3	1	3	6	0	0	8.10	0.90	2.70	5.40	1.20	64%
1991	Scr/wb	IL	30	Phi	AAA	2	1	2.90	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.0	29	11	10	2	10	21	2		8.42	0.58	2.90	6.10	1.26	--
1993	Portland	PCL	32	Min	AAA	7	6	2.87	20	16	2	0	2	0	103.1	90	40	33	5	20	73	5		7.84	0.44	1.74	6.36	1.06	--
	Seattle	AL	32	Sea	MLB	0	2	1.00	14	0	0	0	8	0	18.0	18	3	2	0	6	13	1	0	9.00	0.00	3.00	6.50	1.33	55%
1994	Oakland	AL	33	Oak	MLB	6	4	2.65	27	13	2	0	5	0	115.1	93	39	34	7	26	56	5	0	7.26	0.55	2.03	4.37	1.03	58%
1995	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	MLB	9	6	4.37	22	22	2	1	0	0	129.2	144	75	63	12	38	77	5	0	10.00	0.83	2.64	5.34	1.40	58%
1996	Lk Elsin	Calif	35	Cal	A+	1	1	2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	3	2	0	0	8	1	0	13.50	0.00	0.00	9.00	1.50	--
1997	Lk Elsin	Calif	36	Ana	A+	0	1	27.27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	27.27	0.00	3.03	--
1998	Memphis	PCL	37	Stl	AAA	0	1	8.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.2	14	11	9	1	2	10	0	1	13.04	0.93	1.86	9.32	1.66	--
	Rochester	IL	37	Bal	AAA	5	1	3.68	16	14	0	0	2	1	80.2	77	35	33	10	25	64	1	0	8.59	1.12	2.79	7.14	1.26	--
1999	Louisville	IL	38	Mil	AAA	5	1	4.44	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.2	47	26	24	5	12	33	1	0	8.69	0.92	2.22	6.10	1.21	--
2000	Colo Spr	PCL	39	Col	AAA	4	1	2.91	8	8	0	0	0	0	43.1	36	15	14	6	10	33	2	0	7.48	1.25	2.08	6.85	1.06	--
	Boston	AL	39	Bos	MLB	1	1	10.13	3	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	6	6	1	4	1	2	0	15.20	1.69	6.75	1.69	2.44	40%
2001	Norfolk	IL	40	Nym	AAA	2	2	2.83	7	7	1	1	0	0	41.1	32	13	13	2	9	28	3	1	6.97	0.44	1.96	6.10	0.99	--
	Sacramento	PCL	40	Oak	AAA	7	6	4.55	16	15	0	0	0	0	85.0	94	50	43	11	28	64	3	1	9.95	1.16	2.96	6.78	1.44	--

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)						34	31	3.67	207	73	6	2	65	19	661.2	622	308	270	60	207	382	29	6	8.46	0.82	2.82	5.20	1.25	58%
Minor League Totals - 14 Season(s)						48	31	3.73	154	110	10	1	24	6	678.0	655	323	281	60	190	505	24		8.69	0.80	2.52	6.70	1.25	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1985	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	p	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	p	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	p	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	p	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	p	9	6	12	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.167	321	75%
1990	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	p	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	Scr/wb	IL	30	Phi	AAA	p		7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		.500	.667	.500	1167	--
1993	Seattle	AL	32	Sea	MLB	p	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	Oakland	AL	33	Oak	MLB	p	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	MLB	p	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1998	Memphis	PCL	37	Stl	AAA	p		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1999	Louisville	IL	38	Mil	AAA	p		8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2000	Colo Spr	PCL	39	Col	AAA	p		8	6	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1167	--
	Boston	AL	39	Bos	MLB	p	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Norfolk	IL	40	Nym	AAA	p		7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)								211	12	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.167	321	75%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)								33	14	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	6	0		.286	.444	.286	730	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1982	Medford	Nwest	21	Oak	A-	P	4			0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1982	West Haven	East	21	Oak	AA	P	16			1	4	2	7	0	-	-	-	.714	--

1983	Alb/Colnie	East	22	Oak	AA	P	32			8	31	1	40	3	-	-	-	.975	--

1984	Madison	Midw	23	Oak	A	P	5			5	7	1	13	0	-	-	-	.923	--
1984	Tacoma	PCL	23	Oak	AAA	P	2			1	4	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1985	Tacoma	PCL	24	Oak	AAA	P	15			3	7	4	14	1	-	-	-	.714	--
1985	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	P	39		74.2	7	14	1	22	1	-	-	-	.955	2.53

1986	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	P	46		72.2	2	10	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.49

1987	Tacoma	PCL	26	Oak	AAA	P	1			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	P	35		150.2	14	29	1	44	0	-	-	-	.977	2.57

1988	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	P	10		54.2	6	12	0	18	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.96
1988	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

1989	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	P	6		30.2	4	9	0	13	2	-	-	-	1.000	3.82

1990	Clearwater	FSL	29	Phi	A+	P	3			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1990	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	P	5		10	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.50

1991	Scr/wb	IL	30	Phi	AAA	P	7			4	6	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1993	Portland	PCL	32	Min	AAA	P	20			14	14	1	29	1	-	-	-	.966	--
1993	Seattle	AL	32	Sea	MLB	P	14		18	0	2	1	3	2	-	-	-	.667	1.00

1994	Oakland	AL	33	Oak	MLB	P	27		115.1	15	22	0	37	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.89

1995	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	MLB	P	22		129.2	17	26	0	43	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.98

1996	Lk Elsin	Calif	35	Cal	A+	P	2			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1997	Lk Elsin	Calif	36	Ana	A+	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1998	Memphis	PCL	37	Stl	AAA	P	3			1	0	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	--
1998	Rochester	IL	37	Bal	AAA	P	16			5	18	0	23	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1999	Louisville	IL	38	Mil	AAA	P	8			9	7	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	--

2000	Colo Spr	PCL	39	Col	AAA	P	8			4	8	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	Boston	AL	39	Bos	MLB	P	3		5.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2001	Norfolk	IL	40	Nym	AAA	P	7			1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Sacramento	PCL	40	Oak	AAA	P	16			7	7	2	16	0	-	-	-	.875	--

Awards

[1995] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	*60,000		299,108	71
1986	88,000		325,466	62
1987	131,500		292,853	44
1988	200,000		325,305	43
1989	180,000		375,257	43
1990	150,000		426,358	53
1991	180,000		617,627	48
1993	115,000		815,723	68
1994	175,000		914,157	57
1995	965,000		831,504	22
1996	225,000		835,262	46
1997	154,000		996,990	70
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80

Career:	$2,798,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1995)

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