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Steve Renko

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 230lb (196cm, 104kg)

Born: December 10, 1944 in Kansas City, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 24th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS).

High School: Wyandotte HS (Kansas City, KS)

School: University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)

Debut: June 27, 1969 (Age 24-199d, 12,856th in major league history)
vs. PHI 2.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: August 28, 1983 (Age 38-261d)
vs. TEX 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Steven Renko

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.6

134

146

ERA

3.99

451

365

2494.0

1455

WHIP

1.383

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-28 / in Starts: 2-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 2

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	100	3	Apr 18	MON		NYM	W,7-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.2	4	2	2	8	3	0	0	3.18	5.58	28	11	2	0	1	4	48			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.017	2.39	0.02%	-0.11	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a2
2	101	6	Apr 23	MON		STL	L,1-6	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	3	2	2	7	2	0	0	3.09	5.40	27	6	9	1	2	3	53			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	0	.91	-0.004	1.92	-0.01%	0.62	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
3	102	10	Apr 28	MON	@	SFG	W,8-6	GS-3		4	2.1	7	5	5	0	0	2	0	5.79	6.76	14	4	3	0	0	7	23			1	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.409	1.80	-0.39%	-3.91	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	103	14	May 2	MON	@	SDP	L,1-6	GS-8	L(1-2)	3	7.0	5	5	3	8	6	1	0	5.14	6.49	32	5	9	2	0	4	49			0	2	0	23	1	1	1	0	0	1	.81	-0.041	1.47	-0.04%	-1.54	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d3
5	104	21	May 11	MON		SFG	L,2-6	GS-2	L(1-3)	8	1.2	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.35	6.33	12	2	3	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.315	1.99	-0.30%	-3.53	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d4
6	105	26	May 16	MON	@	NYM	L,3-7	6-7		4	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.57	6.05	11	2	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.047	.48	-0.05%	-1.16	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d4
7	106	32	May 21(2)	MON	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-5		4	4.2	6	3	3	4	1	1	0	6.44	6.25	23	5	7	1	0	6	37			0	0	0	19	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.34	-0.246	.91	-0.10%	-1.28	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out d1
8	107	36	May 26	MON	@	CHC	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.03	5.97	6	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.024	.13	0.01%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
9	108	39	May 29	MON	@	CHC	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	5.85	5.86	6	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.17	0.006	.11	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	109	48	Jun 11	MON		CIN	L,1-11	GS-3	L(1-4)	12	3.0	5	5	4	4	2	0	0	6.37	5.80	18	4	3	0	2	5	29			1	1	0	14	1	0	3	0	0	1	.92	-0.330	.20	-0.04%	-3.69	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
11	110	49	Jun 12	MON	@	HOU	L,1-3	8-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.37	5.97	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.018	.06	0.00%	-0.96	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 12- 0 out d2
12	111	53	Jun 16(2)	MON	@	ATL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-5)	3	6.2	7	2	2	5	3	0	0	5.79	5.61	30	8	7	2	0	7	50			0	1	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	.71	0.005	.14	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d2
13	112	58	Jun 21	MON	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-5	L(1-6)	4	4.1	6	5	5	6	0	0	0	6.22	5.70	23	6	5	2	0	6	25			2	1	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.404	.25	-0.04%	-3.07	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 1 out d1
14	113	66	Jun 29	MON	@	PIT	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.08	5.63	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	114	74	Jul 8	MON		SFG	L,1-12	6-8		8	3.0	4	2	2	0	3	1	0	6.08	5.58	13	4	2	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-1.23	6t -23 0 out d8	8t 3 out d11
16	115	78	Jul 12	MON		SDP	L,5-6	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.96	5.57	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.031	.06	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
17	116	88	Jul 27	MON		STL	L,2-8	4-7		14	4.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.53	5.24	13	4	5	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.025	.01	0.00%	1.75	4t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d5
18	117	92	Jul 31	MON	@	NYM	L,2-4	7-8	L(1-7)	3	1.1	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	5.72	5.49	9	1	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.274	.17	-0.01%	-1.62	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	118	100	Aug 6(2)	MON		PIT	L,2-7	GS-6	L(1-8)	5	5.1	6	7	7	2	5	2	0	6.24	5.58	24	5	6	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	.75	-0.346	.02	-0.01%	-4.22	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d5
20	119	103	Aug 10	MON	@	CHC	L,0-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.14	5.54	4	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
21	120	109	Aug 16	MON		HOU	L,0-5	7-8		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.95	5.32	6	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.87	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
22	121	110	Aug 17	MON		HOU	L,5-17	4-4		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.00	5.44	4	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.56	4t --- 0 out d3	4t 3 out d4
23	122	117	Aug 24	MON		CIN	L,0-6	6-8		6	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.74	5.30	10	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.007	.00	0.00%	1.31	6t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
24	123	120	Aug 27	MON	@	HOU	L,2-8	3-7		2	5.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.35	5.09	18	4	8	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.004	.00	0.00%	1.48	3b 1-- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	124	127	Sep 4(2)	MON	@	STL	L,7-8	5-6		7	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.21	5.03	9	3	2	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.86	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
26	125	133	Sep 9	MON		PIT	L,3-8	5-8		4	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.95	4.82	14	6	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.75	5t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d8
27	126	138	Sep 14	MON		STL	L,2-6	5-GF		4	5.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.87	4.63	21	3	6	0	2	5		0	0	1	1	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.43	0.067	.00	0.00%	0.18	5t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
28	127	143	Sep 20	MON	@	CHC	L,2-6	6-7		5	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.76	4.59	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.95	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
29	128	148	Sep 27	MON		CHC	L,0-8	GS-5	L(1-9)	6	4.0	9	7	6	3	3	1	0	5.14	4.67	23	5	8	4	1	4	18			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.90	-0.266	.00	0.00%	-5.16	1t start tie	5t --3 0 out d6
30	129	154	Oct 3(1)	MON		NYM	L,2-5	GS-6	L(1-10)	5	6.0	4	4	4	2	7	1	0	5.20	4.58	24	5	6	2	2	4	53			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-1.38	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
							2-28		W-L:1-10	4.2	97.0	96	60	56	67	66	11	0	5.20	4.58	439	0.93		8%	9%	88	37	3	100%	6	8	1	367	15	5	10	7	1	4	.74	-2.685	.59	-0.96%	-20.02

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