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Steve Dillard

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: February 8, 1951 in Memphis, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 13th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Saltillo HS (Saltillo, MS) and the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS).

High School: Saltillo HS (Saltillo, MS)

School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

Debut: September 28, 1975 (Age 24-232d, 13,729th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1982 (Age 31-237d)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Stephen Bradley Dillard

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Relatives: Father of Tim Dillard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.4

1013

246

.243

148

RBI

102

OBP

.295

SLG

.343

OPS

.637

OPS+

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

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	DET		TOR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
2	3	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,8-4	GS	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
3	5 (1)	Apr 12	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
4	7 (1)	Apr 15	DET	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
5	9 (1)	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,10-9	GS	40	8.0	4	2	1	7	2	2B
6	11 (1)	Apr 23 (1)	DET		TEX	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
7	12	Apr 23 (2)	DET		TEX	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
8	13	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
9	15 (1)	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
10	16	Apr 28	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
11	17	Apr 29	DET	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	PR 2B
12	18	Apr 30	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	1	2	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	19	May 2	DET	@	CAL	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
14	20	May 3	DET	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
15	21	May 5	DET	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	2	6	0	2B
16	22	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
17	23	May 7	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
18	24	May 9	DET		CAL	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
19	25	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-10	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
20	29 (3)	May 16	DET		SEA	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
21	30	May 17	DET	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
22	31	May 18	DET	@	MIL	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
23	34 (2)	May 21 (1)	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
24	36 (1)	May 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
25	39 (2)	May 25	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
26	40	May 26	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS	34	7.0	0	3	1	4	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	71 (30)	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
28	73 (1)	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	77 (3)	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
30	92 (14)	Jul 21 (1)	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	53	11.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
31	96 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	DET		CAL	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	121 (24)	Aug 20	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
33	122	Aug 21	DET	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
34	123	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
35	125 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	DET		TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	137 (11)	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
37	152 (14)	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,1-5	GF	23	6.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
38	153	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	46	10.0	4	1	1	6	0	2B
39	154	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
40	155	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
41	156	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
42	157	Sep 26	DET	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
							41gm		327.1	88	118	9	215	31