What years did Steve Trout play?

Steve Trout played in Major League Baseball from 1978 to 1989.

Was Steve Trout a pitcher?

Yes. Steve Trout pitched in the major leagues, recording 88 wins and 656 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Steve Trout hit?

Steve Trout hit 0 career home runs with 38 hits.

What was Steve Trout's career batting average?

Steve Trout batted .160 over his career, with 38 hits in 238 at bats.

How many RBI did Steve Trout have?

Steve Trout drove in 9 runs in his career.

What was Steve Trout's career ERA?

Steve Trout finished with a 4.18 career ERA, going 88-92 with 656 strikeouts.

Steve Trout

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1978-1989)

Steve Trout was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1978 to 1989 for 4 teams, including the Chicago White Sox, a span of 12 seasons. Across 301 career appearances, he went 88-92 with a 4.18 ERA and 656 strikeouts. He also batted .160 with 0 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 862.5.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 88–92

ERA 4.18

WHIP 1.49

SO 656

Pitcher PIV 862.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 195 lb
Born: 7/30/1957 in Detroit, MI, USA
MLB Debut: 1978-07-01
Last Game: 1989-06-05

Full name: Steven Russell Trout

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Career Pitching Statistics

Steve Trout — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
88	92	301	236	32	9	4	1501.1	1,665	697	90	578	656	4.18	862.5

Career ERA 4.18 vs. league average 3.86 across their career seasons — 8.2% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Steve Trout Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1978	CHA	AL	3	0	4	3	1	0	0	22.1	19	10	11	11	4.03	3.69 (-9%)	341.9
1979	CHA	AL	11	8	34	18	6	2	4	155.0	165	67	59	76	3.89	4.00 (+3%)	692.1
1980	CHA	AL	9	16	32	30	7	2	0	199.2	229	82	49	89	3.70	3.84 (+4%)	1028.8
1981	CHA	AL	8	7	20	18	3	0	0	124.2	122	48	38	54	3.47	3.58 (+3%)	348.2
1982	CHA	AL	6	9	25	19	2	0	0	120.1	130	57	50	62	4.26	3.86 (-10%)	-276.4
1983	CHN	NL	10	14	34	32	1	0	0	180.0	217	93	59	80	4.65	3.87 (-20%)	236.4
1984	CHN	NL	13	7	32	31	6	2	0	190.0	205	72	59	81	3.41	3.81 (+11%)	2237.4
1985	CHN	NL	9	7	24	24	3	1	0	140.2	142	53	63	44	3.39	3.89 (+13%)	-947.8
1986	CHN	NL	5	7	37	25	0	0	0	161.0	184	85	78	69	4.75	3.97 (-20%)	424.6
1987	CHN	NL	6	3	11	11	3	2	0	75.0	72	25	27	32	3.00	4.29 (+30%)	1210.5
1987	NYA	AL	0	4	14	9	0	0	0	46.1	51	34	37	27	6.60	4.29 (-54%)	-1152.3
1988	SEA	AL	4	7	15	13	0	0	0	56.1	86	49	31	14	7.83	3.73 (-110%)	-2591.5
1989	SEA	AL	4	3	19	3	0	0	0	30.0	43	22	17	17	6.60	3.71 (-78%)	-689.4
Career · 13 seasons			88	92	301	236	32	9	4	1,501.1	1,665	697	578	656	4.18	—	863

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Steve Trout — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
301	238	18	38	2	0	0	9	0	9	78	.160	.190	.168	.358	-939

Career AVG .160 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 38.5% below league average.

Career OBP .190 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 41.6% below league average.

Career SLG .168 vs. league average .388 across their career seasons — 56.7% below league average.

Career OPS .358 vs. league average .712 across their career seasons — 49.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Steve Trout Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1978	CHA	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	CHA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	CHA	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	CHA	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	CHA	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	CHN	NL	34	62	6	12	0	1	2	20	.194	.260 (-26%)	.324 (-33%)	.389 (-50%)	.714 (-42%)	-404.8
1984	CHN	NL	32	61	4	8	0	3	4	21	.131	.259 (-50%)	.322 (-44%)	.384 (-66%)	.707 (-56%)	-534.3
1985	CHN	NL	24	46	2	5	1	2	2	13	.109	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	CHN	NL	37	43	5	9	1	3	1	15	.209	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	CHN	NL	11	26	1	4	0	0	0	9	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	NYA	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	SEA	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	SEA	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			301	238	18	38	2	9	9	78	.160	—	—	—	—	-939

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Steve Trout — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500

Playoff Batting by Year

Steve Trout — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1984	NLCS	CHN	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

Steve Trout — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	2	1	0	9.0	5	2	3	3	2.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Steve Trout — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1984	NLCS	CHN	1	0	2	1	0	9.0	5	2	3	3	2.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Steve Trout — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	146	119	8	19	0	4	.160
Away	155	119	10	19	0	5	.160

Pitching — Home / Away

Steve Trout — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	146	761.0	800	328	289	334	3.88
Away	155	740.1	865	369	289	322	4.49

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Steve Trout — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1989-06-05	SEA	KCR	—	0.0	2	1	1	0	0
1989-05-31	SEA	NYY	L	0.1	1	1	1	0	0
1989-05-28	SEA	MIL	—	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
1989-05-27	SEA	MIL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
1989-05-25	SEA	BOS	—	0.1	5	4	3	1	1
1989-05-23	SEA	BOS	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
1989-05-20	SEA	NYY	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
1989-05-17	SEA	MIL	—	3.0	2	0	0	2	2
1989-05-14	SEA	BOS	W	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
1989-05-08	SEA	TOR	—	3.0	6	4	2	3	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Steve Trout — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	301	236	77	310	22	28

Season-by-Season Fielding

Steve Trout — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1978	CHA	P	4	3	0	3	0	1
1979	CHA	P	34	18	6	33	3	2
1980	CHA	P	32	30	11	42	2	3
1981	CHA	P	20	18	3	23	2	5
1982	CHA	P	25	19	9	18	4	2
1983	CHN	P	34	32	8	40	2	3
1984	CHN	P	32	31	13	48	4	5
1985	CHN	P	24	24	6	38	2	0
1986	CHN	P	37	25	7	31	1	3
1987	CHN	P	11	11	2	15	0	1
1987	NYA	P	14	9	5	6	0	0
1988	SEA	P	15	13	5	8	2	2
1989	SEA	P	19	3	2	5	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Steve Trout Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	301

Salary History

Steve Trout — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1988	SEA	AL	$990,000
1987	CHN	NL	$890,000
1986	CHN	NL	$890,000
1985	CHN	NL	$640,000
Total Career Earnings			$3,410,000

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Steve Trout: the record in brief

Steve Trout's major league career runs from a debut on July 1, 1978 to a final game on June 5, 1989. The team column moves through the Chicago White Sox (1978 to 1982), the Chicago Cubs (1983 through 1987), the New York Yankees (1987), and the Seattle Mariners (1988 through 1989). Trout, born on July 30, 1957, in Detroit, MI, USA, is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw left-handed. Trout's listed size is 6-foot-4 and 195 pounds. On the record, Steve Trout was born Steven Russell Trout.

Trout's career pitching line is 88 wins, 92 losses and a 4.18 ERA over 301 appearances. Also on Trout's record: 656 strikeouts, 32 complete games, and 9 shutouts. The league ERA over Trout's seasons was 3.86, so the 4.18 figure ran 8.2% worse than average. Trout won 13 games in 1984, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 89 in 1980. 1985 was Trout's sharpest full season, a 3.39 ERA against the league's 3.89.

Frequently Asked Questions about Steve Trout

What years did Steve Trout play?: Steve Trout played in Major League Baseball from 1978 to 1989.
Was Steve Trout a pitcher?: Yes. Steve Trout pitched in the major leagues, recording 88 wins and 656 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Steve Trout hit?: Steve Trout hit 0 career home runs with 38 hits.
What was Steve Trout's career batting average?: Steve Trout batted .160 over his career, with 38 hits in 238 at bats.
How many RBI did Steve Trout have?: Steve Trout drove in 9 runs in his career.
What was Steve Trout's career ERA?: Steve Trout finished with a 4.18 career ERA, going 88-92 with 656 strikeouts.