Terry Steinbach

Terry Lee Steinbach (born March 2, 1962 in New Ulm, Minnesota) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for 14 years from 1986 to 1999. He was drafted in 1980 out of New Ulm High School by the Cleveland Indians. He made his major league debut on September 12, 1986 against the Cleveland Indians when he homered off of Greg Swindell in his first major league at-bat. He went on to be the starting catcher for Oakland Athletics teams that won three straight American League pennants from 1988 to 1990, and the World Series in 1989. After leaving the A's following his career year in 1996, he played his last three years with the Minnesota Twins.

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Filmography

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Acting Credits

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

Himself

1993

1993 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Catcher

1992

1992 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Catcher

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Catcher

1990

1990 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Catcher

1990

1990 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Catcher

1989

1989 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Catcher

1988

1988 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Catcher

1988

1988 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Catcher

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Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Terry Steinbach.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1986	OAK	6	15	3	5	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	0.333	0.375	0.733
1987	OAK	122	391	66	111	16	3	16	56	1	32	66	0.284	0.349	0.463
1988	OAK	104	351	42	93	19	1	9	51	3	33	47	0.265	0.334	0.402
1989	OAK	130	454	37	124	13	1	7	42	1	30	66	0.273	0.319	0.352
1990	OAK	114	379	32	95	15	2	9	57	0	19	66	0.251	0.291	0.372
1991	OAK	129	456	50	125	31	1	6	67	2	22	70	0.274	0.312	0.386
1992	OAK	128	438	48	122	20	1	12	53	2	45	58	0.279	0.345	0.411
1993	OAK	104	389	47	111	19	1	10	43	3	25	65	0.285	0.333	0.416
1994	OAK	103	369	51	105	21	2	11	57	2	26	62	0.285	0.327	0.442
1995	OAK	114	406	43	113	26	1	15	65	1	25	74	0.278	0.322	0.458
1996	OAK	145	514	79	140	25	1	35	100	0	49	115	0.272	0.342	0.529
1997	MIN	122	447	60	111	27	1	12	54	6	35	106	0.248	0.302	0.394
1998	MIN	124	422	45	102	25	2	14	54	0	38	89	0.242	0.310	0.410
1999	MIN	101	338	35	96	16	4	4	42	2	38	54	0.284	0.358	0.391
Career		1546	5369	638	1453	273	21	162	745	23	418	938	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Terry Steinbach.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1986	OAK	5	3	30	21	4	1	1	0.962
1987	OAK	111	98	881	642	44	10	6	0.986
1988	OAK	94	85	784	536	58	9	10	0.985
1989	OAK	122	114	1,008	612	47	11	14	0.984
1990	OAK	86	77	687	401	31	5	1	0.989
1991	OAK	124	114	997	639	53	15	11	0.979
1992	OAK	126	117	1,015	598	72	10	10	0.985
1993	OAK	97	94	820	524	47	7	18	0.988
1994	OAK	98	94	793	597	59	1	10	0.998
1995	OAK	112	107	924	686	57	6	11	0.992
1996	OAK	137	130	1,140	732	46	7	7	0.991
1997	MIN	118	113	998	657	51	6	4	0.992
1998	MIN	119	116	1,007	665	52	7	3	0.990
1999	MIN	96	96	811	539	30	5	5	0.991
Career		1445	1358	-	7849	651	100	111	-

First Name	Terry
Middle Name	Lee
Last Name	Steinbach
Full Name at Birth	Terry Lee Steinbach
Age	51
Date of Birth	March 2, 1962
Birthplace	New Ulm, MN
Height	6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight	195 lbs (88.5 kg)
Star Sign	Pisces
Nationality	American
High School	New Ulm (New Ulm, MN)
University	University of Minnesota
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Catcher, First Baseman
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	12 September 1986
Last MLB Game	1 October 1999
Draft	Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1983 amateur draft.