Steve Lake
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball biography Steven Michael Lake (born March 14, 1957) is an American former professional baseball backup catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from Template:By to Template:By for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies, Lake batted and threw right-handed.[1]
Lake started Game 7 of the 1987 World Series for the Cardinals and went 1-for-3 with an RBI single. Over his career, he threw out 45.43% of the base runners who tried to steal a base on him, ranking him 9th on the all-time list.[2]
He may be best remembered for a 1991 Studio baseball card which featured his pet bird, Ruffles.[3]
His children include Ryan Lake, Brendan Lake, and Jordan Parkes.
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- Career statistics from Script error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Steve Lake at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Steve Lake at Baseball Almanac