Grant David Steer was born on April 17, 1948 in Salinas, CA, and attended his local Palma High School. He lettered in basketball, football and baseball in high school and was nicknamed “Moose” or “Bull” because of his last name.
He attended USF in the class of 1969, and played baseball for the Dons as an outfielder. At 6’ 1", 185 lbs., he batted and threw left. He graduated from USF with a Bachelor’s in Mathematics, and later from UCLA with a Master’s in Mathematics. After USF, he served in the United States Army, at the rank of 1st Lieutenant. for three months in 1969.
He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 11th Round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft, and played for the Salt Lake City Bees, the Tri-City Padres, the Lodi Padres, and the Alexandria Aces from 1969 to 1972. His best season in the minors came with Lodi in 1971 when he slashed .311/.397.478. For his career of 330 effort of games, he was a .274 hitter and collected 48 doubles, 17 triples, and 16 home runs. Steer drove in 154 runs and stole 50 bases.
Off the ballfield, he graduated from USF with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, and later taught undergraduate math courses at UCLA while earning his master’s in mathematics. At USF he had a 3.7 gpa and was awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship (PalmaAthletics).
He was inducted into the USF Hall of Fame in 1982.
