He played for the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres and coached for the Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox, all in Major League Baseball.

As a player, Steverson threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 194 pounds (88 kg).

The cousin of Tigers outfielder Ron LeFlore,[1] Steverson played for the Sun Devils while attending Arizona State University.

Instead, right before the beginning 1996 season, he was traded by the Tigers with Cade Gaspar and Sean Bergman to the Padres for Raul Casanova, Richie Lewis and Melvin Nieves.

Pinch hitting for pitcher Joey Hamilton, he was called out on strikes in his final big league at bat.

While serving as acting manager for the Modesto Nuts, he ordered his pitcher to intentionally balk, allowing the winning run to score in the 18th inning of a game against the Stockton Ports.

On October 25, 2013, the White Sox announced that they had hired Steverson as their new hitting coach, replacing Jeff Manto.

[10] As of 2020, Steverson is the hitting coach for the Las Vegas Aviators, the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics.