Bret Saberhagen

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 160lb (185cm, 72kg)

Born: April 11, 1964 in Chicago Heights, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grover Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA).

High School: Grover Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA)

Last Game: August 7, 2001 (Age 37-118d)
vs. OAK 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, ??? Cohen?, ??? Schneider

Full Name: Bret William Saberhagen

Nicknames: Sabes

Pronunciation: \SAY-ber-HAY-gen\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

58.9

167

117

ERA

3.34

399

371

2562.2

1715

WHIP

1.141

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1983	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	KCR	16	7	.696	2.55	3.13	27	27	0	5	2	0	187.0	164	65	53	11	48	2	130	1	3	6		1.134	7.9	0.5	2.3	6.3	2.71
1983	19	-4.6	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	KCR	6	2	.750	2.91	3.61	11	11	0	2	1	0	77.1	66	31	25	7	29	2	48	1	1	2		1.228	7.7	0.8	3.4	5.6	1.66
1983	19	-3.1	Fort Myers	FLOR	A	KCR	10	5	.667	2.30	2.79	16	16	0	3	1	0	109.2	98	34	28	4	19	0	82	0	2	4		1.067	8.0	0.3	1.6	6.7	4.32
1984	20	-8.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	10	11	.476	3.48	4.05	38	18	9	2	1	1	157.2	138	71	61	13	36	4	73	2	1	7	634	1.104	7.9	0.7	2.1	4.2	2.03
1985	21	-7.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	20	6	.769	2.87	3.02	32	32	0	10	1	0	235.1	211	79	75	19	38	1	158	1	3	1	931	1.058	8.1	0.7	1.5	6.0	4.16
1986	22	-6.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	7	12	.368	4.15	4.44	30	25	4	4	2	0	156.0	165	77	72	15	29	1	112	2	1	1	652	1.244	9.5	0.9	1.7	6.5	3.86
1987	23	-5.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	18	10	.643	3.36	3.47	33	33	0	15	4	0	257.0	246	99	96	27	53	2	163	6	1	6	1048	1.163	8.6	0.9	1.9	5.7	3.08
1988	24	-4.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	14	16	.467	3.80	4.21	35	35	0	9	0	0	260.2	271	122	110	18	59	5	171	4	0	9	1089	1.266	9.4	0.6	2.0	5.9	2.90
1989	25	-3.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	23	6	.793	2.16	2.54	36	35	0	12	4	0	262.1	209	74	63	13	43	6	193	2	1	8	1021	0.961	7.2	0.4	1.5	6.6	4.49
1990	26	-2.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	5	9	.357	3.27	3.47	20	20	0	5	0	0	135.0	146	52	49	9	28	1	87	1	0	1	561	1.289	9.7	0.6	1.9	5.8	3.11
1991	27	-1.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	13	8	.619	3.07	3.48	28	28	0	7	2	0	196.1	165	76	67	12	45	5	136	9	1	8	789	1.070	7.6	0.6	2.1	6.2	3.02
1992	28	-0.3	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	3	5	.375	3.50	3.59	17	15	0	1	1	0	97.2	84	39	38	6	27	1	81	4	2	1	397	1.137	7.7	0.6	2.5	7.5	3.00
1993	29	0.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	7	7	.500	3.29	3.55	19	19	0	4	1	0	139.1	131	55	51	11	17	4	93	3	2	2	556	1.062	8.5	0.7	1.1	6.0	5.47
1994	30	1.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	14	4	.778	2.74	2.94	24	24	0	4	0	0	177.1	169	58	54	13	13	0	143	4	0	0	696	1.026	8.6	0.7	0.7	7.3	11.00
1995	31		2 Teams	NL	Maj	COL-NYM	7	6	.538	4.18	4.59	25	25	0	3	0	0	153.0	165	78	71	21	33	3	100	10	0	3	658	1.294	9.7	1.2	1.9	5.9	3.03
1995	31	3.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	5	5	.500	3.35	3.68	16	16	0	3	0	0	110.0	105	45	41	13	20	2	71	5	0	2	452	1.136	8.6	1.1	1.6	5.8	3.55
1995	31	3.1	COL	NL	Maj	COL	2	1	.667	6.28	6.91	9	9	0	0	0	0	43.0	60	33	30	8	13	1	29	5	0	1	206	1.698	12.6	1.7	2.7	6.1	2.23

1997	33		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A-	BOS	0	1	.000	1.64	1.64	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.0	14	4	4	1	2	0	20	2	0	0	82	0.727	5.7	0.4	0.8	8.2	10.00
1997	33	6.9	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	1	.000	3.27	3.27	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	4	4	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	45	1.091	9.0	0.8	0.8	7.4	9.00
1997	33	9.1	Trenton	EL	AA	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	27	0.375	2.3	0.0	1.1	10.1	9.00
1997	33	12.1	Lowell	NYPL	A-	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
1997	33	4.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	1	.000	6.58	6.92	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	30	20	19	5	10	0	14	2	0	1	120	1.538	10.4	1.7	3.5	4.8	1.40
1998	34	4.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	15	8	.652	3.96	4.22	31	31	0	0	0	0	175.0	181	82	77	22	29	1	100	6	0	4	725	1.200	9.3	1.1	1.5	5.1	3.45
1999	35	11.1	Trenton	EL	AA	BOS	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	19	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	7.5
1999	35	5.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	10	6	.625	2.95	3.25	22	22	0	0	0	0	119.0	122	43	39	11	11	0	81	2	0	1	480	1.118	9.2	0.8	0.8	6.1	7.36
2000	36		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-AA-A--A+	BOS	0	1	.000	5.85	5.85	7	7	0	0	0	0	20.0	21	13	13	3	5	0	19	3	0	0	85	1.300	9.5	1.4	2.3	8.6	3.80
2000	36	9.5	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		5.54	5.54	4	4	0	0	0	0	13.0	14	8	8	2	4	0	9	0	0	0	54	1.385	9.7	1.4	2.8	6.2	2.25
2000	36	11.7	Trenton	EL	AA	BOS	0	0		6.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	13	0.667	3.0	3.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2000	36	13.4	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	BOS	0	1	.000	27.00	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	5.000	45.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2000	36	15.0	Lowell	NYPL	A-	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	10	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	15.0
2001	37		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-Rk-A+-AA	BOS	0	1	.000	3.26	3.26	5	5	0	0	0	0	19.1	16	7	7	0	2	0	13	1	0	1	72	0.931	7.4	0.0	0.9	6.1	6.50
2001	37	10.3	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	22	0.667	4.5	0.0	1.5	6.0	4.00
2001	37	12.8	Trenton	EL	AA	BOS	0	0		2.45	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	14	1.636	12.3	0.0	2.5	9.8	4.00
2001	37	14.3	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	BOS	0	0		6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	1.250	11.3	0.0	0.0	6.8
2001	37	17.4	Red Sox	GULF	Rk	BOS	0	1	.000	1.59	1.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	0.529	4.8	0.0	0.0	3.2
2001	37	8.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	2	.333	6.00	6.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	19	11	10	3	0	0	10	1	0	0	64	1.267	11.4	1.8	0.0	6.0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		167	117	.588	3.34	3.64	399	371	13	76	16	1	2562.2	2452	1036	952	218	471	34	1715	59	12	53	10421	1.141	8.6	0.8	1.7	6.0	3.64
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		17	10	.630	2.72	3.15	45	45	0	5	2	0	254.1	217	89	77	15	57	2	187	7	3	7	258	1.077	7.7	0.5	2.0	6.6	3.28
All Levels (18 Seasons)							184	127	.592	3.29	3.59	444	416	13	81	18	1	2817.0	2669	1125	1029	233	528	36	1902	66	15	60	10679	1.135	8.5	0.7	1.7	6.1	3.60

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	4.20	4.20	7	7	0	0	0	0	30.0	28	14	14	3	6	0	22	2	0	1	121	1.133	8.4	0.9	1.8	6.6	3.67
AA (5 seasons)					Minors		7	2	.778	2.57	3.12	16	16	0	2	1	0	98.0	76	34	28	8	32	2	69	5	1	2	73	1.102	7.0	0.7	2.9	6.3	2.16
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	10.80	10.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	6	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	25	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
A (1 season)					Minors		10	5	.667	2.30	2.79	16	16	0	3	1	0	109.2	98	34	28	4	19	0	82	0	2	4		1.067	8.0	0.3	1.6	6.7	4.32
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	20	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	10.5
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	1.59	1.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	0.529	4.8	0.0	0.0	3.2