Sean Bergman

Sean Frederick Bergman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 11, 1970 in Joliet, IL
High School: Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL)
School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1993
Teams (by GP): Padres/Astros/Tigers/Twins/Braves 1993-2000

Final Game: June 17, 2000
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1991	21	DET-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NFL · NYPL
1992	22	DET-min	A+,AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LAK,LON · FLOR,EL
1993	23	DET-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1993	23	DET	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1994	24	DET-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1994	24	DET	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1995	25	DET-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1995	25	DET	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	26	SDP	NL	43	30	30	1	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	9	.100	.100	.200	.300	-21	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	27	SDP	NL	44	16	13	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.231	.231	.308	.538	44	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1998	28	HOU	NL	31	68	60	3	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	30	.083	.083	.117	.200	-48	7	0	0	8	0	0	1
1999	29	HOU-min	AAA	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		NOR · PCL
1999	29	TOT	NL	25	29	28	4	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	12	.107	.107	.321	.429	3	9	0	0	1	0	0	1
1999	29	HOU	NL	19	29	28	4	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	12	.107	.107	.321	.429	3	9	0	0	1	0	0	1
1999	29	ATL	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2000	30	FLA-min	AAA	13	9	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.800	1.000		4	0	0	4	0	0		CGY · PCL
2000	30	MIN	AL	15	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	262	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	COL-min	AAA,Fgn	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		CSP,KSU · PCL,JPPL
2002	32	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
2003	33	FLA-min	AAA	29	43	35	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.086	.086	.086	.171		3	1	0	8	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2004	34	BAL-min	AAA	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		OTT · IL
8 Yrs				198	145	133	10	15	4	0	3	11	0	0	0	59	.113	.113	.211	.323	-17	28	0	0	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	119	109	8	12	3	0	2	9	0	0	0	48	.113	.113	.211	.323	-17	23	0	0	10	0	0

DET (3 yrs)				40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (2 yrs)				87	46	43	3	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	16	.140	.140	.233	.372	-1	10	0	0	3	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				50	97	88	7	8	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	42	.091	.091	.182	.273	-31	16	0	0	9	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				15	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	262	2	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				143	143	131	10	14	3	0	3	11	0	0	0	58	.107	.107	.198	.305	-21	26	0	0	12	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				55	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	262	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1993	23	DET	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$109,000	/1
1994	24	DET	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$120,000	/1
1995	25	DET	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$137,500	1
1996	26	SDP	NL	43	30	-5	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$205,000	1
1997	27	SDP	NL	44	16	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$275,000	1
1998	28	HOU	NL	31	68	-14	0	0	0	9	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.5	.485	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$465,000	1
1999	29	HOU	NL	19	29	-4	-0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$1,875,000	1
1999	29	ATL	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2000	30	MIN	AL	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$1,200,000	1
8 Seasons				198	145	-24	-0	1	0	20	-4	-0.4	4	0	-0.4	.498	.500	-0.3	-0.0	0	$4,386,500

DET (3 yrs)				40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$366,500
SDP (2 yrs)				87	46	-6	-0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$480,000
HOU (2 yrs)				50	97	-18	0	1	0	14	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.4	.492	.499	-0.4	-0.0	-1	$2,340,000
MIN (1 yr)				15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$1,200,000
ATL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1996	26	SDP	NL	30	27	1	1.0	101	.100	.100	.263	.100	.331	.200	.411	.300	.742	-21	.052	-5.3	-0.5	.222	.100	.100	.0
1997	27	SDP	NL	16	13	1	2.1	102	.500	.231	.262	.231	.333	.308	.411	.538	.744	44	.172	-1.0	-0.1	.400	.077	.077
1998	28	HOU	NL	68	63	1	0.4	106	.167	.083	.266	.083	.337	.117	.420	.200	.757	-48	.012	-12.8	-1.3	.127	.033	.033
1999	29	TOT	NL	29	26	1	1.0	115	.071	.107	.274	.107	.350	.321	.442	.429	.792	3	.047	-4.4	-0.4	.360	.214	.214	.0
1999	29	HOU	NL	29	26	1	1.0	115	.071	.107	.274	.107	.350	.321	.442	.429	.792	3	.047	-4.4	-0.4	.360	.214	.214	.0
2000	30	MIN	AL	2	1	1	26.7	119	1.000	.500	.281	.500	.354	1.000	.452	1.500	.806	262	.947	0.5	0.0	2.000	.500	.500
8 Yrs				145	130	5	1.0	107	.169	.113	.267	.113	.338	.211	.422	.323	.760	-17	.053	-23.1	-2.2	.237	.098	.098	.0
162 Game Avg.				119	106	4	1.0	107	.169	.113	.267	.113	.338	.211	.422	.323	.760	-17	.053	-23.1	-2.2	.237	.098	.098

SDP (2 yrs)				46	40	2	1.3	102	.192	.140	.262	.140	.331	.233	.411	.372	.742	-1	.087	-6.3	-0.6	.270	.093	.093	.0
HOU (2 yrs)				97	89	2	0.6	109	.136	.091	.269	.091	.341	.182	.427	.273	.768	-31	.020	-17.3	-1.7	.200	.091	.091	.0
MIN (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.7	119	1.000	.500	.281	.500	.354	1.000	.452	1.500	.806	262	.947	0.5	0.0	2.000	.500	.500

NL (4 yrs)				143	129	4	0.8	106	.157	.107	.267	.107	.338	.198	.422	.305	.760	-21	.037	-23.6	-2.3	.222	.092	.092	.0
AL (4 yrs)				2	1	1	26.7	119	1.000	.500	.281	.500	.354	1.000	.452	1.500	.806	262	.947	0.5	0.0	2.000	.500	.500

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1996	26	SDP	NL	30	3.3%	30.0%	0.0%	3.3%	33%		3.3	30.0	6.0	0.67	0.70	67%	24%	14.3%	42%
1997	27	SDP	NL	16	0.0%	43.8%	0.0%	6.3%	33%		1.9			0.50	2.00	38%	0%	0.0%	25%
1998	28	HOU	NL	68	0.0%	44.1%	0.0%	2.9%	40%		2.0		15.0	0.53	1.20	44%	11%	0.0%	41%
1999	29	TOT	NL	29	6.9%	41.4%	0.0%	6.9%	67%		2.3	14.0	14.0	0.56	1.17	48%	0%	33.3%	33%
1999	29	HOU	NL	29	6.9%	41.4%	0.0%	6.9%	67%		2.3	14.0	14.0	0.56	1.17	48%	0%	33.3%	33%
2000	30	MIN	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%		2.0			0.00		50%	100%	0.0%	0%
8 Yrs				145	2.1%	40.7%	0.0%	4.8%	47%		2.3	44.3	12.1	0.56	1.09	49%	12%	11.1%	37%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.4%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	1.80	5.4	32.6	7.4	0.81	1.09	70%	22%	8.1%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	23	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1994	24	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1995	25	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1996	26	SDP	NL	-5.3	-0.5	30	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	1.04	-0.3	0.1	-2.5	-0.2	1.02	-3.5	2.90	1
1997	27	SDP	NL	-1.0	-0.1	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	.80	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.98	-1.8		0
1998	28	HOU	NL	-12.8	-1.3	68	-0.8	0.4	-1.2	.87	-1.1	0.1	-11.0	-1.1	1.02	-12.4		0
1999	29	TOT	NL	-4.5	-0.4	29	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	1.08	-0.3	-0.1	-5.5	-0.5	1.01	-4.0		0
1999	29	HOU	NL	-4.5	-0.4	29	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	1.08	-0.3	-0.1	-5.5	-0.5	1.01	-4.0		0
1999	29	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2000	30	MIN	AL	0.5	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.81	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.70	0.2		0
8 Yrs				-23.2	-2.2	145	-1.6	1.3	-2.9	.94	-1.9	0.1	-21.2	-2.1	1.01	-21.5	2.90	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	26	SDP	NL	0	0%	10	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1997	27	SDP	NL	0	67%	5	0	1	0%	1	1	0	2	1	0
1998	28	HOU	NL	0	60%	12	0	0	67%	1	0	1	2	1	1
1999	29	TOT	NL	1	200%	6	0	0	33%	1	1	0	2	1	1
1999	29	HOU	NL	1	200%	6	0	0	33%	1	1	0	2	1	1
2000	30	MIN	AL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				1	58%	34	1	1	30%	4	3	1	6	3	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1996	26	SDP	NL	30	37%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.90	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	7	1	14%	25	4	16%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
1997	27	SDP	NL	16	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	5	0	0%	6	0	0%	12	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1998	28	HOU	NL	68	22%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	8	62%	18	0	0%	20	2	10%	47	4	9%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1999	29	TOT	NL	29	28%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	22	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1999	29	HOU	NL	29	28%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	22	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
2000	30	MIN	AL	2	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				145	25%	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.90	3	0	5	1	2	2	1	0	20	12	60%	33	0	0%	39	4	10%	107	8	7%	4	1	25%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			73%			10%			35%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	26	SDP	NL	25	71	2.84	59	83%	3%	36%	32%	29%	97%	0%	80%	63%	84%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	5	0	0
1997	27	SDP	NL	16	46	2.88	42	91%	14%	33%	31%	21%	86%	0%	78%	61%	69%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	14%	0	0	0
1998	28	HOU	NL	68	175	2.57	154	88%	8%	42%	25%	25%	92%	0%	81%	54%	75%	0%	0	0	4%	3	2	0%	0	0	3%	0	0	0
1999	29	TOT	NL	29	81	2.79	66	81%	17%	35%	23%	26%	83%	0%	68%	58%	66%	3%	1	0	10%	3	0	3%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
1999	29	HOU	NL	29	81	2.79	66	81%	17%	35%	23%	26%	83%	0%	68%	58%	66%	3%	1	0	10%	3	0	3%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
2000	30	MIN	AL	2	6	3.00	5	83%	20%	40%	20%	20%	80%	0%	67%	50%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				140	379	2.71	326	86%	10%	38%	26%	25%	90%	0%	77%	57%	74%	1%	1	0	4%	6	2	1%	1	0	3%	5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1996	26	83	30	30	1	3	0	1	5	9	.100	.100	.200	.300	-21	6	0
1997	27	127	46	43	3	6	1	1	5	16	.140	.140	.233	.372	-1	10	3
1998	28	158	114	103	6	11	3	1	9	46	.107	.107	.165	.272	-28	17	11
1999	29	183	143	131	10	14	3	3	11	58	.107	.107	.198	.305	-21	26	12
2000	30	198	145	133	10	15	4	3	11	59	.113	.113	.211	.323	-17	28	12

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1996	26	43	31	31	2	4	0	1	8	9	.129	.129	.226	.355	1	43
1997	27	44	16	13	2	3	1	0	0	7	.231	.231	.308	.538	1	44
1998	28	31	70	62	5	7	3	0	7	30	.113	.113	.161	.274	1	31
1999	29	25	29	28	4	3	0	2	2	12	.107	.107	.321	.429	1	25
2000	30	15	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	15
5 Yrs		158	148	136	13	18	5	3	17	59	.132	.132	.235	.368	5	158
162 Game Avg.		162	152	139	13	18	5	3	17	60	.132	.132	.235	.368	5	158

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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