Bret Saberhagen
Bret William Saberhagen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 11, 1964 in Chicago Heights, IL
High School: Grover Cleveland (Reseda, CA)
Drafted
by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed July 26, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1984
Final Game: August 7, 2001
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Standard Batting

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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
1984 20 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 25 KCR AL 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-8,GG
1992 28 NYM NL 17 32 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .107 .138 .107 .245 -29 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1993 29 NYM NL 19 58 45 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 .111 .200 .133 .333 -8 6 1 0 8 0 0 1
1994 30 NYM NL 24 70 58 7 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .172 .226 .207 .433 15 12 0 0 8 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-22
1995 31 TOT NL 25 56 49 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .102 .137 .122 .260 -32 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
1995 31 NYM NL 16 41 35 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .114 .139 .143 .282 -24 5 0 0 5 0 0 1
1995 31 COL NL 9 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -49 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1997 33 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1998 34 BOS AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 35 BOS AL 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 94 227 190 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 49 .121 .177 .142 .319 -14 27 1 0 24 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 391 327 22 40 7 0 0 2 0 0 22 84 .121 .177 .142 .319 -14 47 2 0 41 0 0
NYM (4 yrs) 76 201 166 11 22 4 0 0 1 0 0 11 41 .133 .186 .157 .343 -6 26 1 0 24 0 0
BOS (4 yrs) 5 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -74 0 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (8 yrs) 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 9 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -49 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 85 216 180 12 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 45 .128 .182 .150 .332 -10 27 1 0 24 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 9 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -74 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1992 28 NYM NL 32 28 1 1.0 91 .158 .107 .258 .138 .323 .107 .380 .245 .703 -29 .065 -4.8 -0.5 .160 .036 .000
1993 29 NYM NL 58 49 2 1.1 103 .143 .111 .270 .200 .335 .133 .411 .333 .746 -8 .066 -7.0 -0.7 .268 .133 .022
1994 30 NYM NL 70 56 3 1.4 108 .227 .172 .273 .226 .340 .207 .427 .433 .768 15 .096 -7.4 -0.7 .333 .103 .034
1995 31 TOT NL 56 49 1 0.6 111 .135 .102 .276 .137 .347 .122 .430 .260 .777 -32 .018 -9.7 -1.0 .182 .061 .020
1995 31 NYM NL 41 36 1 0.8 103 .148 .114 .266 .139 .335 .143 .414 .282 .748 -24 .032 -6.2 -0.6 .194 .057 .029
1995 31 COL NL 15 13 0 0.0 130 .100 .071 .302 .133 .376 .071 .470 .205 .846 -49 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .154 .071 .000
1997 33 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .273 .000 .343 .000 .433 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1998 34 BOS AL 5 5 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .000 .343 .000 .436 .000 .779 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1999 35 BOS AL 5 4 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .280 .200 .353 .000 .448 .200 .801 -43 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
16 Seasons 227 192 7 1.0 106 .163 .121 .271 .177 .338 .142 .418 .319 .756 -14 .053 -31.6 -3.1 .238 .089 .021
162 Game Avg. 391 331 12 1.0 106 .163 .121 .271 .177 .338 .142 .418 .319 .756 -14 .053 -31.6 -3.1 .238 .089 .021
NYM (4 yrs) 201 169 7 1.1 103 .176 .133 .268 .186 .335 .157 .412 .343 .747 -6 .067 -25.4 -2.5 .255 .090 .024
BOS (4 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .276 .091 .348 .000 .440 .091 .788 -74 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .100 .100 .000
COL (1 yr) 15 13 0 0.0 130 .100 .071 .302 .133 .376 .071 .470 .205 .846 -49 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .154 .071 .000
NL (4 yrs) 216 182 7 1.0 105 .170 .128 .271 .182 .338 .150 .417 .332 .755 -10 .059 -28.8 -2.9 .247 .089 .022
AL (12 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .276 .091 .348 .000 .440 .091 .788 -74 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .100 .100 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 21 KCR AL WS STL W 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1995 31 COL NL NLDS ATL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 KCR AL 23 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 NYM NL 30 DNP
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1992 28 NYM NL 32 0.0% 28.1% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 9.00 3.1 1.25 1.71 59% 18% 0.0% 25%
1993 29 NYM NL 58 0.0% 17.2% 8.6% 1.7% 20% 2.00 4.5 2.30 3.75 60% 7% 0.0% 0%
1994 30 NYM NL 70 0.0% 20.0% 5.7% 2.9% 20% 3.50 4.1 58.0 1.10 2.23 63% 17% 0.0% 5%
1995 31 TOT NL 56 0.0% 21.4% 3.6% 1.8% 20% 6.00 4.1 1.12 1.57 66% 17% 0.0% 24%
1995 31 NYM NL 41 0.0% 19.5% 2.4% 2.4% 25% 8.00 4.4 1.17 1.70 66% 13% 0.0% 25%
1995 31 COL NL 15 0.0% 26.7% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.5 1.00 1.25 67% 30% 0.0% 20%
1997 33 BOS AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
1998 34 BOS AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 60% 0%
1999 35 BOS AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.00 2.0 1.00 1.00 40% 0% 0.0% 0%
16 Seasons 227 0.0% 21.6% 5.7% 1.8% 17% 3.77 3.9 190.0 1.41 2.28 62% 14% 0.0% 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 28 NYM NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 29 NYM NL 1 0 20% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1994 30 NYM NL 0 0 50% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 71% 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1995 31 TOT NL 1 0 43% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1995 31 NYM NL 1 0 40% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 31 COL NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1997 33 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 34 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 2 0 36% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 69% 10 5 5 0 0 0 6 0 6
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1992 28 NYM NL 32 31% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 7 2 29% 13 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1993 29 NYM NL 58 29% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 11 1 9% 11 3 27% 44 2 5% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1994 30 NYM NL 70 30% 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 12 0 0% 15 6 40% 41 1 2% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 0
1995 31 TOT NL 56 25% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 8 0 0% 10 5 50% 34 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1995 31 NYM NL 41 34% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 7 0 0% 9 4 44% 28 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1995 31 COL NL 15 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1997 33 BOS AL 1 0% 0 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
1998 34 BOS AL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 BOS AL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 227 30% 23 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 26 24 92% 37 1 3% 44 16 36% 141 3 2% 7 0 0% 9 2 22% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1992 28 NYM NL 32 104 3.25 75 72% 32% 17% 21% 29% 68% 0% 49% 75% 44% 3% 1 0 9% 3 0 3% 1 1 22% 0 0 0
1993 29 NYM NL 55 158 2.87 98 62% 20% 19% 19% 41% 80% 0% 49% 76% 53% 4% 2 0 13% 7 4 4% 2 0 30% 3 0 0
1994 30 NYM NL 70 241 3.44 157 65% 23% 11% 32% 33% 77% 0% 50% 85% 47% 6% 4 0 13% 9 5 9% 6 2 50% 0 0 0
1995 31 TOT NL 54 185 3.43 128 69% 18% 19% 32% 31% 82% 0% 57% 77% 48% 4% 2 0 13% 7 3 6% 3 2 17% 2 0 0
1995 31 NYM NL 39 129 3.31 90 70% 19% 17% 31% 33% 81% 0% 57% 79% 38% 5% 2 0 15% 6 3 5% 2 2 25% 2 0 0
1995 31 COL NL 15 56 3.73 38 68% 16% 24% 34% 26% 84% 0% 57% 72% 73% 0% 0 0 7% 1 0 7% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1997 33 BOS AL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 34 BOS AL 5 19 3.80 12 63% 25% 8% 42% 25% 75% 0% 47% 89% 40% 0% 0 0 20% 1 1 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
1999 35 BOS AL 5 24 4.80 15 63% 53% 7% 27% 13% 47% 0% 29% 86% 0% 0% 0 0 40% 2 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 222 732 3.30 486 66% 23% 16% 28% 33% 77% 0% 51% 80% 47% 4% 9 0 13% 29 13 5% 12 5 35% 5 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 28 21 32 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .107 .138 .107 .245 -29 3 0 0 3 0 0
1993 29 40 90 73 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 19 .110 .177 .123 .301 -15 9 1 0 11 0 0
1994 30 64 160 131 10 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 10 33 .137 .199 .160 .359 -2 21 1 0 19 0 0
1995 31 89 216 180 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 45 .128 .182 .150 .332 -10 27 1 0 24 0 0
1996 32 89 216 180 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 45 .128 .182 .150 .332 -10 27 1 0 24 0 0
1997 33 90 217 181 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 45 .127 .181 .149 .331 -11 27 1 0 24 0 0
1998 34 92 222 186 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 47 .124 .177 .145 .322 -13 27 1 0 24 0 0
1999 35 94 227 190 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 49 .121 .177 .142 .319 -14 27 1 0 24 0 0
2000 36 94 227 190 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 49 .121 .177 .142 .319 -14 27 1 0 24 0 0
2001 37 94 227 190 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 49 .121 .177 .142 .319 -14 27 1 0 24 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1992 28 17 32 30 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .167 .219 .167 .385 1 17
1993 29 19 54 47 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 10 .149 .259 .170 .429 2 19
1994 30 34 89 83 9 15 3 0 0 1 0 6 20 .181 .236 .217 .453 4 24
1995 31 28 58 56 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 .107 .138 .125 .263 1 25
1997 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1998 34 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1999 35 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2
7 Seasons 103 244 226 14 33 5 0 0 1 0 18 57 .146 .209 .168 .377 8 90
162 Game Avg. 162 384 355 22 52 8 0 0 2 0 28 90 .146 .209 .168 .377 13 90

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1987 (P)
1990 *
1994

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1985-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1985-AL-Cy Young
1985-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1985-ML-WS MVP
1989-AL-Cy Young
1989-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

Gold Gloves
1989-AL-P

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1985-AL-10-11%
1989-AL-8-21%
1994-NL-22-0%
0.32 Career Shares (566th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1985-AL--1--91%
1989-AL--1--99%
1994-NL--3--30%
2 Cy Youngs
2.20 Career Shares (11th)

Salary s c a p y
1994 NL--$4,647,249--8th
1995 NL--$5,562,990--9th
1996 NL--$5,612,991--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1984 AL--born 1964-04-11--3rd
1985 AL--born 1964-04-11--9th

             

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