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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 KCR AL 20 P 38 18 157.2 38 15 22 1 1 .974 2.11 0.97 .958 1.79 0.70
1985 KCR AL 21 P 32 32 235.1 62 22 38 2 4 .968 2.29 1.88 .952 1.86 0.70 CYA-1,MVP-10
1986 KCR AL 22 P 30 25 156.0 42 14 26 2 0 .952 2.31 1.33 .957 1.83 0.68
1987 KCR AL 23 P 33 33 257.0 57 21 34 2 5 .965 1.93 1.67 .954 1.84 0.67 AS
1988 KCR AL 24 P 35 35 260.2 52 15 34 3 3 .942 1.69 1.40 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 KCR AL 25 P 36 35 262.1 61 21 36 4 1 .934 1.96 1.58 .961 1.87 0.66 CYA-1,MVP-8,GG
1990 KCR AL 26 P 20 20 135.0 45 16 28 1 2 .978 2.93 2.20 .951 1.78 0.59 AS
1991 KCR AL 27 P 28 28 196.1 49 17 30 2 2 .959 2.15 1.68 .955 1.80 0.58
1992 NYM NL 28 P 17 15 97.2 33 7 26 0 2 1.000 3.04 1.94 .952 1.94 0.60
1993 NYM NL 29 P 19 19 139.1 46 14 30 2 0 .957 2.84 2.32 .952 1.84 0.54
1994 NYM NL 30 P 24 24 177.1 49 13 34 2 1 .959 2.39 1.96 .957 1.86 0.54 AS,CYA-3,MVP-22
1995 TOT NL 31 P 25 25 153.0 43 8 34 1 3 .977 2.47 1.68 .953 1.84 0.51
1995 NYM NL 31 P 16 16 110.0 32 6 26 0 3 1.000 2.62 2.00 .953 1.84 0.51
1995 COL NL 31 P 9 9 43.0 11 2 8 1 0 .909 2.09 1.11 .955 1.84 0.51
1997 BOS AL 33 P 6 6 26.0 4 1 2 1 1 .750 1.04 0.50 .975 1.70 0.48
1998 BOS AL 34 P 31 31 175.0 34 13 20 1 1 .971 1.70 1.06 .959 1.78 0.50
1999 BOS AL 35 P 22 22 119.0 23 5 18 0 0 1.000 1.74 1.05 .948 1.69 0.47
2001 BOS AL 37 P 3 3 15.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.40 1.33 .950 1.74 0.50
16 Seasons P 399 371 2562.2 642 203 415 24 26 .963 2.17 1.55 .955 1.82 0.61
16 Seasons TOT 399 371 2562.2 642 203 415 24 26 .963 2.17 1.55 .918 1.82 0.61
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 KCR AL 20 39 0 1 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 KCR AL 21 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 KCR AL 22 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 KCR AL 23 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 KCR AL 24 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 KCR AL 25 39 0 3 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1990 KCR AL 26 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 KCR AL 27 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 NYM NL 28 17 15 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYM NL 29 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 NYM NL 30 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 NYM NL 31 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 COL NL 31 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 BOS AL 33 6 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 34 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 BOS AL 35 22 2 2 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BOS AL 37 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 403 88 94 399 399 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1984 KCR AL 20 662 83% 29% 22 100% 2 14 1 11 22 15 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1985 KCR AL 21 958 79% 27% 37 100% 0 21 1 16 39 30 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 4 0 7 100%
1986 KCR AL 22 672 79% 32% 28 93% 2 13 1 9 27 22 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1987 KCR AL 23 1075 79% 32% 40 95% 1 21 3 11 33 26 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 4 1 11 82%
1988 KCR AL 24 1122 79% 32% 38 87% 0 16 4 11 32 22 5 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 9 78%
1989 KCR AL 25 1049 77% 31% 39 87% 3 21 1 16 35 26 2 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 11 73%
1990 KCR AL 26 571 80% 34% 37 84% 1 15 4 8 28 20 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 11 73%
1991 KCR AL 27 821 77% 32% 32 100% 1 17 6 7 30 20 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 8 100%
1992 NYM NL 28 412 73% 28% 26 100% 1 7 2 4 26 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1993 NYM NL 29 574 80% 34% 37 95% 1 14 4 7 30 24 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 91%
1994 NYM NL 30 711 78% 35% 36 94% 0 13 2 8 33 27 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 9 100%
1995 NYM NL 31 461 79% 34% 24 96% 2 8 1 5 25 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 7 100%
1995 COL NL 31 209 78% 29% 11 82% 0 2 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1997 BOS AL 33 126 79% 22% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
1998 BOS AL 34 741 82% 30% 20 100% 1 12 1 9 20 15 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1999 BOS AL 35 492 81% 28% 15 100% 0 5 0 5 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2001 BOS AL 37 67 84% 15% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 10723 79% 31% 446 94% 15 201 32 129 411 304 35 24 0 2 22 2 26 17 23 3 108 89%
MLB Averages 76% 30% 91% 86%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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.

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