Chris Sabo
Christopher Andrew Sabo (Spuds)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 19, 1962 in Detroit, MI
High School: Catholic Central (Cincinnati, OH)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1988
Final Game: September 2, 1996
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 CIN NL 26 3B 135 131 1174.0 407 75 318 14 31 .966 19.0 19.4 18.0 8.5 9.5 1 3.01 2.91 .946 2.77 2.35 AS,RoY-1
1988 CIN NL 26 SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00 AS,RoY-1
1989 CIN NL 27 3B 76 76 660.1 192 36 145 11 12 .943 -6.8 -12.4 -6.8 1.9 -8.7 0 2.47 2.38 .943 2.71 2.25
1990 CIN NL 28 3B 146 144 1269.0 355 70 273 12 17 .966 -0.6 -0.6 0.4 -2.4 2.8 -1 2.43 2.35 .946 2.73 2.31 AS,MVP-13
1991 CIN NL 29 3B 151 149 1303.1 353 86 255 12 24 .966 0.5 0.5 -0.5 1.4 -1.9 1 2.35 2.26 .949 2.74 2.31 AS,MVP-20
1992 CIN NL 30 3B 93 94 790.1 228 60 159 9 13 .961 -1.6 -2.4 -0.6 -4.5 3.9 -1 2.49 2.35 .952 2.67 2.29
1993 CIN NL 31 3B 148 148 1265.1 332 79 242 11 16 .967 -7.3 -6.9 -6.3 -2.5 -3.8 -1 2.28 2.17 .944 2.70 2.31
1994 BAL AL 32 3B 37 34 290.2 71 20 48 3 4 .958 -2.9 -12.0 -2.9 -3.5 0.6 0 2.11 1.84 .948 2.64 2.34
1994 BAL AL 32 OF 22 22 172.0 35 32 2 1 1 .971 -5.4 -37.7 -4.4 -1.6 -2.8 -1 1.78 1.55 .983 2.37 2.09
1994 BAL AL 32 RF 13 13 101.0 25 23 1 1 1 .960 -4.8 -57.0 -2.8 0.0 -2.8 -2 2.14 1.85 .980 2.20 1.88
1994 BAL AL 32 DH 10
1994 BAL AL 32 LF 9 9 71.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -10.1 -1.6 -1.6 0.0 1 1.27 1.11 .980 2.15 1.80
1995 TOT MLB 33 1B 3 3 24.2 25 21 2 2 2 .920 -1.2 -58.4 -1.2 -0.4 -0.8 0 8.39 7.67 .992 9.67 8.33
1995 TOT MLB 33 3B 2 2 18.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 1.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.25
1995 CHW AL 33 DH 15
1995 CHW AL 33 1B 1 1 8.0 11 10 0 1 1 .909 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 11.25 10.00 .991 9.56 8.30
1995 CHW AL 33 3B 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.00 1.00 .900 2.60 2.20
1995 STL NL 33 1B 2 2 16.2 14 11 2 1 1 .929 -0.8 -57.6 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 7.02 6.50 .993 9.72 8.35
1995 STL NL 33 3B 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 1.00 1.00 .900 2.80 2.30
1996 CIN NL 34 3B 43 37 285.0 103 27 72 4 6 .961 0.6 2.5 0.6 -1.3 1.9 0 3.13 2.30 .948 2.71 2.21
9 Seasons 3B 831 815 7056.0 2043 453 1514 76 123 .963 0.1 0.0 1.1 -2.4 3.5 -1 2.51 2.37 .947 2.72 2.30
2 Seasons DH 25
1 Season OF 22 22 172.0 35 32 2 1 1 .971 -5.4 -37.7 -4.4 -1.6 -2.8 -1 1.78 1.55 .983 2.37 2.09
1 Season RF 13 13 101.0 25 23 1 1 1 .960 -4.8 -57.0 -2.8 0.0 -2.8 -2 2.14 1.85 .980 2.20 1.88
1 Season LF 9 9 71.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -10.1 -1.6 -1.6 0.0 1 1.27 1.11 .980 2.15 1.80
1 Season 1B 3 3 24.2 25 21 2 2 2 .920 -1.2 -58.4 -1.2 -0.4 -0.8 0 8.39 7.67 .992 9.67 8.33
1 Season SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
9 Seasons TOT 858 840 7254.2 2103 506 1518 79 126 .962 -6.5 -1.1 -4.5 -4.4 -0.1 -1 -1 2.51 2.36 .910 2.74 2.32
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
1988 CIN NL 26 137 131 137 135 0 0 0 0 135 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1989 CIN NL 27 82 76 82 76 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1990 CIN NL 28 148 144 148 146 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 CIN NL 29 153 149 153 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 CIN NL 30 96 94 96 94 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1993 CIN NL 31 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BAL AL 32 68 66 68 56 0 0 0 0 37 0 9 0 13 22 10 2 0
1995 CHW AL 33 20 16 20 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 0
1995 STL NL 33 5 3 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1996 CIN NL 34 54 37 54 43 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
9 Seasons 911 864 911 854 0 0 3 0 832 2 9 0 13 22 24 39 1
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1988 CIN NL 26 5079 66% 77% 32% 405 92% 2 76 63 5 8 317 249 57 0 5 14 0 8 6 9 31 23 1 27 2 1 1 27 93%
1989 CIN NL 27 2946 58% 75% 31% 204 85% 2 36 30 3 3 144 124 16 1 2 11 0 5 6 10 12 8 1 9 2 1 1 12 50%
1990 CIN NL 28 5608 56% 75% 30% 357 89% 5 71 52 7 12 272 220 40 1 11 12 0 8 4 11 18 10 1 12 3 2 1 14 57%
1991 CIN NL 29 5803 55% 76% 29% 359 89% 4 86 68 1 17 255 216 32 4 8 12 0 6 6 10 24 17 0 22 1 1 0 19 89%
1992 CIN NL 30 3418 56% 75% 30% 234 87% 1 60 49 2 9 159 133 19 3 8 9 0 6 3 7 13 7 0 9 4 0 4 16 88%
1993 CIN NL 31 5700 54% 76% 30% 357 85% 6 81 68 4 9 240 192 36 4 4 11 0 8 3 7 16 12 1 14 2 2 0 24 67%
1994 BAL AL 32 1283 62% 75% 32% 70 84% 2 20 11 2 7 48 40 5 0 1 3 0 1 2 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 5 80%
1995 CHW AL 33 45 36% 80% 31% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 STL NL 33 41 73% 80% 37% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CIN NL 34 1308 65% 74% 31% 106 86% 2 28 20 3 5 73 57 12 1 2 4 0 4 0 3 6 5 1 6 0 0 0 8 100%
9 Seasons 31231 58% 76% 31% 2093 88% 24 458 361 27 70 1510 1233 217 14 41 76 0 46 30 60 124 85 5 102 14 7 7 125 78%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 32% 86% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1994 BAL AL 32 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 17 3 17.6% 13 1 5.9% 0 436 63% 78% 44% 58 40%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 17 3 17.6% 13 1 5.9% 0 436 63% 78% 44% 58 40%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.5% 56% 76% 39% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1994 BAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 13 8 61.5% 4 1 7.7% 0 310 55% 79% 41% 36 28%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 13 8 61.5% 4 1 7.7% 0 310 55% 79% 41% 36 28%
MLB Averages 59.8% 2.5% 56% 76% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 STL NL 33 76 78% 72% 26% 2 50% 0 11 0 10 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CHW AL 33 41 68% 73% 39% 3 67% 1 10 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season 117 74% 73% 31% 5 60% 1 21 0 21 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 32% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1988 CIN NL 26 7 71% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 71% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 32% 87%

* 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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