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Chris Sabo

Christopher Andrew Sabo (Spuds)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 19, 1962 in Detroit, MI
High School: Detroit Catholic Central HS (Novi, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1988
Teams (by GP): Reds/Orioles/WhiteSox/Cardinals 1988-1996
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: September 2, 1996
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 CIN NL 26 3B 135 131 123 1174.0 407 75 318 14 31 .966 19 19 3.01 2.91 .947 2.77 2.78 AS,RoY-1
1988 CIN NL 26 SS 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.65 AS,RoY-1
1989 CIN NL 27 3B 76 76 69 660.1 192 36 145 11 12 .943 -7 -12 2.47 2.38 .943 2.71 2.71
1990 CIN NL 28 3B 146 144 135 1269.0 355 70 273 12 17 .966 -1 -1 2.43 2.35 .947 2.73 2.71 AS,MVP-13
1991 CIN NL 29 3B 151 149 143 1303.1 353 86 255 12 24 .966 0 0 2.35 2.26 .950 2.74 2.73 AS,MVP-20
1992 CIN NL 30 3B 93 94 81 790.1 228 60 159 9 13 .961 -2 -2 2.49 2.35 .952 2.67 2.67
1993 CIN NL 31 3B 148 148 136 1265.1 332 79 242 11 16 .967 -7 -7 2.28 2.17 .945 2.70 2.68
1994 BAL AL 32 3B 37 34 29 290.2 71 20 48 3 4 .958 -3 -12 2.11 1.84 .948 2.64 2.62
1994 BAL AL 32 OF 22 22 8 172.0 35 32 2 1 1 .971 -5 -38 1.78 1.55 .982 2.37 2.35
1994 BAL AL 32 RF 13 13 5 101.0 25 23 1 1 1 .960 -5 -57 2.14 1.85 .980 2.20 2.18
1994 BAL AL 32 DH 10 10
1994 BAL AL 32 LF 9 9 3 71.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 1.27 1.11 .978 2.15 2.14
1995 TOT MLB 33 1B 3 3 2 24.2 25 21 2 2 2 .920 -1 -58 8.39 7.67 .993 9.67 9.60
1995 TOT MLB 33 3B 2 2 2 18.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -53 1.00 1.00 .950 2.70 2.70
1995 CHW AL 33 DH 15 14
1995 CHW AL 33 1B 1 1 1 8.0 11 10 0 1 1 .909 -0 -60 11.25 10.00 .993 9.56 9.50
1995 CHW AL 33 3B 1 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -53 1.00 1.00 .950 2.60 2.60
1995 STL NL 33 1B 2 2 1 16.2 14 11 2 1 1 .929 -1 -58 7.02 6.50 .993 9.72 9.65
1995 STL NL 33 3B 1 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -53 1.00 1.00 .950 2.80 2.80
1996 CIN NL 34 3B 43 37 17 285.0 103 27 72 4 6 .961 1 3 3.13 2.30 .948 2.71 2.69
9 Seasons 3B 831 815 735 7056.0 2043 453 1514 76 123 .963 0 0 2.51 2.37 .947 2.72 2.71
1 Season OF 22 22 8 172.0 35 32 2 1 1 .971 -5 -38 1.78 1.55 .982 2.37 2.35
1 Season RF 13 13 5 101.0 25 23 1 1 1 .960 -5 -57 2.14 1.85 .980 2.20 2.18
1 Season LF 9 9 3 71.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 1.27 1.11 .978 2.15 2.14
1 Season 1B 3 3 2 24.2 25 21 2 2 2 .920 -1 -58 8.39 7.67 .993 9.67 9.60
1 Season SS 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.65
9 Seasons TOT 858 840 745 7254.2 2103 506 1518 79 126 .962 -7 -1 2.51 2.36 .949 2.74 2.73
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1988 CIN NL 26 3B 19 19 18 10 8 1
1988 CIN NL 26 SS 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CIN NL 27 3B -7 -12 -7 -9 2 0
1990 CIN NL 28 3B -1 -1 0 3 -2 -1
1991 CIN NL 29 3B 0 0 -0 -2 1 1
1992 CIN NL 30 3B -2 -2 -1 4 -4 -1
1993 CIN NL 31 3B -7 -7 -6 -4 -2 -1
1994 BAL AL 32 3B -3 -12 -3 1 -4 0
1994 BAL AL 32 RF -5 -57 -3 -3 0 -2
1994 BAL AL 32 LF -1 -10 -2 0 -2 1
1995 CHW AL 33 1B -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
1995 CHW AL 33 3B -0 -53 -0 -0 0 0
1995 STL NL 33 1B -1 -58 -1 -1 0 0
1995 STL NL 33 3B -0 -53 -0 -0 0
1996 CIN NL 34 3B 1 3 1 2 -1 0
9 Seasons 3B 0 0 1 4 -2 -1
1 Season RF -5 -57 -3 -3 0 -2
1 Season LF -1 -10 -2 0 -2 1
1 Season 1B -1 -58 -1 -1 -0 0
1 Season SS 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons TOT -7 -1 -5 -0 -4 -1 -1

Appearances

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 15 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 25 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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 4852 69% 80% 34% 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 2816 61% 79% 33% 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 5360 58% 79% 32% 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 5529 57% 79% 31% 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 3291 58% 78% 31% 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 5492 56% 79% 31% 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 1242 64% 78% 33% 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 42 38% 86% 33% 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 39 77% 85% 38% 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 1257 68% 77% 33% 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 29920 60% 79% 32% 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 58% 79% 33% 86% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 9 2 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 20 3 15.0% 16 1 5.0% 0 432 64% 79% 44% 58 40%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 2 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 20 3 15.0% 16 1 5.0% 0 432 64% 79% 44% 58 40%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.5% 58% 79% 40% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 4 4 0 14 9 64.3% 4 1 7.1% 0 298 57% 83% 42% 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 4 4 0 14 9 64.3% 4 1 7.1% 0 298 57% 83% 42% 36 28%
MLB Averages 61.1% 2.6% 58% 79% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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 72 82% 76% 28% 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 38 74% 79% 42% 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 110 79% 77% 33% 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 58% 79% 33% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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 58% 79% 33% 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 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1988 *
1990 (3B)
1991 (3B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1988 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 NL (13, 3%)
1991 NL (20, 0%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1988 NL  19 (1st)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1988 NL  135 (4th)
1990 NL  146 (4th)
1991 NL  151 (4th)
1993 NL  148 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1988 NL  75 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1988 NL  318 (3rd)
1990 NL  273 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1988 NL  19 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1988 NL  3.01 (3rd)
Career  2.51 (98th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1988 NL  2.91 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1988 NL  .966 (1st)
1990 NL  .966 (1st)
1991 NL  .966 (2nd)
1992 NL  .961 (5th)
1993 NL  .967 (3rd)
Career  .963 (38th)

             

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