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Olmedo Saenz

Olmedo (Sanchez) Saenz (Killer Tomato)

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 8, 1970 in Chitre, Panama
High School: Herrera (Panama, PA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1994
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Athletics/WhiteSox 1994-2007
Agents: SFX [?]
Final Game: September 27, 2007
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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
1994	23	CHW	AL	5	15	14	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.286	.429	8	4	1	0	1	0	0	/5

1999	28	OAK	AL	97	295	255	41	70	18	0	11	41	1	1	22	47	.275	.363	.475	.837	118	121	6	15	0	3	1	53/D
2000	29	OAK	AL	76	247	214	40	67	12	2	9	33	1	0	25	40	.313	.401	.514	.915	134	110	6	7	0	1	2	D53
2001	30	OAK	AL	106	341	305	33	67	21	1	9	32	0	1	19	64	.220	.291	.384	.675	77	117	9	13	1	3	1	D35
2002	31	OAK	AL	68	178	156	15	43	10	1	6	18	1	1	13	31	.276	.354	.468	.822	119	73	2	7	0	2	1	35/D

2004	33	LAD	NL	77	128	111	17	31	1	0	8	22	0	0	12	33	.279	.352	.505	.856	123	56	4	2	0	3	1	3/D5
2005	34	LAD	NL	109	351	319	39	84	24	0	15	63	0	1	27	63	.263	.325	.480	.804	110	153	12	3	0	2	1	35/D
2006	35	LAD	NL	103	204	179	30	53	15	0	11	48	0	0	14	47	.296	.363	.564	.927	132	101	4	7	0	4	1	35/D
2007	36	LAD	NL	92	132	110	9	21	5	0	4	18	0	0	16	25	.191	.295	.345	.641	65	38	5	2	0	4	0	3/D5
9 Seasons				733	1891	1663	226	438	106	5	73	275	3	4	148	355	.263	.340	.465	.805	109	773	49	56	2	22	8
162 Game Avg.				162	418	368	50	97	23	1	16	61	1	1	33	78	.263	.340	.465	.805	109	171	11	12	0	5	2

OAK (4 yrs)				347	1061	930	129	247	61	4	35	124	3	3	79	182	.266	.347	.453	.800	109	421	23	42	1	9	5
LAD (4 yrs)				381	815	719	95	189	45	0	38	151	0	1	69	168	.263	.334	.484	.818	111	348	25	14	0	13	3
CHW (1 yr)				5	15	14	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.286	.429	8	4	1	0	1	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				352	1076	944	131	249	61	5	35	124	3	3	79	187	.264	.345	.450	.795	107	425	24	42	2	9	5
NL (4 yrs)				381	815	719	95	189	45	0	38	151	0	1	69	168	.263	.334	.484	.818	111	348	25	14	0	13	3

Player Value--Batters

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	Salary	Pos
1994	23	CHW	AL	15	-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0.0		/5

1999	28	OAK	AL	295	8	1	0	0	-2	-1	10	16	1.6	$240,000	53/D
2000	29	OAK	AL	247	15	-1	2	0	0	-3	9	22	2.1	$260,000	D53
2001	30	OAK	AL	341	-8	-1	2	1	2	-7	12	1	0.1	$290,000	D35
2002	31	OAK	AL	178	4	-1	0	0	-3	-2	6	4	0.4	$800,000	35/D

2004	33	LAD	NL	128	4	0	1	-1	2	-1	4	9	0.9		3/D5
2005	34	LAD	NL	351	5	-1	0	-2	-3	-4	10	5	0.5	$650,000	35/D
2006	35	LAD	NL	204	9	-1	1	-1	-4	-1	6	9	0.9	$1,000,000	35/D
2007	36	LAD	NL	132	-6	-1	-1	-1	0	-1	4	-6	-0.6	$1,000,000	3/D5
9 Seasons				1891	29	-5	5	-4	-7	-20	61	59	5.9	$4,240,000

OAK (4 yrs)				1061	19	-2	4	1	-3	-13	37	43	4.2	$1,590,000
LAD (4 yrs)				815	12	-3	1	-5	-5	-7	24	17	1.7	$2,650,000
CHW (1 yr)				15	-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0.0

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
2000	29	OAK	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	4	15	13	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.231	.267	.462	.728	6	1	1	0	1	0
2001	30	OAK	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	31	OAK	AL	ALDS	MIN	L	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	35	LAD	NL	NLDS	NYM	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons (4 Series)							10	22	19	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	4	.158	.227	.316	.543	6	1	1	0	1	0
3 ALDS							8	20	17	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	.176	.250	.353	.603	6	1	1	0	1	0
1 NLDS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1994	CHW	AL	23	3B	5	4	36.0	8	3	5	0	0	1.000	1		27		2.00	1.60	.950	2.65	2.62
1999	OAK	AL	28	3B	56	43	382.0	113	27	79	7	12	.938	-2		-5		2.50	1.89	.950	2.58	2.54
1999	OAK	AL	28	1B	28	12	134.2	166	153	12	1	11	.994	-0		-3		11.03	5.89	.992	9.50	9.35
1999	OAK	AL	28	DH	8
2000	OAK	AL	29	DH	27
2000	OAK	AL	29	3B	18	16	130.0	39	11	25	3	2	.923	-1		-9		2.49	2.00	.949	2.67	2.64
2000	OAK	AL	29	1B	17	13	119.2	135	126	8	1	14	.993	1		9		10.08	7.88	.993	9.37	9.26
2001	OAK	AL	30	DH	56
2001	OAK	AL	30	1B	28	14	167.0	215	196	16	3	13	.986	2		13		11.43	7.57	.993	9.39	9.31
2001	OAK	AL	30	3B	14	11	95.2	26	5	19	2	3	.923	0		3		2.26	1.71	.950	2.73	2.71
2002	OAK	AL	31	1B	34	23	204.0	202	190	12	0	17	1.000	-2		-11		8.91	5.94	.993	9.33	9.23
2002	OAK	AL	31	3B	15	10	100.0	47	14	28	5	1	.894	-1		-11		3.78	2.80	.953	2.68	2.65
2002	OAK	AL	31	DH	7
2004	LAD	NL	33	1B	25	14	126.0	139	125	12	2	16	.986	0	1	5	10	9.79	5.48	.993	9.51	9.44
2004	LAD	NL	33	DH	4
2004	LAD	NL	33	3B	2	0	5.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	1	120	240	3.60	1.00	.950	2.70	2.75
2005	LAD	NL	34	1B	66	52	475.0	480	460	19	1	36	.998	-3	-2	-8	-5	9.08	7.26	.993	9.65	9.52
2005	LAD	NL	34	3B	17	15	120.0	41	17	22	2	3	.951	-0	-1	-1	-10	2.92	2.29	.959	2.77	2.74
2005	LAD	NL	34	DH	8
2006	LAD	NL	35	1B	30	20	164.1	182	173	7	2	27	.989	-6	-5	-46	-37	9.86	6.00	.994	9.43	9.36
2006	LAD	NL	35	3B	16	9	78.0	32	6	24	2	0	.938	2	0	29	0	3.46	1.88	.956	2.70	2.68
2006	LAD	NL	35	DH	3
2007	LAD	NL	36	1B	13	8	75.0	64	60	4	0	6	1.000	-0	-1	-6	-16	7.68	4.92	.992	9.22	9.17
2007	LAD	NL	36	DH	4
2007	LAD	NL	36	3B	3	0	6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-20	0	1.50	0.33	1.000	2.70	2.67
8 Seasons				1B	241	156	1465.2	1583	1483	90	10	140	.994	-9	-7	-7	-9	9.66	6.53	.993	9.48	9.37
9 Seasons				3B	146	108	952.2	309	83	205	21	21	.932	-0	0	-0	0	2.72	1.97	.952	2.66	2.63
9 Seasons				TOT	387	264	2418.1	1892	1566	295	31	161	.984	-9	-7	-5	-8	6.93	4.81	.986	6.79	6.83
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1999 AL 15 (4th) 2001 AL 13 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1999 AL 15 (4th)
2001 AL 13 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 9 (1672), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

May 11, 1990: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

October 15, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 25, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 15, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

November 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

December 21, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

March 13, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 2, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 11, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

February 12, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1999	28	Oakland Athletics	$240,000	11/19/99 USA Today	Includes $20,000 earned bonus
2000	29	Oakland Athletics	$260,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	30	Oakland Athletics	$290,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	31	Oakland Athletics	$800,000	4/3/02 AP

2005	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	$650,000
2006	35	Los Angeles Dodgers	$1,000,000
2007	36	Los Angeles Dodgers	$1,000,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,240,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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