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A.J. Sager

Anthony Joseph Sager

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 3, 1965 in Columbus, OH
High School: Watkins Memorial HS (Kirksville, OH)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 10th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1994
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Padres/Rockies 1994-1998

Final Game: September 26, 1998
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Standard Batting

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
1994 29 SDP NL 22 11 10 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .300 .400 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1995 30 COL NL 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 31 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 32 DET AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 33 DET AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 123 15 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .214 .286 -30 3 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 20 18 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .214 .286 -30 4 0 0 1 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 91 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 22 11 10 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .300 .400 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 91 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 32 14 13 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 .077 .077 .231 .308 -25 3 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1994 29 SDP NL 22 11 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $109,000 1
1995 30 COL NL 10 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $109,000 1
1996 31 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $160,000 1
1997 32 DET AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $200,000 1
1998 33 DET AL 31 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $287,500 1
5 Seasons 123 15 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -0 $865,500
DET (3 yrs) 91 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $647,500
COL (1 yr) 10 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $109,000
SDP (1 yr) 22 11 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $109,000

Advanced Batting

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
1994 29 SDP NL 11 10 0 0.0 107 .200 .100 .271 .100 .337 .300 .424 .400 .761 0 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .333 .200 .200
1995 30 COL NL 3 3 0 0.0 129 .000 .000 .301 .000 .375 .000 .469 .000 .843 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1998 33 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .432 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 15 14 0 0.0 112 .125 .071 .277 .071 .346 .214 .434 .286 .779 -30 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .231 .143 .143
162 Game Avg. 20 18 0 0.0 112 .125 .071 .277 .071 .346 .214 .434 .286 .779 -30 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .231 .143 .143
COL (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 129 .000 .000 .301 .000 .375 .000 .469 .000 .843 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
SDP (1 yr) 11 10 0 0.0 107 .200 .100 .271 .100 .337 .300 .424 .400 .761 0 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .333 .200 .200
DET (3 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .432 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (2 yrs) 14 13 0 0.0 112 .143 .077 .278 .077 .346 .231 .434 .308 .780 -25 .000 -2.6 -0.2 .250 .154 .154
AL (3 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .432 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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
1994 29 SDP NL 11 0.0% 45.5% 0.0% 9.1% 100% 2.0 5.0 1.00 1.50 45% 0% 0.0% 50%
1995 30 COL NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 1.00 67% 0% 0.0% 0%
1998 33 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
5 Yrs 15 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 6.7% 100% 2.3 7.0 1.33 1.67 53% 0% 0.0% 33%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.6% 9.0% 7.7% 33% 1.85 5.3 33.0 7.5 0.83 1.11 70% 21% 8.1% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1994 29 SDP NL -1.6 -0.2 11 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .90 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.89 -1.4 0
1995 30 COL NL -1.0 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .34 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.82 -1.0 0
1996 31 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1997 32 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 33 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0
5 Yrs -2.9 -0.3 15 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 .73 -0.2 0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.84 -2.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1994 29 SDP NL 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
1995 30 COL NL 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 33 DET 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
5 Yrs 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

Situational Hitting*

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
1994 29 SDP NL 11 45% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 2 29% 0 0 0 0 0
1995 30 COL NL 3 33% 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 33 DET AL 1 100% 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
5 Yrs 15 47% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 2 25% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1994 29 SDP NL 11 47 4.27 32 68% 38% 25% 16% 19% 59% 0% 40% 55% 36% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 1
1995 30 COL NL 3 7 2.33 6 86% 17% 33% 17% 33% 83% 0% 71% 60% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1998 33 DET AL 1 5 5.00 2 40% 0% 0% 50% 50% 100% 0% 40% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 100% 1 1 100% 1 1 0 0 0
3 Yrs 15 59 3.93 40 68% 33% 25% 18% 23% 65% 0% 44% 59% 40% 0% 0 0 7% 1 1 7% 1 1 33% 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.70 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 31% 5% 16% 9% 29%

Cumulative Batting

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
1994 29 22 11 10 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .300 .400 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
1995 30 32 14 13 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 .077 .077 .231 .308 -25 3 0 0 1 0 0
1996 31 54 14 13 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 .077 .077 .231 .308 -25 3 0 0 1 0 0
1997 32 92 14 13 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 .077 .077 .231 .308 -25 3 0 0 1 0 0
1998 33 123 15 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .214 .286 -30 3 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1994 29 31 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
1995 30 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
1998 33 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
3 Yrs 73 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 63
162 Game Avg. 162 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 63

* 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.

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