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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1988	23	SDP-min	A-	8	3	.727	5.11	15	15	0	2	0	0	98.2	123	67	56	3	27	1	74	4	2	3			1.520	11.2	0.3	2.5	6.8	2.74	SPO · NORW
1989	24	SDP-min	A	14	9	.609	3.38	26	25	0	6	2	0	167.2	166	77	63	4	40	1	105	7	1	10			1.229	8.9	0.2	2.1	5.6	2.63	CHS · SALL
1990	25	SDP-min	AA	11	12	.478	5.48	26	26	0	2	1	0	154.1	200	105	94	7	29	0	79	3	3	3			1.484	11.7	0.4	1.7	4.6	2.72	WCH · TL
1991	26	SDP-min	AAA,AA	11	8	.579	4.49	28	28	0	4	2	0	174.1	196	98	87	10	36	3	92	1	1	5	733		1.331	10.1	0.5	1.9	4.7	2.56	LVG,WCH · PCL,TL
1992	27	SDP-min	AAA	1	7	.125	7.95	30	3	7	0	0	1	60.0	89	57	53	8	17	3	40	1	2	3	282		1.767	13.4	1.2	2.6	6.0	2.35	LVG · PCL
1993	28	SDP-min	AAA,AA	11	8	.579	3.47	32	22	3	4	2	1	163.1	160	79	63	12	34	1	107	6	2	6	677		1.188	8.8	0.7	1.9	5.9	3.15	LVG,WCH · PCL,TL
1994	29	SDP-min	AAA	1	4	.200	4.43	23	2	13	0	0	5	40.2	57	24	20	3	8	3	23	1	0	1	180		1.598	12.6	0.7	1.8	5.1	2.88	LVG · PCL
1994	29	SDP	NL	1	4	.200	5.98	22	3	4	0	0	0	46.2	62	34	31	4	16	5	26	2	0	0	217	70	1.671	12.0	0.8	3.1	5.0	1.63
1995	30	COL-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.50	23	22	0	1	1	0	133.2	153	61	52	14	23	1	80	2	0	0	564		1.317	10.3	0.9	1.5	5.4	3.48	CSP · PCL
1995	30	COL	NL	0	0		7.36	10	0	2	0	0	0	14.2	19	16	12	1	7	1	10	0	0	0	70	74	1.773	11.7	0.6	4.3	6.1	1.43
1996	31	DET-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.63	18	2	6	0	0	0	37.2	38	14	11	5	3	0	24	1	1	0	149		1.088	9.1	1.2	0.7	5.7	8.00	TOL · IL
1996	31	DET	AL	4	5	.444	5.01	22	9	1	0	0	0	79.0	91	46	44	10	29	2	52	2	0	1	347	102	1.519	10.4	1.1	3.3	5.9	1.79
1997	32	DET	AL	3	4	.429	4.18	38	1	8	0	0	3	84.0	81	43	39	10	24	6	53	1	0	0	350	110	1.250	8.7	1.1	2.6	5.7	2.21
1998	33	DET-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.00	14	0	5	0	0	1	24.0	27	8	8	1	13	1	16	0	0	0	107		1.667	10.1	0.4	4.9	6.0	1.23	TOL · IL
1998	33	DET	AL	4	2	.667	6.52	31	3	7	0	0	2	59.1	79	47	43	7	23	4	23	1	0	4	274	72	1.719	12.0	1.1	3.5	3.5	1.00
1999	34	CIN-min	AAA,Rk	6	4	.600	4.67	25	8	6	0	0	0	54.0	83	46	28	5	25	1	19	1	1	0	263		2.000	13.8	0.8	4.2	3.2	0.76	INA,RDL · IL,GULF
5 Yrs				12	15	.444	5.36	123	16	22	0	0	5	283.2	332	186	169	32	99	18	164	6	0	5	1258	88	1.519	10.5	1.0	3.1	5.2	1.66
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.444	5.36	60	8	11	0	0	2	139	162	91	83	16	48	9	80	3	0	2	615	88	1.519	10.5	1.0	3.1	5.2	1.66

DET (3 yrs)				11	11	.500	5.10	91	13	16	0	0	5	222.1	251	136	126	27	76	12	128	4	0	5	971	94	1.471	10.2	1.1	3.1	5.2	1.68
COL (1 yr)				0	0		7.36	10	0	2	0	0	0	14.2	19	16	12	1	7	1	10	0	0	0	70	74	1.773	11.7	0.6	4.3	6.1	1.43
SDP (1 yr)				1	4	.200	5.98	22	3	4	0	0	0	46.2	62	34	31	4	16	5	26	2	0	0	217	70	1.671	12.0	0.8	3.1	5.0	1.63

AL (3 yrs)				11	11	.500	5.10	91	13	16	0	0	5	222.1	251	136	126	27	76	12	128	4	0	5	971	94	1.471	10.2	1.1	3.1	5.2	1.68
NL (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	6.31	32	3	6	0	0	0	61.1	81	50	43	5	23	6	36	2	0	0	287	71	1.696	11.9	0.7	3.4	5.3	1.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1994	29	SDP	NL	46.2	22	3	34	6.56	4.81	-1.00	-0.22	96.7	5.41	-6	-0.6	.6	0.0	-0.3	-3	.472	.496	$109,000
1995	30	COL	NL	14.2	10	0	16	9.82	4.69	-0.25	-0.35	134.6	6.18	-6	-0.6	.5	0.1	-0.3	-5	.441	.496	$109,000
1996	31	DET	AL	79.0	22	9	46	5.24	5.46	-0.47	-0.01	101.4	6.00	6	0.5	1.2	-0.1	1.2	18	.523	.503	$160,000
1997	32	DET	AL	84.0	38	1	43	4.61	5.05	-0.37	-0.35	100.6	5.11	4	0.4	1.7	-0.1	1.1	15	.511	.503	$200,000
1998	33	DET	AL	59.1	31	3	47	7.13	5.29	0.42	-0.29	99.7	4.57	-17	-1.5	1.1	-0.2	-1.2	-9	.450	.490	$287,500
5 Seasons				283.2	123	16	186	5.90	5.16	-0.33	-0.22	101.7	5.35	-19	-1.8	1.2	-0.2	0.5	16	.485	.498	$865,500

DET (3 yrs)				222.1	91	13	136	5.51	5.26	-0.20	-0.21	100.6	5.28	-7	-0.6	1.4	-0.3	1.1	24	.493	.499	$647,500
COL (1 yr)				14.2	10	0	16	9.82	4.69	-0.25	-0.35	134.6	6.18	-6	-0.6	.5	0.1	-0.3	-5	.441	.496	$109,000
SDP (1 yr)				46.2	22	3	34	6.56	4.81	-1.00	-0.22	96.7	5.41	-6	-0.6	.6	0.0	-0.3	-3	.472	.496	$109,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1994	29	SDP	NL	22	217	191	34	62	15	1	4	5	2	16	26	.325	.379	.476	.856	.356	91	3	2	6	2	5	6
1995	30	COL	NL	10	70	61	16	19	5	0	1	3	1	7	10	.311	.382	.443	.825	.360	27	1	0	2	0	1	1
1996	31	DET	AL	22	347	310	46	91	13	1	10	3	5	29	52	.294	.355	.439	.793	.323	136	6	2	3	3	2	4
1997	32	DET	AL	38	350	314	43	81	11	4	10	4	2	24	53	.258	.307	.414	.721	.276	130	9	1	5	6	6	4
1998	33	DET	AL	31	274	243	47	79	13	1	7	11	3	23	23	.325	.383	.473	.856	.335	115	9	1	5	2	4	4
5 Yrs				123	1258	1119	186	332	57	7	32	26	13	99	164	.297	.353	.446	.799	.321	499	28	6	21	13	18	19
162 Game Avg.				60	615	547	91	162	28	3	16	13	6	48	80	.297	.353	.446	.799	.321	244	14	3	10	6	9	9
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.421	.759	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1994	29	SDP	NL	-9.5	-0.9	225	-0.8	2.6	-3.3	.76	-0.7	-0.3	-11.6	-1.1	0.76	-7.5	3	3	13
1995	30	COL	NL	-3.3	-0.3	73	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.40	-0.1	-0.2	-5.3	-0.5	0.40	-1.6	1	1	8
1996	31	DET	AL	1.7	0.2	357	-0.3	5.6	-5.9	.99	0.1	-0.4	5.4	0.5	0.99	2.2	3	5	5
1997	32	DET	AL	3.6	0.3	356	2.3	7.4	-5.1	1.09	0.7	1.4	7.9	0.8	1.09	5.5	18	13	6
1998	33	DET	AL	-11.8	-1.1	289	-1.3	2.9	-4.2	.76	-0.9	-0.8	-15.4	-1.4	0.76	-11.9	7	12	9
5 Yrs				-19.3	-1.8	1300	-0.1	19.0	-19.1	.89	-0.9	0.7	-19.0	-1.7	0.89	-13.3	32	34	41

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1994	29	SDP	NL	22	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.000	1	1	0	0	1	33%	41.3	59	29	10	4	1	2	2.7	0.8	4.3	72	3	0	0	0	78

1996	31	DET	AL	22	9	3	2	4	1	0	7	2	.778	2	0	0	0	3	33%	43.0	63	26	16	8	1	4	5.4	5.5	5.6	96	1	4	4	0	117
1997	32	DET	AL	38	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	56.0	56	56	13	7	0	1	0.0	0.0	5.0	90	0	1	0	0	90
1998	33	DET	AL	31	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	0	0%	30.0	51	18	14	7	1	0	6.6	8.2	3.7	76	1	2	0	0	87
4 Yrs				113	16	4	5	7	2	0	9	7	.563	3	2	0	0	4	25%	41	63	18	53	26	3	7	4.7	4.9	5.0	87	5	7	4	0	117
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	105	-21					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1994	29	SDP	NL	22	19	4	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	15	6	40%	7	.759	3	3	13	2	3	14	9	10	11	5	13	3	5.3	29
1995	30	COL	NL	10	10	2	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	3	60%	7	.397	1	1	8	3	0	7	3	7	4	2	5	0	4.4	25
1996	31	DET	AL	22	13	1	1	3	0	0	0		1	1	17	5	29%	6	.985	3	5	5	2	4	7	9	4	10	2	11	0	6.5	34
1997	32	DET	AL	38	37	8	3	3	4	3	1	75%	15	10	41	12	29%	7	1.085	18	13	6	20	6	11	21	16	30	5	31	5	6.4	33
1998	33	DET	AL	31	28	7	3	1	3	2	1	67%	4	1	28	14	50%	5	.758	7	12	9	6	5	17	14	14	17	6	19	1	5.2	28
5 Yrs				123	107	22	8	10	8	5	3	63%	21	12	106	40	38%		.892	32	34	41	33	18	56	56	51	72	20	79	9	5.7	30

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1994	29	SDP	NL	217	59%	1.8%	12.0%	7.4%	9.2%	32%	1.49	2.17	75%	15%	6.7%	10%	40	3	8%
1995	30	COL	NL	70	50%	1.4%	14.3%	10.0%	8.6%	32%	1.00	1.54	71%	19%	4.5%	12%	14	1	7%
1996	31	DET	AL	347	49%	2.9%	15.0%	8.4%	6.9%	26%	1.38	1.74	72%	20%	10.1%	9%	72	6	8%
1997	32	DET	AL	350	53%	2.9%	15.1%	6.9%	7.1%	31%	0.93	1.37	73%	20%	7.9%	7%	58	9	16%
1998	33	DET	AL	274	51%	2.6%	8.4%	8.4%	7.7%	27%	1.43	2.90	78%	24%	8.2%	6%	56	9	16%
5 Yrs				1258	52%	2.5%	13.0%	7.9%	7.6%	29%	1.24	1.86	74%	20%	8.1%	8%	240	28	12%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.83	1.11	70%	21%	8.1%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1994	29	SDP	NL	219	776	3.54	484	63%	23%	11%	31%	36%	77%	7%	48%	86%	57%	7%	15	6	16%	36	12	0	38%	6	4	-2	4	0
1995	30	COL	NL	71	246	3.46	141	58%	26%	8%	28%	38%	74%	2%	42%	89%	42%	8%	6	4	8%	6	1	0	70%	0	1	-1	1	0
1996	31	DET	AL	347	1272	3.67	757	60%	28%	10%	27%	35%	72%	1%	43%	86%	55%	5%	17	13	14%	47	17	3	53%	6	2	0	0	0
1997	32	DET	AL	343	1287	3.75	782	61%	33%	10%	23%	34%	67%	5%	41%	86%	58%	4%	15	6	15%	53	15	1	50%	5	3	7	0	0
1998	33	DET	AL	274	997	3.64	580	58%	25%	10%	26%	39%	75%	4%	44%	87%	59%	4%	12	6	12%	34	9	0	22%	4	2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1254	4578	3.65	2744	60%	28%	10%	26%	36%	72%	4%	43%	86%	56%	5%	65	35	14%	176	54	4	46%	21	12	4	5	0
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				29%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1994	29	SDP	NL	217	62	12	0	4	1	7	2	2	3	1	15	9	1	60%	6	0	1	96	5	2	71%	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
1995	30	COL	NL	70	19	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	5	2	1	40%	1	0	0	27	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	31	DET	AL	347	91	12	2	10	1	13	6	4	4	6	18	12	1	67%	4	1	1	133	3	5	38%	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1997	32	DET	AL	350	81	7	0	10	0	5	5	5	3	7	25	17	2	68%	4	0	1	126	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
1998	33	DET	AL	274	79	20	2	7	0	9	4	3	4	3	27	22	2	81%	4	4	0	111	11	3	79%	8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
5 Yrs				1258	332	51	4	32	2	37	18	14	15	17	90	62	7	69%	19	5	3	493	26	13	67%	20	13	4	0	2	0	2	1	31	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1994	29	1	4	.200	5.98	22	3	4	0	46.2	62	34	31	4	16	5	26	2	0	217	70	1.671	12.0	0.8	3.1	5.0	1.63	70
1995	30	1	4	.200	6.31	32	3	6	0	61.1	81	50	43	5	23	6	36	2	0	287	71	1.696	11.9	0.7	3.4	5.3	1.57	71
1996	31	5	9	.357	5.58	54	12	7	0	140.1	172	96	87	15	52	8	88	4	1	634	87	1.596	11.0	1.0	3.3	5.6	1.69	87
1997	32	8	13	.381	5.05	92	13	15	3	224.1	253	139	126	25	76	14	141	5	1	984	94	1.467	10.2	1.0	3.0	5.7	1.86	94
1998	33	12	15	.444	5.36	123	16	22	5	283.2	332	186	169	32	99	18	164	6	5	1258	88	1.519	10.5	1.0	3.1	5.2	1.66	88

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1994	29	2	5	.286	5.95	65.0	86	48	43	6	22	36	3	1.662	11.9	3.0	5.0	1.64	0.8	22
1995	30	1	1	.500	5.00	18.0	18	11	10	1	7	12	0	1.389	9.0	3.5	6.0	1.71	0.5	10
1996	31	4	4	.500	4.38	78.0	85	42	38	9	27	51	2	1.436	9.8	3.1	5.9	1.89	1.0	22
1997	32	4	5	.444	4.06	82.0	79	41	37	10	23	52	1	1.244	8.7	2.5	5.7	2.26	1.1	38
1998	33	2	4	.333	6.21	58.0	76	44	40	7	22	23	1	1.690	11.8	3.4	3.6	1.05	1.1	31
5 Yrs		13	19	.406	5.02	301.0	344	186	168	33	101	174	7	1.478	10.3		5.2	1.72	1.0	123

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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