A.J. Sager
Anthony Joseph Sager
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 3, 1965 in Columbus, 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
Final Game: September 26, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 69 1.671 12.0 0.8 3.1 5.0 1.63
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 73 1.773 11.7 0.6 4.3 6.1 1.43
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 0 350 109 1.250 8.7 1.1 2.6 5.7 2.21
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
5 Seasons 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 73 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 69 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 70 1.696 11.9 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.57

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 123 1258 1119 186 332 57 7 32 26 13 99 164 .297 .353 .446 .799 .321 499 28 6 21 13 18
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 0 1 0 0 1 33% 41 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 63 26 16 8 1 4 5.4 5.5 5.6 95 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 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 51 18 14 7 1 0 6.6 8.2 3.7 76 1 2 0 0 87
4 Seasons 113 16 4 5 7 2 0 9 7 .563 2 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 0.768 3 3 13 2 3 14 9 10 11 5 13 3 5.3 31
1995 30 COL NL 10 10 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 3 60% 7 0.372 1 1 8 3 0 7 3 7 4 2 5 0 4.4 24
1996 31 DET AL 22 13 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 17 5 29% 6 0.977 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 1.088 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 0.755 7 12 9 6 5 17 14 14 17 6 19 1 5.2 27
5 Seasons 123 107 22 8 10 8 5 3 63% 21 12 106 40 38% 0.890 32 34 41 33 18 56 56 51 72 20 79 9 5.7 31

Ratio Pitching*

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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 41% 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 51% 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 47% 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 49% 2.6% 8.4% 8.4% 7.7% 27% 1.43 2.90 78% 24% 8.2% 6% 56 9 16%
5 Seasons 1258 48% 2.5% 13.0% 7.9% 7.6% 29% 1.24 1.86 74% 20% 8.1% 8% 240 28 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 217 772 3.56 481 63% 22% 11% 31% 36% 78% 7% 48% 86% 57% 7% 15 6 16% 35 12 0 38% 6 4 0 4 0
1995 30 COL NL 70 244 3.49 141 58% 26% 8% 28% 38% 74% 2% 43% 89% 43% 9% 6 4 9% 6 1 0 70% 0 1 0 1 0
1996 31 DET AL 344 1262 3.67 752 60% 28% 10% 27% 35% 72% 1% 43% 86% 55% 5% 17 13 13% 46 17 3 53% 6 2 3 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 Seasons 1248 4562 3.66 2736 60% 28% 10% 26% 36% 72% 4% 43% 86% 56% 5% 65 35 14% 174 54 4 46% 21 12 10 5 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 Seasons 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 3 1 31 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1994 29 1 4 .200 5.98 22 3 4 0 0 0 46.2 62 34 31 4 16 5 26 2 0 0 217 69 1.671 12.0 0.8 3.1 5.0 1.63 69
1995 30 1 4 .200 6.31 32 3 6 0 0 0 61.1 81 50 43 5 23 6 36 2 0 0 287 70 1.696 11.9 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.57 70
1996 31 5 9 .357 5.58 54 12 7 0 0 0 140.1 172 96 87 15 52 8 88 4 0 1 634 86 1.596 11.0 1.0 3.3 5.6 1.69 86
1997 32 8 13 .381 5.05 92 13 15 0 0 3 224.1 253 139 126 25 76 14 141 5 0 1 984 93 1.467 10.2 1.0 3.0 5.7 1.86 93
1998 33 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 88

Neutralized Pitching

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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 87 48 43 6 22 36 3 1.677 12.0 3.0 5.0 1.64 0.8 22
1995 30 0 1 .000 5.50 18.0 19 12 11 1 7 12 0 1.444 9.5 3.5 6.0 1.71 0.5 10
1996 31 4 4 .500 4.38 78.0 84 42 38 9 27 51 2 1.423 9.7 3.1 5.9 1.89 1.0 22
1997 32 4 5 .444 4.17 82.0 80 42 38 10 24 52 1 1.268 8.8 2.6 5.7 2.17 1.1 38
1998 33 2 4 .333 6.21 58.0 76 44 40 7 22 22 1 1.690 11.8 3.4 3.4 1.00 1.1 31
5 Seasons 12 19 .387 5.08 301.0 346 188 170 33 102 173 7 1.488 10.3 5.2 1.70 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 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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