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Vic Saier

Victor Sylvester Saier

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

Born: May 4, 1891 in Lansing, MI
High School: St. Mary's HS (Lansing, MI) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1911
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates 1911-1919

Final Game: August 5, 1919
Died: May 14, 1967 in East Lansing, MI
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Lansing, MI
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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
1911 20 CHC NL 86 302 259 42 67 15 1 1 37 11 25 37 .259 .340 .336 .676 90 87 7 11 3
1912 21 CHC NL 122 500 451 74 130 25 14 2 61 11 34 65 .288 .340 .419 .759 107 189 1 14 *3
1913 22 CHC NL 149 600 519 94 150 15 21 14 92 26 20 62 62 .289 .370 .480 .850 142 249 5 14 *3 MVP-6
1914 23 CHC NL 153 658 537 87 129 24 8 18 72 19 94 61 .240 .357 .415 .773 130 223 4 23 *3 MVP-16
1915 24 CHC NL 144 568 497 74 131 35 11 11 64 29 9 64 62 .264 .350 .445 .795 139 221 2 5 *3
1916 25 CHC NL 147 590 498 60 126 25 3 7 50 20 17 79 68 .253 .356 .357 .714 111 178 1 12 *3
1917 26 CHC NL 6 23 21 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 .238 .304 .286 .590 76 6 0 0 /3
1919 28 PIT NL 58 192 166 19 37 3 3 2 17 5 18 13 .223 .306 .313 .620 83 52 2 4 3
8 Yrs 865 3433 2948 455 775 143 61 55 395 121 46 378 369 .263 .351 .409 .760 120 1205 22 83
162 Game Avg. 162 643 552 85 145 27 11 10 74 23 71 69 .263 .351 .409 .760 120 226 4 16
CHC (7 yrs) 807 3241 2782 436 738 140 58 53 378 116 46 360 356 .265 .354 .414 .768 122 1153 20 79
PIT (1 yr) 58 192 166 19 37 3 3 2 17 5 18 13 .223 .306 .313 .620 83 52 2 4

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
1911 20 CHC NL 86 302 -3 -1 0 -1 -2 -7 -0.8 8 1 0.0 .491 .495 0.2 -0.4 2 $ 3
1912 21 CHC NL 122 500 2 -1 0 -3 -4 -6 -0.7 14 8 0.7 .495 .496 1.1 -0.7 11 $ *3
1913 22 CHC NL 149 600 27 -0 0 -5 -5 16 1.8 17 33 3.5 .512 .511 4.0 -1.1 38 $ *3 MVP-6
1914 23 CHC NL 153 658 22 -1 0 3 -5 19 2.0 18 38 3.9 .514 .514 3.6 -0.3 34 $ *3 MVP-16
1915 24 CHC NL 144 568 22 4 0 -5 -5 16 1.8 16 32 3.5 .513 .512 4.2 -1.2 37 $ *3
1916 25 CHC NL 147 590 8 -1 0 1 -5 3 0.4 17 20 2.0 .503 .502 1.9 -0.5 19 $ *3
1917 26 CHC NL 6 23 -0 0 0 1 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ /3
1919 28 PIT NL 58 192 -3 -0 0 0 -2 -5 -0.6 5 0 -0.1 .490 .496 -0.1 -0.3 0 $ 3
8 Seasons 865 3433 74 1 0 -9 -28 38 3.9 96 133 13.6 .505 .503 14.9 -4.4 143 $
CHC (7 yrs) 807 3241 77 1 0 -9 -26 42 4.6 91 133 13.7 .506 .504 15.0 -4.1 142 $
PIT (1 yr) 58 192 -3 -0 0 0 -2 -5 -0.6 5 0 -0.1 .490 .496 -0.1 -0.3 0 $

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
1911 20 CHC NL 302 203 28 3.7 95 .299 .259 .267 .340 .344 .336 .368 .676 .712 90 .465 -2.4 -0.3 .677 .216 .077 1.8
1912 21 CHC NL 500 335 64 5.1 100 .333 .288 .280 .340 .350 .419 .381 .759 .732 107 .582 2.3 0.2 .732 .231 .131 3.4
1913 22 CHC NL 600 403 87 5.8 92 .307 .289 .270 .370 .334 .480 .367 .850 .701 142 .690 26.6 2.9 .828 .322 .191 18.2
1914 23 CHC NL 658 431 79 4.9 83 .242 .240 .258 .357 .325 .415 .345 .773 .670 130 .649 22.7 2.5 .833 .385 .175 18.5
1915 24 CHC NL 568 380 79 5.6 82 .283 .264 .257 .350 .320 .445 .344 .795 .664 139 .726 24.2 2.8 .819 .350 .181 16.0
1916 25 CHC NL 590 401 62 4.2 85 .281 .253 .265 .356 .325 .357 .354 .714 .679 111 .593 10.7 1.2 .671 .269 .104 10.4
1917 26 CHC NL 23 16 2 3.4 84 .250 .238 .264 .304 .323 .286 .349 .590 .671 76 .504 -0.5 -0.1 .500 .143 .048
1919 28 PIT NL 192 133 16 3.3 85 .232 .223 .269 .306 .324 .313 .353 .620 .677 83 .458 -3.2 -0.4 .597 .229 .090 2.9
8 Yrs 3433 2302 417 4.9 88 .285 .263 .266 .351 .331 .409 .358 .760 .689 120 .629 80.3 9.0 .757 .300 .146 75.6
162 Game Avg. 643 431 78 4.9 88 .285 .263 .266 .351 .331 .409 .358 .760 .689 120 .629 15 2 .757 .300 .146 14
CHC (7 yrs) 3241 2169 401 5.0 89 .289 .265 .266 .354 .332 .414 .359 .768 .690 122 .637 83.5 9.3 .767 .304 .149 72.8
PIT (1 yr) 192 133 16 3.3 85 .232 .223 .269 .306 .324 .313 .353 .620 .677 83 .459 -3.2 -0.4 .597 .229 .090 2.9

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
1919 28 PIT NL 192 1.0% 6.8% 9.4% 4.2% 22% 0.72 12.8 83.0 9.8 79%
8 Yrs 192 28.7% 192.2% 196.9% 134.9% 33% 0.98 8.0 53.6 7.5 1315%
MLB Averages 2.6% 55.4% 44.2% 28.6% 23% 1.25 9.0 190.8 10.0 439%

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
1911 20 86 302 259 42 67 15 1 1 37 11 25 37 .259 .340 .336 .676 90 87 7 11
1912 21 208 802 710 116 197 40 15 3 98 22 59 102 .277 .340 .389 .729 101 276 8 25
1913 22 357 1402 1229 210 347 55 36 17 190 48 20 121 164 .282 .353 .427 .780 118 525 13 39
1914 23 510 2060 1766 297 476 79 44 35 262 67 20 215 225 .270 .354 .424 .778 122 748 17 62
1915 24 654 2628 2263 371 607 114 55 46 326 96 29 279 287 .268 .353 .428 .782 125 969 19 67
1916 25 801 3218 2761 431 733 139 58 53 376 116 46 358 355 .265 .354 .415 .769 123 1147 20 79
1917 26 807 3241 2782 436 738 140 58 53 378 116 46 360 356 .265 .354 .414 .768 122 1153 20 79
1918 27 807 3241 2782 436 738 140 58 53 378 116 46 360 356 .265 .354 .414 .768 122 1153 20 79
1919 28 865 3433 2948 455 775 143 61 55 395 121 46 378 369 .263 .351 .409 .760 120 1205 22 83

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
1911 20 89 312 268 43 69 15 1 1 38 11 26 38 .257 .339 .332 .671 29 86
1912 21 129 525 474 75 134 26 14 2 62 11 35 69 .283 .333 .409 .743 65 122
1913 22 156 636 549 105 163 16 23 15 103 28 67 65 .297 .378 .492 .870 101 149
1914 23 159 707 571 105 147 27 9 21 87 22 107 63 .257 .379 .447 .826 96 153
1915 24 150 615 533 93 153 41 13 13 80 34 75 64 .287 .377 .486 .863 97 144
1916 25 153 633 530 73 144 29 3 8 61 23 90 71 .272 .378 .383 .761 77 147
1917 26 6 24 22 6 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 .227 .292 .273 .564 2 6
1919 28 67 227 196 25 47 4 4 3 23 6 23 15 .240 .329 .347 .676 21 58
8 Yrs 909 3679 3143 525 862 159 67 63 456 135 425 386 .274 .365 .428 .793 488 865
162 Game Avg. 162 656 560 94 154 28 12 11 81 24 76 69 .274 .365 .428 .793 87 865

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1913 NL (6, 23%)
1914 NL (16, 6%)
0.29 Career Shares (619th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1913 NL  3.5 (10th)
1914 NL  3.9 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1913 NL  4.0 (5th)
1914 NL  3.6 (8th)
1915 NL  4.2 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1916 NL  .356 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1913 NL  .480 (4th)
1914 NL  .415 (10th)
1915 NL  .445 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1913 NL  .850 (4th)
1914 NL  .773 (10th)
1915 NL  .795 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1913 NL  149 (10th)
1914 NL  153 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1914 NL  658 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1913 NL  94 (4th)
1914 NL  87 (4th)
1915 NL  74 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1913 NL  249 (3rd)
1914 NL  223 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1915 NL  35 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1912 NL  14 (5th)
1913 NL  21 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1913 NL  14 (3rd)
1914 NL  18 (2nd)
1915 NL  11 (4th)
1916 NL  7 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1913 NL  92 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 NL  94 (2nd)
1915 NL  64 (7th)
1916 NL  79 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1913 NL  62 (10th)
1914 NL  61 (9th)
1915 NL  62 (10th)
1916 NL  68 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1915 NL  29 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1913 NL  142 (4th)
1914 NL  129 (10th)
1915 NL  140 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1913 NL  87 (2nd)
1914 NL  79 (6th)
1915 NL  79 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1913 NL  27 (4th)
1914 NL  22 (8th)
1915 NL  25 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1913 NL  2.9 (4th)
1914 NL  2.5 (8th)
1915 NL  2.9 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1913 NL  50 (6th)
1914 NL  50 (4th)
1915 NL  57 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1913 NL  217 (8th)
1914 NL  227 (6th)
1916 NL  206 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1913 NL  .690 (8th)
1915 NL  .726 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1911 NL  7 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1914 NL  23 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1913 NL  18.2 (1st)
1914 NL  18.5 (2nd)
1915 NL  16.0 (1st)
1916 NL  10.4 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1913 NL  37.1 (3rd)
1914 NL  29.8 (2nd)
1915 NL  45.2 (4th)
1916 NL  71.1 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1914 NL  431 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1911 NL  born 1891-05-04 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 52 (488), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1592), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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