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Kevin Saucier

Kevin Andrew Saucier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 9, 1956 in Pensacola, FL
High School: Escambia HS (Pensacola, FL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1978
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Tigers 1978-1982

Final Game: July 25, 1982
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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
1974	17	PHI-min	Rk	4	7	.364	5.40	12	12		3	0	0	80.0	95	63	48	7	33	0	57	6	0	5			1.600	10.7	0.8	3.7	6.4	1.73	PUL · APPY
1975	18	PHI-min	A	12	9	.571	3.34	25	25		12	4	0	159.0	138	72	59	6	61	3	90	7	1	5			1.252	7.8	0.3	3.5	5.1	1.48	SPB · WCRS
1976	19	PHI-min	A	5	3	.625	2.63	14	14					82.0	73	32	24	2	25								1.195	8.0	0.2	2.7			PNS · CARL
1977	20	PHI-min	AA	7	16	.304	4.04	26	26		10	2	0	158.0	189	87	71	9	37	3	74	5	1	4			1.430	10.8	0.5	2.1	4.2	2.00	REA · EL
1978	21	PHI-min	AAA	7	12	.368	4.58	27	27		8	1	0	173.0	200	108	88	17	57	2	99	4	3	1			1.486	10.4	0.9	3.0	5.2	1.74	OKC · AA
1978	21	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	12	24	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
1979	22	PHI-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.11	24	1		0	0		47.0	40	16	11	3	24	7	20	2	2	0			1.362	7.7	0.6	4.6	3.8	0.83	OKC · AA
1979	22	PHI	NL	1	4	.200	4.19	29	2	7	0	0	1	62.1	68	31	29	4	33	3	21	3	0	1	277	92	1.620	9.8	0.6	4.8	3.0	0.64
1980	23	PHI	NL	7	3	.700	3.42	40	0	9	0	0	0	50.0	50	21	19	2	20	8	25	4	0	1	207	112	1.400	9.0	0.4	3.6	4.5	1.25
1981	24	DET	AL	4	2	.667	1.65	38	0	23	0	0	13	49.0	26	11	9	1	21	3	23	5	0	2	189	230	0.959	4.8	0.2	3.9	4.2	1.10
1982	25	DET-min	AAA	0	4	.000	7.36	10	3	4	0	0	1	22.0	18	19	18	1	23	1	17	1	0	1			1.864	7.4	0.4	9.4	7.0	0.74	EVN · AA
1982	25	DET	AL	3	1	.750	3.12	31	1	14	0	0	5	40.1	35	15	14	0	29	4	23	2	0	3	173	131	1.587	7.8	0.0	6.5	5.1	0.79
5 Yrs				15	11	.577	3.31	139	3	53	0	0	19	203.2	183	82	75	7	104	18	94	15	1	7	858	117	1.409	8.1	0.3	4.6	4.2	0.90
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.577	3.31	67	1	25	0	0	9	98	88	39	36	3	50	9	45	7	0	3	411	117	1.409	8.1	0.3	4.6	4.2	0.90

PHI (3 yrs)				8	8	.500	4.09	70	2	16	0	0	1	114.1	122	56	52	6	54	11	48	8	1	2	496	94	1.539	9.6	0.5	4.3	3.8	0.89
DET (2 yrs)				7	3	.700	2.32	69	1	37	0	0	18	89.1	61	26	23	1	50	7	46	7	0	5	362	170	1.243	6.1	0.1	5.0	4.6	0.92

NL (3 yrs)				8	8	.500	4.09	70	2	16	0	0	1	114.1	122	56	52	6	54	11	48	8	1	2	496	94	1.539	9.6	0.5	4.3	3.8	0.89
AL (2 yrs)				7	3	.700	2.32	69	1	37	0	0	18	89.1	61	26	23	1	50	7	46	7	0	5	362	170	1.243	6.1	0.1	5.0	4.6	0.92

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
1978	21	PHI	NL	2.0	1	0	4	18.00	4.08	0.70	-0.33	108.0	3.29	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.232	.498	$
1979	22	PHI	NL	62.1	29	2	31	4.48	4.24	0.36	-0.26	105.6	3.82	-5	-0.5	.9	-0.1	-0.1	1	.481	.497	$
1980	23	PHI	NL	50.0	40	0	21	3.78	4.08	0.02	-0.32	106.2	3.97	1	0.1	1.5	-0.1	0.5	6	.502	.501	$
1981	24	DET	AL	49.0	38	0	11	2.02	4.16	0.53	-0.33	103.2	3.41	8	0.9	1.8	0.3	1.5	11	.523	.505	$
1982	25	DET	AL	40.1	31	1	15	3.35	4.62	0.45	-0.32	99.4	3.83	2	0.2	1.3	-0.0	0.6	6	.508	.502	$
5 Seasons				203.2	139	3	82	3.62	4.25	0.34	-0.31	104.0	3.75	2	0.4	1.4	0.1	2.2	21	.503	.500	$

PHI (3 yrs)				114.1	70	2	56	4.41	4.17	0.22	-0.29	105.9	3.87	-7	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	0.1	4	.490	.499	$
DET (2 yrs)				89.1	69	1	26	2.62	4.37	0.49	-0.33	101.5	3.60	10	1.1	1.6	0.2	2.1	17	.516	.503	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	G	GF	IP	H	BB	IBB	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1980	23	PHI	NL	NLCS	W	HOU	2	1	0.2	1	2	1	0	5	4.500	13.5	27.0
1980	23	PHI	NL	WS	W	KCR	1	0	0.2	0	2	0	1	4	3.000	0.0	27.0
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	1	1.1	1	4	1	1	9	3.750	6.8	27.0
1 NLCS							2	1	0.2	1	2	1	0	5	4.500	13.5	27.0
1 WS							1	0	0.2	0	2	0	1	4	3.000	0.0	27.0

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
1978	21	PHI	NL	1	12	10	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	.500	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
1979	22	PHI	NL	29	277	234	31	68	9	3	4	3	4	33	21	.291	.381	.406	.787	.302	95	8	3	4	3	3	3
1980	23	PHI	NL	40	207	178	21	50	8	4	2	7	7	20	25	.281	.359	.404	.764	.310	72	4	4	1	4	8	2
1981	24	DET	AL	38	189	162	11	26	3	0	1	2	2	21	23	.160	.277	.198	.474	.181	32	10	5	1	0	3	2
1982	25	DET	AL	31	173	138	15	35	1	1	0	2	3	29	23	.254	.391	.275	.666	.304	38	8	2	4	0	4	1
5 Yrs				139	858	722	82	183	21	8	7	16	16	104	94	.253	.356	.334	.690	.280	241	30	15	10	7	18	8
162 Game Avg.				67	411	346	39	88	10	4	3	8	8	50	45	.253	.356	.334	.690	.280	115	14	7	5	3	9	4
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.385	.710	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	21	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	15	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.13	-0.2	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	1.13	-2.1	0	1	0
1979	22	PHI	NL	-1.6	-0.2	287	1.0	4.6	-3.6	.88	0.2	1.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.88	-5.3	7	4	14
1980	23	PHI	NL	2.2	0.2	224	0.8	4.8	-3.9	1.18	-0.1	0.8	1.0	0.1	1.18	-1.4	15	9	15
1981	24	DET	AL	11.0	1.2	198	1.6	4.9	-3.3	1.41	1.4	-0.3	17.0	1.8	1.41	15.4	20	6	12
1982	25	DET	AL	4.5	0.5	182	-0.0	2.7	-2.7	.94	0.2	-0.2	3.8	0.4	0.94	3.8	9	7	13
5 Yrs				13.3	1.4	906	2.9	17.0	-14.1	1.09	1.5	1.2	16.8	1.8	1.09	10.3	51	27	54

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
1979	22	PHI	NL	29	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	38.0	55	21	12	3	0	2	1.5	0.8	4.8

1982	25	DET	AL	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34	17	7	0	0	5.0	2.3	3.3
2 Yrs				60	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	1	33%	37	55	21	29	10	0	2	2.7	1.2	4.3
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-12					4.3	4.2	6.3

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
1978	21	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0	0		5	1.134	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1979	22	PHI	NL	29	27	7	1	2	2	1	1	50%	3	1	8	2	25%	5	.882	7	4	14	5	6	16	7	20	20	4	20	7	5.9
1980	23	PHI	NL	40	40	9	7	3	3	0	3	0%	8	5	44	16	36%	6	1.184	15	9	15	12	7	21	25	15	17	15	17	7	3.8
1981	24	DET	AL	38	38	23	4	2	15	13	2	87%	20	5	43	4	9%	9	1.408	20	6	12	22	3	13	29	9	14	16	17	10	3.9
1982	25	DET	AL	31	30	14	3	1	7	5	2	71%	10	1	32	11	34%	7	.938	9	7	13	11	3	16	20	10	11	15	13	6	3.7
5 Yrs				139	136	53	15	9	28	19	9	68%	42	12	127	33	26%		1.086	51	27	54	51	19	66	81	55	63	50	68	30	4.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	21	PHI	NL	12	17%	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	0.33	67%	1	0	0%
1979	22	PHI	NL	277	29%	1.4%	7.6%	11.9%	5.8%	24%	2.02	77%	60	8	13%
1980	23	PHI	NL	207	41%	1.0%	12.1%	9.7%	6.8%	28%	1.69	75%	43	4	9%
1981	24	DET	AL	189	32%	0.5%	12.2%	11.1%	2.1%	15%	1.65	73%	39	10	26%
1982	25	DET	AL	173	37%	0.0%	13.3%	16.8%	1.2%	6%	1.57	66%	51	8	16%
5 Yrs				858	34%	0.8%	11.0%	12.1%	4.2%	20%	1.73	73%	194	30	15%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.7%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

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
1978	21	PHI	NL	12	4			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	6	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1979	22	PHI	NL	277	68			4	0	3	4	0	2	2	15	6	1	40%	3	1	0	116	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0
1980	23	PHI	NL	207	50			2	0	13	2	0	1	1	29	14	4	48%	2	1	2	81	7	7	50%	6	5	1	2	0	0	4	4	7	0
1981	24	DET	AL	189	26			1	0	7	0	1	1	0	9	3	2	33%	2	2	1	85	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
1982	25	DET	AL	173	35			0	0	7	0	0	0	0	14	9	2	64%	1	3	0	80	2	3	40%	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0
5 Yrs				858	183			7	0	30	6	1	4	3	67	32	9	48%	8	7	3	368	16	16	50%	13	12	3	3	0	1	7	7	23	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1978	21	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	12	24	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	24
1979	22	1	5	.167	4.62	30	2	7	1	64.1	72	35	33	4	34	3	23	4	1	1	289	84	1.648	10.1	0.6	4.8	3.2	0.68	84
1980	23	8	8	.500	4.09	70	2	16	1	114.1	122	56	52	6	54	11	48	8	1	2	496	94	1.539	9.6	0.5	4.3	3.8	0.89	94
1981	24	12	10	.545	3.36	108	2	39	14	163.1	148	67	61	7	75	14	71	13	1	4	685	114	1.365	8.2	0.4	4.1	3.9	0.95	114
1982	25	15	11	.577	3.31	139	3	53	19	203.2	183	82	75	7	104	18	94	15	1	7	858	117	1.409	8.1	0.3	4.6	4.2	0.90	117

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978	21	0	0		22.50	2.0	4	6	5	0	1	2	1	2.500	18.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	0.0	1
1979	22	3	3	.500	4.74	57.0	69	33	30	4	33	19	3	1.789	10.9	5.2	3.0	0.58	0.6	29
1980	23	2	2	.500	4.09	44.0	51	22	20	2	20	22	4	1.614	10.4	4.1	4.5	1.10	0.4	40
1981	24	6	1	.857	2.01	67.0	42	17	15	2	34	32	8	1.134	5.6	4.6	4.3	0.94	0.3	38
1982	25	2	1	.667	3.86	35.0	36	17	15	0	30	20	2	1.886	9.3	7.7	5.1	0.67	0.0	31
5 Yrs		13	7	.650	3.73	205.0	202	95	85	8	118	95	18	1.561	8.9		4.2	0.81	0.4	139

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1981 AL 13 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1980 NL 4 (10th) 1981 AL 5 (8th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1981 AL 16.96 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1981 AL 13 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL 4 (10th)
1981 AL 5 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1981 AL 16.96 (8th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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