Kevin Saucier
Kevin Andrew Saucier
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: August 9, 1956 in Pensacola, FL
High School: Escambia (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
Final Game: July 25, 1982
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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
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 20 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
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 91 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 1 207 111 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 2 189 228 0.959 4.8 0.2 3.9 4.2 1.10
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 3 173 129 1.587 7.8 0.0 6.5 5.1 0.79
5 Seasons 15 11 .577 3.31 139 3 53 0 0 19 203.2 183 82 75 7 104 18 94 15 1 7 858 116 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 3 411 116 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 93 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 5 362 168 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 93 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 5 362 168 1.243 6.1 0.1 5.0 4.6 0.92

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1980 23 PHI NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1980 23 PHI NL WS W KCR 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 9 3.750 6.8 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00

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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 139 858 722 82 183 21 8 7 16 16 104 94 .253 .356 .334 .690 .280 241 30 15 10 7 18
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
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
1979 22 PHI NL 29 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 38 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 34 34 17 7 0 0 5.0 2.3 3.3
2 Seasons 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

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
1978 21 PHI NL 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 5 1.157 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 0.900 7 5 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 1.220 15 11 14 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 1.463 21 6 11 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 0.953 10 7 12 11 3 16 20 10 11 15 13 6 3.7
5 Seasons 139 136 53 15 9 28 19 9 68% 42 12 127 33 26% 1.116 53 30 51 51 19 66 81 55 63 50 68 30 4.2

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%
1978 21 PHI NL 12 83% 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 0.33 67% 1 0 0%
1979 22 PHI NL 277 71% 1.4% 7.6% 11.9% 5.8% 24% 2.02 77% 60 8 13%
1980 23 PHI NL 207 59% 1.0% 12.1% 9.7% 6.8% 28% 1.69 75% 43 4 9%
1981 24 DET AL 189 68% 0.5% 12.2% 11.1% 2.1% 15% 1.65 73% 39 10 26%
1982 25 DET AL 173 63% 0.0% 13.3% 16.8% 1.2% 6% 1.57 66% 51 8 16%
5 Seasons 858 66% 0.8% 11.0% 12.1% 4.2% 20% 1.73 73% 194 30 15%
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
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 5 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 2 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 1 0 5 0
5 Seasons 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 12 7 23 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+
1978 21 0 1 .000 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 12 20 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 20
1979 22 1 5 .167 4.62 30 2 7 0 0 1 64.1 72 35 33 4 34 3 23 4 1 1 289 82 1.648 10.1 0.6 4.8 3.2 0.68 82
1980 23 8 8 .500 4.09 70 2 16 0 0 1 114.1 122 56 52 6 54 11 48 8 1 2 496 93 1.539 9.6 0.5 4.3 3.8 0.89 93
1981 24 12 10 .545 3.36 108 2 39 0 0 14 163.1 148 67 61 7 75 14 71 13 1 4 685 113 1.365 8.2 0.4 4.1 3.9 0.95 113
1982 25 15 11 .577 3.31 139 3 53 0 0 19 203.2 183 82 75 7 104 18 94 15 1 7 858 116 1.409 8.1 0.3 4.6 4.2 0.90 116

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
1978 21 0 0 18.00 2.0 4 4 4 0 1 2 1 2.500 18.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 1
1979 22 3 3 .500 4.66 58.0 68 33 30 4 33 20 3 1.741 10.6 5.1 3.1 0.61 0.6 29
1980 23 2 2 .500 4.00 45.0 49 22 20 2 20 22 4 1.533 9.8 4.0 4.4 1.10 0.4 40
1981 24 6 1 .857 1.96 69.0 40 17 15 2 32 32 8 1.043 5.2 4.2 4.2 1.00 0.3 38
1982 25 2 1 .667 3.75 36.0 35 17 15 0 29 21 2 1.778 8.8 7.3 5.3 0.72 0.0 31
5 Seasons 13 7 .650 3.60 210.0 196 93 84 8 115 97 18 1.481 8.4 4.2 0.84 0.3 139

* 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.

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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