Scott Sauerbeck
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: November 9, 1971 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Northwest (Cinncinati, OH)
School: Miami University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 23rd round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1999
Final Game: September 23, 2006
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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
1999 27 PIT NL 4 1 .800 2.00 65 0 16 0 0 2 67.2 53 19 15 6 38 5 55 4 0 3 287 231 1.345 7.0 0.8 5.1 7.3 1.45
2000 28 PIT NL 5 4 .556 4.04 75 0 13 0 0 1 75.2 76 36 34 4 61 8 83 1 2 9 349 115 1.811 9.0 0.5 7.3 9.9 1.36
2001 29 PIT NL 2 2 .500 5.60 70 0 14 0 0 2 62.2 61 41 39 4 40 6 79 2 0 3 281 82 1.612 8.8 0.6 5.7 11.3 1.98
2002 30 PIT NL 5 4 .556 2.30 78 0 21 0 0 0 62.2 50 18 16 4 27 4 70 1 1 2 255 184 1.229 7.2 0.6 3.9 10.1 2.59
2003 31 TOT MLB 3 5 .375 4.76 79 0 13 0 0 0 56.2 47 34 30 6 43 5 50 5 0 1 260 94 1.588 7.5 1.0 6.8 7.9 1.16
2003 31 PIT NL 3 4 .429 4.05 53 0 11 0 0 0 40.0 30 20 18 5 25 2 32 1 0 0 173 108 1.375 6.8 1.1 5.6 7.2 1.28
2003 31 BOS AL 0 1 .000 6.48 26 0 2 0 0 0 16.2 17 14 12 1 18 3 18 4 0 1 87 72 2.100 9.2 0.5 9.7 9.7 1.00
2005 33 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 4.04 58 0 10 0 0 0 35.2 35 18 16 4 16 2 35 4 0 2 157 104 1.430 8.8 1.0 4.0 8.8 2.19
2006 34 TOT AL 0 1 .000 4.97 46 0 11 0 0 0 25.1 22 17 14 3 18 1 17 7 0 0 121 89 1.579 7.8 1.1 6.4 6.0 0.94
2006 34 CLE AL 0 1 .000 6.23 24 0 8 0 0 0 13.0 9 9 9 2 9 1 11 1 0 0 57 72 1.385 6.2 1.4 6.2 7.6 1.22
2006 34 OAK AL 0 0 3.65 22 0 3 0 0 0 12.1 13 8 5 1 9 0 6 6 0 0 64 121 1.784 9.5 0.7 6.6 4.4 0.67
7 Seasons 20 17 .541 3.82 471 0 98 0 0 5 386.1 344 183 164 31 243 31 389 24 3 20 1710 117 1.519 8.0 0.7 5.7 9.1 1.60
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .541 3.82 68 0 14 0 0 1 56 50 26 24 4 35 4 56 3 0 3 247 117 1.519 8.0 0.7 5.7 9.1 1.60
PIT (5 yrs) 19 15 .559 3.56 341 0 75 0 0 5 308.2 270 134 122 23 191 25 319 9 3 17 1345 127 1.494 7.9 0.7 5.6 9.3 1.67
CLE (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.62 82 0 18 0 0 0 48.2 44 27 25 6 25 3 46 5 0 2 214 92 1.418 8.1 1.1 4.6 8.5 1.84
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 3.65 22 0 3 0 0 0 12.1 13 8 5 1 9 0 6 6 0 0 64 121 1.784 9.5 0.7 6.6 4.4 0.67
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.48 26 0 2 0 0 0 16.2 17 14 12 1 18 3 18 4 0 1 87 72 2.100 9.2 0.5 9.7 9.7 1.00
AL (3 yrs) 1 2 .333 4.87 130 0 23 0 0 0 77.2 74 49 42 8 52 6 70 15 0 3 365 90 1.622 8.6 0.9 6.0 8.1 1.35
NL (5 yrs) 19 15 .559 3.56 341 0 75 0 0 5 308.2 270 134 122 23 191 25 319 9 3 17 1345 127 1.494 7.9 0.7 5.6 9.3 1.67

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
2003 31 BOS AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 27.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 27.0 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
1999 27 PIT NL 65 287 241 19 53 11 0 6 2 3 38 55 .220 .336 .340 .676 .261 82 11 4 4 0 5
2000 28 PIT NL 75 349 281 36 76 17 2 4 8 2 61 83 .270 .399 .388 .787 .365 109 12 1 3 3 8
2001 29 PIT NL 70 281 237 41 61 12 1 4 0 1 40 79 .257 .369 .367 .736 .370 87 6 2 2 0 6
2002 30 PIT NL 78 255 227 18 50 11 0 4 7 1 27 70 .220 .306 .322 .627 .301 73 10 1 0 0 4
2003 31 TOT MLB 79 260 209 34 47 3 2 6 2 0 43 50 .225 .368 .344 .713 .266 72 8 5 2 1 5
2003 31 BOS AL 26 87 64 14 17 1 1 1 1 0 18 18 .266 .448 .359 .808 .348 23 2 4 0 1 3
2003 31 PIT NL 53 173 145 20 30 2 1 5 1 0 25 32 .207 .327 .338 .665 .231 49 6 1 2 0 2
2005 33 CLE AL 58 157 135 18 35 8 0 4 0 1 16 35 .259 .353 .407 .760 .320 55 4 4 1 1 2
2006 34 TOT AL 46 121 94 17 22 5 1 3 1 0 18 17 .234 .395 .404 .799 .257 38 3 7 2 0 1
2006 34 CLE AL 24 57 46 9 9 3 0 2 0 0 9 11 .196 .339 .391 .731 .212 18 1 1 1 0 1
2006 34 OAK AL 22 64 48 8 13 2 1 1 1 0 9 6 .271 .444 .417 .861 .293 20 2 6 1 0 0
7 Seasons 471 1710 1424 183 344 67 6 31 20 8 243 389 .242 .360 .362 .723 .310 516 54 24 14 5 31
162 Game Avg. 68 247 206 26 50 10 1 4 3 1 35 56 .242 .360 .362 .723 .310 74 8 3 2 1 4
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
1999 27 PIT NL 65 65 16 4 1 6 2 4 33% 17 10 57 17 30% 8 0.934 20 15 27 25 7 33 34 31 22 23 23 18 3.1 15
2000 28 PIT NL 75 75 13 5 4 4 1 3 25% 19 13 49 15 31% 7 1.140 28 21 24 28 15 32 30 45 25 27 29 18 3.0 18
2001 29 PIT NL 70 70 14 2 2 4 2 2 50% 24 19 43 12 28% 8 0.965 25 17 27 30 9 31 26 44 12 29 19 22 2.7 16
2002 30 PIT NL 78 78 21 5 4 0 0 0 33 28 49 10 20% 8 1.199 36 15 26 41 9 29 33 46 12 39 12 27 2.4 13
2003 31 TOT MLB 79 79 13 3 5 5 0 5 0% 30 18 48 18 38% 1.171 30 30 19 41 12 26 28 51 8 48 9 29 2.2 13
2003 31 PIT NL 53 53 11 3 4 4 0 4 0% 25 16 31 11 35% 8 1.322 25 19 9 30 10 13 18 35 8 31 9 24 2.3 12
2003 31 BOS AL 26 26 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 5 2 17 7 41% 7 0.872 5 11 10 11 2 13 10 16 0 17 0 5 1.9 14
2005 33 CLE AL 58 58 10 1 0 2 0 2 0% 21 14 45 7 16% 8 0.845 20 15 21 28 6 24 29 29 3 39 5 14 1.8 10
2006 34 TOT AL 46 46 11 0 1 2 0 2 0% 8 5 28 7 25% 0.418 7 8 26 15 3 28 20 26 2 29 5 11 1.7 10
2006 34 CLE AL 24 24 8 0 1 2 0 2 0% 4 2 10 1 10% 7 0.466 3 6 10 9 2 13 8 16 0 15 1 7 1.6 9
2006 34 OAK AL 22 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 18 6 33% 8 0.375 4 2 16 6 1 15 12 10 2 14 4 4 1.7 11
7 Seasons 471 471 98 20 17 23 5 18 22% 152 107 319 86 27% 1.012 166 121 170 208 61 203 200 272 84 234 102 139 2.5 14

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%
1999 27 PIT NL 287 64% 2.1% 19.2% 13.2% 5.9% 32% 1.48 2.30 63% 14% 9.1% 12% 66 11 17%
2000 28 PIT NL 349 62% 1.2% 23.8% 17.5% 6.6% 30% 1.05 2.07 56% 28% 4.4% 4% 81 12 15%
2001 29 PIT NL 281 62% 1.4% 28.1% 14.2% 6.1% 28% 0.79 1.12 55% 33% 5.3% 10% 69 6 9%
2002 30 PIT NL 255 60% 1.6% 27.5% 10.6% 5.9% 30% 0.99 2.00 60% 25% 5.6% 5% 45 10 22%
2003 31 TOT MLB 260 51% 2.3% 19.2% 16.5% 4.2% 23% 1.32 2.08 59% 15% 9.2% 4% 61 8 13%
2003 31 PIT NL 173 52% 2.9% 18.5% 14.5% 4.6% 27% 1.27 1.84 62% 13% 10.9% 6% 41 6 15%
2003 31 BOS AL 87 49% 1.2% 20.7% 20.7% 3.5% 18% 1.47 3.00 53% 19% 5.3% 0% 20 2 10%
2005 33 CLE AL 157 43% 2.6% 22.3% 10.2% 7.6% 34% 1.06 1.63 62% 24% 8.3% 2% 30 4 13%
2006 34 TOT AL 121 48% 2.5% 14.1% 14.9% 7.4% 41% 0.77 0.97 61% 13% 8.1% 14% 22 3 14%
2006 34 CLE AL 57 46% 3.5% 19.3% 15.8% 8.8% 56% 0.59 0.75 58% 17% 10.0% 9% 5 1 20%
2006 34 OAK AL 64 50% 1.6% 9.4% 14.1% 6.3% 31% 0.95 1.21 64% 9% 5.9% 19% 17 2 12%
7 Seasons 1710 58% 1.8% 22.8% 14.2% 6.1% 30% 1.08 1.76 59% 22% 6.8% 7% 374 54 14%
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
1999 27 PIT NL 287 1031 3.59 597 58% 30% 17% 22% 32% 70% 5% 41% 76% 46% 12% 34 20 20% 56 36 3 29% 15 9 0 0 0
2000 28 PIT NL 349 1340 3.84 752 56% 33% 17% 23% 27% 67% 5% 38% 75% 46% 13% 46 22 19% 67 41 2 30% 17 16 0 0 0
2001 29 PIT NL 281 1096 3.90 632 58% 34% 19% 22% 25% 66% 5% 38% 72% 52% 11% 30 13 15% 42 23 2 35% 11 11 0 0 0
2002 30 PIT NL 255 1019 4.00 629 62% 35% 19% 22% 25% 65% 3% 40% 71% 55% 6% 15 6 22% 57 26 1 31% 10 6 0 0 0
2003 31 TOT MLB 260 1032 3.97 609 59% 38% 14% 21% 27% 62% 4% 37% 77% 55% 9% 23 9 22% 58 33 2 44% 16 10 0 0 0
2003 31 PIT NL 173 660 3.82 394 60% 38% 12% 21% 29% 62% 3% 37% 81% 57% 9% 15 3 23% 39 24 1 50% 12 10 0 0 0
2003 31 BOS AL 87 372 4.28 215 58% 38% 19% 22% 22% 62% 6% 36% 70% 53% 9% 8 6 22% 19 9 1 33% 4 0 0 0 0
2005 33 CLE AL 157 576 3.67 351 61% 40% 16% 15% 29% 60% 3% 37% 74% 55% 5% 8 4 18% 29 16 4 37% 8 2 0 0 0
2006 34 TOT AL 121 457 3.78 258 56% 34% 12% 22% 31% 66% 2% 37% 81% 55% 9% 11 5 16% 19 7 0 35% 5 4 0 0 0
2006 34 CLE AL 57 220 3.86 120 55% 33% 17% 20% 30% 67% 4% 36% 75% 51% 11% 6 3 14% 8 2 0 27% 2 2 0 0 0
2006 34 OAK AL 64 237 3.70 138 58% 36% 9% 25% 31% 64% 0% 38% 87% 58% 8% 5 2 17% 11 5 0 50% 3 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1710 6551 3.83 3828 58% 34% 17% 21% 28% 66% 4% 38% 75% 51% 10% 167 79 19% 328 182 14 34% 82 58 0 0 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
1999 27 PIT NL 287 53 6 0 6 1 16 1 5 4 2 16 6 3 38% 5 3 1 123 2 3 40% 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
2000 28 PIT NL 349 76 6 0 4 0 13 2 2 1 3 27 13 7 48% 2 9 0 156 8 2 80% 4 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 20 0
2001 29 PIT NL 281 61 7 1 4 0 7 2 2 2 2 24 13 6 54% 3 3 0 120 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2002 30 PIT NL 255 50 4 1 4 0 4 2 2 2 2 8 3 2 38% 0 2 1 110 7 1 88% 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
2003 31 TOT MLB 260 47 1 0 6 0 14 3 3 5 1 18 8 2 44% 4 1 0 101 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2003 31 PIT NL 173 30 1 0 5 0 9 2 3 5 0 11 6 1 55% 3 0 0 58 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 BOS AL 87 17 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 7 2 1 29% 1 1 0 43 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 33 CLE AL 157 35 4 0 4 0 6 1 3 2 2 9 3 2 33% 1 2 0 68 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
2006 34 TOT AL 121 22 2 1 3 0 2 0 3 2 1 5 2 0 40% 1 0 0 54 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 34 CLE AL 57 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 34 OAK AL 64 13 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 40% 1 0 0 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1710 344 30 3 31 1 62 11 20 18 13 107 48 22 45% 16 20 2 732 20 8 71% 13 4 6 4 1 0 3 2 43 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+
1999 27 4 1 .800 2.00 65 0 16 0 0 2 67.2 53 19 15 6 38 5 55 4 0 3 287 231 1.345 7.0 0.8 5.1 7.3 1.45 231
2000 28 9 5 .643 3.08 140 0 29 0 0 3 143.1 129 55 49 10 99 13 138 5 2 12 636 150 1.591 8.1 0.6 6.2 8.7 1.39 150
2001 29 11 7 .611 3.84 210 0 43 0 0 5 206.0 190 96 88 14 139 19 217 7 2 15 917 120 1.597 8.3 0.6 6.1 9.5 1.56 120
2002 30 16 11 .593 3.48 288 0 64 0 0 5 268.2 240 114 104 18 166 23 287 8 3 17 1172 130 1.511 8.0 0.6 5.6 9.6 1.73 130
2003 31 19 16 .543 3.71 367 0 77 0 0 5 325.1 287 148 134 24 209 28 337 13 3 18 1432 122 1.525 7.9 0.7 5.8 9.3 1.61 122
2004 32 19 16 .543 3.71 367 0 77 0 0 5 325.1 287 148 134 24 209 28 337 13 3 18 1432 122 1.525 7.9 0.7 5.8 9.3 1.61 122
2005 33 20 16 .556 3.74 425 0 87 0 0 5 361.0 322 166 150 28 225 30 372 17 3 20 1589 120 1.515 8.0 0.7 5.6 9.3 1.65 120
2006 34 20 17 .541 3.82 471 0 98 0 0 5 386.1 344 183 164 31 243 31 389 24 3 20 1710 117 1.519 8.0 0.7 5.7 9.1 1.60 117

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
1999 27 6 1 .857 1.77 66.0 49 14 13 6 35 54 4 1.273 6.7 4.8 7.4 1.54 0.8 65
2000 28 4 4 .500 3.65 74.0 70 33 30 4 56 81 1 1.703 8.5 6.8 9.9 1.45 0.5 75
2001 29 2 4 .333 5.08 62.0 57 39 35 4 37 78 2 1.516 8.3 5.4 11.3 2.11 0.6 70
2002 30 4 2 .667 2.25 60.0 49 17 15 4 26 67 1 1.250 7.4 3.9 10.1 2.58 0.6 78
2003 31 3 3 .500 4.66 56.0 46 32 29 6 42 49 5 1.571 7.4 6.8 7.9 1.17 1.0 79
2005 33 1 2 .333 4.50 34.0 36 19 17 4 16 33 4 1.529 9.5 4.2 8.7 2.06 1.1 58
2006 34 1 1 .500 4.68 25.0 22 14 13 3 18 17 7 1.600 7.9 6.5 6.1 0.94 1.1 46
7 Seasons 21 17 .553 3.63 377.0 329 168 152 31 230 379 24 1.483 7.9 9.0 1.65 0.7 471

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2000 NL  75 (7th)
2002 NL  78 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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