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Michael Saunders

Michael Edward Brett Saunders

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 19, 1986 in Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
High School: Lambrick Park SS (Victoria, BC)
School: Tallahassee Community College (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 11th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 2009
Team: Mariners 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$489k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.138, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Mike McCann [*]
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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
2005	18	SEA-min	A-	56	228	196	24	53	13	3	7	39	2	7	27	74	.270	.361	.474	.836		93	1	2	1	2	1		EVR · NORW
2006	19	SEA-min	A	104	416	359	48	86	10	8	4	39	22	7	48	103	.240	.329	.345	.674		124	2	2	2	5	2		APP · MIDW
2007	20	SEA-min	A+,AA	123	567	483	99	144	26	6	15	84	29	11	67	136	.298	.390	.470	.860		227	7	8	6	3	2		HDS,WTN · CALL,SOUL
2008	21	SEA-min	AA,AAA	91	394	343	58	95	22	4	11	46	12	8	39	96	.277	.357	.461	.817		158	3	4	7	1	2		WTN,TAC · SOUL,PCL
2009	22	SEA-min	AAA	64	282	248	58	77	15	2	13	32	6	3	25	48	.310	.378	.544	.922		135	2	3	4	2	0		TAC · PCL
2009	22	SEA	AL	46	129	122	13	27	1	3	0	4	4	1	6	40	.221	.258	.279	.537	45	34	1	0	1	0	0	7/D
2010	23	SEA-min	AAA	21	93	80	6	16	1	0	0	5	4	0	11	17	.200	.293	.213	.506		17	2	0	1	1	0		TAC · PCL
2010	23	SEA	AL	100	327	289	29	61	11	2	10	33	6	3	35	84	.211	.295	.367	.662	86	106	1	0	2	1	0	78/D
2011	24	SEA-min	AAA	64	291	236	51	68	11	3	7	38	10	3	50	71	.288	.415	.449	.864		106	1	2	2	1	2		TAC · PCL
2011	24	SEA	AL	58	179	161	16	24	5	0	2	8	6	2	12	56	.149	.207	.217	.424	22	35	1	0	5	1	1	87
2012	25	SEA	AL	50	190	170	23	42	13	1	4	16	7	2	19	51	.247	.321	.406	.727	107	69	3	0	0	1	0	*8
4 Yrs				254	825	742	81	154	30	6	16	61	23	8	72	231	.208	.277	.329	.605	70	244	6	0	8	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	526	473	52	98	19	4	10	39	15	5	46	147	.208	.277	.329	.605	70	156	4	0	5	2	1

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
2009	22	SEA	AL	46	129	-10	-0	0	0	-2	-12	-1.2	4	-8	-0.8	.473	.492	-0.8	-0.2	-8	$	7/D
2010	23	SEA	AL	100	327	-6	0	1	4	-4	-6	-0.5	11	6	0.5	.494	.496	0.1	0.1	2	$	78/D
2011	24	SEA	AL	58	179	-18	1	0	4	0	-13	-1.4	6	-7	-0.8	.475	.491	-1.2	0.5	-11	$420,000	87
2012	25	SEA	AL	50	190	1	0	0	-2	1	1	0.1	6	7	0.7	.502	.501	1.0	-0.1	9	$	*8
4 Seasons				254	825	-33	1	2	6	-5	-30	-3.0	28	-2	-0.4	.488	.495	-0.9	0.2	-8	$420,000

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
2009	22	SEA	AL	129	98	9	2.4	102	.329	.221	.260	.258	.328	.279	.418	.537	.746	45	.210	-10.1	-1.0	.443	.131	.057	.0
2010	23	SEA	AL	327	235	34	3.9	94	.260	.211	.252	.295	.319	.367	.395	.662	.713	86	.414	-5.7	-0.6	.621	.287	.156	7.5
2011	24	SEA	AL	179	146	8	1.5	91	.212	.149	.248	.207	.311	.217	.392	.424	.703	22	.110	-16.6	-1.7	.364	.168	.068	3.0
2012	25	SEA	AL	190	134	23	4.6	90	.328	.247	.243	.321	.308	.406	.393	.727	.702	107	.500	2.4	0.2	.699	.300	.159	5.1
4 Yrs				825	613	74	3.2	94	.277	.208	.250	.277	.316	.329	.398	.605	.714	70	.334	-29.9	-2.9	.550	.239	.121	18.9
162 Game Avg.				526	391	47	3.2	94	.277	.208	.250	.277	.316	.329	.398	.605	.714	70	.334	-29.9	-2.9	.550	.239	.121	12

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
2009	22	SEA	AL	129	0.0%	31.0%	4.7%	3.1%	15%	6.67	3.1		30.5	0.97	1.15	64%	16%	0.0%	18%
2010	23	SEA	AL	327	3.1%	25.7%	10.7%	7.0%	38%	2.40	3.4	28.9	8.8	0.53	0.74	60%	18%	9.7%	18%
2011	24	SEA	AL	179	1.1%	31.3%	6.7%	3.9%	29%	4.67	2.9	80.5	20.1	0.55	0.70	58%	17%	3.7%	17%
2012	25	SEA	AL	190	2.1%	26.8%	10.0%	9.5%	43%	2.68	3.3	42.5	10.6	0.85	1.19	61%	18%	8.5%	24%
4 Yrs				825	1.9%	28.0%	8.7%	6.3%	34%	3.21	3.2	46.4	12.2	0.66	0.87	60%	17%	6.8%	19%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	34.9	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	22	SEA	AL	-10.1	-1.0	137	-0.3	1.6	-1.9	.86	-1.0	0.6	-6.5	-0.6	0.89	-10.7		1
2010	23	SEA	AL	-5.7	-0.6	340	-1.7	4.6	-6.2	1.02	-0.7	-0.9	-7.5	-0.8	0.92	-4.9	1.52	4
2011	24	SEA	AL	-16.9	-1.7	187	-2.2	1.7	-3.9	1.12	-1.9	-0.1	-22.8	-2.4	1.02	-18.3		0
2012	25	SEA	AL	2.4	0.2	202	-0.3	3.4	-3.7	1.08	-0.3	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.96	-1.5	2.41	3
4 Yrs				-30.2	-3.0	866	-4.6	11.3	-15.8	1.03	-3.9	-0.5	-37.0	-3.8	0.95	-35.4	1.66	8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	22	SEA	AL	1	39%	41	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	3	38%	11	9	2	0	0	0	5	1	4
2010	23	SEA	AL	1	22%	101	6	3	67%	5	3	1	0	2	1	2	3	34%	18	13	5	4	2	2	10	6	4
2011	24	SEA	AL	0	41%	49	6	2	75%	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	47%	7	5	2	1	0	1	7	3	4
2012	25	SEA	AL	1	33%	57	7	2	78%	6	2	1	0	1	0	2	5	40%	6	3	3	0	0	0	4	3	1
4 Yrs				3	31%	248	23	8	74%	20	7	3	1	5	2	6	14	38%	42	30	12	5	2	3	26	13	13

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	22	SEA	AL	129	57%	27	8	6	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	19	1	5%	11	3	27%	63	4	6%	2	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
2010	23	SEA	AL	327	72%	61	11	5	4	1	0	0	1.52	10	0	9	7	3	5	5	0	4	2	50%	50	1	2%	25	5	20%	190	24	13%	16	9	56%	7	3	43%	0
2011	24	SEA	AL	179	66%	24	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	6	5	83%	42	1	2%	22	8	36%	114	6	5%	12	5	42%	6	1	17%	0
2012	25	SEA	AL	190	74%	42	8	3	3	1	0	0	2.41	4	1	6	1	3	0	4	0	3	0	0%	34	3	9%	15	5	33%	106	12	11%	11	5	45%	7	4	57%	0
4 Yrs				825	69%	154	30	15	8	2	0	0	1.66	16	1	19	10	6	6	10	0	16	8	50%	145	6	4%	73	21	29%	473	46	10%	41	19	46%	25	10	40%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	22	SEA	AL	130	512	3.94	319	62%	34%	19%	21%	26%	66%	0%	41%	71%	19%	2%	2	0	12%	15	6	5%	7	4	30%	-1	0	0
2010	23	SEA	AL	327	1370	4.19	856	62%	31%	18%	27%	24%	69%	0%	43%	74%	22%	4%	12	0	11%	36	14	8%	27	15	29%	0	0	0
2011	24	SEA	AL	181	765	4.23	491	64%	31%	19%	27%	23%	69%	1%	44%	72%	18%	4%	7	0	15%	27	12	9%	16	10	32%	-2	0	0
2012	25	SEA	AL	190	764	4.02	474	62%	24%	22%	29%	25%	76%	0%	47%	71%	29%	7%	13	2	17%	33	13	12%	22	15	22%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				828	3411	4.12	2140	63%	30%	19%	26%	24%	70%	0%	44%	73%	23%	4%	34	2	13%	111	45	9%	72	44	28%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
2009	22	46	129	122	13	27	1	3	0	4	4	1	6	40	.221	.258	.279	.537	45	34	1	1	0	0
2010	23	146	456	411	42	88	12	5	10	37	10	4	41	124	.214	.285	.341	.625	73	140	2	3	1	0
2011	24	204	635	572	58	112	17	5	12	45	16	6	53	180	.196	.263	.306	.569	59	175	3	8	2	1
2012	25	254	825	742	81	154	30	6	16	61	23	8	72	231	.208	.277	.329	.605	70	244	6	8	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	22	46	129	122	13	27	1	3	0	4	4	6	40	.221	.258	.279	.537	9	46
2010	23	100	335	294	33	66	12	2	11	38	6	38	84	.224	.312	.391	.703	36	100
2011	24	58	180	162	18	25	5	0	2	9	6	12	56	.154	.211	.222	.434	8	58
2012	25	50	196	174	27	46	14	1	4	19	8	21	51	.264	.342	.425	.767	26	50
4 Yrs		254	840	752	91	164	32	6	17	70	24	77	231	.218	.290	.344	.634	79	254
162 Game Avg.		162	536	480	58	105	20	4	11	45	15	49	147	.218	.290	.344	.634	50	254

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