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Michael Saunders

Michael Edward Brett Saunders

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 19, 1986 in Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
High School: Lambrick Park (Victoria, BC)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 11th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 2009   vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Mariners 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$420k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.138, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Mike McCann [*]
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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
2009 22 SEA AL 46 129 122 13 27 1 3 0 4 4 1 6 40 .221 .258 .279 .537 46 34 1 0 1 0 0
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
2011 24 SEA AL 58 179 161 16 24 5 0 2 8 6 2 12 56 .149 .207 .217 .424 21 35 1 0 5 1 1 87
3 Seasons 204 635 572 58 112 17 5 12 45 16 6 53 180 .196 .263 .306 .569 59 175 3 0 8 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 504 454 46 89 14 4 10 36 13 5 42 143 .196 .263 .306 .569 59 139 2 0 6 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 22 SEA AL 129 -10 -0 0 0 8 -2 5 1 0.1 -7 -0.7 0.8 $
2010 23 SEA AL 327 -6 0 -1 1 2 -4 11 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $
2011 24 SEA AL 179 -17 0 -1 0 6 0 6 -5 -0.5 -11 -1.2 0.7 $420,000 87
3 Seasons 635 -33 0 -2 2 16 -5 22 -0 0.0 -16 -1.7 1.7 $420,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2009 SEA AL 22 OF 39 90 89 0 1 0 .989 8 4 2.28 .987 2.30
2009 SEA AL 22 LF 39 34 33 312.1 90 89 0 1 0 .989 8 4 30 15 2.56 2.28 .987 2.12 2.09
2010 SEA AL 23 OF 89 209 197 8 4 4 .981 2 5 2.30 .986 2.28
2010 SEA AL 23 LF 77 74 71 647.2 177 165 8 4 4 .977 1 4 3 7 2.40 2.25 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 SEA AL 23 CF 14 11 10 108.0 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 7 11 2.67 2.29 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 SEA AL 23 DH 4 1
2011 SEA AL 24 OF 56 47 43 443.1 140 139 1 0 0 1.000 6 1 17 2 2.84 2.50 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 SEA AL 24 CF 46 42 38 376.1 119 118 1 0 0 1.000 3 0 11 0 2.85 2.59 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 SEA AL 24 LF 12 5 5 67.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 3 1 54 18 2.82 1.75 .982 2.14 2.11
3 Seasons OF 184 47 43 443.1 439 425 9 5 4 .989 16 10 44 7 2.84 2.36 .986 2.28 2.28
3 Seasons LF 128 113 109 1027.0 288 275 8 5 4 .983 12 9 14 10 2.48 2.21 .984 2.09 2.07
2 Seasons CF 60 53 48 484.1 151 150 1 0 0 1.000 4 1 10 2 2.81 2.52 .990 2.64 2.62
3 Seasons TOT 184 47 43 443.1 439 425 9 5 4 .989 16 20 44 54 2.84 2.36 .986 2.28 2.28
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  12 (21st)

                                         

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  5. Bill Hinchman (948)
  6. Chief Wilson (941)
  7. Danny Bautista (940)
  8. Stan Javier (938)
  9. Joe Lahoud (938)
  10. Beauty McGowan (935)
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201124Seattle Mariners$420,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$420,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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