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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, Canada
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 (Age 22)
Team: Mariners 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$513k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.138, 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 45 34 1 0 1 0 0 7/D
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 AL 58 179 161 16 24 5 0 2 8 6 2 12 56 .149 .207 .217 .424 23 35 1 0 5 1 1 87
2012 25 SEA AL 139 553 507 71 125 31 3 19 57 21 4 43 132 .247 .306 .432 .738 110 219 6 1 1 1 0 *87/9
2013 26 SEA AL 30 124 110 19 25 4 1 4 13 6 1 11 33 .227 .293 .391 .684 93 43 2 0 1 2 0 8/9
5 Yrs 373 1312 1189 148 262 52 9 35 115 43 11 107 345 .220 .284 .368 .652 84 437 11 1 10 5 1
162 Game Avg. 162 570 516 64 114 23 4 15 50 19 5 46 150 .220 .284 .368 .652 84 190 5 0 4 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2009 22 SEA AL 46 129 -10 -1 0 0 -2 -12 -1.2 5 -7 -0.7 .474 .493 -0.7 -0.2 -7 7/D
2010 23 SEA AL 100 327 -6 0 1 4 -3 -5 -0.5 12 7 0.7 .495 .497 0.3 0.1 3 78/D
2011 24 SEA AL 58 179 -18 1 0 4 0 -13 -1.4 7 -6 -0.7 .476 .491 -1.1 0.5 -10 $420,000 87
2012 25 SEA AL 139 553 9 4 2 -12 1 4 0.4 21 24 2.4 .503 .502 3.7 -1.1 36 $489,100 *87/9
2013 26 SEA AL 30 124 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0.1 4 5 0.5 .501 .500 0.7 -0.2 7 $512,600 8/9
5 Seasons 373 1312 -25 5 4 -6 -4 -26 -2.5 49 23 2.2 .493 .497 2.9 -0.9 29 $1,421,700

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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 LF 39 34 33 312.1 90 89 0 1 0 .989 8 0 30 0 2.56 2.28 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 SEA AL 22 OF 39 34 33 312.1 90 89 0 1 0 .989 8 0 30 0 2.56 2.28 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 SEA AL 22 DH 5 0
2010 SEA AL 23 OF 89 85 81 755.2 209 197 8 4 4 .981 2 4 3 6 2.44 2.30 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 SEA AL 23 LF 77 74 71 647.2 177 165 8 4 4 .977 1 3 3 5 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 6 1
2011 SEA AL 24 OF 56 47 43 443.1 140 139 1 0 0 1.000 6 4 16 10 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 3 9 10 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 16 2.82 1.75 .982 2.14 2.11
2012 SEA AL 25 OF 136 133 126 1188.1 323 315 4 4 1 .988 -12 -12 -12 -12 2.42 2.35 .986 2.17 2.16
2012 SEA AL 25 CF 113 107 107 974.0 275 268 3 4 1 .985 -14 -13 -17 -16 2.50 2.40 .989 2.58 2.56
2012 SEA AL 25 LF 22 22 16 183.1 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 8 7 2.06 1.91 .984 1.94 1.93
2012 SEA AL 25 RF 5 4 3 31.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 51 0 1.74 1.20 .983 2.00 1.98
2013 SEA AL 26 OF 30 28 24 236.1 73 72 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -2 -21 -10 2.78 2.43 .990 2.24 2.22
2013 SEA AL 26 CF 24 22 20 189.2 59 59 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -5 -31 -32 2.80 2.46 .993 2.71 2.69
2013 SEA AL 26 RF 8 6 4 46.2 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 1 3 20 77 2.70 1.75 .985 2.06 2.04
5 Seasons OF 350 327 307 2936.0 835 812 14 9 5 .989 -0 -6 -0 -2 2.53 2.36 .986 2.24 2.23
4 Seasons CF 197 182 175 1648.0 485 477 4 4 1 .992 -15 -14 -11 -10 2.63 2.44 .990 2.61 2.59
4 Seasons LF 150 135 125 1210.1 330 316 9 5 4 .985 13 5 13 4 2.42 2.17 .984 2.07 2.05
2 Seasons RF 13 10 7 77.2 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 2 3 32 46 2.32 1.54 .984 2.04 2.02
5 Seasons TOT 350 327 307 2936.0 835 812 14 9 5 .989 -0 -6 -0 -2 2.53 2.36 .986 2.24 2.23
Lg 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
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 AL  20.0 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  8 (3rd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  4 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  4 (1st)
Active  4 (17th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  4 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2010 AL  4 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  8 (5th)
Active  13 (17th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2013 AL  2.80 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2565), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (373rd), 2.5 career WAR/2.5 7yr-peak WAR/2.5 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bob Coluccio (979)
  2. Nelson Mathews (970)
  3. Brad Komminsk (969)
  4. Ken Williams (967)
  5. Duane Walker (966)
  6. Ken Wood (965)
  7. Sam Bowens (964)
  8. Brian Anderson (963)
  9. Ernie Young (962)
  10. Dewayne Wise (960)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Bob Coluccio (980)
  2. Joe Lahoud (966)
  3. Buddy Bradford (965)
  4. Ken Williams (963)
  5. Mike Cameron (962)
  6. Paul Householder (961)
  7. Larry Hisle (956)
  8. Tony Armas (955)
  9. Daryl Boston (955)
  10. Hector Cruz (954)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. John Hale (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Coluccio (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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/Other Sources
201124Seattle Mariners$420,000
201225Seattle Mariners$489,100contracts
201326Seattle Mariners$512,600
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,421,700
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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