Tony Saunders
Anthony Scott Saunders
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 29, 1974 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Glen Burnie (Glen Burnie, MD)
Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1997
Final Game: May 26, 1999
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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
1997 23 FLA NL 4 6 .400 4.61 22 21 0 0 0 0 111.1 99 62 57 12 64 1 102 2 1 2 483 88 1.464 8.0 1.0 5.2 8.2 1.59
1998 24 TBD AL 6 15 .286 4.12 31 31 0 2 0 0 192.1 191 95 88 15 111 1 172 7 1 2 855 115 1.570 8.9 0.7 5.2 8.0 1.55
1999 25 TBD AL 3 3 .500 6.43 9 9 0 0 0 0 42.0 53 39 30 6 29 0 30 4 0 3 204 77 1.952 11.4 1.3 6.2 6.4 1.03
3 Seasons 13 24 .351 4.56 62 61 0 2 0 0 345.2 343 196 175 33 204 2 304 13 2 7 1542 100 1.582 8.9 0.9 5.3 7.9 1.49
162 Game Avg. 7 13 .351 4.56 34 34 0 1 0 0 191 190 108 97 18 113 1 168 7 1 4 852 100 1.582 8.9 0.9 5.3 7.9 1.49
TBD (2 yrs) 9 18 .333 4.53 40 40 0 2 0 0 234.1 244 134 118 21 140 1 202 11 1 5 1059 106 1.639 9.4 0.8 5.4 7.8 1.44
FLA (1 yr) 4 6 .400 4.61 22 21 0 0 0 0 111.1 99 62 57 12 64 1 102 2 1 2 483 88 1.464 8.0 1.0 5.2 8.2 1.59
AL (2 yrs) 9 18 .333 4.53 40 40 0 2 0 0 234.1 244 134 118 21 140 1 202 11 1 5 1059 106 1.639 9.4 0.8 5.4 7.8 1.44
NL (1 yr) 4 6 .400 4.61 22 21 0 0 0 0 111.1 99 62 57 12 64 1 102 2 1 2 483 88 1.464 8.0 1.0 5.2 8.2 1.59

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
1997 23 FLA NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 4 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 22 1.313 6.8 0.0 5.1 5.1 1.00
1997 23 FLA NL WS W CLE 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 6 6 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 16 5.000 31.5 4.5 13.5 9.0 0.67
1 Season (2 Series) 0 1 .000 9.82 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.1 11 8 8 1 6 0 5 0 0 0 38 2.318 13.5 1.2 7.4 6.1 0.83
1 NLCS 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 4 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 22 1.313 6.8 0.0 5.1 5.1 1.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 6 6 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 16 5.000 31.5 4.5 13.5 9.0 0.67

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
1997 23 FLA NL 22 483 405 62 99 17 2 12 7 9 64 102 .244 .347 .385 .733 .295 156 12 2 8 4 1
1998 24 TBD AL 31 855 721 95 191 35 7 15 13 10 111 172 .265 .364 .395 .759 .324 285 21 7 6 10 1
1999 25 TBD AL 9 204 168 39 53 13 0 6 1 1 29 30 .315 .424 .500 .924 .351 84 8 4 1 2 0
3 Seasons 62 1542 1294 196 343 65 9 33 21 20 204 304 .265 .367 .406 .772 .319 525 41 13 15 16 2
162 Game Avg. 34 852 715 108 190 36 5 18 12 11 113 168 .265 .367 .406 .772 .319 290 23 7 8 9 1
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
1997 23 FLA NL 22 21 4 6 11 0 3 13 8 .619 3 4 0 0 12 57% 50 72 16 10 6 1 9 5.1 5.1 5.3 92 6 5 10 0 119
1998 24 TBD AL 31 31 6 15 10 0 8 10 21 .323 1 3 2 0 20 65% 51 71 19 22 7 0 14 3.4 3.2 6.2 110 0 6 17 5 128
1999 25 TBD AL 9 9 3 3 3 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 0 0 2 22% 39 79 12 11 5 0 4 5.7 6.0 4.7 87 3 4 1 1 127
3 Seasons 62 61 13 24 24 1 11 28 33 .459 4 8 2 0 34 56% 49 79 12 43 18 1 27 4.3 4.1 5.7 100 9 15 28 6 128
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
1997 23 FLA NL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.135 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
1 Season 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.135 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 16

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%
1997 23 FLA NL 483 80% 2.5% 21.1% 13.3% 6.4% 31% 0.85 1.07 61% 21% 8.5% 13% 107 12 11%
1998 24 TBD AL 855 77% 1.8% 20.1% 13.0% 6.7% 30% 0.72 1.04 64% 25% 5.2% 11% 196 21 11%
1999 25 TBD AL 204 75% 2.9% 14.7% 14.2% 9.3% 36% 0.77 1.21 66% 23% 8.8% 14% 49 8 16%
3 Seasons 1542 78% 2.1% 19.7% 13.2% 6.9% 31% 0.77 1.07 63% 24% 6.6% 12% 352 41 12%
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
1997 23 FLA NL 483 1943 4.02 1095 56% 27% 20% 24% 29% 73% 0% 41% 72% 50% 8% 40 21 17% 84 37 1 19% 15 18 0 0 0
1998 24 TBD AL 855 3374 3.95 1980 59% 29% 18% 24% 29% 71% 0% 42% 74% 56% 6% 53 35 18% 154 65 0 22% 28 17 0 0 0
1999 25 TBD AL 204 781 3.83 429 55% 27% 17% 23% 33% 73% 0% 40% 76% 53% 9% 19 12 18% 37 17 1 20% 4 7 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1542 6098 3.95 3504 57% 28% 19% 24% 29% 72% 0% 41% 74% 54% 7% 112 68 18% 275 119 2 21% 47 42 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
1997 23 FLA NL 483 99 14 3 12 1 14 10 2 7 5 22 13 3 59% 7 2 0 191 7 9 44% 6 8 1 1 0 0 3 2 9 0
1998 24 TBD AL 855 191 43 2 15 0 19 14 1 6 9 45 26 6 58% 8 2 5 366 13 10 57% 12 8 1 1 0 1 3 1 22 0
1999 25 TBD AL 204 53 2 0 6 1 6 5 1 3 3 14 5 2 36% 4 3 1 84 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
3 Seasons 1542 343 59 5 33 2 39 29 4 16 17 81 44 11 54% 19 7 6 641 21 20 51% 19 17 2 2 0 1 7 3 40 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+
1997 23 4 6 .400 4.61 22 21 0 0 0 0 111.1 99 62 57 12 64 1 102 2 1 2 483 88 1.464 8.0 1.0 5.2 8.2 1.59 88
1998 24 10 21 .323 4.30 53 52 0 2 0 0 303.2 290 157 145 27 175 2 274 9 2 4 1338 104 1.531 8.6 0.8 5.2 8.1 1.57 104
1999 25 13 24 .351 4.56 62 61 0 2 0 0 345.2 343 196 175 33 204 2 304 13 2 7 1542 100 1.582 8.9 0.9 5.3 7.9 1.49 100

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1997 23 4 7 .364 4.84 106.0 99 63 57 12 64 97 2 1.538 8.4 5.4 8.2 1.52 1.0 22
1998 24 10 10 .500 3.97 186.0 183 91 82 14 106 166 7 1.554 8.9 5.1 8.0 1.57 0.7 31
1999 25 1 3 .250 5.93 41.0 50 30 27 6 27 29 4 1.878 11.0 5.9 6.4 1.07 1.3 9
3 Seasons 15 20 .429 4.49 333.0 332 184 166 32 197 292 13 1.589 9.0 7.9 1.48 0.9 62

* 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

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 AL--8.049--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1998 AL--172--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1998 AL--111--1st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 AL--.702--4th

Losses s c a p y
1998 AL--15--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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