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Tony Saunders

Anthony Scott Saunders

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 29, 1974 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Glen Burnie HS (Glen Burnie, MD)
Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1997
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Marlins 1997-1999

Final Game: May 26, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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
1992	18	MLN	Rk	4	1	.800	1.18	24	0	16	0	0	7	45.2	29	10	6	0	13	2	37	1	0	4	180		0.920	5.7	0.0	2.6	7.3	2.85	MLN · GULF
1993	19	FLA-min	A	6	1	.857	2.27	23	10	1	2	0	1	83.1	72	23	21	3	32	3	87	2	1	2	344		1.248	7.8	0.3	3.5	9.4	2.72	KNC · MIDW
1994	20	FLA-min	A+	5	5	.500	3.15	10	10	0	1	0	0	60.0	54	24	21	4	9	0	46	2	0	2	237		1.050	8.1	0.6	1.4	6.9	5.11	BRE · FLOR
1995	21	FLA-min	A+	6	5	.545	3.04	13	13	0	0	0	0	71.0	60	29	24	6	15	0	54	7	0	3	275		1.056	7.6	0.8	1.9	6.8	3.60	BRE · FLOR
1996	22	FLA-min	AA	13	4	.765	2.63	26	26	0	2	0	0	167.2	121	51	49	10	62	3	156	0	1	8	669		1.091	6.5	0.5	3.3	8.4	2.52	PRT · EL
1997	23	FLA-min	AAA,AA	1	0	1.000	3.60	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.0	12	6	6	1	7	0	12	0	0	0	60		1.267	7.2	0.6	4.2	7.2	1.71	CHR,PRT · IL,EL
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	116	1.570	8.9	0.7	5.2	8.0	1.55
1999	25	TBD-min	AAA	0	0		2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	3	2	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	31		1.429	10.3	0.0	2.6	9.0	3.50	DHM · IL
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
2000	26	TBD-min	A+,A	0	0		3.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	5	4	1	5	0	6	1	0	1	50		1.167	6.8	0.8	3.8	4.5	1.20	SPT,CHS · FLOR,SALL
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2005		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
3 Yrs				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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1997	23	FLA	NL	111.1	22	21	62	5.01	4.61	-0.03	0.16	94.8	4.55	-6	-0.6	.5	-0.1	0.2	5	.473	.496	$150,000
1998	24	TBD	AL	192.1	31	31	95	4.45	5.29	0.53	0.19	101.3	5.02	12	1.2		-0.1	2.8	37	.539	.507	$215,000
1999	25	TBD	AL	42.0	9	9	39	8.36	5.10	-0.35	0.20	100.1	5.66	-12	-1.0		-0.0	-0.7	-7	.384	.494	$277,500
3 Seasons				345.2	62	61	196	5.10	5.05	0.24	0.18	99.0	4.94	-6	-0.4	.5	-0.2	2.3	35	.493	.499	$642,500

TBD (2 yrs)				234.1	40	40	134	5.15	5.26	0.37	0.19	101.1	5.13	-0	0.2		-0.1	2.1	30	.504	.501	$492,500
FLA (1 yr)				111.1	22	21	62	5.01	4.61	-0.03	0.16	94.8	4.55	-6	-0.6	.5	-0.1	0.2	5	.473	.496	$150,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1997	23	FLA	NL	NLCS	W	ATL	0		3.38	1	1	5.1	4	2	2	0	3	3	22	1.313	6.8	0.0	5.1	5.1	1.00
1997	23	FLA	NL	WS	W	CLE	1	.000	27.00	1	1	2.0	7	6	6	1	3	2	16	5.000	31.5	4.5	13.5	9.0	0.67
1 Yr (2 Series)							1	.000	9.82	2	2	7.1	11	8	8	1	6	5	38	2.318	13.5	1.2	7.4	6.1	0.83
1 NLCS							0		3.38	1	1	5.1	4	2	2	0	3	3	22	1.313	6.8	0.0	5.1	5.1	1.00
1 WS							1	.000	27.00	1	1	2.0	7	6	6	1	3	2	16	5.000	31.5	4.5	13.5	9.0	0.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	7
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	8
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	4
3 Yrs				62	1542	1294	196	343	65	9	33	21	20	204	304	.265	.367	.406	.772	.319	525	41	13	15	16	2	19
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	11
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.425	.763	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1997	23	FLA	NL	-6.8	-0.7	503	-0.5	9.6	-10.0	1.15	-0.5	0.1	-3.6	-0.4	1.15	-4.5	1
1998	24	TBD	AL	13.7	1.3	883	0.2	15.5	-15.3	1.03	0.2	0.0	14.6	1.4	1.03	3.6	0
1999	25	TBD	AL	-9.3	-0.8	210	-0.7	3.8	-4.5	1.09	-0.9	0.3	-13.7	-1.2	1.09	-10.2	0
3 Yrs				-2.4	-0.2	1596	-0.9	29.0	-29.9	1.07	-1.2	0.4	-2.8	-0.1	1.07	-11.1	1

Starting Pitching*

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%	49.7	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	2	3	2	0	20	65%	50.6	71	19	22	7	0	14	3.4	3.2	6.2	109	0	6	20	5	128
1999	25	TBD	AL	9	9	3	3	3	1	0	5	4	.556	0	1	0	0	2	22%	38.8	79	12	11	5	0	4	5.7	6.0	4.7	87	3	4	1	1	127
3 Yrs				62	61	13	24	24	1	11	28	33	.459	5	8	2	0	34	56%	49	79	12	43	18	1	27	4.3	4.1	5.7	100	9	15	31	6	128
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	1.147	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	16
1 Yr				22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			1.147	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	16

Ratio Pitching*

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	20%	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	23%	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	25%	2.9%	14.7%	14.2%	9.3%	36%	0.77	1.21	66%	23%	8.8%	14%	49	8	16%
3 Yrs				1542	22%	2.1%	19.7%	13.2%	6.9%	31%	0.77	1.07	63%	24%	6.6%	12%	352	41	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	7.9%	33%	0.81	1.09	70%	21%	8.2%	15%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	485	1949	4.02	1098	56%	27%	20%	24%	29%	73%	0%	41%	72%	50%	8%	40	21	18%	85	37	1	19%	15	18	-2	0	0
1998	24	TBD	AL	856	3379	3.95	1982	59%	29%	19%	24%	29%	71%	0%	42%	74%	56%	6%	53	35	18%	154	65	0	22%	28	17	-1	0	0
1999	25	TBD	AL	205	784	3.82	430	55%	27%	17%	23%	33%	73%	0%	40%	76%	53%	9%	19	12	18%	37	17	1	20%	4	7	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				1546	6112	3.95	3510	57%	28%	19%	24%	29%	72%	0%	41%	74%	54%	7%	112	68	18%	276	119	2	21%	47	42	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	2	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	0	0	9	0
3 Yrs				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	5	3	40	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	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	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	2	303.2	290	157	145	27	175	2	274	9	2	4	1338	105	1.531	8.6	0.8	5.2	8.1	1.57	105
1999	25	13	24	.351	4.56	62	61	2	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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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	3.92	186.0	183	90	81	14	106	167	7	1.554	8.9	5.1	8.1	1.58	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 Yrs		15	20	.429	4.46	333.0	332	183	165	32	197	293	13	1.589	9.0		7.9	1.49	0.9	62

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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 0.702 (4th)
Losses s c a p y 1998 AL 15 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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