Dave Sax

David John Sax

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 22, 1958 in Sacramento, CA
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1982
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Dodgers 1982-1987

Final Game: April 26, 1987
Relatives: Brother of Steve Sax
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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
1978	19	LAD-min	Rk	44	145	145		39	10	2	4						.269	.269	.448	.717		65						LTH · PION
1979	20	LAD-min	A	97	325	282	37	76	18	1	6	49	7	5	43	31	.270	.366	.404	.770		114						CLI · MIDW
1980	21	LAD-min	A	101	395	316	42	89	11	5	3	44	6	4	68	32	.282	.406	.377	.782		119		2	3	6		VRO,LOD · FLOR,CALL
1981	22	LAD-min	AA	62	255	221	43	68	13	2	4	31	2	0	32	25	.308	.396	.439	.835		97		1	0	1	0	SAN · TL
1982	23	LAD-min	AAA	117	483	417	71	132	29	1	12	75	10	6	51	54	.317	.395	.477	.872		199		7	2	6	2	ABQ · PCL
1982	23	LAD	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1983	24	LAD-min	AAA	75	318	280	59	96	22	3	8	59	4	3	31	38	.343	.407	.529	.936		148		2	1	4	0	ABQ · PCL
1983	24	LAD	NL	7	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1985	26	BOS-min	AAA	20	74	61	6	13	2	0	1	4	0	0	12	10	.213	.342	.295	.638		18		0	1	0	0	PAW · IL
1985	26	BOS	AL	22	43	36	2	11	3	0	0	6	0	1	3	3	.306	.350	.389	.739	100	14	0	0	3	1	0	2/79
1986	27	BOS-min	AAA	99	371	322	31	93	19	1	9	49	0	2	43	49	.289	.371	.438	.808		141		0	4	2	0	PAW · IL
1986	27	BOS	AL	4	11	11	1	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.455	.455	.818	1.273	237	9	0	0	0	0	0	/23
1987	28	BOS-min	AAA	85	318	262	33	63	10	0	10	33	0	2	48	42	.240	.357	.393	.750		103		1	4	3	0	PAW · IL
1987	28	BOS	AL	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1988	29	PIT-min	AAA	38	120	103	7	23	3	0	3	11	1	1	14	21	.223	.311	.340	.651		35		0	1	2	2	BFL · AA
1989	30	NYY-min	AAA	21	76	64	10	20	3	0	0	5	0	0	9	10	.313	.400	.359	.759		23		1	1	1	1	CLB · IL
1990	31	NYY-min	AAA	73	241	205	18	51	9	0	4	19	2	1	32	38	.249	.354	.351	.705		72		2	1	1	2	CLB · IL
1991	32	NYY-min	AAA	99	325	270	45	77	19	2	8	54	1	0	51	39	.285	.395	.459	.854		124	6	0	1	3	2	CLB · IL
1992	33	NYY-min	AAA	58	213	188	23	41	4	1	4	20	3	0	22	37	.218	.297	.314	.611		59	6	0	1	2	0	CLB · IL
5 Seasons				37	67	60	3	16	4	0	1	8	0	1	3	5	.267	.297	.383	.680	83	23	0	0	3	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	293	263	13	70	18	0	4	35	0	4	13	22	.267	.297	.383	.680	83	101	0	0	13	4	0

BOS (3 yrs)				28	57	50	3	16	4	0	1	7	0	1	3	5	.320	.352	.460	.812	117	23	0	0	3	1	0
LAD (2 yrs)				9	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				28	57	50	3	16	4	0	1	7	0	1	3	5	.320	.352	.460	.812	117	23	0	0	3	1	0
NL (2 yrs)				9	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1982	23	LAD	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/7
1983	24	LAD	NL	8	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/2

1985	26	BOS	AL	43	0	-1	0	0	-2	1	1	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	2/79
1986	27	BOS	AL	11	2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	/23
1987	28	BOS	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
5 Seasons				67	-2	-1	0	0	-4	1	1	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$

BOS (3 yrs)				57	1	-1	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$
LAD (2 yrs)				10	-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$

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
1982	23	LAD	NL	2	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.264	.000	.326	.000	.382	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1983	24	LAD	NL	8	8	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.262	.000	.330	.000	.388	.000	.719	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

1985	26	BOS	AL	43	30	5	4.5	102	.324	.306	.266	.350	.332	.389	.413	.739	.745	100	.487	0.2	0.0	.615	.139	.083
1986	27	BOS	AL	11	6	4	17.8	101	.444	.455	.263	.455	.331	.818	.410	1.273	.741	237	.921	2.0	0.2	1.500	.364	.364	.0
1987	28	BOS	AL	3	3	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.269	.000	.337	.000	.431	.000	.768	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Seasons				67	49	9	4.9	101	.273	.267	.265	.297	.332	.383	.409	.680	.741	83	.534	-1.4	-0.2	.556	.150	.117	.0
162 Game Avg.				293	215	39	4.9	101	.273	.267	.265	.297	.332	.383	.409	.680	.741	83	.534	-1.4	-0.2	.556	.150	.117

BOS (3 yrs)				57	39	9	6.2	102	.333	.320	.265	.352	.332	.460	.413	.812	.745	117	.629	1.3	0.1	.714	.180	.140	.0
LAD (2 yrs)				10	10	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.262	.000	.330	.000	.387	.000	.717	-100	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.000	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				57	39	9	6.2	102	.333	.320	.265	.352	.332	.460	.413	.812	.745	117	.629	1.3	0.1	.714	.180	.140	.0
NL (2 yrs)				10	10	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.262	.000	.330	.000	.387	.000	.717	-100	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1982	23	LAD	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%
1983	24	LAD	NL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					8.0	1.67	100%

1985	26	BOS	AL	43	0.0%	7.0%	7.0%	7.0%	27%	1.00	12.0		6.0	1.27	79%
1986	27	BOS	AL	11	9.1%	9.1%	0.0%	18.2%	40%		11.0	11.0	11.0	0.25	82%
1987	28	BOS	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.00	67%
5 Seasons				67	1.5%	7.5%	4.5%	7.5%	31%	1.67	12.0	60.0	7.5	1.00	82%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.3%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.67	6.3	39.5	8.3	1.08	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	23	LAD	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	3.96	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.05	-0.5	5.72	1
1983	24	LAD	NL	-2.2	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.85	-0.2	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.84	-1.8	0.73	4

1985	26	BOS	AL	0.2	0.0	44	0.5	1.2	-0.6	1.14	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.1	1.00	0.4		0
1986	27	BOS	AL	2.0	0.2	12	0.0	0.3	-0.2	1.09	0.2	-0.2	0.8	0.1	0.84	2.4	1.81	1
1987	28	BOS	AL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.15	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.78	-0.9	0.98	1
5 Seasons				-1.4	-0.2	69	0.1	1.4	-1.3	1.18	-0.0	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.95	-0.4	1.63	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	23	LAD	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	24	LAD	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1985	26	BOS	AL	0	0	14%	24	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1986	27	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	28	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons				0	0	11%	25	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

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
1982	23	LAD	NL	2	100%	0			1	0	0	0	5.72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1983	24	LAD	NL	8	13%	0			4	0	0	1	0.73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1985	26	BOS	AL	43	51%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	9	0	0%	9	6	67%	32	6	19%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
1986	27	BOS	AL	11	73%	5			1	0	0	0	1.81	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1987	28	BOS	AL	3	33%	0			1	0	0	0	0.98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
5 Seasons				67	51%	16			7	0	0	1	1.63	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	100%	12	0	0%	11	7	64%	43	7	16%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF
1982	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1983	24	9	10	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1984	25	9	10	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1985	26	31	53	46	2	11	3	0	7	1	3	3	.239	.280	.304	.584	59	14	3	1
1986	27	35	64	57	3	16	4	1	8	1	3	4	.281	.311	.404	.715	93	23	3	1
1987	28	37	67	60	3	16	4	1	8	1	3	5	.267	.297	.383	.680	83	23	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1983	24	7	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7

1985	26	22	40	36	2	11	3	0	0	6	0	3	3	.306	.350	.389	.739	5	22
1986	27	4	11	11	1	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	.455	.455	.818	1.273	4	4
1987	28	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
5 Seasons		37	64	60	3	16	4	0	1	8	0	3	5	.267	.297	.383	.680	9	37
162 Game Avg.		162	280	263	13	70	18	0	4	35	0	13	22	.267	.297	.383	.680	39	37

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