Steve Sax
Stephen Louis Sax
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 29, 1960 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Marshall (West Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1981
Final Game: May 8, 1994
Relatives: Brother of Dave Sax
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 LAD NL 21 2B 29 28 251.0 161 64 93 4 22 .975 -0.3 -1.4 -1.3 3.1 -4.4 1 5.63 5.41 .982 5.52 4.72
1982 LAD NL 22 2B 149 145 1334.0 818 347 452 19 83 .977 1.7 1.5 5.7 1.3 4.4 -4 5.39 5.36 .978 5.42 4.75 AS,RoY-1
1983 LAD NL 23 2B 152 151 1336.1 760 331 399 30 74 .961 -9.1 -8.2 -5.1 -1.4 -3.6 -4 4.92 4.80 .978 5.34 4.46 AS
1984 LAD NL 24 2B 141 140 1226.1 789 318 450 21 99 .973 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 1.7 -1.7 -1 5.64 5.45 .979 5.41 4.71
1985 LAD NL 25 2B 135 132 1169.1 709 330 357 22 84 .969 -8.5 -8.7 -5.5 -3.4 -2.1 -3 5.29 5.09 .982 5.47 4.82
1985 LAD NL 25 3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 1.00 .900 3.00 2.50
1986 LAD NL 26 2B 154 154 1366.1 815 367 432 16 71 .980 -14.5 -12.7 -7.5 -2.4 -5.1 -7 5.26 5.19 .980 5.21 4.54 AS,MVP-13,SS
1987 LAD NL 27 2B 152 151 1309.1 776 342 420 14 92 .982 -17.3 -15.9 -12.3 -8.1 -4.3 -5 5.24 5.01 .982 5.19 4.44
1987 LAD NL 27 3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.30
1987 LAD NL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
1987 LAD NL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
1988 LAD NL 28 2B 158 156 1336.1 719 276 429 14 69 .981 -7.2 -6.5 -2.2 4.5 -6.8 -5 4.75 4.46 .980 5.22 4.58 MVP-18
1989 NYY AL 29 2B 158 158 1351.2 782 312 460 10 117 .987 -1.6 -1.4 -2.6 -3.7 1.1 1 5.14 4.89 .981 5.24 4.51 AS,MVP-21
1990 NYY AL 30 2B 154 154 1355.2 759 292 457 10 102 .987 -1.5 -1.3 -3.5 -0.2 -3.3 2 4.97 4.86 .984 5.23 4.53 AS
1991 NYY AL 31 2B 149 148 1305.1 724 274 443 7 107 .990 3.7 3.4 0.7 2.1 -1.4 3 4.94 4.81 .981 5.19 4.44
1991 NYY AL 31 3B 5 5 43.0 17 3 11 3 0 .824 -2.7 -75.3 -2.7 -2.7 0.0 0 2.93 2.80 .959 2.78 2.32
1991 NYY AL 31 DH 4
1992 CHW AL 32 2B 141 141 1251.1 715 305 390 20 75 .972 -4.5 -4.3 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 -4 5.00 4.93 .983 5.25 4.60
1992 CHW AL 32 DH 1
1993 CHW AL 33 OF 32 26 209.0 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 6.9 0.2 -0.6 0.8 1 1.68 1.22 .982 2.41 2.09
1993 CHW AL 33 LF 26 22 174.0 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.7 11.7 0.7 0.3 0.4 1 1.66 1.23 .984 2.23 1.84
1993 CHW AL 33 DH 21
1993 CHW AL 33 RF 6 4 35.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -17.1 -0.5 -0.9 0.4 0 1.80 1.17 .971 2.24 1.85
1993 CHW AL 33 2B 1 0 1.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.5 600.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 27.00 3.00 .967 5.40 4.50
1994 OAK AL 34 2B 6 6 50.0 36 16 20 0 3 1.000 0.2 4.8 0.2 -1.3 1.5 0 6.48 6.00 .981 5.09 4.48
14 Seasons 2B 1679 1664 14644.0 8566 3574 4805 187 998 .978 -59.4 -4.9 -33.4 -7.0 -26.5 -26 5.15 4.99 .981 5.29 4.58
2 Seasons OF 33 26 210.0 40 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 6.9 0.2 -0.6 0.8 1 1.71 1.21 .982 2.41 2.08
2 Seasons LF 27 22 175.0 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.7 11.7 0.7 0.3 0.4 1 1.70 1.22 .985 2.23 1.83
3 Seasons DH 26
3 Seasons 3B 7 5 50.0 18 3 12 3 0 .833 -2.7 -64.8 -2.7 -2.8 0.1 0 2.70 2.14 .956 2.81 2.34
1 Season RF 6 4 35.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -17.1 -0.5 -0.9 0.4 0 1.80 1.17 .971 2.24 1.85
14 Seasons TOT 1719 1695 14904.0 8624 3617 4817 190 998 .978 -60.9 -4.9 -35.9 -10.4 -25.6 1 -26 5.09 4.91 .959 5.24 4.52
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 LAD NL 21 31 28 31 29 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 LAD NL 22 150 145 150 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1983 LAD NL 23 155 151 155 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1984 LAD NL 24 145 140 145 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1985 LAD NL 25 136 132 136 135 0 0 0 135 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 LAD NL 26 157 154 157 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 LAD NL 27 157 151 157 153 0 0 0 152 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 1
1988 LAD NL 28 160 156 160 158 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 NYY AL 29 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 NYY AL 30 155 154 155 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 NYY AL 31 158 157 158 154 0 0 0 149 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
1992 CHW AL 32 143 141 143 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1993 CHW AL 33 57 29 57 33 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 0 6 32 3 8 16
1994 OAK AL 34 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Seasons 1769 1702 1769 1717 0 0 0 1679 7 0 27 0 6 33 7 32 22
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 LAD NL 21 1048 61% 79% 29% 103 91% 1 66 20 33 13 90 74 13 0 2 4 0 3 1 3 22 7 5 6 1 19 7 12 3 2 1
1982 LAD NL 22 5777 63% 78% 29% 547 93% 0 348 103 167 78 456 400 50 1 4 21 0 19 2 14 84 32 13 18 8 74 26 46 8 2 5
1983 LAD NL 23 5843 60% 76% 27% 535 87% 2 324 110 133 81 397 345 42 1 6 30 1 27 2 24 73 24 15 17 1 60 18 40 9 5 3
1984 LAD NL 24 5377 61% 75% 28% 497 96% 1 312 100 145 67 443 363 67 1 10 21 0 20 1 18 97 28 20 33 4 89 37 50 5 3 2
1985 LAD NL 25 5038 67% 77% 28% 433 96% 0 327 113 162 52 367 305 53 0 3 22 1 18 3 16 83 29 21 21 2 77 23 52 4 1 3
1986 LAD NL 26 6087 60% 76% 31% 561 92% 2 370 123 156 91 444 365 66 1 9 16 1 13 2 11 73 28 9 24 3 65 27 37 7 3 4
1987 LAD NL 27 5851 55% 74% 30% 512 90% 3 342 99 160 83 428 351 61 3 7 14 0 13 1 12 94 34 18 25 4 86 29 54 6 4 2
1988 LAD NL 28 5775 51% 76% 33% 535 92% 3 269 100 112 57 429 358 60 1 6 14 0 10 4 10 66 27 3 22 1 59 23 31 6 4 2
1989 NYY AL 29 6077 62% 79% 33% 525 94% 0 308 101 170 37 459 388 63 0 3 11 1 7 3 5 114 45 14 41 4 105 45 60 7 3 3
1990 NYY AL 30 6096 59% 76% 33% 533 96% 2 292 115 128 49 456 381 68 1 6 10 1 6 3 6 101 42 10 36 3 92 39 52 6 2 4
1991 NYY AL 31 5865 55% 77% 31% 578 81% 0 275 85 149 41 443 375 61 0 8 7 2 3 2 3 107 33 19 39 2 96 41 54 8 2 6
1992 CHW AL 32 5510 59% 78% 31% 582 78% 0 305 111 157 37 391 336 52 1 4 20 0 12 8 13 75 30 12 19 3 71 23 46 3 0 3
1993 CHW AL 33 4 50% 75% 75% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 OAK AL 34 246 46% 70% 26% 23 100% 0 16 6 8 2 18 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
14 Seasons 64594 59% 77% 30% 5967 90% 14 3554 1186 1680 688 4824 4059 659 10 68 190 7 151 32 135 992 359 159 301 37 896 339 535 72 31 38
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 LAD NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 8 63% 88% 63% 3 33%
1993 CHW AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 7 3 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17 12 70.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 772 58% 76% 36% 74 43%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 7 3 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 19 13 68.4% 6 0 0.0% 0 780 58% 76% 37% 77 43%
MLB Averages 59.4% 2.6% 56% 77% 33% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1985 LAD NL 25 13 69% 77% 38% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 LAD NL 27 15 47% 80% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 NYY AL 31 181 71% 81% 36% 17 76% 1 3 2 0 1 11 10 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 209 69% 80% 35% 18 78% 1 3 2 0 1 12 11 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 88% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 CHW AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 162 59% 77% 35% 20 35%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 162 59% 77% 35% 20 35%
MLB Averages 43.9% 2.8% 56% 77% 33% 57%

* 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.

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