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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
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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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
1981 21 LAD NL 31 127 119 15 33 2 0 2 9 5 7 7 14 .277 .317 .345 .662 91 41 0 0 1 0 1 4
1982 22 LAD NL 150 699 638 88 180 23 7 4 47 49 19 49 53 .282 .335 .359 .694 97 229 10 2 10 0 1 *4 AS,RoY-1
1983 23 LAD NL 155 692 623 94 175 18 5 5 41 56 30 58 73 .281 .342 .350 .692 94 218 8 1 8 2 3 *4 AS
1984 24 LAD NL 145 622 569 70 138 24 4 1 35 34 19 47 53 .243 .300 .304 .604 72 173 12 1 2 3 3 *4
1985 25 LAD NL 136 551 488 62 136 8 4 1 42 27 11 54 43 .279 .352 .318 .670 92 155 15 3 3 3 12 *4/5
1986 26 LAD NL 157 704 633 91 210 43 4 6 56 40 17 59 58 .332 .390 .441 .830 137 279 12 3 6 3 5 *4 AS,MVP-13,SS
1987 27 LAD NL 157 663 610 84 171 22 7 6 46 37 11 44 61 .280 .331 .369 .700 87 225 13 3 5 1 5 *4/57
1988 28 LAD NL 160 687 632 70 175 19 4 5 57 42 12 45 51 .277 .325 .343 .668 95 217 11 1 7 2 6 *4 MVP-18
1989 29 NYY AL 158 717 651 88 205 26 3 5 63 43 17 52 44 .315 .364 .387 .751 113 252 19 1 8 5 2 *4 AS,MVP-21
1990 30 NYY AL 155 680 615 70 160 24 2 4 42 43 9 49 46 .260 .316 .325 .641 80 200 13 4 6 6 3 *4 AS
1991 31 NYY AL 158 707 652 85 198 38 2 10 56 31 11 41 38 .304 .345 .414 .759 110 270 15 3 5 6 2 *4/5D
1992 32 CHW AL 143 630 567 74 134 26 4 4 47 30 12 43 42 .236 .290 .317 .607 71 180 17 2 12 6 4 *4/D
1993 33 CHW AL 57 129 119 20 28 5 0 1 8 7 3 8 6 .235 .283 .303 .586 60 36 1 0 2 0 0 7D/94
1994 34 OAK AL 7 24 24 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 55 8 0 0 0 0 0 /4
14 Seasons 1769 7632 6940 913 1949 278 47 54 550 444 178 556 584 .281 .335 .358 .692 95 2483 146 24 75 37 47
162 Game Avg. 162 699 636 84 178 25 4 5 50 41 16 51 53 .281 .335 .358 .692 95 227 13 2 7 3 4
LAD (8 yrs) 1091 4745 4312 574 1218 159 35 30 333 290 126 363 406 .282 .339 .356 .696 97 1537 81 14 42 14 36
NYY (3 yrs) 471 2104 1918 243 563 88 7 19 161 117 37 142 128 .294 .342 .376 .718 102 722 47 8 19 17 7
CHW (2 yrs) 200 759 686 94 162 31 4 5 55 37 15 51 48 .236 .289 .315 .603 69 216 18 2 14 6 4
OAK (1 yr) 7 24 24 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 55 8 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 1091 4745 4312 574 1218 159 35 30 333 290 126 363 406 .282 .339 .356 .696 97 1537 81 14 42 14 36
AL (6 yrs) 678 2887 2628 339 731 119 12 24 217 154 52 193 178 .278 .327 .360 .687 93 946 65 10 33 23 11

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 21 LAD NL WS NYY W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 4 17 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .250 .294 .250 .544 4 0 0 0 0 0
1985 25 LAD NL NLCS STL L 6 21 20 1 6 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 .300 .333 .450 .783 9 0 0 0 0 0
1988 28 LAD NL NLCS NYM W 7 34 30 7 8 0 0 0 3 5 0 3 3 .267 .353 .267 .620 8 0 1 0 0 0
1988 28 LAD NL WS OAK W 5 22 20 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 .300 .364 .300 .664 6 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons (7 Series) 26 95 87 11 24 3 0 0 4 7 3 6 9 .276 .337 .310 .647 27 0 2 0 0 0
4 NLCS 18 72 66 8 18 3 0 0 4 6 2 5 8 .273 .333 .318 .652 21 0 1 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 7 23 21 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 .286 .348 .286 .634 6 0 1 0 0 0
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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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1982 *
1983 (2B)
1986 *
1989 *
1990 (2B)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1982-NL-Rookie of the Year

Silver Sluggers
1986-NL-2B

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-NL-13-4%
1988-NL-18-0%
1989-AL-21-1%
0.05 Career Shares (1085th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1986 NL--.332--2nd
1989 AL--.315--7th

On-Base% s c a p y
1986 NL--.390--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
1986 NL--157--9th
1987 NL--157--7th
1988 NL--160--2nd
1989 AL--158--10th
1991 AL--158--10th

At Bats s c a p y
1982 NL--638--7th
1983 NL--623--5th
1986 NL--633--3rd
1987 NL--610--6th
1988 NL--632--1st
1989 AL--651--1st
1990 AL--615--6th
1991 AL--652--3rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1982 NL--699--7th
1983 NL--692--4th
1986 NL--704--1st
1988 NL--687--2nd
1989 AL--717--2nd
1991 AL--707--10th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1983 NL--94--5th
1986 NL--91--8th
1989 AL--88--6th

Hits s c a p y
1982 NL--180--7th
1983 NL--175--9th
1986 NL--210--2nd
1988 NL--175--4th
1989 AL--205--2nd
1991 AL--198--6th

Total Bases s c a p y
1986 NL--279--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1986 NL--43--2nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1982 NL--49--5th
1983 NL--56--3rd
1986 NL--40--7th
1987 NL--37--9th
1988 NL--42--7th
1989 AL--43--4th
1990 AL--43--2nd
1991 AL--31--9th
Career--444--50th

Singles s c a p y
1982 NL--146--2nd
1983 NL--147--2nd
1985 NL--123--10th
1986 NL--157--1st
1987 NL--136--4th
1988 NL--147--1st
1989 AL--171--1st
1990 AL--130--6th
1991 AL--148--3rd
Career--1570--156th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1986 NL--137--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1986 NL--110--5th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1986 NL--33--4th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1986 NL--3.4--4th

Times On Base s c a p y
1983 NL--234--8th
1986 NL--272--2nd
1989 AL--258--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1986 NL--.676--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1992 AL--12--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1982 NL--19--4th
1983 NL--30--1st
1984 NL--19--2nd
1986 NL--17--2nd
1987 NL--11--9th
1988 NL--12--10th
1989 AL--17--3rd
1991 AL--11--7th
Career--178--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1982 NL--12.038--10th
1984 NL--10.736--4th
1985 NL--11.349--8th
1986 NL--10.914--7th
1987 NL--10.000--9th
1988 NL--12.392--6th
1989 AL--14.795--5th
1990 AL--13.370--4th
1991 AL--17.158--1st
1992 AL--13.500--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 NL--497--4th
1983 NL--496--2nd
1984 NL--467--6th
1986 NL--461--8th
1987 NL--469--5th
1988 NL--489--4th
1989 AL--495--4th
1990 AL--489--5th
1991 AL--491--3rd
1992 AL--480--8th
Career--5427--232nd

Youngest s c a p y
1981 NL--born 1960-01-29--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 66 (372), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 57 (326), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Eric Young (903)
  5. Phil Rizzuto (902) *
  6. Bill Russell (898)
  7. Pete Runnels (891)
  8. Mark Grudzielanek (888)
  9. Johnny Evers (888) *
  10. Dick Groat (887)
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  3. Johnny Evers (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Luis Aparicio (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Sweeney (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Red Schoendienst (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Luis Aparicio (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Garry Templeton (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Garry Templeton (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Garry Templeton (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Garry Templeton (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Luis Aparicio (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Omar Vizquel (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

November 23, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

January 10, 1992: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Domingo Jean, Melido Perez and Bob Wickman.

April 21, 1994: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

April 30, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 14, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Los Angeles Dodgers$465,000
1986Los Angeles Dodgers$584,624
1988Los Angeles Dodgers$838,182
1989New York Yankees$1,150,000
1990New York Yankees$950,000
1991New York Yankees$1,650,001
1992Chicago White Sox$3,575,000
1993Chicago White Sox$1,975,000
1994Chicago White Sox$3,475,000
Oakland Athletics$109,000
1995Chicago White Sox$3,475,000
Career (may be incomplete)$18,246,807
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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