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Vic Saier
Victor Sylvester Saier

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

Debut May 3, 1911
Final Game August 5, 1919
Born May 4, 1891 in Lansing, MI
Died May 14, 1967 in E.Lansing, MI

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1911 20 CHC NL  86  259   42   67  15  1   1   37  11     25  37  .259  .340  .336   89   87  11           7    
 1912 21 CHC NL 122  451   74  130  25 14   2   61  11     34  65  .288  .340  .419  107  189  14           1    
 1913 22 CHC NL 149  519   94  150  15 21  14   92  26     62  62  .289  .370  .480  142  249  14           5     MVP-6
 1914 23 CHC NL 153  537   87  129  24  8  18   72  19     94  61  .240  .357  .415  129  223  23           4     MVP-16
 1915 24 CHC NL 144  497   74  131  35 11  11   64  29  9  64  62  .264  .350  .445  140  221   5           2    
 1916 25 CHC NL 147  498   60  126  25  3   7   50  20 17  79  68  .253  .356  .357  111  178  12           1    
 1917 26 CHC NL   6   21    5    5   1  0   0    2   0      2   1  .238  .304  .286   76    6   0           0    
 1919 28 PIT NL  58  166   19   37   3  3   2   17   5     18  13  .223  .306  .313   83   52   4           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      865 2948  455  775 143 61  55  395 121 26 378 369  .263  .351  .409  120 1205  83   0   0  22   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        552   85  145  27 11  10   74  23  5  71  69  .263  .351  .409  120  226  16   0   0   4   0
 Career High    153  537   94  150  35 21  18   92  29 17  94  68  .289  .370  .480  142  249  23   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1911 20 CHC NL  302  203   28   3.7    96| .259  .268| .340  .345| .336  .369| .676  .715|  89  .465  -2.8  -0.3     
 1912 21 CHC NL  500  335   64   5.1   100| .288  .280| .340  .350| .419  .381| .759  .732| 107  .582   2.3   0.2     
 1913 22 CHC NL  600  383   91   6.4    91| .289  .270| .370  .334| .480  .367| .850  .701| 142  .714  26.6   2.8     
 1914 23 CHC NL  658  431   79   4.9    84| .240  .259| .357  .327| .415  .346| .772  .673| 129  .649  22.1   2.5     
 1915 24 CHC NL  568  380   79   5.6    81| .264  .256| .350  .319| .445  .342| .795  .661| 140  .726  24.8   2.9  76%
 1916 25 CHC NL  590  401   62   4.2    85| .253  .265| .356  .325| .357  .354| .713  .679| 111  .605  10.8   1.3  54%
 1917 26 CHC NL   23   16    2   3.4    84| .238  .265| .304  .324| .286  .350| .590  .674|  76  .504  -0.5  -0.1     
 1919 28 PIT NL  190  133   16   3.2    85| .223  .269| .306  .324| .313  .353| .619  .677|  83  .458  -3.2  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3431 2282  421   5.0    88| .263  .266| .351  .331| .409  .358| .760  .690| 120  .636  80.0   8.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1911 20 CHC NL 1B 73 715 33 15 44 .980 .985 10.25 9.90 1912 21 CHC NL 1B 120 1165 52 10 67 .992 .988 10.14 8.33 1913 22 CHC NL 1B 149 1472 71 26 79 .983 .986 10.36 6.71 1914 23 CHC NL 1B 153 1521 59 22 62 .986 .988 10.33 6.54 1915 24 CHC NL 1B 139 1348 65 21 71 .985 .990 10.17 7.19 1916 25 CHC NL 1B 147 1622 74 27 78 .984 .987 11.54 6.80 1917 26 CHC NL 1B 6 56 7 0 3 1.000 .987 10.50 10.52 1919 28 PIT NL 1B 51 493 17 8 18 .985 .988 10.00 10.84
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 20 CHC NL 1B 73 715 33 15 44 .980 .985 10.25 9.90 1912 21 CHC NL 1B 120 1165 52 10 67 .992 .988 10.14 8.33 1913 22 CHC NL 1B 149 1472 71 26 79 .983 .986 10.36 6.71 1914 23 CHC NL 1B 153 1521 59 22 62 .986 .988 10.33 6.54 1915 24 CHC NL 1B 139 1348 65 21 71 .985 .990 10.17 7.19 1916 25 CHC NL 1B 147 1622 74 27 78 .984 .987 11.54 6.80 1917 26 CHC NL 1B 6 56 7 0 3 1.000 .987 10.50 10.52 1919 28 PIT NL 1B 51 493 17 8 18 .985 .988 10.00 10.84
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 838 8392 378 129 422 .986 .988 10.47 7.56 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 838 8392 378 129 422 .986 .988 10.47 7.56
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1913-NL-6-0.23
1914-NL-16-0.06
Car-592-0.29 shares

On-base %
1916 NL-.356-9

Slugging %
1913 NL-.480-4
1914 NL-.415-10
1915 NL-.445-4

OPS
1913 NL-.850-4
1914 NL-.773-10
1915 NL-.795-5

Games
1913 NL-149-10
1914 NL-153-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1914 NL-658-6

Runs
1913 NL-94-4
1914 NL-87-4
1915 NL-74-8

Total Bases
1913 NL-249-3
1914 NL-223-9

Doubles
1915 NL-35-3

Triples
1912 NL-14-5
1913 NL-21-1

Home Runs
1913 NL-14-3
1914 NL-18-2
1915 NL-11-4
1916 NL-7-8

RBI
1913 NL-92-3

Bases on Balls
1914 NL-94-2
1915 NL-64-7
1916 NL-79-2

Strikeouts
1913 NL-62-10
1914 NL-61-9
1915 NL-62-10
1916 NL-68-6

Stolen Bases
1915 NL-29-3

Adjusted OPS+
1913 NL-142-4
1914 NL-129-10
1915 NL-140-5

Runs Created
1913 NL-91-2
1914 NL-79-6
1915 NL-79-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1913 NL-27-4
1914 NL-22-8
1915 NL-25-5

Batting Wins
1913 NL-2.8-3
1914 NL-2.5-7
1915 NL-2.9-5

Extra-Base Hits
1913 NL-50-6
1914 NL-50-4
1915 NL-57-2

Times on Base
1913 NL-217-8
1914 NL-227-6
1916 NL-206-8

Offensive Win%
1913 NL-.714-5
1915 NL-.726-3

Hit By Pitch
1911 NL-7-9

Sac. Hits
1914 NL-23-10

Power/Speed Number
1913 NL-18.2-1
1914 NL-18.5-2
1915 NL-16.0-1
1916 NL-10.4-7

At Bats per Home Run
1913 NL-37.1-3
1914 NL-29.8-2
1915 NL-45.2-4
1916 NL-71.1-10

Outs
1914 NL-431-8

Youngest Player
1911 NL-20-7

   

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 52 (477) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.0 (2064) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

July 18, 1910: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Lansing (Southern Michigan) for $1,500.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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