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Ted Savage
Theodore Edmund Savage Jr.
born Ephesian Savage

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School Lincoln University of Missouri

Debut April 9, 1962
  vs. CIN 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 3, 1971
Born February 21, 1936 in Venice, IL

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 26 PHI NL 127  335   54   89  11  2   7   39  16  5  40  66  .266  .345  .373   96  125   7   3   0   2   6
 1963 27 PIT NL  85  149   22   29   2  1   5   14   4  3  14  31  .195  .268  .322   69   48   2   0   1   1   7
 1965 29 STL NL  30   63    7   10   3  0   1    4   1  1   6   9  .159  .232  .254   32   16   0   0   1   0   2
 1966 30 STL NL  16   29    4    5   2  1   0    3   4  0   4   7  .172  .273  .310   62    9   0   0   0   0   1
 1967 31 TOT NL 105  233   41   50  10  1   5   33   7  6  41  57  .215  .342  .330   90   77   3   2   6   5   7
         STL NL   9    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .125  .222  .125    3    1   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL  96  225   40   49  10  1   5   33   7  6  40  54  .218  .346  .338   93   76   3   2   6   5   7
 1968 32 TOT NL  64  134    7   28   6  1   2    7   1  3  10  21  .209  .269  .313   81   42   0   0   0   1   7
         CHC NL   3    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   1  .250  .250  .250   47    2   0   0   0   0   0
         LAD NL  61  126    7   26   6  1   2    7   1  2  10  20  .206  .270  .317   83   40   0   0   0   1   7
 1969 33 CIN NL  68  110   20   25   7  0   2   11   3  0  20  27  .227  .344  .345   90   38   1   1   0   0   2
 1970 34 MIL AL 114  276   43   77  10  5  12   50  10  6  57  44  .279  .402  .482  144  133   5   3   1   2   6
 1971 35 TOT AL  33   46    4    8   0  0   0    2   3  0   8  10  .174  .296  .174   37    8   0   0   0   0   2
         MIL AL  14   17    2    3   0  0   0    1   1  0   5   4  .176  .364  .176   59    3   0   0   0   0   0
         KCR AL  19   29    2    5   0  0   0    1   2  0   3   6  .172  .250  .172   23    5   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      642 1375  202  321  51 11  34  163  49 24 200 272  .233  .334  .361   95  496  18   9   9  11  40
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        347   51   81  13  3   9   41  12  6  50  69  .233  .334  .361   95  125   5   2   2   3  10
 Career High    127  335   54   89  11  5  12   50  16  6  57  66  .279  .402  .482  144  133   7   3   6   5   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 26 PHI NL  387  267   46   4.6   100| .266  .266| .345  .333| .373  .404| .718  .737|  96  .505  -0.8  -0.1  76%
 1963 27 PIT NL  166  132   11   2.2    90| .195  .255| .268  .317| .322  .382| .590  .699|  69  .265  -6.4  -0.7  57%
 1965 29 STL NL   69   56    3   1.4   101| .159  .269| .232  .334| .254  .407| .486  .741|  32  .128  -6.0  -0.6  50%
 1966 30 STL NL   33   25    3   3.2    96| .172  .265| .273  .323| .310  .399| .583  .722|  62  .380  -1.5  -0.2 100%
 1967 31 TOT NL  284  201   27   3.6    94| .215  .263| .342  .326| .330  .387| .672  .713|  90  .459  -1.2  -0.1  53%
         STL NL    9    7    0   0.0    90| .125  .257| .222  .319| .125  .377| .347  .696|   3  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL  275  194   27   3.8    94| .218  .264| .346  .327| .338  .387| .684  .714|  93  .475  -0.2   0.0  53%
 1968 32 TOT NL  145  116    9   2.1    76| .209  .244| .269  .301| .313  .344| .582  .645|  81  .274  -3.1  -0.4  25%
         CHC NL    8    7    0   0.0    87| .250  .260| .250  .319| .250  .366| .500  .685|  47  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         LAD NL  137  109    9   2.2    75| .206  .243| .270  .300| .317  .342| .587  .642|  83  .298  -2.6  -0.3  33%
 1969 33 CIN NL  132   89   15   4.5    99| .227  .265| .344  .336| .345  .393| .689  .729|  90  .537  -0.6  -0.1 100%
 1970 34 MIL AL  343  219   57   7.0    98| .279  .258| .402  .332| .482  .394| .884  .726| 144  .709  18.8   1.9  62%
 1971 35 TOT AL   54   40    3   2.0    91| .174  .253| .296  .325| .174  .376| .470  .701|  37  .220  -3.6  -0.4 100%
         MIL AL   22   14    2   3.8    91| .176  .253| .364  .324| .176  .375| .540  .700|  59  .478  -0.6  -0.1 100%
         KCR AL   32   26    1   1.0    91| .172  .254| .250  .326| .172  .377| .422  .702|  23  .076  -3.0  -0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1613 1145  174   4.1    95| .233  .260| .334  .327| .361  .389| .695  .716|  95  .491  -4.5  -0.7  67%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 26 PHI NL OF 109 185 4 5 1 .974 .974 1.73 1.79 2.17 2.07 82 783.7 LF 93 133 3 5 1 .965 .968 1.46 1.37 1.92 1.82 65 637.7 CF 10 28 0 0 0 1.000 .979 2.80 2.27 3.23 2.47 9 78.0 RF 10 23 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.40 1.65 3.18 1.91 8 68.0 1963 27 PIT NL OF 47 47 3 3 1 .943 .977 1.06 1.75 1.64 2.01 27 274.7 LF 37 33 3 2 1 .947 .970 0.97 1.38 1.54 1.80 21 211.0 CF 8 13 0 1 0 .929 .985 1.62 2.09 1.93 2.37 6 60.7 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1965 29 STL NL RF 21 30 1 2 0 .939 .975 1.48 1.74 1.94 1.96 15 144.0 1966 30 STL NL OF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.79 1.59 2.03 5 51.0 RF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.68 1.24 1.96 3 29.0 CF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.10 2.05 2.37 2 22.0 1967 31 CHC NL OF 86 133 5 3 1 .979 .976 1.60 1.81 2.05 2.03 65 604.7 RF 67 100 3 3 0 .972 .976 1.54 1.76 2.05 2.04 49 452.0 CF 22 32 3 0 1 1.000 .980 1.59 2.04 2.06 2.30 16 152.7 3B 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.80 3.60 2.88 0 5.0 1968 32 TOT NL OF 41 64 4 1 1 .986 .974 1.66 1.82 2.21 2.02 32 276.3 TOT NL RF 24 26 4 1 1 .968 .984 1.25 1.77 1.80 2.02 21 150.3 CHC NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.80 1.59 2.01 2 17.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.75 1.12 2.02 2 16.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 LAD NL OF 39 61 4 1 1 .985 .975 1.67 1.82 2.26 2.02 30 259.3 RF 22 24 4 1 1 .966 .982 1.27 1.77 1.88 2.02 19 134.3 LF 20 32 1 0 0 1.000 .962 1.65 1.38 2.38 1.64 11 125.0 1969 33 CIN NL OF 42 57 0 1 0 .983 .973 1.36 1.75 2.44 2.02 18 210.3 LF 28 17 0 1 0 .944 .960 0.61 1.28 1.47 1.65 7 104.3 CF 12 33 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.75 2.04 3.16 2.27 11 94.0 RF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.60 3.75 1.88 0 12.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1970 34 MIL AL OF 82 119 3 6 0 .953 .980 1.49 1.85 1.79 2.14 68 613.7 RF 34 53 3 2 0 .966 .976 1.65 1.59 2.14 1.98 26 235.3 LF 33 38 1 3 0 .929 .977 1.18 1.48 1.53 1.81 24 229.0 CF 22 32 0 1 0 .970 .985 1.45 2.30 1.93 2.62 18 149.3 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.10 5.62 9.56 1 8.0 1971 35 TOT AL OF 15 8 2 0 0 1.000 .980 0.67 1.96 1.28 2.25 8 70.4 TOT AL LF 9 5 2 0 0 1.000 .986 0.78 1.60 1.57 1.93 4 40.0 TOT AL RF 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.70 1.48 2.04 4 30.4 MIL AL OF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.97 1.74 2.26 2 20.7 LF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.40 1.60 1.29 1.93 1 14.0 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 2.69 2.01 1 6.7 KCR AL OF 9 4 2 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 1.96 1.09 2.25 6 49.7 RF 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.70 1.14 2.05 3 23.7 LF 4 3 2 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.60 1.73 1.94 3 26.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 34 MIL AL 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.10 5.62 9.56 1 8.0 1969 33 CIN NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1967 31 CHC NL 3B 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.80 3.60 2.88 0 5.0 1962 26 PHI NL CF 10 28 0 0 0 1.000 .979 2.80 2.27 3.23 2.47 9 78.0 1963 27 PIT NL CF 8 13 0 1 0 .929 .985 1.62 2.09 1.93 2.37 6 60.7 1966 30 STL NL CF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.10 2.05 2.37 2 22.0 1967 31 CHC NL CF 22 32 3 0 1 1.000 .980 1.59 2.04 2.06 2.30 16 152.7 1968 32 CHC NL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1969 33 CIN NL CF 12 33 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.75 2.04 3.16 2.27 11 94.0 1970 34 MIL AL CF 22 32 0 1 0 .970 .985 1.45 2.30 1.93 2.62 18 149.3 1962 26 PHI NL LF 93 133 3 5 1 .965 .968 1.46 1.37 1.92 1.82 65 637.7 1963 27 PIT NL LF 37 33 3 2 1 .947 .970 0.97 1.38 1.54 1.80 21 211.0 1968 32 LAD NL LF 20 32 1 0 0 1.000 .962 1.65 1.38 2.38 1.64 11 125.0 1969 33 CIN NL LF 28 17 0 1 0 .944 .960 0.61 1.28 1.47 1.65 7 104.3 1970 34 MIL AL LF 33 38 1 3 0 .929 .977 1.18 1.48 1.53 1.81 24 229.0 1971 35 TOT AL LF 9 5 2 0 0 1.000 .986 0.78 1.60 1.57 1.93 4 40.0 MIL AL LF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.40 1.60 1.29 1.93 1 14.0 KCR AL LF 4 3 2 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.60 1.73 1.94 3 26.0 1962 26 PHI NL OF 109 185 4 5 1 .974 .974 1.73 1.79 2.17 2.07 82 783.7 1963 27 PIT NL OF 47 47 3 3 1 .943 .977 1.06 1.75 1.64 2.01 27 274.7 1965 29 STL NL OF 20 29 1 2 0 .938 .974 1.50 1.75 1.88 2.00 15 144.0 1966 30 STL NL OF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.79 1.59 2.03 5 51.0 1967 31 CHC NL OF 86 133 5 3 1 .979 .976 1.60 1.81 2.05 2.03 65 604.7 1968 32 TOT NL OF 41 64 4 1 1 .986 .974 1.66 1.82 2.21 2.02 32 276.3 CHC NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.80 1.59 2.01 2 17.0 LAD NL OF 39 61 4 1 1 .985 .975 1.67 1.82 2.26 2.02 30 259.3 1969 33 CIN NL OF 42 57 0 1 0 .983 .973 1.36 1.75 2.44 2.02 18 210.3 1970 34 MIL AL OF 82 119 3 6 0 .953 .980 1.49 1.85 1.79 2.14 68 613.7 1971 35 TOT AL OF 15 8 2 0 0 1.000 .980 0.67 1.96 1.28 2.25 8 70.4 MIL AL OF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.97 1.74 2.26 2 20.7 KCR AL OF 9 4 2 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 1.96 1.09 2.25 6 49.7 1962 26 PHI NL RF 10 23 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.40 1.65 3.18 1.91 8 68.0 1963 27 PIT NL RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1965 29 STL NL RF 21 30 1 2 0 .939 .975 1.48 1.74 1.94 1.96 15 144.0 1966 30 STL NL RF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.68 1.24 1.96 3 29.0 1967 31 CHC NL RF 67 100 3 3 0 .972 .976 1.54 1.76 2.05 2.04 49 452.0 1968 32 TOT NL RF 24 26 4 1 1 .968 .984 1.25 1.77 1.80 2.02 21 150.3 CHC NL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.75 1.12 2.02 2 16.0 LAD NL RF 22 24 4 1 1 .966 .982 1.27 1.77 1.88 2.02 19 134.3 1969 33 CIN NL RF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.60 3.75 1.88 0 12.0 1970 34 MIL AL RF 34 53 3 2 0 .966 .976 1.65 1.59 2.14 1.98 26 235.3 1971 35 TOT AL RF 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.70 1.48 2.04 4 30.4 MIL AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 2.69 2.01 1 6.7 KCR AL RF 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.70 1.14 2.05 3 23.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 449 651 22 21 4 .970 .976 1.50 1.80 2.00 2.06 320 3028.7 220 78 172# LF* 220 258 10 11 2 .961 .969 1.22 1.39 1.79 1.79 132 1347.0 RF* 172 246 12 8 1 .970 .977 1.50 1.71 2.07 2.00 126 1124.0 CF* 78 144 3 2 1 .987 .981 1.88 2.15 2.37 2.42 62 557.7 1B* 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.10 5.62 9.56 1 8.0 2B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 3B* 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.80 3.60 2.88 0 5.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 452 656 24 21 5 .970 .976 1.50 1.83 2.01 2.08 321 3043
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Transactions 

February 18, 1960: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

November 28, 1962: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Pancho Herrera to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Don Hoak.

December 15, 1964: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Earl Francis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jack Damaska and Ron Cox (minors).

May 14, 1967: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 23, 1968: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jim Ellis to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jim Hickman and Phil Regan.

March 30, 1969: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Jimmie Schaffer.

April 5, 1970: Purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Cincinnati Reds.

May 11, 1971: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Tom Matchick.


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