Bret Saberhagen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 160lb (185cm, 72kg)

Born: April 11, 1964 in Chicago Heights, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grover Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA).

High School: Grover Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA)

Debut: April 4, 1984 (Age 19-359d, 14,863rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 7, 2001 (Age 37-118d)
vs. OAK 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, ??? Cohen?, ??? Schneider

Full Name: Bret William Saberhagen

Nicknames: Sabes

Pronunciation: \SAY-ber-HAY-gen\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

58.9

167

117

ERA

3.34

399

371

2562.2

1715

WHIP

1.141

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Team Record in Appearances: 29-7 / in Starts: 29-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	169	3	Apr 6	KCR		TOR	W,3-2	GS-6		99	6.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.00	1.60	26	109	66	15	10	9	11	4	1	0	52			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.038	1.47	0.03%	0.89	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	170	7	Apr 10	KCR		BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.20	1.50	29	113	82	19	14	12	11	6	0	0	87			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.480	1.07	0.37%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	171	11	Apr 15	KCR	@	TOR	W,10-5	GS-1		4	0.2	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.02	1.61	8	32	20	3	1	3	3	2	0	0	22			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.369	1.34	-0.27%	-4.85	1b start tie	1b -2- 2 out d5
4	172	12	Apr 16	KCR	@	TOR	L,8-15	2-4	L(1-1)	0	2.1	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	5.00	2.60	12	46	32	6	6	3	5	3	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.260	1.28	-0.20%	-1.78	2b -2- 2 out a1	4b 3 out d2
5	173	15	Apr 20	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(1-2)	3	8.0	7	2	1	2	2	0	0	3.81	2.72	31	109	76	19	7	16	11	7	2	0	62			0	1	0	28	2	0	1	2	0	1	.80	0.088	.90	0.06%	1.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
6	174	19	Apr 25	KCR		NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	10	3	2	0	5	0	0	3.34	2.45	34	97	72	13	10	10	19	10	3	0	62			0	0	1	34	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.232	1.61	0.19%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	175	23	Apr 29	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	1	3.35	2.51	33	120	84	14	7	14	14	3	7	0	56			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.018	1.08	-0.01%	0.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	176	27	May 4	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(2-3)	4	8.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.35	2.80	31	110	70	14	7	13	13	4	4	0	61			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.074	1.91	0.07%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
9	177	31	May 9	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.00	2.66	33	105	76	13	14	12	12	4	1	0	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	2	1	1	0	1.25	0.399	1.73	0.33%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	178	36	May 14	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.82	2.58	27	109	74	13	7	9	10	4	1	0	67			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.283	2.67	0.34%	2.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
11	179	40	May 19	KCR	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	L(3-4)	4	8.2	4	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.74	2.60	30	125	87	19	13	6	15	4	3	0	75			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.167	2.29	0.18%	2.15	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d2
12	180	45	May 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	6.2	10	4	3	1	4	0	0	2.84	2.56	31	125	84	13	10	18	8	7	0	0	43			1	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.074	1.49	-0.07%	-0.87	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a2
13	181	49	May 29	KCR		MIN	W,7-1	GS-5	W(5-4)	4	5.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.78	2.65	19	61	41	9	8	7	9	1	2	0	56			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.172	1.36	0.16%	1.41	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	182	59	Jun 10	KCR		CAL	W,5-4	GS-7		11	6.0	4	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.80	2.54	23	96	67	11	16	9	6	2	2	0	62			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.115	1.73	0.15%	0.51	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
15	183	64	Jun 15	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	7.0	7	4	3	4	4	0	0	2.87	2.59	32	123	80	18	10	9	15	3	3	0	49			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	.65	-0.162	1.27	-0.19%	-0.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
16	184	69	Jun 21	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-4)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.63	2.52	31	117	82	13	9	14	12	2	3	0	86			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.37	0.196	.79	0.25%	4.30	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
17	185	76	Jun 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-12	GS-5		7	5.0	5	3	2	0	6	1	0	2.68	2.54	20	93	63	14	8	5	9	3	1	0	53			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.11	-0.138	2.28	-0.17%	-0.66	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	186	81	Jul 4	KCR	@	OAK	W,10-1	GS-7	W(8-4)	4	7.0	5	1	0	1	11	0	0	2.52	2.39	26	114	79	19	13	5	9	2	1	0	75			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.222	1.20	0.27%	2.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
19	187	86	Jul 9	KCR		CHW	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.1	7	3	3	3	12	0	0	2.61	2.29	28	124	78	17	24	4	9	5	1	0	56			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.180	2.19	0.20%	1.21	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a3
20	188	88	Jul 14(1)	KCR	@	NYY	W,14-5	GS-8	W(9-4)	4	8.0	7	4	2	0	1	0	0	2.59	2.31	32	120	90	20	4	8	23	10	5	0	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.56	0.009	.94	0.01%	-0.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out a8
21	189	95	Jul 20	KCR		CLE	L,0-4	GS-8	L(9-5)	5	8.0	9	4	4	0	4	0	0	2.69	2.28	32	110	79	10	12	12	16	2	5	0	52			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.058	2.06	-0.08%	-0.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
22	190	100	Jul 26	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-7	W(10-5)	5	6.2	9	4	4	5	4	1	0	2.81	2.43	33	116	69	19	5	10	14	4	1	0	39			0	0	0	28	5	0	2	1	0	0	1.00	-0.111	1.09	-0.07%	-1.17	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	191	105	Aug 1	KCR	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	W(11-5)	5	9.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	0	2.71	2.47	32	117	83	14	17	12	13	3	2	0	82			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.41	0.527	1.52	0.34%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	192	110	Aug 6	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(12-5)	4	7.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.71	2.47	29	138	86	10	7	7	18	8	4	0	53			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.206	.98	0.10%	1.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
25	193	114	Aug 11	KCR		TOR	W,6-2	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	9	1	0	2.67	2.46	32	130	88	21	15	9	14	3	1	0	76			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.488	.76	0.28%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	194	119	Aug 16	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-7	W(14-5)	4	7.0	9	4	3	1	3	2	0	2.71	2.59	29	109	75	15	12	11	14	6	6	0	47			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.271	1.23	-0.17%	-0.73	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
27	195	124	Aug 21	KCR		CAL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(15-5)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.70	2.63	31	105	69	10	16	6	19	9	1	0	66			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.17	0.281	2.99	0.43%	1.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
28	196	129	Aug 26	KCR		OAK	W,2-0	SHO	W(16-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.57	2.62	32	127	83	18	6	19	9	5	1	0	81			1	0	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.647	4.18	1.42%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	197	133	Aug 31	KCR		DET	W,3-0	GS-8	W(17-5)	4	8.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.47	2.56	28	95	69	16	13	8	13	4	2	0	79			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.530	3.34	0.86%	3.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	198	137	Sep 4	KCR	@	DET	L,1-5	GS-7	L(17-6)	3	7.0	9	4	3	2	5	2	0	2.52	2.67	33	124	77	17	11	8	18	3	1	0	48			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.137	2.64	-0.28%	-0.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
31	199	141	Sep 9	KCR		MIN	W,3-1	GS-8	W(18-6)	4	8.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.47	2.63	28	95	70	18	10	11	10	3	2	0	77			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.379	3.06	0.66%	2.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
32	200	145	Sep 13	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	W(19-6)	3	9.0	7	2	1	1	7	0	0	2.41	2.59	34	120	82	15	16	13	13	6	1	0	73			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.458	4.25	0.90%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	201	149	Sep 17	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-0	GS-7	W(20-6)	3	7.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.34	2.54	22	90	59	14	8	5	11	3	1	0	81			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.285	1.58	0.48%	3.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
34	202	153	Sep 22(1)	KCR		SEA	W,9-2	GS-7	W(21-6)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	1	2.27	2.52	26	95	66	17	14	10	7	3	1	0	77			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.262	.44	0.09%	3.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
35	203	157	Sep 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(22-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.19	2.52	34	135	91	12	16	12	16	4	5	0	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.326	.19	0.06%	4.25	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
36	204	161	Sep 30	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-1	GS-8	W(23-6)	3	8.0	4	1	1	2	13	0	0	2.16	2.45	30	116	74	15	23	5	10	4	2	0	81			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.08	0.281	.00	0.00%	2.74	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
							29-7		W-L:23-6	3.9	262.1	209	74	63	43	193	13	2	2.16	2.45	1021	3870	68%	14%	10%	0.78		20%	10%	0	64	1	0%	5	9	3	961	45	6	6	13	6	11	.98	5.727	1.71	6.72%	51.84

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