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Steve Sax
Stephen Louis Sax

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

MLB Debut August 18, 1981
Final Game May 8, 1994
Born January 29, 1960 in Sacramento, CA (age 64)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 21 LAN NL  113  181   29   52   3   0   4   26   1   4   17   20  .287  .345  .370  .715   105    67   1   2   0   0   1  
 1982 22 LAN NL  162  651  114  199  29   6   2   54  62  22   54   64  .306  .363  .378  .741   108   246  18   1   7   5   2  
 1983 23 LAN NL  122  506   67  137  10   2   5   48  46  19   28   59  .271  .307  .328  .635    90   166  18   4   2   0   6  
         CHA AL   39  147   16   42   7   0   3   24  12   3    7   12  .286  .314  .395  .709    97    58   3   2   0   0   0  
         TOT     161  653   83  179  17   2   8   72  58  22   35   71  .274  .308  .343  .651         224  21   6   2   0   6 
 1984 24 CHA AL  159  578   49  143  27   6   0   43  34  16   34   61  .247  .288  .315  .603    87   182   6   2   0   0  13  
 1985 25 CHA AL  134  482   54  132  13   7   1   52  34  12   29   40  .274  .315  .336  .651    89   162   2   6   0   3  14  
 1986 26 CHA AL  159  642  108  206  39   6  11   47  46  18   71   63  .321  .389  .452  .840   115   290   0   3   7   2   8  MVP-6
 1987 27 CHA AL  130  413   67  118  14   5   4   39  38  11   36   45  .286  .344  .373  .717    97   154   2   2   0   2  14  
 1988 28 CHA AL  159  590   69  173  13   9   5   73  52  14   42   48  .293  .337  .371  .708   100   219   8   6   6   0  12  
 1989 29 NYA AL  161  676  124  227  28   3   9   70  76  13   56   44  .336  .385  .426  .811   115   288  21   4   1   0  15  MVP-7
 1990 30 NYA AL  150  621   83  167  24   1   7   58  48  11   42   49  .269  .316  .345  .661    92   214  21   5   0   3   8  
 1991 31 NYA AL  162  681  101  194  31   2  14   65  29   8   32   50  .285  .319  .398  .717    98   271  43   1   3   3  17  
 1992 32 KCA AL  162  614   77  140  28  10   6   55  22  12   43   45  .228  .281  .336  .616    89   206  12   5   1   4  18  
 1993           [Did not play]
 1994 34 KCA AL   25   87   13   20   2   6   0    5   0   0    0   12  .230  .230  .391  .621    77    34   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1837 6869  971 1950 268  63  71  659 500 163  491  612  .284  .332  .372  .704        2557 155  43  27  22 129
 Per 600 PA           544   77  154  21   5   6   52  40  13   39   48                                 202  12   3   2   2  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHA      780 2852  363  814 113  33  24  278 216  74  219  269  .285  .336  .373  .709        1065  21  21  13   7  61
   With NYA      473 1978  308  588  83   6  30  193 153  32  130  143  .297  .341  .391  .732         773  85  10   4   6  40
   With LAN      397 1338  210  388  42   8  11  128 109  45   99  143  .290  .340  .358  .698         479  37   7   9   5   9
   With KCA      187  701   90  160  30  16   6   60  22  12   43   57  .228  .275  .342  .617         240  12   5   1   4  19
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1769 6940  913 1949 278  47  54  550 444 178  556  584  .281  .335  .358  .692        2483  75  37  47  24 146
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1981 21 LAN NL  44   23   4.6  29   7   1  .241   5   51   35  .686    0    0  .000  2B   3e23       53   
 1982 22 LAN NL  30   96   5.3   0   0   0  .000  16  148  112  .757    0    0  .000  2B   2e21       47   
 1983 23 LAN NL  30   52   3.4   0   0   0  .000  25  128   90  .703    0    0  .000  2B   3e32      -57   
         CHA AL  44   19   4.7   0   0   0  .000   6   38   25  .658    0    0  .000  2B   3e32       17   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000  31  166  115  .693    0    0  .000
 1984 24 CHA AL  32   50   2.9   0   0   0  .000  29  160   97  .606    0    0  .000  2B   3e25       -1   
 1985 25 CHA AL  16   50   3.6   7   3   0  .429  21  119   71  .597    0    0  .000  2B   3e28      -18   
 1986 26 CHA AL  33  117   6.8   2   1   0  .500  13  167  127  .760    0    0  .000  2B   3e17       10   
 1987 27 CHA AL   9   53   4.5   9   2   0  .222   8  100   65  .650    0    0  .000  2B   4e16       17   
 1988 28 CHA AL  30   76   4.5   0   0   0  .000  12  149  109  .732    0    0  .000  2B   3e15       40   
 1989 29 NYA AL  28  119   6.4   0   0   0  .000   8  178  124  .697    0    0  .000  2B   3e10       60   
 1990 30 NYA AL  32   73   4.0   0   0   0  .000   7  168  131  .780    0    0  .000  2B   3e11       19   
 1991 31 NYA AL  26   85   4.1   0   0   0  .000  10  173  124  .717    0    0  .000  2B   3e8       -42   
 1992 32 KCA AL  33   55   2.9   0   0   0  .000  14   81   55  .679    0    0  .000  2B   3e23        9   
 1993           [Did not play]
 1994 34 KCA AL  20    7   2.9   0   0   0  .000   3   23   10  .435    0    0  .000  2B   4e23       37   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          882   4.4  47  13   1  .277 177 1683 1175  .698    0    0  .000                  11   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 33.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 62.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1981 21 LAN NL  2B    92   132   126    5   34   .981    35   401.2   5.78
 1982 22 LAN NL  2B   162   434   380   16   92   .981   156  1409.2   5.20
 1983 23 LAN NL  2B   122   319   301   25   59   .961   122  1077.0   5.18
         CHA AL  2B    39   107    99    6   26   .972    38   361.0   5.14
 1984 24 CHA AL  2B   159   459   410   29   96   .968   159  1446.2   5.41
 1985 25 CHA AL  2B   123   308   237   19   88   .966   114  1006.1   4.87
                 SS     4    10    10    2    3   .909     4    29.0   6.21
 1986 26 CHA AL  2B   157   409   392   13   94   .984   155  1393.1   5.17
 1987 27 CHA AL  2B   119   275   224    8   57   .984   114   963.0   4.66
 1988 28 CHA AL  2B   158   384   352   12   97   .984   158  1368.2   4.84
 1989 29 NYA AL  2B   161   471   369    8  102   .991   159  1455.0   5.20
 1990 30 NYA AL  2B   149   371   408    7  100   .991   149  1338.1   5.24
 1991 31 NYA AL  2B   161   425   434   10  119   .988   161  1440.2   5.37
 1992 32 KCA AL  2B    89   188   249   14   55   .969    89   787.2   4.99
 1993           [Did not play]
 1994 34 KCA AL  2B    25    45    67    3    9   .974    24   214.1   4.70
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B  1716  4327  4048  175 1028   .980  1633 14663.1   5.14
                 SS     4    10    10    2    3   .909     4    29.0   6.21
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1982 NLCS  LAN MON   L    4  15  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .133  .133  .133  0
 1983 ALCS  CHA MLA   L    4  18  1  2  0  0  0   1  2  6  .111  .200  .111  0
 1987 ALCS  CHA BOA   L    3  12  2  4  0  0  0   1  1  1  .333  .385  .333  1
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1981  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1982  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1983  LAN   87-75   Billy Vanson
 1983  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea
 1984  CHA   69-93   Ben Lea
 1985  CHA   53-109  Ben Lea
 1986  CHA   63-99   Ben Lea
 1987  CHA  102-60   Ben Lea
 1988  CHA   80-82   Ben Lea
 1989  NYA   74-88   Robert Rescigno
 1990  NYA   84-78   Robert Rescigno
 1991  NYA   69-93   Robert Rescigno
 1992  KCA   59-103  Jim Pardee
 1994  KCA   75-87   Jim Pardee

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