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Bret Saberhagen Bret Saberhagen
Full name: Bret William Saberhagen
Born: April 11, 1964, Chicago Heights, Illinois
First Game: April 4, 1984; Final Game: August 7, 2001
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 160
AL Cy Young (1985 and 1989)
World Series MVP (1985)
TSN AL Pitcher of the Year (1985 and 1989)
TSN AL Comeback Player of the Year (1987 and 1998)
RHP on TSN AL All-Star Team (1985 and 1989)
AL Gold Glove as P (1989)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1984 KC  A                38     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A                32     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1985 KC  A
1986 KC  A                30     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1986 KC  A
1987 KC  A                33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1987 KC  A
1988 KC  A                35     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1988 KC  A
1989 KC  A Daily Splits   36     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1989 KC  A
1990 KC  A                20     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1990 KC  A
1991 KC  A                28     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1991 KC  A
1992 NY  N Daily Splits   17    28    0    3   0   0   0    0    1   0    9   0   3   0   0   0   0    0   0  .107  .138  .107   0.0 1992 NY  N
1993 NY  N Daily Splits   19    45    2    5   1   0   0    0    5   0   10   0   8   0   0   1   1    0   0  .111  .200  .133   0.0 1993 NY  N
1994 NY  N Daily Splits   24    58    7   10   2   0   0    1    4   0   14   0   8   0   0   0   0    0   0  .172  .226  .207   0.0 1994 NY  N
1995 NY  N Daily Splits   16    35    2    4   1   0   0    0    1   0    8   0   5   0   0   1   0    0   0  .114  .139  .143   0.0 1995 NY  N
1995 COL N Daily Splits    9    14    1    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .071  .133  .071   0.0 1995 COL N
1995 TOT N                25    49    3    5   1   0   0    0    2   0   12   0   5   0   0   1   0    0   0  .102  .137  .122   0.0 1995 TOT N
1997 BOS A Daily Splits    6     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1997 BOS A
1998 BOS A Daily Splits   31     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1998 BOS A
1999 BOS A Daily Splits   22     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .200  .000   0.0 1999 BOS A
2001 BOS A                 3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 2001 BOS A
Total NL                  85   180   12   23   4   0   0    1   12   0   45   0  24   0   0   2   1    0   0  .128  .182  .150   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 314    10    1    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .091  .000   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  399   190   13   23   4   0   0    1   13   0   49   0  24   0   0   2   1    0   0  .121  .177  .142   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1995 COL N Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1995 COL N
1998 BOS A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1998 BOS A
1999 BOS A                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1999 BOS A
Total NL                   1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total NL        
Total AL                   3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total AL        
Total            Splits    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1984 KC  A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1985 KC  A
1999 BOS A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1999 BOS A
Total                      4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1985 KC  A Daily Splits    2     7    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1985 KC  A
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1987 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1987 AL   
1990 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1990 AL   
Total                      2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1984 KC  A Daily Splits   38  18   2   1   9   1  157.2  138   634  13   71   61   36   4   73   8   5   7   2   1  23   6  11  10  10  11   3.48   0.9 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A Daily Splits   32  32  10   1   0   0  235.1  211   931  19   79   75   38   1  158   9   7   1   1   3  33   6  13   9  20   6   2.87   3.9 1985 KC  A
1986 KC  A Daily Splits   30  25   4   2   4   0  156    165   652  15   77   72   29   1  112   3   3   1   2   1  21   8   9   8   7  12   4.15   0.4 1986 KC  A
1987 KC  A Daily Splits   33  33  15   4   0   0  257    246  1048  27   99   96   53   2  163   8   5   6   6   1  49   7  19   7  18  10   3.36   3.8 1987 KC  A
1988 KC  A Daily Splits   35  35   9   0   0   0  260.2  271  1089  18  122  110   59   5  171   8  10   9   4   0  46  16  20   9  14  16   3.80   0.6 1988 KC  A
1989 KC  A Daily Splits   36  35  12   4   0   0  262.1  209  1021  13   74   63   43   6  193   9   6   8   2   1  45   6  13  12  23   6   2.16   5.3 1989 KC  A
1990 KC  A Daily Splits   20  20   5   0   0   0  135    146   561   9   52   49   28   1   87   4   4   1   1   0  20   5  10   4   5   9   3.27   1.2 1990 KC  A
1991 KC  A Daily Splits   28  28   7   2   0   0  196.1  165   789  12   76   67   45   5  136   8   3   8   9   1  28   4  14   9  13   8   3.07   2.4 1991 KC  A
1992 NY  N Daily Splits   17  15   1   1   0   0   97.2   84   397   6   39   38   27   1   81   3   3   1   4   2  14   4   4   3   3   5   3.50   0.2 1992 NY  N
1993 NY  N Daily Splits   19  19   4   1   0   0  139.1  131   556  11   55   51   17   4   93   6   6   2   3   2  20   4   7   8   7   7   3.29   1.3 1993 NY  N
1994 NY  N Daily Splits   24  24   4   0   0   0  177.1  169   696  13   58   54   13   0  143   9   5   0   4   0  37   7  17   5  14   4   2.74   3.1 1994 NY  N
1995 NY  N Daily Splits   16  16   3   0   0   0  110    105   452  13   45   41   20   2   71   5   3   2   5   0  17   4   9   8   5   5   3.35   0.8 1995 NY  N
1995 COL N Daily Splits    9   9   0   0   0   0   43     60   206   8   33   30   13   1   29   2   0   1   5   0  14   0   4   4   2   1   6.28  -0.3 1995 COL N
1995 TOT N                25  25   3   0   0   0  153    165   658  21   78   71   33   3  100   7   3   3  10   0  31   4  13  12   7   6   4.18   0.5 1995 TOT N
1997 BOS A Daily Splits    6   6   0   0   0   0   26     30   120   5   20   19   10   0   14   1   3   1   2   0  12   0   1   2   0   1   6.58  -0.3 1997 BOS A
1998 BOS A Daily Splits   31  31   0   0   0   0  175    181   725  22   82   77   29   1  100   2   3   4   6   0  34   4  10   7  15   8   3.96   1.7 1998 BOS A
1999 BOS A Daily Splits   22  22   0   0   0   0  119    122   480  11   43   39   11   0   81   4   2   1   2   0  28   4   6   6  10   6   2.95   3.2 1999 BOS A
2001 BOS A Daily Splits    3   3   0   0   0   0   15     19    64   3   11   10    0   0   10   0   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   1   2   6.00  -0.4 2001 BOS A
Total NL                  85  83  12   2   0   0  567.1  549  2307  51  230  214   90   8  417  25  17   6  21   4 102  19  41  28  31  22   3.39   5.1 Total NL        
Total AL                 314 288  64  14  13   1 1995.1 1903  8114 167  806  738  381  26 1298  64  51  47  38   8 343  66 126  83 136  95   3.33  22.7 Total AL        
Total            Splits  399 371  76  16  13   1 2562.2 2452 10421 218 1036  952  471  34 1715  89  68  53  59  12 445  85 167 111 167 117   3.34  27.8 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
Division Series Pitching RecordDivision Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1995 COL N Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    4      7    20   1    6    5    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   1  11.25 1995 COL N
1998 BOS A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    7      4    26   3    3    3    1   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.86 1998 BOS A
1999 BOS A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    3.2    9    23   3   11   11    4   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   1  27.00 1999 BOS A
Total NL                   1   1   0   0   0   0    4      7    20   1    6    5    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   1  11.25 Total NL        
Total AL                   3   3   0   0   0   0   10.2   13    49   6   14   14    5   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   2  11.81 Total AL        
Total            Splits    4   4   0   0   0   0   14.2   20    69   7   20   19    6   0   12   0   0   0   0   0   5   1   1   0   0   3  11.66 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1984 KC  A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    8      6    32   1    3    2    1   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   2.25 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    7.1   12    35   2    5    5    2   0    6   0   0   0   1   0   4   0   1   0   0   0   6.14 1985 KC  A
1999 BOS A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    6      5    25   1    3    1    1   1    5   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   1.50 1999 BOS A
Total            Splits    4   4   0   0   0   0   21.1   23    92   4   11    8    4   1   16   0   0   0   1   0   7   0   1   2   0   1   3.38 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1985 KC  A Daily Splits    2   2   2   1   0   0   18     11    65   0    1    1    1   0   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0.50 1985 KC  A
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1987 AL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      1    10   0    0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1987 AL   
1990 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      0     6   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00 1990 AL   
Total            Splits    2   1   0   0   0   0    5      1    16   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1984 KC  A Daily   P   38   18    2   157.2    15   22    1    1   0    0    8   13    2  .974
1985 KC  A Daily   P   32   32   10   235.1    22   38    2    4   0    0    8   12    3  .968
1986 KC  A Daily   P   30   25    4   156      14   26    2    0   0    2    5   10    2  .952
1987 KC  A Daily   P   33   33   15   257      21   34    2    5   0    0   10   10    2  .965
1988 KC  A Daily   P   35   35    9   260.2    15   34    3    3   0    3    3   11    5  .942
1989 KC  A Daily   P   36   35   12   262.1    21   36    4    1   0    1    9    5    3  .934
1990 KC  A Daily   P   20   20    5   135      16   28    1    2   0    0    5    2    2  .978
1991 KC  A Daily   P   28   28    7   196.1    17   30    2    2   0    2    9    9    4  .959
1992 NY  N Daily   P   17   15    1    97.2     7   26    0    2   0    1    5    6    3 1.000
1993 NY  N Daily   P   19   19    4   139.1    14   30    2    0   0    0    7    9    1  .957
1994 NY  N Daily   P   24   24    4   177.1    13   34    2    1   0    1    4    8    3  .959
1995 NY  N Daily   P   16   16    3   110       6   26    0    3   0    0    0    3    4 1.000
1995 COL N Daily   P    9    9    0    43       2    8    1    0   0    0    1    1    0  .909
1995 TOT N         P   25   25    3   153       8   34    1    3   0    0    1    4    4  .977
1997 BOS A Daily   P    6    6    0    26       1    2    1    1   0    0    0    4    1  .750
1998 BOS A Daily   P   31   31    0   175      13   20    1    1   0    1    7    4    1  .971
1999 BOS A Daily   P   22   22    0   119       5   18    0    0   0    0    5    5    3 1.000
2001 BOS A Daily   P    3    3    0    15       1    3    0    0   0    0    1    3    0 1.000
Total              P  399  371   76  2562.2   203  415   24   26   0   11   87  115   39  .963
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1995 COL N Daily   P    1    1    0     4       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
1998 BOS A Daily   P    1    1    0     7       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1999 BOS A Daily   P    2    2    0     3.2     0    0    0    0   0    0    0    1    0     -
Total              P    4    4    0    14.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    2    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1984 KC  A Daily   P    1    1    0     8       1    1    1    0   0    0    0    1    0  .667
1985 KC  A Daily   P    2    2    0     7.1     2    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    1 1.000
1999 BOS A Daily   P    1    1    0     6       0    2    1    0   0    0    0    0    0  .667
Total              P    4    4    0    21.1     3    4    2    0   0    0    0    1    1  .778
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1985 KC  A Daily   P    2    2    2    18       0    0    0    0   0    0    1    1    0     -
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS