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Bret William Saberhagen

First name: Bret

Last name: Saberhagen

Birthdate: 1964-04-11

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 121604

Retro ID: sabeb001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1992NYN0.40.00.40.00.10.30
1993NYN0.80.00.80.10.30.51
1994NYN0.90.00.90.40.60.22
1995COL0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20
1995NYN0.50.00.5-0.10.10.50
1997BOS0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1998BOS0.10.00.10.00.00.00
1999BOS0.10.00.10.00.00.00
Career3.00.03.00.31.11.73

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1992NYN32-5-500000004-18.6-0.10.00.0-0.10
1993NYN58-7-7-10000007-19.4-0.10.00.0-0.10
1994NYN70-7-7-1100000929.70.20.00.00.20
1995COL15-3-300000002-111.0-0.10.00.0-0.10
1995NYN41-6-6-10000005-29.5-0.20.00.0-0.20
1997BOS10000000000010.80.00.00.00.00
1998BOS5-1-100000001010.30.00.00.00.00
1999BOS5-1-100000001010.10.00.00.00.00
Career227-30-30-310000029-3--0.30.00.0-0.30

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1984 KCA AL 38 7.2 157.7 71 78 5 4.15 9.5 -0.04 0.04 2 0.99 2 0.2 3.8 3.4 1.7 11
1985 KCA AL 32 10.2 235.3 79 118 1 7.35 8.7 0.14 0.04 43 1.00 43 4.9 10.0 0.2 7.0 30
1986 KCA AL 30 6.9 156.0 77 80 -2 5.20 9.7 0.16 0.04 9 0.98 9 0.9 4.3 2.5 2.3 13
1987 KCA AL 33 11.8 257.0 99 143 1 7.79 9.4 0.19 0.04 49 1.00 49 5.2 11.1 0.7 7.6 33
1988 KCA AL 35 11.7 260.7 122 127 -4 7.45 9.2 0.16 0.04 15 1.00 15 1.6 7.5 4.3 4.1 22
1989 KCA AL 36 11.7 262.3 73 122 4 7.29 8.2 0.18 0.04 51 1.00 51 6.2 12.0 -0.4 8.6 36
1990 KCA AL 20 6.2 135.0 52 63 -2 6.75 8.7 0.18 0.01 17 1.00 17 2.0 5.1 1.1 3.3 15
1991 KCA AL 28 8.7 196.3 76 97 4 7.01 9.1 0.15 0.01 20 1.00 20 2.2 6.6 2.2 4.0 20
1992 NYN NL 17 4.3 97.7 39 41 0 5.75 8.4 0.17 -0.01 4 0.99 4 0.5 2.7 1.7 1.4 8
1993 NYN NL 19 6.3 139.3 55 67 0 7.33 8.9 0.17 -0.01 14 1.00 14 1.6 4.8 1.6 2.9 14
1994 NYN NL 24 7.8 177.3 57 88 0 7.39 8.6 0.19 -0.01 35 1.00 35 4.1 8.0 -0.2 5.7 24
1995 NYN NL 16 4.9 110.0 45 53 2 6.88 9.1 0.11 -0.01 7 1.00 7 0.8 3.3 1.7 1.9 10
1995 COL NL 9 1.9 43.0 33 29 -2 4.78 12.2 0.11 -0.01 -2 1.00 -2 -0.2 0.8 1.2 0.2 2
1997 BOS AL 6 1.2 26.0 20 15 -1 4.33 11.2 0.18 0.01 -4 1.00 -4 -0.4 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1
1998 BOS AL 31 7.9 175.0 82 97 7 5.65 10.2 0.21 0.01 12 1.00 12 1.2 5.1 2.7 2.8 15
1999 BOS AL 22 5.4 119.0 43 69 1 5.41 9.8 0.25 0.01 28 1.00 28 2.8 5.5 -0.1 3.9 16
2001 BOS AL 3 0.7 15.0 11 8 0 5.00 10.8 0.16 0.00 -2 1.00 -2 -0.2 0.1 0.5 -0.1 0
Career 399 114.8 2562.6 1034 1295 14 298 298 33.4 90.9 24.1 57.2 270

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1984 KCA 27 1.0 1
1985 KCA 45 2.0 2
1986 KCA 34 0.0 0
1987 KCA 47 2.0 2
1988 KCA 43 0.0 0
1989 KCA 44 0.0 0
1990 KCA 37 3.0 3
1991 KCA 38 3.0 3
1992 NYN 29 3.0 3
1993 NYN 40 4.0 4
1994 NYN 40 3.0 3
1995 NYN 27 2.0 2
1995 COL 11 1.0 1
1997 BOS 2 0.0 0
1998 BOS 26 0.0 0
1999 BOS 19 0.0 0
2001 BOS 4 0.0 0
513 24.0 24

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1985KCA0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20
1995COL0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1985KCA8-2-200000001-17.7-0.10.00.0-0.10
1995COL10000000000011.50.00.00.00.00
Career9-2-200000001-1--0.10.00.0-0.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1984 KCA MLB 1 0.4 8.0 3 5 0 8.00 9.4 0.14 0.00 2 1.00 2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 1
1985 KCA MLB 4 1.1 25.3 6 13 1 6.32 8.6 0.13 0.00 6 1.00 6 0.7 1.3 -0.1 1.1 4
1995 COL MLB 1 0.2 4.0 6 2 -1 4.00 11.9 0.16 0.00 -3 1.00 -3 -0.3 -0.2 0.4 -0.2 -1
1998 BOS MLB 1 0.3 7.0 3 4 1 7.00 10.6 0.16 0.00 0 1.00 0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 1
1999 BOS MLB 3 0.4 9.7 14 7 -1 3.23 13.7 -0.04 0.00 -7 1.00 -7 -0.5 -0.3 0.7 -0.4 -1
Career 10 2.4 54 32 31 0 -2 -2 0.1 1.4 1.2 0.9 4

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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