Cesar Saba

Cesar A. Saba

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 160 lb.

• Born August 2, 1978 in Sabana Grande de Palenque, San Cristobal D.R.

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Biographical Information

Cesar Saba was an infielder in the minor leagues for five seasons. Coming out of the Dominican Republic, he signed with the Boston Red Sox, and first went stateside in 1999 when he played for the Lowell Spinners of the New York-Penn League. He had played in the Dominican Summer League the year before, although statistics are not readily available. With Lowell, he hit .275/.348/.373 in 69 games as the starting shortstop. He was then with four different teams in 2000, including brief rehabilitation stints with both the GCL Red Sox and the AZL Padres; most of his time was with the Augusta GreenJackets, Boston's affiliate in the South Atlantic League, and the Fort Wayne Wizards of the Midwest League, in the San Diego Padres organization. That change of teams was due to his being involved in a major league trade on June 30th, when the Red Sox acquired 3B Ed Sprague from San Diego in return for P Dennis Tankersley and him. He was hitting .266 in 47 games for Augusta, but struggled badly after the trade, with a .177 average in 35 games at Fort Wayne.

He was back with Fort Wayne in 2001, but he failed to set things right, as he batted .223/.282/.327 in 84 games. He played mainly third base that season, with a few games at shortstop and second base mixed in. The Padres released him after the season, and after not playing in 2002, he found another opportunity in 2003 when he joined the Montreal Royales of the newly-formed Canadian Baseball League. It was not an ideal situation, as in spite of their name, the Royales were a homeless team who had to play all their games on the road and struggled accordingly. In 32 games, he did manage to hit .300 with 2 homers and 17 RBIs. That made him one of the better hitters on the team, as he was second in batting average and hits, and tied for second in RBIs. The league folded on July 23rd, done in by high costs and low attendance, and his professional career ended thus.