Tony Saunders

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: April 29, 1974 in Baltimore, MD us

High School: Glen Burnie HS (Glen Burnie, MD)

Debut: April 5, 1997 (Age 22-341d, 17,023rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 6.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: May 26, 1999 (Age 25-027d)
vs. TEX 2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Full Name: Anthony Scott Saunders

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1997 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.7

ERA

4.56

345.2

304

WHIP

1.582

Summary of 33 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 10 go ahead

2 Tms
TBD	21
FLA	12

Platoon
vs RHB	29
vs LHB	4

Home/Road
Away	17
Home	16

Outs
0	14
2	11
1	8

17 Opps
PHI	4
CHW	4
BAL	3
ATL	3
BOS	3
STL	2
SDP	2
DET	2
KCR	2
OAK	1
TEX	1
ANA	1
SEA	1
LAD	1
HOU	1
FLA	1
TOR	1

29 Batters
Todd Zeile	2
Magglio Ordóñez	2
Andrés Galarraga	2
Gregg Jefferies	2
Billy McMillon	1
Brian Hunter	1
Jason Varitek	1
Fred McGriff	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Mike Sweeney	1
Mark McGwire	1
Alex Gonzalez	1
Wil Cordero	1
Chris Gomez	1
Royce Clayton	1
B.J. Surhoff	1
Tony Barron	1
Robert Machado	1
Nomar Garciaparra	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Lenny Webster	1
John Valentin	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Kevin Jordan	1
Roberto Kelly	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Jermaine Dye	1
Ricky Gutiérrez	1
Dave McCarty	1

13 Parks
TropicanaFld (STP)	9
SunLife Stad (MIA)	8
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	15
78	9
9	6
8	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	8
2	8
1	6
4	5
5	4
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	19
2·HR gms	7

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	7
12-	3
-2-	3
123	2

55 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	18
1 on	10
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	15

Inning
1	7
2	7
3	8
4	4
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1

1-3	22
4-6	8
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	1
+1	8
Tied	7
-1	5
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	12
Tied	7
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	6
1-1	6
0-0	5
2-1	3
3-1	3
0-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	2
3-2	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
RF	5
LF	5
3B	5
C	4
SS	4
CF	2
DH	2

OrderPos
4th	6
7th	5
6th	5
3rd	4
1st	4
5th	4
9th	3
2nd	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	9

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1997-04-28	Greg Vaughn	SDP	@	FLA	behind 0-4	t 2	0	1--	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	5	7	12%	30%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); K. Caminiti Scores
2	2	2	2	1997-04-28	Chris Gomez	SDP	@	FLA	behind 2-4	t 2	2	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	8	6	9%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	1997-05-13	Fred McGriff	ATL		FLA	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	11%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1997-07-10	Gregg Jefferies	PHI	@	FLA	behind 0-5	t 6	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	7	6%	9%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Rolen Scores; G. Jefferies Scores
5	5	5	1	1997-07-26	Royce Clayton	STL		FLA	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1997-08-05	Ricky Gutiérrez	HOU	@	FLA	behind 2-4	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) SBCBX	1	5	5	11%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	7	1	1997-08-22	Mark McGwire	STL	@	FLA	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	-2-	4,(2-1) BBSX	2	3	3	13%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Clayton Scores
8	8	8	1	1997-09-01	Lenny Webster	BAL	@	FLA	behind 0-3	t 3	2	12-	4,(2-1) BBFX	3	6	2	26%	46%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); G. Berroa Scores; C. Ripken Scores
9	9	9	1	1997-09-07	Todd Zeile	LAD		FLA	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	123	3,(2-0) BBX	4	6	5	18%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Piazza Scores; E. Karros Scores; R. Mondesí Scores/unER
10	10	10	1	1997-09-17 (2)	Tony Barron	PHI	@	FLA	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	9	15%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	11	1	1997-09-28	Billy McMillon	PHI		FLA	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	11%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	12	2	1997-09-28	Kevin Jordan	PHI		FLA	behind 3-5	b 3	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	3	3	20%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Morandini Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1998-04-02	Brian Hunter	DET	@	TBD	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-2) BCBX	1	1	8	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	1998-05-23	Dave McCarty	SEA		TBD	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	1,(0-1) X	2	9	9	16%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Wilson Scores
15	15	3	1	1998-06-19	Nomar Garciaparra	BOS	@	TBD	tied 1-1	t 6	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	3	6	16%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	4	2	1998-06-19	Jason Varitek	BOS	@	TBD	ahead 2-1	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	13%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	5	1	1998-06-24	Todd Zeile	FLA		TBD	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	7%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); M. Kotsay Scores
18	18	6	1	1998-06-30	Andrés Galarraga	ATL	@	TBD	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	3,(1-1) BCX	2	4	3	16%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Weiss Scores
19	19	7	2	1998-06-30	Andrés Galarraga	ATL	@	TBD	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	8	1	1998-07-29	Wil Cordero	CHW		TBD	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	7,(3-2) BSBSFBX	2	6	3	22%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ventura Scores
21	21	9	1	1998-08-04	Robert Machado	CHW	@	TBD	behind 1-3	t 2	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	9	2	19%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Abbott Scores; M. Ordóñez Scores
22	22	10	1	1998-08-15	Mike Sweeney	KCR		TBD	behind 2-3	b 1	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	6	2	17%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. King Scores
23	23	11	2	1998-08-15	Jermaine Dye	KCR		TBD	ahead 4-3	b 1	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	9	9%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
24	24	12	1	1998-08-20	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		TBD	behind 0-2	b 7	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	5	14%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	13	2	1998-08-20	B.J. Surhoff	BAL		TBD	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	7	7	23%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
26	26	14	1	1998-09-05	Rickey Henderson	OAK		TBD	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	10%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	15	1	1998-09-21 (1)	John Valentin	BOS		TBD	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1--	5,(3-1) CB1BBX	2	2	5	18%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Lewis Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1999-04-12	Alex Gonzalez	TOR		TBD	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	4%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
29	29	2	1	1999-04-28 (2)	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW		TBD	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	4	9	9%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Durham Scores; M. Caruso Scores; F. Thomas Scores
30	30	3	2	1999-04-28 (2)	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW		TBD	ahead 6-1	b 5	0	---	7,(2-2) FCBBFFX	1	4	9	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
31	31	4	1	1999-05-03	Gregg Jefferies	DET	@	TBD	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	DH	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	5	1	1999-05-21	Mo Vaughn	ANA	@	TBD	ahead 3-2	t 2	2	12-	3,(1-1) SBX	3	3	DH	22%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball); D. Erstad Scores/unER; R. Velarde Scores/unER; M. Vaughn Scores/unER
33	33	6	1	1999-05-26	Roberto Kelly	TEX	@	TBD	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	8	8%	30%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)