Steve Sax

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: January 29, 1960 in Sacramento, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from James Marshall HS (West Sacramento, CA).

High School: James Marshall HS (West Sacramento, CA)

Debut: August 18, 1981 (Age 21-201d, 14,480th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 8, 1994 (Age 34-099d)
vs. CAL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Tom Reich • Previously: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Stephen Louis Sax

Nicknames: Saxie

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Relatives: Brother of Dave Sax

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.7

6940

1949

.281

913

RBI

550

444

OBP

.335

SLG

.358

OPS

.693

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 54 Home Runs

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

12 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 26 go ahead

3 Tms
LAD	30
NYY	19
CHW	5

Platoon
vs RHP	35
vs LHP	19

Home/Road
Away	29
Home	25

Outs
0	27
2	17
1	10

21 Opps
SFG	4
TEX	4
CIN	4
CHC	4
BOS	4
STL	3
SEA	3
BAL	3
PHI	3
HOU	3
OAK	2
SDP	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
TOR	2
CAL	1
DET	1
MON	1

51 Pitchers
Shane Rawley	2
Ed Whitson	2
Mike Flanagan	2
Hipólito Pichardo	1
Doug Drabek	1
Frank Pastore	1
Mike Walker	1
Frank LaCorte	1
Guy Hoffman	1
Phil Niekro	1
Bert Blyleven	1
George Frazier	1
Tim Leary	1
Joe Bitker	1
Denis Boucher	1
Joe Price	1
Rick Rhoden	1
Kevin Brown	1
Jimmy Key	1
Brian Bohanon	1
Tom Niedenfuer	1
Andy Hawkins	1
Bob Welch	1
Ubaldo Heredia	1
Wally Ritchie	1
Mario Soto	1
Ron Darling	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Mark Davis	1
Don Sutton	1
Jay Baller	1
Mike Henneman	1
Dennis Lamp	1
Roy Smith	1
Tim Conroy	1
Bob Knepper	1
Joe Hesketh	1
Bob Shirley	1
John Franco	1
Doug Bair	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Alan Fowlkes	1
Greg Swindell	1
Storm Davis	1
Dave Dravecky	1
Wes Gardner	1
Dwight Gooden	1
Roger Clemens	1
Ben McDonald	1
Mike Jeffcoat	1
Joe Cowley	1

21 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	12
Yankee Stad (NYC)	11
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	39
9	5
78	5

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	23
2	8
1	7
3	6
5	4
4	3
7+	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	38
1--	5
--3	3
123	2
12-	2
1-3	2
-2-	1
-23	1

79 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	38
1 on	9
2 on	5
3 on	2
Any on	16

Inning
1	15
2	2
3	6
4	3
5	6
6	4
7	8
8	7
9	3

1-3	23
4-6	13
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	2
+1	6
Tied	23
-1	7
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	15
Tied	23
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	23
0-0	7
1-0	5
0-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	3
1-2	2
1-1	2
2-1	2
3-1	2
0-2	1
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	53
LF	1

OrderPos
1st	38
2nd	12
7th	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1981-08-23	LAD	@	STL	Bob Shirley	behind 3-5	t 4	1	---		1	8	4	0.110	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1981-09-27	LAD	@	HOU	Don Sutton	behind 0-4	t 9	2	---		1	1	4	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1982-07-30 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	Joe Cowley	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	--3		2	1	4	0.138	89%		Home Run; B. Russell Scores
4	4	2	1	1982-08-13	LAD		SFG	Alan Fowlkes	ahead 5-0	b 7	2	---		1	1	4	0.007	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	1982-09-08	LAD	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 1-3	t 2	2	12-		3	1	4	0.288	58%		Home Run; B. Russell Scores; B. Welch Scores
6	6	4	1	1982-09-28	LAD		CIN	Frank Pastore	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	4	0.107	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1983-04-22	LAD	@	PIT	Rick Rhoden	ahead 3-2	t 7	2	---		1	1	4	0.140	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	2	1	1983-05-07	LAD		STL	Doug Bair	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---		1	1	4	0.275	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1983-06-24	LAD		HOU	Frank LaCorte	ahead 4-1	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.026	98%		Home Run
10	10	4	1	1983-06-25	LAD		HOU	Bob Knepper	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	4	0.106	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	5	1	1983-08-09	LAD	@	CIN	Mario Soto	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---		1	1	4	0.147	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1984-04-19	LAD		SDP	Ed Whitson	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	---		1	1	4	0.120	81%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1985-07-30	LAD		SFG	Mark Davis	tied 2-2	b 9	2	1--		2	8	4	0.442	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; G. Brock Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1986-04-30	LAD		CHC	George Frazier	ahead 3-0	b 8	0	---		1	1	4	0.013	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	2	1	1986-05-06	LAD	@	CHC	Guy Hoffman	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	5,(1-2) CBCFX	1	2	4	0.101	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	3	1	1986-05-07	LAD	@	CHC	Jay Baller	tied 4-4	t 7	0	123		4	2	4	0.189	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Anderson Scores; M. Scioscia Scores; M. Duncan Scores
17	17	4	1	1986-05-28	LAD	@	NYM	Dwight Gooden	behind 1-4	t 8	2	---		1	1	4	0.037	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	5	1	1986-07-20	LAD	@	STL	Tim Conroy	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---		1	2	4	0.120	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	6	1	1986-09-19	LAD	@	CIN	John Franco	behind 6-7	t 9	1	1--		2	1	4	0.659	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Marshall Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1987-05-17	LAD	@	MON	Ubaldo Heredia	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	4	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	1987-05-29	LAD		PHI	Wally Ritchie	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---		1	1	4	0.033	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	3	1	1987-06-05	LAD	@	CIN	Bill Gullickson	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	1--		2	1	4	0.119	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Honeycutt Scores
23	23	4	1	1987-09-05	LAD		NYM	Ron Darling	behind 2-4	b 8	2	---		1	1	4	0.104	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	5	1	1987-09-22	LAD	@	SFG	Joe Price	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	---		1	1	4	0.117	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	6	1	1987-10-04	LAD	@	SDP	Ed Whitson	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	4	0.100	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1988-04-04	LAD		SFG	Dave Dravecky	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.111	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line)
27	27	2	1	1988-05-02	LAD		PIT	Doug Drabek	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	1	4	0.225	92%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); D. Heep Scores; D. Sutton Scores
28	28	3	1	1988-05-10	LAD	@	CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	0.105	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	4	1	1988-05-26	LAD	@	PHI	Shane Rawley	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.108	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
30	30	5	2	1988-05-26	LAD	@	PHI	Shane Rawley	tied 1-1	t 5	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	1	4	0.282	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Hamilton Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1989-04-08	NYY		CLE	Greg Swindell	behind 0-7	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	2	4	0.010	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	2	1	1989-06-27	NYY	@	DET	Mike Henneman	tied 4-4	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	4	0.298	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	1989-07-07	NYY	@	BOS	Roger Clemens	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	1	4	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
34	34	4	1	1989-07-31	NYY		TOR	Mike Flanagan	tied 1-1	b 2	2	1-3	2,(0-1) L1>X	3	1	4	0.260	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Velarde Scores; R. Kelly Scores
35	35	5	1	1989-09-05	NYY	@	SEA	Tom Niedenfuer	ahead 9-2	t 7	1	-23	3,(2-0) BBX	3	1	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); R. Kelly Scores; D. Sanders Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1990-04-27	NYY		CAL	Bert Blyleven	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	4	0.102	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	2	1	1990-07-17	NYY		KCR	Storm Davis	behind 1-8	b 5	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	2	4	0.055	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Kelly Scores; D. Sanders Scores
38	38	3	1	1990-07-23	NYY	@	TEX	Kevin Brown	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	1	1	4	0.101	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
39	39	4	1	1990-09-23	NYY		BOS	Wes Gardner	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	---	5,(2-2) BCBFX	1	2	4	0.107	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1991-04-30	NYY	@	OAK	Bob Welch	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	7,(2-2) CCF>FB1B.X	2	2	4	0.136	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Kelly Scores; S. Sax Scores
41	41	2	1	1991-05-29	NYY		BOS	Dennis Lamp	ahead 5-0	b 7	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	2	4	0.011	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Kelly Scores; S. Sax Scores
42	42	3	1	1991-06-08	NYY		TEX	Joe Bitker	ahead 7-4	b 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	0.042	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Sax Scores
43	43	4	1	1991-07-03	NYY		CLE	Denis Boucher	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	4	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Sax Scores
44	44	5	1	1991-07-04	NYY		BAL	Roy Smith	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	1	4	0.168	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Sax Scores
45	45	6	1	1991-07-30	NYY		OAK	Andy Hawkins	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	4,(1-2) BCCX	1	2	4	0.102	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Sax Scores
46	46	7	1	1991-09-02	NYY	@	TEX	Mike Jeffcoat	behind 0-7	t 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	4	0.011	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Á. Espinoza Scores; S. Sax Scores
47	47	8	1	1991-09-04	NYY	@	TEX	Brian Bohanon	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	3,(0-2) FSX	1	2	4	0.116	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Sax Scores
48	48	9	1	1991-09-21	NYY	@	BOS	Joe Hesketh	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	0.112	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Sax Scores
49	49	10	1	1991-10-02	NYY		BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ...BX	1	1	4	0.262	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Sax Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1992-06-16	CHW	@	SEA	Mike Walker	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	123	4,(2-1) BFBX	4	7	4	0.187	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); G. Bell Scores; W. Newson Scores; L. Johnson Scores; S. Sax Scores/unER
51	51	2	1	1992-07-06	CHW	@	BAL	Ben McDonald	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	4	0.116	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Sax Scores
52	52	3	1	1992-08-22	CHW		KCR	Hipólito Pichardo	behind 0-1	b 5	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	0.214	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. Sveum Scores; S. Sax Scores
53	53	4	1	1992-09-02	CHW	@	TOR	Jimmy Key	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	8,(2-2) CBFFFFBX	1	1	4	0.116	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Sax Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1993-06-25	CHW		SEA	Tim Leary	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	0.096	45%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)

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SFG	4
TEX	4
CIN	4
CHC	4
BOS	4
STL	3
SEA	3
BAL	3
PHI	3
HOU	3
OAK	2
SDP	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
TOR	2
CAL	1
DET	1
MON	1

SFG	4
TEX	4
CIN	4
CHC	4
BOS	4
STL	3
SEA	3
BAL	3
PHI	3
HOU	3
OAK	2
SDP	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
TOR	2
CAL	1
DET	1
MON	1

SFG	4
TEX	4
CIN	4
CHC	4
BOS	4
STL	3
SEA	3
BAL	3
PHI	3
HOU	3
OAK	2
SDP	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
TOR	2
CAL	1
DET	1
MON	1