Bret Saberhagen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 160lb (185cm, 72kg)

Born: April 11, 1964 in Chicago Heights, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grover Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA).

High School: Grover Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA)

Debut: April 4, 1984 (Age 19-359d, 14,863rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 7, 2001 (Age 37-118d)
vs. OAK 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, ??? Cohen?, ??? Schneider

Full Name: Bret William Saberhagen

Nicknames: Sabes

Pronunciation: \SAY-ber-HAY-gen\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

58.9

167

117

ERA

3.34

399

371

2562.2

1715

WHIP

1.141

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-8 / in Starts: 24-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	39	5	Apr 14	KCR		DET	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.05	2.98	29	11	7	1	0	7	48			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.052	1.03	0.03%	1.22	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
2	40	9	Apr 19	KCR	@	DET	W,9-2	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.1	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.46	2.53	29	10	7	0	0	10	47			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.104	.64	0.07%	1.01	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 1 out a4
3	41	14	Apr 24	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-10	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	2.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.17	2.62	14	3	3	0	1	6	30			2	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.165	1.46	-0.13%	-1.65	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d3
4	42	19	Apr 30	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(2-2)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.65	2.44	29	12	7	0	0	5	76			0	0	1	28	0	1	0	2	0	0	.60	0.279	.87	0.24%	3.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	43	24	May 7	KCR		BAL	L,2-4	CG	L(2-3)	6	9.0	8	4	4	2	4	2	0	3.74	3.22	35	9	12	0	0	8	57			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.006	1.10	0.00%	0.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
6	44	28	May 12	KCR		NYY	W,6-5	GS-4		4	3.1	8	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.62	3.33	20	7	3	0	0	8	22			0	0	1	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.452	1.33	-0.27%	-4.39	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d3
7	45	33	May 17	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.72	3.03	27	11	10	0	0	2	87			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.491	1.12	0.42%	4.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	46	38	May 22	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-3	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.74	3.12	29	13	5	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.090	2.02	-0.08%	0.62	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
9	47	42	May 27	KCR		TEX	W,4-2	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	6.0	3	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.51	3.02	23	7	9	0	0	3	62			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	1	.81	0.103	1.70	0.13%	0.65	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	48	47	Jun 1	KCR	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	4	3	7	1	0	3.74	3.11	27	6	7	0	0	4	48			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.17	-0.079	2.96	-0.12%	-0.81	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a2
11	49	51	Jun 7	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-0	GS-7	W(6-3)	5	7.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.38	2.95	30	7	9	2	0	7	68			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.297	2.23	0.46%	3.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
12	50	56	Jun 12	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.35	3.07	25	6	6	0	0	7	52			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.066	2.59	-0.08%	0.44	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out tie
13	51	61	Jun 17	KCR		MIN	W,10-3	GS-8	W(7-3)	4	8.0	10	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.35	3.03	36	14	7	0	0	10	51			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.005	1.56	-0.01%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
14	52	65	Jun 22	KCR		SEA	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-4)	4	7.1	2	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.28	2.92	26	8	7	1	0	2	71			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	0.109	2.46	0.12%	1.47	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out d1
15	53	70	Jun 28	KCR		CAL	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	7	3	2	2	3	1	0	3.23	3.03	29	14	4	1	0	6	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.045	2.30	-0.06%	0.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	54	75	Jul 3	KCR		OAK	W,3-0	GS-9	W(8-4)	4	8.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.99	2.93	29	7	13	1	0	5	76			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.469	2.23	0.63%	3.66	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
17	55	80	Jul 8	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	5	2	2	0	7	0	0	2.91	2.79	31	5	16	0	0	3	76			1	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.218	1.54	0.18%	2.51	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
18	56	85	Jul 13	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	9	1	1	0	9	1	1	2.78	2.77	35	8	8	1	0	9	74			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.355	1.11	0.27%	3.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
19	57	87	Jul 18	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-8	GS-6	L(10-5)	4	6.0	7	5	5	2	4	3	0	2.99	3.05	27	10	11	5	2	0	40			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.272	.88	-0.22%	-2.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
20	58	92	Jul 23	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	GS-8	W(11-5)	4	8.0	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.95	3.06	30	15	5	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.323	1.65	0.29%	2.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
21	59	97	Jul 29	KCR	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-9	W(12-5)	5	8.1	7	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.85	3.07	31	5	10	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.70	0.531	4.33	0.81%	3.28	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	60	104	Aug 8(1)	KCR		DET	W,10-3	CG	W(13-5)	9	9.0	7	3	3	2	9	1	0	2.85	3.06	36	7	11	0	0	7	68			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.221	1.15	0.26%	1.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
23	61	110	Aug 13	KCR	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-6	W(14-5)	4	5.2	9	3	3	0	5	1	0	2.92	3.06	25	5	6	0	0	9	44			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	1	0	.91	-0.043	2.42	-0.07%	-0.05	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a2
24	62	115	Aug 19	KCR		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(15-5)	5	10.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.80	2.98	35	12	12	1	0	3	86			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.715	3.63	1.28%	4.06	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
25	63	120	Aug 24	KCR		TEX	W,8-2	GS-6	W(16-5)	4	6.0	8	2	2	0	7	0	0	2.81	2.89	24	7	3	0	0	7	55			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.149	3.37	0.29%	1.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	64	129	Sep 3	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(17-5)	9	9.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.77	2.91	32	12	11	6	0	5	69			1	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	0.557	4.46	1.17%	2.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	65	136	Sep 9	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-7	GS-7	L(17-6)	5	7.0	5	5	3	1	3	1	0	2.81	2.95	28	10	9	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	1	.63	-0.135	4.87	-0.63%	-1.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
28	66	140	Sep 14	KCR	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(18-6)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	12	0	0	2.73	2.85	32	8	7	0	0	3	87			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.651	5.39	1.41%	3.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	67	146	Sep 19	KCR		SEA	L,4-6	GS-8		4	7.1	11	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.81	2.83	34	9	10	1	0	11	42			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.088	5.34	0.24%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
30	68	151	Sep 25	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS-9	W(19-6)	5	8.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.86	2.87	36	13	8	0	0	9	52			0	1	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.276	5.46	0.98%	0.49	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out a1
31	69	156	Sep 30	KCR		CAL	W,3-1	CG	W(20-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	10	1	0	2.79	2.86	32	9	7	1	0	4	81			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.514	15.73	4.39%	3.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	70	161	Oct 5	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.87	2.89	26	4	6	1	0	8	44			2	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.131	2.06	-0.16%	-0.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
							24-8		W-L:20-6	4.6	235.1	211	79	75	38	158	19	1	2.87	2.89	931	1.11		4%	1%	194	60		---%	12	8	3	876	33	6	1	13	7	8	1.02	5.013	2.95	11.84%	40.53

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