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: 21-12 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	101	4	Apr 10	KCR		NYY	W,13-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.00	2.65	31	18	7	0	0	0	81			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	1	.31	0.232	.34	0.15%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
2	102	8	Apr 15	KCR		DET	W,2-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.06	2.52	27	9	16	6	1	0	68			0	1	1	27	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.410	1.68	0.33%	3.49	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
3	103	12	Apr 20	KCR	@	BOS	W,10-2	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	8.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	1	1.44	2.79	33	17	13	5	0	0	60			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.137	1.21	0.10%	2.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out a8
4	104	17	Apr 26	KCR	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	W(4-0)	5	9.0	7	1	1	3	7	0	0	1.32	2.67	35	8	12	0	0	5	73			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.312	.74	0.22%	3.75	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
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	105	21	May 2	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	GS-8	W(5-0)	5	8.0	10	4	4	1	6	2	0	1.93	3.11	32	10	13	5	0	2	51			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	-0.141	1.36	-0.10%	0.49	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
6	106	26	May 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-0)	6	9.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	1.59	2.71	28	8	9	1	0	2	92			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.482	1.23	0.50%	4.95	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
7	107	31	May 14	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-8	L(6-1)	4	7.0	11	4	3	4	5	2	0	1.86	3.22	34	10	4	0	0	11	42			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	3	0	1	1.02	-0.170	1.78	-0.18%	-0.27	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out d1
8	108	36	May 19	KCR		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(7-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	1	1.75	3.14	33	13	14	7	0	0	74			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.398	2.19	0.51%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	109	41	May 25	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(8-1)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	1	0	1.66	3.20	34	10	11	3	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.430	2.40	0.68%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
10	110	45	May 30	KCR		TEX	W,12-7	GS-5	W(9-1)	4	5.0	10	7	7	2	6	2	0	2.33	3.43	27	11	6	2	1	2	23			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.078	2.19	-0.12%	-4.19	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
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
11	111	50	Jun 4	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-1	CG	W(10-1)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.20	3.39	37	14	8	1	0	6	70			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.391	2.58	0.65%	4.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
12	112	57	Jun 12	KCR		CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-1)	7	9.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.00	3.18	30	8	14	5	0	0	89			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.783	3.30	1.10%	5.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	113	62	Jun 17	KCR		OAK	W,10-5	CG	W(12-1)	4	9.0	7	5	5	2	7	1	0	2.25	3.20	36	11	15	3	0	1	58			2	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.098	1.53	-0.11%	0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	114	67	Jun 22	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-4	GS-8	L(12-2)	4	7.2	9	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.33	3.26	34	15	11	6	0	1	52			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.129	2.06	0.19%	1.86	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out d1
15	115	71	Jun 27	KCR		SEA	W,6-0	SHO	W(13-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.17	3.22	31	14	11	3	0	0	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.280	.95	0.30%	5.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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	116	76	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	W,10-3	CG	W(14-2)	4	9.0	9	3	3	0	5	1	0	2.22	3.22	34	11	17	2	0	1	62			0	1	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.254	1.53	0.45%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
17	117	81	Jul 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,7-9	GS-8	L(14-3)	3	7.0	10	7	7	1	1	2	0	2.56	3.39	31	7	12	0	0	10	29			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.560	2.83	-0.91%	-2.50	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a1
18	118	86	Jul 11	KCR	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	W(15-3)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	10	0	0	2.47	3.25	31	11	6	0	0	3	86			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.669	2.57	0.86%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
19	119	92	Jul 20	KCR		CLE	L,5-9	GS-4	L(15-4)	8	3.1	10	6	6	0	2	1	0	2.76	3.30	20	6	11	7	0	1	18			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.456	1.75	-0.40%	-4.33	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d3
20	120	97	Jul 25	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(15-5)	4	8.0	8	4	4	1	5	1	0	2.85	3.31	32	10	8	0	0	8	54			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.252	1.61	-0.23%	0.27	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	121	102	Jul 31	KCR		BOS	L,0-4	GS-7	L(15-6)	5	6.2	11	4	4	1	2	3	0	2.95	3.52	29	10	5	0	0	11	37			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	.65	-0.087	.76	-0.06%	-0.54	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d4
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	122	107	Aug 5	KCR	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-7	L(15-7)	4	6.2	7	3	3	2	5	2	0	2.99	3.62	29	7	13	2	0	2	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.045	1.31	-0.05%	0.24	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d2
23	123	112	Aug 11	KCR		NYY	W,8-5	GS-6	W(16-7)	5	6.0	10	5	5	1	4	2	0	3.14	3.71	29	11	11	7	0	2	35			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.032	1.33	-0.03%	-1.63	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
24	124	117	Aug 16	KCR		DET	L,6-10	GS-6		4	6.0	9	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.24	3.71	27	5	14	3	0	1	43			0	1	0	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.095	1.12	-0.09%	-0.63	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
25	125	122	Aug 22	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-7	GS-7		5	6.1	10	7	7	1	2	2	0	3.46	3.81	28	7	8	0	0	10	26			0	1	1	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.346	1.79	-0.40%	-2.61	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 1 out a1
26	126	127	Aug 27	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	GS-9		4	8.1	6	2	2	4	7	1	0	3.40	3.83	35	14	10	5	1	0	66			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	0.242	2.64	0.31%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out tie
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
27	127	132	Sep 1	KCR		MIL	L,0-2	GS-9	L(16-8)	4	8.2	6	2	2	1	5	0	1	3.35	3.77	34	15	12	3	1	0	68			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.55	0.163	3.41	0.22%	2.52	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out d2
28	128	137	Sep 6	KCR		CHW	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	9	4	4	1	7	0	0	3.40	3.69	31	8	6	0	0	9	50			1	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.23	-0.074	1.60	-0.06%	-0.09	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
29	129	141	Sep 11	KCR	@	OAK	W,9-0	SHO	W(17-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.27	3.65	34	13	15	3	0	1	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.292	.90	0.30%	4.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
30	130	146	Sep 16	KCR		CAL	L,4-6	GS-8	L(17-9)	4	8.0	12	4	4	1	7	0	1	3.31	3.59	37	10	7	0	0	11	48			0	0	0	35	6	0	0	2	0	1	1.15	0.044	3.34	0.08%	0.49	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
31	131	151	Sep 21	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(17-10)	4	8.0	9	5	4	3	3	2	1	3.35	3.70	38	12	10	3	0	9	46			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	2	.67	-0.121	.41	-0.05%	-0.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
32	132	155	Sep 26	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	4	6	6	0	1	3.41	3.72	31	9	9	6	0	0	42			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.155	1.18	-0.09%	-0.60	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
33	133	160	Oct 2	KCR		MIN	W,6-3	CG	W(18-10)	5	9.0	9	3	2	0	4	0	0	3.36	3.66	36	19	12	4	0	0	63			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	1	0	.93	0.169	.00	0.00%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							21-12		W-L:18-10	4.5	257.0	246	99	96	53	163	27	6	3.36	3.66	1048	1.03		13%	1%	114	57		---%	10	10	2	975	49	7	2	19	5	6	.93	3.107	1.69	4.09%	44.50

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