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: 19-12 / in Starts: 19-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	344	5	Apr 5	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-5	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.60	3.94	21	108	63	14	9	3	10	4	2	0	51			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.079	1.19	0.05%	0.80	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
2	345	12	Apr 13	BOS		OAK	W,6-3	GS-6	W(2-0)	7	6.0	2	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.27	4.14	20	97	57	22	5	4	8	3	2	0	64			0	1	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.160	.76	0.10%	1.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
3	346	17	Apr 19	BOS		CLE	W,2-0	GS-6	W(3-0)	5	6.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.12	3.49	23	96	64	19	12	4	14	5	3	0	67			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.381	1.29	0.27%	3.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
4	347	22	Apr 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-6	W(4-0)	5	6.0	3	1	1	3	4	1	0	1.96	4.01	23	100	57	23	5	4	12	2	4	0	63			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.280	1.62	0.21%	2.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	348	27	May 1	BOS		TEX	W,5-3	GS-3		5	3.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.77	3.95	15	68	40	7	8	6	7	3	1	0	39			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.136	1.68	-0.11%	-1.27	1t start tie	3t 3 out tie
6	349	33	May 8	BOS	@	KCR	W,14-3	GS-6	W(5-0)	6	6.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	1	3.09	3.70	26	77	55	15	7	4	18	8	3	0	49			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.38	0.056	.49	0.04%	0.43	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a7
7	350	38	May 13	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-7	GS-4	L(5-1)	4	3.0	8	6	6	2	0	2	1	4.37	4.65	18	67	38	11	2	8	7	0	1	0	17			0	1	0	15	3	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.269	.89	-0.21%	-5.14	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out d5
8	351	43	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,5-9	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	4.1	8	6	6	0	1	1	0	5.26	4.77	21	85	55	15	4	8	12	4	2	0	24			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.381	1.46	-0.30%	-3.43	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d4
9	352	47	May 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	GS-3	L(5-3)	4	2.2	8	7	7	0	2	1	0	6.43	4.88	16	71	45	11	1	5	9	3	2	0	16			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.370	1.80	-0.33%	-3.82	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d3
10	353	52	May 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-7	W(6-3)	5	6.2	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	5.73	4.52	26	98	70	20	8	7	11	3	2	0	64			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.279	1.67	0.24%	2.32	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	354	57	Jun 4	BOS		BAL	W,9-1	GS-7	W(7-3)	4	7.0	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.17	4.52	26	81	54	17	2	8	14	6	1	0	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.316	1.63	0.30%	3.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
12	355	62	Jun 9	BOS	@	ATL	W,9-3	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	7.0	7	3	3	0	7	1	0	5.03	4.35	28	96	65	14	16	8	13	4	2	0	58			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	.55	0.097	.75	0.08%	0.58	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a5
13	356	66	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-6	L(8-4)	5	5.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.05	4.31	21	76	53	10	6	9	11	4	1	0	42			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	-0.101	1.38	-0.08%	-0.89	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d2
14	357	71	Jun 20	BOS	@	TBD	L,5-8	GS-5	L(8-5)	4	4.0	7	6	6	0	0	1	1	5.53	4.46	20	77	50	11	3	8	11	4	1	0	24			1	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.284	1.22	-0.23%	-4.22	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out d4
15	358	76	Jun 25	BOS	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-6	W(9-5)	4	6.0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.10	4.34	25	92	67	15	9	11	13	2	2	0	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.19	0.246	1.75	0.22%	2.13	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	359	81	Jul 1	BOS		MON	W,6-1	GS-7	W(10-5)	5	7.0	3	1	1	0	5	1	0	4.78	4.27	23	89	62	18	8	8	10	1	3	0	72			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.322	.89	0.25%	3.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
17	360	86	Jul 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-5		7	5.0	7	2	2	2	4	2	0	4.72	4.48	23	106	66	13	8	6	11	6	1	0	47			1	0	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	.99	0.063	1.09	0.04%	0.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
18	361	91	Jul 14	BOS	@	TBD	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.1	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.83	4.50	22	81	52	12	4	5	15	5	2	0	40			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.277	1.50	-0.21%	-1.56	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out d1
19	362	96	Jul 19	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	0	4.59	4.37	25	88	62	16	7	8	9	4	2	0	71			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.347	1.07	0.23%	2.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
20	363	102	Jul 25	BOS		TOR	W,5-3	GS-7		5	7.0	7	3	3	0	6	0	0	4.54	4.18	27	110	74	22	14	5	16	2	4	0	57			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.126	1.51	0.13%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
21	364	107	Jul 31	BOS	@	ANA	W,7-2	GS-7	W(11-5)	5	7.0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	4.12	26	89	55	9	3	14	12	3	3	0	65			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.260	1.04	0.18%	3.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	365	112	Aug 6	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-7	GS-6	L(11-6)	5	6.0	8	5	4	1	3	0	0	4.35	4.05	27	89	58	13	4	8	15	10	4	0	40			1	1	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.221	.58	-0.09%	-1.47	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
23	366	117	Aug 12	BOS		KCR	L,4-8	GS-6		5	6.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.22	3.99	26	100	63	15	3	11	9	5	1	0	58			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.276	.66	0.08%	2.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
24	367	123	Aug 18(2)	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	GS-5		5	5.0	8	4	4	0	1	2	0	4.33	4.14	23	58	41	11	2	8	14	4	2	0	36			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.180	.78	-0.08%	-1.12	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
25	368	130	Aug 26	BOS		OAK	W,7-4	GS-6		7	5.2	6	4	2	1	6	0	1	4.28	4.05	26	84	53	18	7	8	10	2	2	0	50			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.038	.28	-0.01%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out a1
26	369	135	Aug 31	BOS		SEA	W,5-1	GS-7	W(12-6)	4	6.2	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.15	3.98	25	98	63	18	7	9	11	3	3	0	65			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.315	.16	0.04%	2.49	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	370	140	Sep 5	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS-6	L(12-7)	4	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	3	0	4.16	4.20	27	80	53	12	4	6	18	6	3	0	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.014	.45	-0.01%	0.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
28	371	145	Sep 11	BOS		DET	W,6-2	GS-6	W(13-7)	5	6.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	1	4.00	4.10	24	95	65	12	12	4	13	2	2	0	68			1	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	.61	0.219	.53	0.11%	3.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
29	372	150	Sep 16	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(14-7)	4	6.2	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.95	4.15	26	83	57	13	5	11	13	5	1	0	54			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.238	1.14	0.15%	1.63	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
30	373	155	Sep 21(1)	BOS		TBD	W,4-3	GS-6	W(15-7)	4	6.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.92	4.07	26	88	58	14	7	9	9	6	0	0	54			0	2	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.137	.46	0.03%	1.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
31	374	161	Sep 26	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(15-8)	4	5.0	4	3	3	1	0	2	1	3.96	4.23	20	71	47	11	4	10	8	5	1	0	46			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.12	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
							19-12		W-L:15-8	4.8	175.0	181	82	77	29	100	22	6	3.96	4.23	725	2698	65%	17%	7%	0.63		21%	11%	0	51		---%	4	7	1	685	34	4	1	10	3	7	.97	1.855	1.00	1.07%	16.22

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