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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
2	2	Apr 7	LAD		SFG	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
3	3	Apr 9	LAD		SDP	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
4	4	Apr 10	LAD		SDP	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
5	5	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	46	10.2	5	4	1	10	0	2B
6	6	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
7	7	Apr 14	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
8	8	Apr 15	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
9	9	Apr 16	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
10	10	Apr 17	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
11	11	Apr 18	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
12	12	Apr 19	LAD		HOU	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
13	13	Apr 20	LAD		HOU	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
14	14	Apr 21	LAD		HOU	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
15	15	Apr 23	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
16	16	Apr 24	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
17	17	Apr 25	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
18	18	Apr 27	LAD		PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
19	19	Apr 28	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
20	20	Apr 29	LAD		PHI	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
21	21	Apr 30	LAD		MON	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	LAD		MON	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
23	23	May 2	LAD		MON	L,1-13	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
24	24	May 3	LAD		NYM	L,3-6	CG	54	12.0	8	5	0	13	2	2B
25	25	May 4	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
26	26	May 6	LAD	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
27	27	May 7	LAD	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
28	28	May 8	LAD	@	MON	W,10-8	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
29	29	May 9	LAD	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
30	30	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	47	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	2B
31	31	May 11	LAD	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	2	7	0	2B
32	32	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
33	37 (4)	May 18	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
34	38	May 19	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
35	39	May 20	LAD		CHC	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
36	40	May 21	LAD		STL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
37	41	May 22	LAD		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
38	42	May 23	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
39	43	May 24	LAD		PIT	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
40	44	May 25	LAD		PIT	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
41	45	May 26	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
42	46	May 28	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
43	47	May 29	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	56	12.2	5	2	0	7	0	2B
44	48	May 30	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	2B
45	49	May 31	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	50	Jun 1	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
47	51	Jun 2	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	2B
48	52	Jun 4	LAD	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
49	53	Jun 5	LAD	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
50	54	Jun 6	LAD	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	2B
51	55	Jun 7	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
52	56	Jun 8	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
53	57	Jun 9	LAD		ATL	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	8	6	0	14	3	2B
54	58	Jun 10	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
55	59	Jun 11	LAD		CIN	W,11-1	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
56	60	Jun 12	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
57	61	Jun 13	LAD		CIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
58	62	Jun 14	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
59	63	Jun 15	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
60	64	Jun 16	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
61	65	Jun 18	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
62	66	Jun 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
63	67	Jun 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
64	68	Jun 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
65	69	Jun 22	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
66	70	Jun 23	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
67	71	Jun 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
68	72	Jun 25	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
69	73	Jun 26	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
70	74	Jun 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
71	75	Jun 28	LAD		SDP	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
72	76	Jun 29	LAD		SDP	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
73	77	Jun 30 (1)	LAD		SDP	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
74	78	Jun 30 (2)	LAD		SDP	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	10	0	13	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	79	Jul 2	LAD		HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
76	80	Jul 3	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
77	81	Jul 4	LAD		HOU	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
78	82	Jul 5	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
79	83	Jul 6	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
80	84	Jul 7	LAD	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
81	85	Jul 8	LAD	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
82	86	Jul 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	44	11.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
83	87	Jul 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
84	88	Jul 11	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
85	89	Jul 15	LAD		NYM	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
86	90	Jul 16	LAD		NYM	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
87	91	Jul 17	LAD		NYM	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
88	92	Jul 18	LAD		NYM	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
89	93	Jul 19	LAD		MON	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
90	94	Jul 20	LAD		MON	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
91	95	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,1-4	CG	41	11.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
92	96	Jul 23	LAD		PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
93	97	Jul 24	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
94	98	Jul 25	LAD		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
95	99	Jul 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
96	100	Jul 27	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
97	101	Jul 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
98	102	Jul 30 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
99	103	Jul 30 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
100	104	Jul 31	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	105	Aug 1	LAD	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
102	106	Aug 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
103	107	Aug 3	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
104	108	Aug 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
105	109	Aug 5	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
106	110	Aug 6	LAD		ATL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	4	1	1	6	0	2B
107	111	Aug 7	LAD		ATL	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
108	112	Aug 8	LAD		ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
109	113	Aug 9	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	13.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
110	114	Aug 10	LAD		CIN	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
111	115	Aug 11	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
112	116	Aug 12	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	2B
113	117	Aug 13	LAD		SFG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
114	118	Aug 14	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
115	119	Aug 15	LAD		SFG	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
116	120	Aug 17 susp	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	79	21.0	2	8	0	10	1	2B
117	121	Aug 18	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
118	122	Aug 19	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
119	123	Aug 20	LAD	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
120	124	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	2B
121	125	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	53	13.1	5	6	1	12	1	2B
122	126	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
123	127	Aug 24	LAD	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
124	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
125	129	Aug 27	LAD		CHC	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
126	130	Aug 28	LAD		CHC	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
127	131	Aug 29	LAD		CHC	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
128	132	Aug 30	LAD		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
129	133	Aug 31	LAD		STL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	134	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,5-6	CG	57	13.0	8	4	1	13	1	2B
131	135	Sep 3	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
132	136	Sep 4	LAD		PIT	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
133	137	Sep 5	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	2	5	1	8	0	2B
134	138	Sep 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
135	140 (1)	Sep 8	LAD	@	ATL	L,11-12	CG	48	9.1	6	3	1	10	2	2B
136	141	Sep 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-10	GS	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
137	143 (1)	Sep 11	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	2B
138	144	Sep 12	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
139	145	Sep 13	LAD		SDP	W,4-3		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
140	148 (2)	Sep 17	LAD		HOU	W,9-2	GF	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
141	150 (1)	Sep 19	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
142	155 (4)	Sep 26	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
143	156	Sep 27	LAD		CIN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
144	157	Sep 28	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	10.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
145	158	Sep 29	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	7	6	0	13	1	2B
146	159	Sep 30	LAD		ATL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
147	160	Oct 1	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
148	161	Oct 2	LAD	@	SFG	W,15-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
149	162	Oct 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
							149gm		1334.0	347	452	19	818	83