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: 12-26 / in Starts: 6-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 6

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	1	2	Apr 4	KCR		NYY	L,3-4	4-8		99	4.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.77	16	8	5	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.201	.92	0.16%	2.50	4t 1-- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d1
2	2	6	Apr 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-6	3-7		5	5.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	0.93	3.80	18	7	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	.39	0.032	.48	0.02%	1.40	3b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
3	3	10	Apr 15	KCR		MIL	L,2-3	6-7	H(1)	4	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.77	3.88	7	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.175	1.49	0.13%	0.99	6t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a1
4	4	12	Apr 19	KCR	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	3	6.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.02	3.39	24	10	2	0	0	6	58			2	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.255	1.52	0.17%	1.94	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
5	5	15	Apr 24	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.92	3.23	6	1	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.07	0.01%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
6	6	19	Apr 28	KCR		TOR	L,0-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	6.1	9	5	4	1	1	1	0	2.08	3.65	29	7	11	0	0	9	37			2	0	1	27	3	0	0	0	1	1	.55	-0.177	.59	-0.11%	-2.45	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d5
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
7	7	22	May 4	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS-4		5	4.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.40	3.50	18	3	6	0	0	6	43			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.001	.88	0.00%	0.06	1b start tie	4b 3 out a1
8	8	31	May 14	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(1-2)	9	8.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.37	3.08	29	14	5	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	.76	0.084	.68	0.05%	2.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
9	9	36	May 20	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-3)	5	8.0	4	3	1	2	3	0	0	2.15	3.03	32	14	9	0	0	4	67			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.09	0.005	.89	0.00%	0.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	10	40	May 25	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS-5	W(2-3)	4	5.0	9	5	5	3	4	2	0	2.82	3.53	26	7	3	0	0	9	30			0	0	0	22	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.11	-0.234	.98	-0.13%	-2.41	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
11	11	45	May 30	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-7	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	4.2	7	6	6	2	0	1	0	3.56	3.81	22	9	6	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.314	1.23	-0.25%	-2.69	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d3
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
12	12	50	Jun 4	KCR		SEA	L,1-7	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	6.1	6	6	3	2	3	0	1	3.63	3.75	29	12	5	0	0	6	44			0	0	1	23	2	1	0	0	2	1	.87	-0.289	1.45	-0.29%	-3.45	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d5
13	13	56	Jun 12	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	L(2-6)	7	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.68	3.77	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.83	-0.232	4.47	-0.22%	-0.46	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
14	14	60	Jun 16	KCR		MIN	L,1-6	GS-7	L(2-7)	3	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.57	3.62	24	11	7	0	0	4	63			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.112	1.18	0.08%	1.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	15	64	Jun 20	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	3.59	6	1	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.91	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
16	16	65	Jun 22	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-8	3-7		1	4.2	4	5	1	3	2	1	0	3.38	3.78	22	7	6	0	0	4		3	0	1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	.41	0.032	.43	0.02%	-1.48	3b 123 1 out d3	7b 3 out d8
17	17	69	Jun 26(1)	KCR		OAK	L,4-8	5-GF		3	4.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.31	3.70	15	5	5	0	0	4		1	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.065	.37	0.05%	1.34	5t --3 2 out d3	9t end d 4
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
18	18	78	Jul 4	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-0	GS-7	W(3-7)	7	7.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.05	3.56	26	9	9	0	0	5	70			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.278	.71	0.18%	3.53	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
19	19	85	Jul 13(2)	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-5	L(3-8)	8	5.0	9	5	5	0	3	2	0	3.36	3.73	24	6	6	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.202	.87	-0.11%	-2.63	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
20	20	89	Jul 17(1)	KCR		CLE	L,7-9	5-9		3	4.0	7	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.50	3.61	19	3	5	0	0	7		2	1	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.194	.58	-0.09%	-1.64	5t 12- 1 out d1	9t 1-- 1 out d2
21	21	93	Jul 20	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	6-8	W(4-8)	2	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.40	3.59	10	4	4	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.248	.77	0.07%	1.48	6t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out tie
22	22	97	Jul 23(2)	KCR		TOR	W,7-2	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.30	3.49	10	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.087	.37	0.05%	1.48	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 5
23	23	99	Jul 25	KCR		TOR	W,5-4	7-11		1	5.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.15	3.49	17	6	7	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.91	0.515	2.21	0.36%	2.47	7t --- 0 out d1	11t 3 out tie
24	24	101	Jul 27(2)	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.09	3.50	9	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.035	.67	0.03%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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
25	25	106	Aug 1	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.22	3.61	5	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.099	.58	-0.08%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
26	26	107	Aug 3	KCR	@	DET	W,9-6	5-7	W(5-8)	1	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.26	3.60	6	2	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.071	.98	0.05%	0.67	5b --3 2 out a3	7b -2- 1 out a3
27	27	109	Aug 5(1)	KCR	@	DET	W,5-4	7-8	W(6-8)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.20	3.61	7	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.192	2.66	0.19%	0.98	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
28	28	112	Aug 8	KCR		MIL	L,2-3	8-GF		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.14	3.58	7	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.088	1.45	0.10%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
29	29	116	Aug 12	KCR		DET	L,4-8	GS-5	L(6-9)	3	5.0	3	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.31	3.66	21	4	7	0	0	3	46			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.231	1.05	-0.27%	-1.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
30	30	121	Aug 17	KCR	@	TEX	L,6-8	GS-3		4	2.1	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.54	3.63	15	1	4	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.367	2.33	-0.44%	-3.16	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d1
31	31	125	Aug 21	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-11	6-7		3	2.0	3	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.77	3.72	10	0	4	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.07	-0.023	.13	-0.03%	-3.47	6b -23 0 out d4	7b 3 out d10
32	32	130	Aug 27	KCR		CHW	W,7-4	GS-7	W(7-9)	5	7.0	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.64	3.79	25	8	12	1	0	4	64			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.271	2.50	0.43%	2.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
Sept				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
33	33	135	Sep 1	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-3	L(7-10)	4	2.2	6	5	5	0	1	1	0	3.89	3.85	14	4	3	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.264	2.58	-0.58%	-3.55	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d5
34	34	140	Sep 7	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	6-6	W(8-10)	5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.87	3.82	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.037	2.93	0.10%	0.49	6t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
35	35	144	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.83	3.78	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.16	0.01%	0.62	7b --- 2 out d5	8b end d 5
36	36	150	Sep 18	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-0	GS-7	W(9-10)	6	7.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.65	3.76	26	11	5	0	0	4	69			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	3	0	1	.74	0.197	6.48	1.05%	3.43	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
37	37	156	Sep 24(1)	KCR		CAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-10)	5	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	1	3.43	3.66	31	11	9	0	0	3	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.490	9.19	3.38%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
38	38	161	Sep 29	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-6	GS-3	L(10-11)	4	3.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.48	3.64	13	1	4	0	0	5	42			2	2	0	11	1	1	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
							12-26		W-L:10-11,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.8	157.2	138	71	61	36	73	13	2	3.48	3.64	634	1.15		1%	0%	136	50	10	30%	13	8	2	583	23	6	4	11	5	9	.85	0.754	1.68	4.08%	7.63

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