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: 15-20 / in Starts: 15-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	134	1	Apr 4	KCR		TOR	L,3-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	5	3	0	7	3	0	3.38	5.89	32	108	73	12	12	6	19	6	3	0	59			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	1	1	.83	-0.244	.99	-0.18%	-1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
2	135	5	Apr 9	KCR		DET	L,4-11	GS-7		4	6.1	11	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.77	4.02	29	114	72	25	9	9	14	7	2	0	43			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.149	1.66	0.11%	1.55	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
3	136	9	Apr 14	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	8.0	7	3	2	0	5	1	0	3.22	3.71	30	109	68	12	12	17	7	3	0	1	63			1	0	1	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.097	1.82	0.08%	0.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
4	137	13	Apr 19	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-12	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	4.0	7	9	7	4	3	1	0	5.13	4.29	24	106	62	17	10	6	10	5	2	1	15			1	0	0	20	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.08	-0.533	1.47	-0.43%	-7.05	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d7
5	138	17	Apr 24	KCR		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	1	4.08	4.21	33	120	82	22	6	15	12	6	4	0	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.478	1.37	0.40%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	139	21	Apr 29	KCR	@	MIL	W,7-2	GS-8	W(3-2)	4	8.0	8	2	2	0	6	0	0	3.74	3.67	30	93	63	8	10	9	15	8	4	0	64			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.371	1.09	0.33%	1.95	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a5
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
7	140	25	May 3	KCR	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS-7	W(4-2)	3	7.0	7	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.75	3.62	31	112	75	19	8	11	12	4	0	0	51			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.21	0.144	1.72	0.12%	0.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
8	141	29	May 7	KCR		MIL	L,2-4	CG	L(4-3)	3	9.0	9	4	4	1	9	0	0	3.79	3.24	37	119	80	21	15	10	17	7	4	0	61			1	0	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.051	.86	-0.03%	0.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
9	142	33	May 13	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-4)	5	8.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.61	3.05	29	95	62	17	9	10	12	4	4	0	67			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	.87	0.128	.91	0.08%	1.99	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
10	143	38	May 18	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.42	3.07	36	125	81	19	5	14	14	3	4	0	63			1	0	0	31	0	2	1	1	1	1	.91	0.326	.65	0.14%	2.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
11	144	43	May 23	KCR		MIN	L,5-7	GS-9	L(5-5)	4	8.1	11	7	7	1	3	1	0	3.83	3.16	38	127	83	17	5	12	22	8	3	0	35			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	1	1	1.23	-0.585	1.15	-0.33%	-3.08	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d2
12	145	48	May 29	KCR		TEX	W,12-1	GS-7	W(6-5)	5	7.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.63	3.06	27	98	62	13	16	2	17	6	3	0	69			0	0	1	23	1	1	0	0	1	1	.34	0.013	.16	0.00%	2.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
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
13	146	53	Jun 3	KCR		SEA	W,3-1	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.40	3.06	33	104	64	16	3	11	18	2	1	0	71			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	2	1	0	1.20	0.464	.47	0.11%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	147	58	Jun 8	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	7.1	11	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.50	2.98	33	119	82	9	13	12	18	8	0	0	43			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.157	1.40	-0.11%	-0.57	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
15	148	63	Jun 14	KCR	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS-9	W(9-5)	5	8.0	5	1	0	2	6	0	1	3.26	2.94	31	110	71	19	12	13	9	5	0	0	74			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	0.058	2.94	0.06%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a1
16	149	68	Jun 19	KCR		CAL	L,0-5	GS-8	L(9-6)	4	8.0	10	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.41	2.92	36	119	85	11	21	14	14	7	3	0	44			1	0	1	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.243	.65	-0.18%	-1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
17	150	73	Jun 25	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-3	GS-8	W(10-6)	5	8.0	5	2	2	4	5	2	0	3.34	3.13	33	109	67	15	6	10	14	3	0	0	65			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.170	1.13	0.09%	2.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
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
18	151	78	Jul 1	KCR		BOS	W,8-7	GS-5		5	5.0	8	7	7	1	5	0	0	3.68	3.06	24	90	63	11	8	6	12	7	2	0	27			0	0	0	21	1	2	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.383	.98	-0.21%	-4.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
19	152	83	Jul 6	KCR		MIL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(10-7)	4	8.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.72	3.02	31	104	60	16	6	14	13	3	0	0	52			1	1	1	30	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.33	-0.221	1.03	-0.10%	-0.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
20	153	88	Jul 15(1)	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-6	L(10-8)	8	6.0	9	3	2	1	6	1	0	3.70	3.04	27	101	72	24	12	11	8	6	1	1	49			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.080	.72	-0.06%	0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
21	154	93	Jul 19	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(10-9)	3	8.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.68	3.08	32	107	68	20	9	18	8	4	0	1	61			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	.45	-0.062	.22	-0.02%	0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
22	155	98	Jul 24	KCR		NYY	L,8-10	GS-6	L(10-10)	4	6.0	11	10	8	3	2	1	0	3.98	3.18	33	104	64	16	7	15	13	4	4	0	13			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	1	.81	-0.746	.35	-0.19%	-7.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
23	156	102	Jul 29	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(11-10)	4	7.0	3	2	1	1	4	1	0	3.87	3.21	25	89	63	18	8	10	10	4	0	0	68			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.158	.10	0.02%	1.32	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a4
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
24	157	107	Aug 3	KCR		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	1	3.73	3.14	33	123	84	22	11	7	17	2	1	0	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.592	.27	0.08%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	158	111	Aug 8	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-5	GS-8	L(12-11)	4	7.0	12	5	5	2	6	1	0	3.83	3.16	33	130	84	26	14	9	15	8	3	1	37			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.076	.16	-0.01%	-0.57	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d2
26	159	116	Aug 13	KCR		TOR	L,0-2	CG	L(12-12)	4	9.0	11	2	2	0	8	0	0	3.75	3.06	36	129	86	24	13	11	17	6	1	0	65			2	0	0	36	3	1	0	2	0	0	.92	0.225	.05	0.01%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
27	160	121	Aug 19	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(12-13)	5	8.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.78	3.04	33	105	71	18	5	18	9	4	0	0	52			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.151	.02	0.00%	-0.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	161	126	Aug 24	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-7	GS-6		4	5.1	8	3	1	1	2	0	0	3.72	3.03	24	72	45	12	8	9	12	5	0	0	45			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.24	-0.135	.05	0.00%	-1.19	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 1 out a1
29	162	130	Aug 29	KCR		CLE	W,6-3	GS-8	W(13-13)	4	8.0	11	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.71	3.01	35	116	72	19	7	9	20	8	2	0	50			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.006	.04	0.00%	0.95	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
30	163	135	Sep 3	KCR	@	MIN	L,6-8	GS-7		4	6.0	10	5	5	1	3	2	0	3.81	3.11	29	103	65	15	9	12	13	5	2	0	34			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.124	.03	0.00%	-1.00	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out a3
31	164	140	Sep 8	KCR		OAK	L,1-5	GS-6	L(13-14)	4	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.91	3.11	28	90	57	7	4	4	20	9	4	0	34			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	1	0	.79	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-2.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
32	165	144	Sep 13	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(14-14)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.87	3.05	29	122	75	21	14	5	13	4	2	0	64			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.203	.00	0.00%	1.32	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
33	166	149	Sep 18	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-9		4	9.0	3	2	2	2	9	1	1	3.80	3.05	33	121	79	24	13	8	12	3	0	1	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.444	.00	0.00%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
34	167	153	Sep 23	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	L(14-15)	4	7.1	7	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.76	3.05	33	138	89	16	9	14	10	8	1	0	57			0	0	0	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.24	0.160	.00	0.00%	1.98	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d1
35	168	161	Oct 2	KCR		CHW	L,1-5	GS-8	L(14-16)	8	7.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.80	3.08	29	107	65	12	15	12	10	4	1	0	46			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	1	0	.73	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-0.93	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d3
							15-20		W-L:14-16	4.3	260.2	271	122	110	59	171	18	4	3.80	3.08	1089	3838	65%	15%	9%	0.78		22%	7%	6	54		---%	11	3	4	1008	46	16	5	20	10	9	.97	0.056	.70	-0.23%	7.53

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