Chris
Sabo
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 19, 1962 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1988   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1988 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 8 3 3 3 8 8 8
1989 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1990 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1988 26 CLN NL 154 590 72 149 44 3 13 83 0 1 33 59 .253 .297 .403 .700 67.8 10.4
1989 27 CLE AL 143 528 70 127 45 2 7 56 6 0 23 64 .241 .275 .373 .648 50.5 5.8
1990 28 CLE AL 154 572 69 145 56 3 12 77 5 4 27 68 .253 .287 .425 .712 64.2 7.1
3 Years Sim 451 1690 211 421 145 8 32 216 11 5 83 191 .249 .287 .401 .688 182.5 23.3
162 Game Average 607 75 151 52 2 11 77 3 1 29 68 .249 .287 .401 .688 65.5  
Career Highs 154 590 72 149 56 3 13 83 6 4 33 68 .253 .297 .425 .712 67.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1184 162 302 107 6 25 149 8 2 56 150 .255 .290 .419 .709 136.4
vs LH   506 49 119 38 2 7 67 3 3 27 41 .235 .278 .360 .637 47.1
Home 225 818 98 187 63 4 19 113 6 1 47 93 .229 .271 .385 .656 83.5
Away 226 872 113 234 82 4 13 103 5 4 36 98 .268 .301 .416 .717 100.0
RISP   428 0 120 42 2 7 167 0 0 27 49 .280 .318 .437 .755 56.5
Pinch Hitting   12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .250 .417 0.3
Close/Late   205 20 56 20 0 2 17 0 0 14 15 .273 .324 .400 .724 24.7
Mar/Apr 65 246 34 62 17 2 8 40 3 1 8 25 .252 .281 .435 .716 28.6
May 78 305 30 77 28 2 7 38 3 0 16 39 .252 .288 .426 .714 36.4
June 77 289 46 82 27 2 7 39 2 1 17 33 .284 .327 .464 .791 40.5
July 73 273 33 63 21 0 1 33 1 1 12 30 .231 .269 .319 .588 20.8
August 80 290 40 64 23 0 9 30 1 1 16 23 .221 .262 .393 .655 29.1
Sep/Oct 78 287 28 73 29 2 0 36 1 1 14 41 .254 .291 .369 .660 28.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1988 26 CLN NL 3B 154 154 1375.7 83 308 21 24 .949 2.56   4.6
1989 27 CLE AL 3B 139 137 1193.3 73 226 17 20 .946 2.26   3.7
    RF 6 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.1
1990 28 CLE AL 3B 147 145 1276.7 68 295 19 20 .950 2.56   4.8
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
  3B 440 436 3845.7 224 829 57 64 .949 2.46   13.1
  RF 9 0 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
Career Totals   449 436 3860.7 230 829 57 64 .949 2.47   13.3
Career Highs   154 154 1375.7 83 308 21 24 .950 2.56    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1989 27 CLE AL 5 18 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .222 .380
Career Post-Season Batting 5 18 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .222 .380
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1988-7-44
1989-6-45
1990-1-56
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Glenn Wright (953)
  2. Jim Presley (951)
  3. Steve Buechele (941)
  4. Carmen Fanzone (939)
  5. Chris Brown (938)
  6. Kevin Seitzer (937)
  7. Alfredo Griffin (937)
  8. Dave Magadan (936)
  9. Eddie Bressoud (936)
  10. Luis Salazar (935)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1988
Had first career hit on 4/3/1988, off Steve Bedrosian (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1988, off Tommy Boggs (BAL)
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 3/4/1989 (Going to CLN: 3B Jeff King, P Jaime Navarro, P Trevor Wilson. Going to CLE: 3B Chris Sabo)