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Steve
Sax		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 29, 1960 in Usa, CA, SACRAMENTO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 21 CLN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1982 22 CLN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1983 23 NYA AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1984 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1985 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1986 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1987 27 NYA AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1988 28 NYA AL $ 978,571   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1989 29 NYA AL $ 978,571   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1990 30 NYA AL $ 978,571   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 978,571   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 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
1981 21 AA   136 524 77 144 16 1 7 54 33 7 69 34 .275 .359 .349 .708 73.3  
1982 22 AA   137 575 70 172 23 2 6 35 45 7 54 47 .299 .359 .377 .737 83.3  
1983 23 AAA   55 213 31 62 6 3 0 5 12 3 17 23 .291 .343 .347 .691 26.4  
    AA   80 345 43 95 17 0 4 24 24 3 24 27 .275 .322 .359 .682 42.5  
1984 24 NYA AL 154 493 43 110 17 5 1 31 38 15 28 46 .223 .266 .284 .550 37.8 0.9
1985 25 NYA AL 151 612 71 143 29 6 7 35 34 9 32 87 .234 .272 .335 .607 56.5 6.5
1986 26 NYA AL 136 401 53 87 22 2 3 43 29 7 38 56 .217 .283 .304 .587 38.9 3.0
1987 27 NYA AL 133 387 53 99 17 5 6 46 20 8 25 49 .256 .300 .372 .673 42.8 5.7
1988 28 NYA AL 56 70 26 19 2 0 0 6 8 2 6 12 .271 .329 .300 .629 8.1 1.4
    AAA   4 11 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .364 .417 .545 .962 2.1  
1989 29 NYA AL 56 65 18 14 3 0 0 3 5 3 4 10 .215 .261 .262 .522 2.8 0.0
    AAA   24 89 17 31 7 0 0 12 10 4 13 12 .348 .431 .427 .858 16.4  
1990 30 NYA AL 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0
    AAA   132 564 73 159 23 3 6 34 42 7 40 74 .282 .329 .365 .695 71.9  
7 Years Sim 697 2029 267 472 90 18 17 164 137 44 133 260 .233 .280 .320 .600 187.4 17.6
4 Years AAA 215 877 121 256 38 6 6 51 64 14 71 109 .292 .347 .369 .716 116.8  
3 Years AA 353 1444 190 411 56 3 17 113 102 17 147 108 .285 .350 .363 .713 199.2  
7 Years Minors 568 2321 311 667 94 9 23 164 166 31 218 217 .287 .349 .365 .714 316.0  
162 Game Average 471 62 109 20 4 3 38 31 10 30 60 .233 .280 .320 .600 43.5  
Career Highs 154 612 71 143 29 6 7 46 38 15 38 87 .271 .329 .372 .673 56.5  
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   1556 199 363 76 14 9 127 105 34 101 207 .233 .280 .317 .597 142.1
vs LH   473 68 109 14 4 8 37 31 10 32 53 .230 .279 .328 .607 45.6
Home 343 988 122 226 46 4 8 77 63 22 56 134 .229 .270 .308 .577 83.0
Away 348 1041 144 246 44 14 9 87 74 22 77 126 .236 .289 .331 .621 104.8
RISP   445 0 111 22 5 5 145 0 0 35 64 .249 .301 .355 .656 47.6
Pinch Hitting   10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2
Close/Late   205 65 51 11 0 4 17 0 1 16 20 .249 .303 .361 .664 22.0
Mar/Apr 96 276 31 55 11 3 1 22 18 10 17 47 .199 .247 .272 .519 17.1
May 130 358 56 79 14 7 1 27 26 5 33 40 .221 .286 .307 .593 34.8
June 120 371 37 93 20 3 3 30 20 8 17 47 .251 .285 .345 .630 35.5
July 115 311 49 78 15 0 4 30 20 6 23 35 .251 .301 .338 .638 33.2
August 120 356 41 83 19 3 2 30 21 9 20 43 .233 .274 .320 .595 30.7
Sep/Oct 116 357 53 84 11 2 6 25 32 6 23 48 .235 .281 .328 .609 36.6
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
1984 24 NYA AL 2B 149 147 1222.3 263 470 10 96 .987 5.40   5.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 25 NYA AL 2B 149 147 1278.0 297 537 14 117 .983 5.87   5.6
    1B 1 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1986 26 NYA AL 2B 123 115 977.7 197 405 12 86 .980 5.54   3.6
    SS 2 2 21.7 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.32   0.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 0 1 1.000 11.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 5.0 1 2 0 2 1.000 5.40   0.0
1987 27 NYA AL 2B 123 115 993.7 212 352 15 72 .974 5.11   2.6
    SS 2 2 18.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
    3B 5 1 17.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1988 28 NYA AL 3B 11 3 44.3 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.23   0.2
    2B 7 2 21.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.1
    1B 7 1 17.7 24 0 0 1 1.000 12.23   0.0
1989 29 NYA AL 2B 22 10 118.7 23 58 0 9 1.000 6.14   0.5
    3B 13 2 39.3 0 7 1 0 .875 1.60   0.0
    1B 8 0 11.0 14 0 0 1 1.000 11.45   0.0
1990 30 NYA AL 2B 2 0 4.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 4 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 575 536 4615.3 998 1829 51 382 .982 5.51   17.9
  3B 38 6 112.7 4 22 1 4 .963 2.08   0.3
  1B 21 2 45.3 55 0 0 3 1.000 10.92   0.1
  SS 4 4 39.7 5 11 0 1 1.000 3.63   0.1
Career Totals   638 548 4813.0 1062 1862 52 390 .983 5.47   18.4
Career Highs   152 147 1283.0 302 538 15 117 1.000 5.89    
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.
At-Bats
1985-4-612
 Stolen Bases
1984-5-38
1985-8-34
1986-7-29
 Caught Stealing
1984-6-15
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Frank Baker (976)
  2. Larry Bowa (973)
  3. Rennie Stennett (958)
  4. Marty Marion (951)
  5. Fernando Gonzalez (951)
  6. Dick Culler (951)
  7. Tim Johnson (948)
  8. Johnny Temple (945)
  9. Bill Almon (944)
  10. Jay Bell (943)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1981
Injured on 4/29/1981 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Injured on 7/9/1981 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 3 days
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 7/1/1983 (Going to CLN: CF Greg Johnston. Going to NYA: P Rick Reuschel, 2B Steve Sax, DH Craig Kusick)
Had first career hit on 4/4/1984, off Ken Dayley (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/8/1984, off Joe Cowley (OAK)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1986, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $978,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/2/1988 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $978,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $978,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/3/1990 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/24/1990 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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