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Steve
Sax		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 29, 1960 in Sacramento, CA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1982    1988    1995   
All-Star Selections 1993   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 21 BOS AL 88 155 29 43 2 4 1 23 0 2 6 15 .277 .301 .361 .662 16.3 2.2
1982 22 BOS AL 141 515 61 119 30 10 7 56 1 2 28 68 .231 .273 .369 .642 46.6 5.1
1983 23 BOS AL 162 634 63 138 31 12 0 47 8 11 40 45 .218 .264 .304 .568 40.3 0.0
1984 24 BOS AL 37 130 11 27 7 1 1 10 2 4 9 8 .208 .257 .300 .557 7.9 0.0
  PHI NL 89 234 23 71 8 12 0 29 4 6 18 14 .303 .349 .440 .789 31.2 4.3
  TOT   126 364 34 98 15 13 1 39 6 10 27 22 .269 .316 .390 .707 39.1 4.3
1985 25 PHI NL 157 529 66 147 20 10 7 60 16 29 43 35 .278 .331 .393 .724 56.5 7.3
1986 26 PHI NL 53 210 24 43 10 1 1 19 3 4 11 13 .205 .242 .276 .518 11.7 0.6
  CLE AL 105 380 38 108 20 3 3 37 6 8 37 26 .284 .345 .376 .722 46.3 8.2
  TOT   158 590 62 151 30 4 4 56 9 12 48 39 .256 .309 .341 .650 58.0 8.8
1987 27 CLE AL 159 646 65 170 27 11 4 71 2 8 39 41 .263 .303 .358 .661 65.3 10.0
1988 28 CLE AL 157 585 71 169 37 6 3 62 4 3 32 40 .289 .325 .388 .713 63.7 12.0
1989 29 CLE AL 156 620 81 198 39 11 9 96 2 9 39 59 .319 .360 .461 .821 86.9 18.8
1990 30 CLE AL 148 611 81 179 39 9 6 56 2 8 36 59 .293 .332 .416 .748 77.0 14.0
1991 31 KCR AL 153 633 95 196 25 10 6 84 4 6 32 48 .310 .343 .409 .752 78.8 16.9
1992 32 KCR AL 156 645 101 203 23 13 5 75 1 8 41 41 .315 .355 .414 .769 85.8 18.1
1993 33 KCR AL 158 630 76 198 23 12 5 65 1 5 25 44 .314 .339 .413 .752 79.0 15.1
1994 34 TOR AL 106 383 45 113 15 5 1 35 5 2 16 22 .295 .323 .368 .691 42.2 6.0
1995 35 DET AL 157 624 87 188 36 6 6 76 4 3 40 42 .301 .343 .407 .750 79.3 11.4
1996 36 DET AL 160 615 84 174 26 8 5 75 2 8 47 42 .283 .332 .376 .707 68.5 7.5
1997 37 NYY AL 112 331 47 79 11 3 1 21 4 3 12 41 .239 .265 .299 .564 24.3 0.0
17 Years Sim 2454 9110 1148 2563 429 147 71 997 71 129 551 703 .281 .322 .384 .706 1007.7 157.7
162 Game Average 601 75 169 28 9 4 65 4 8 36 46 .281 .322 .384 .706 66.5  
Career Highs 162 646 101 203 39 13 9 96 16 29 48 68 .319 .360 .461 .821 86.9  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1981 21 BOS AL 2B 43 18 207.3 39 98 6 16 .958 5.95   1.7
    SS 6 4 50.3 9 27 1 5 .973 6.44   0.7
    3B 4 4 35.0 1 9 1 1 .909 2.57   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 22 BOS AL 2B 140 137 1176.7 266 583 15 125 .983 6.49   11.2
1983 23 BOS AL 2B 162 162 1472.0 319 666 22 147 .978 6.02   10.7
1984 24 BOS AL 2B 28 27 286.3 56 126 4 23 .978 5.72   2.1
    SS 1 0 3.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
  PHI NL 2B 66 65 519.7 101 230 8 43 .976 5.73   4.5
    SS 1 0 6.4 3 1 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  TOT   2B 94 92 806.0 157 356 12 66 .977 5.73   6.5
      SS 2 0 10.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
      3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 25 PHI NL 2B 153 145 1269.7 252 456 20 99 .973 5.02   9.0
1986 26 PHI NL 2B 52 50 469.3 94 203 10 41 .967 5.70   3.4
    SS 0 0 3.1 1 2 0 0 1.000 8.71   0.1
  CLE AL 2B 102 100 884.1 177 381 19 78 .967 5.68   4.7
    SS 1 1 5.9 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.10   0.1
  TOT   2B 154 150 1353.4 271 584 29 119 .967 5.69   8.1
      SS 1 1 9.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00   0.2
1987 27 CLE AL 2B 158 158 1419.3 317 612 14 128 .985 5.89   4.8
1988 28 CLE AL 2B 156 151 1358.3 302 643 14 146 .985 6.26   7.5
1989 29 CLE AL 2B 155 153 1370.3 297 625 18 139 .981 6.06   6.7
1990 30 CLE AL 2B 144 141 1230.0 282 540 19 128 .977 6.01   5.0
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 7.0 8 0 0 2 1.000 10.29   0.0
1991 31 KCR AL 2B 153 148 1328.7 256 503 22 102 .972 5.14   5.4
1992 32 KCR AL 2B 155 151 1327.0 257 494 13 99 .983 5.09   5.0
1993 33 KCR AL 2B 156 150 1325.3 230 476 13 88 .982 4.79   6.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1994 34 TOR AL 2B 102 91 830.7 181 334 13 59 .975 5.58   2.4
1995 35 DET AL 2B 155 155 1392.3 285 575 19 120 .978 5.56   8.6
1996 36 DET AL 2B 160 157 1409.7 269 526 21 115 .974 5.08   5.2
1997 37 NYY AL 2B 100 66 663.0 124 277 10 60 .976 5.44   3.1
  2B 2340 2225 19939.7 4104 8348 280 1756 .978 5.62   107.8
  SS 10 5 71.3 16 33 1 7 .980 6.18   0.9
  3B 6 5 46.0 2 13 1 1 .938 2.93   0.1
  1B 1 0 7.0 8 0 0 2 1.000 10.29   0.0
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   2359 2235 20069.0 4130 8394 282 1766 .978 5.62   108.8
Career Highs   162 162 1472.0 319 666 29 147 .985 6.49    
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
1984 24 PHI NL 5 21 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 .381 .381 .429 .810
1985 25 PHI NL 6 24 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 2 .292 .346 .292 .638
1991 31 KCR AL 14 60 4 11 4 0 0 3 0 2 4 6 .183 .234 .250 .484
1992 32 KCR AL 9 35 6 11 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 .314 .333 .400 .733
Career Post-Season Batting 34 140 13 37 8 0 0 9 0 7 7 15 .264 .299 .321 .621
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.
Batting Average
1989-8-.319
1991-10-.310
1992-9-.315
1993-8-.314
 Games
1983-1-162
1987-8-159
1993-7-158
1996-6-160
CAR-16-2454
 At-Bats
1983-4-634
1987-2-646
1991-5-633
1992-2-645
1993-10-630
CAR-15-9110
 Runs
1991-10-95
1992-7-101
 Hits
1989-7-198
1991-5-196
1992-3-203
1993-3-198
CAR-15-2563
 Singles
1987-9-128
1991-1-155
1992-2-162
1993-3-158
1995-8-140
1996-7-135
CAR-6-1916
Triples
1982-7-10
1983-8-12
1984-10-12
1989-3-11
1990-7-9
1991-3-10
1992-2-13
1993-2-12
CAR-7-147
 Caught Stealing
1985-1-29
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Jerry Remy (872)
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  4. Mariano Duncan (843)
  5. Mark Lemke (839)
  6. Julio Cruz (815)
  7. Ron Jackson (788)
  8. Darnell Coles (788)
  9. Bip Roberts (778)
  10. Darryl Hamilton (778)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 56th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1981
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Boston in 1981
Had first career hit on 4/4/1981, off Chuck Rainey (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 10/4/1981, off Nolan Ryan (KCR)
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 5/6/1982
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1982.Traded from Boston to Philadelphia on 5/16/1984 (Going to PHI: 2B S. Sax. Going to BOS: 2B L. Sakata, C J. Reed)
Traded from Boston to Philadelphia on 5/16/1984 (Going to PHI: 2B S. Sax. Going to BOS: 2B L. Sakata, C J. Reed)
Injured on 10/6/1985 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Philadelphia to Cleveland on 6/1/1986 (Going to CLE: 2B S. Sax. Going to PHI: C T. Player)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Milwaukee on 5/9/1987
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1988
Hit for the cycle against Milwaukee on 6/2/1989
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1989, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/2/1991 to a 3-year deal worth $5,879,500 per year
Had 34-game hitting streak snapped on 8/14/1991
Had 29-game hitting streak snapped on 8/11/1992
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/29/1993
Was selected to the 1993 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 10/1/1993, off Alex Fernandez (CLE)
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/2/1994 to a 2-year deal worth $8,000,000 per year
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/17/1994
Injured on 7/23/1994 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Released by Toronto on 10/1/1994
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/6/1995 to a 2-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1995
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/13/1997 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
 
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