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Current Status

High Level

Major Leagues

Proper Name

Stephen Louis Sax

Stat Years

1978-1994 [mlb] 1981-1994

Height/Weight

5-11 / 182

Bats/Throws

Right / Right

Positions

2B (1970) ... OF (82) ... DH (26) ... SS (20) ... 3B (11)

Draft Position

Born Date/Place

1960-01-29 in Sacramento, California [60.163]

High School

River City (Sacramento,CA)

Colleges

Draft

Selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in Round #9 (#229 overall) of the 1978 Amateur Entry Draft (June-Reg Phase)

Bonus

Signing Scouts

Ronnie King

MLB Debut

1981-08-18 - Boxscore (Age: 21.202)

Service Time

Organizations

LAN [11] NYA [3] CHA [3] OAK [1]

ID Numbers

tbc id: 17603 ... retro id: sax-s001 ... mlbam id: 121732

Relations

Brother of Dave Sax

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Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Org Major League Parent Organization. For college teams, might include RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Unif Uniform Number, if available Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Pos Defensive Position Detail Includes links to additional MLB stat detail including Game Logs, Splits and Extended Statistics Exp Experience in # of years. For Player stats, refers to nth PRO season. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid G Games Played (or Pitched) AB At Bats R Runs H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home Runs RBI Runs Batted In SB Stolen Bases (Total) CS Caught Stealings BB Walks SO Strikeouts HP Hit by Pitch SH Sacrifice Hits SF Sacrifice Flies IW Intentional Walks DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) AVG Batting Average ( H/AB ) OBP On Base Percentage ( H+BB+HBP / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) SLG Slugging Percentage ( TB / AB ) OPS On Base Plus Slugging (OBP + SLG) PA Plate Appearances TB Total Bases (Singles + (2*Doubles) + (3*Triples) + (4*Home Runs)) XBH Extra Base Hits (Doubles+Triples+Home Runs) secA Seconday Average. Measures extra bases earned by player (BB+(TB-H)+(SB-CS) / AB ISO Isolated Power. Measures the portion of a slugging percentage that is for extra base hits. (SLG-BAVG). babip Batting Average on Balls Put in Play. (H/(AB-SO)) XBH% Extra Base Hit Percentage (XBH/H)

Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. G Games Played (or Pitched) GS Games Started Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position PO Putouts A Fielding assists E Errors DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) TC Total Chances (PO+A+E) TSC Total Successful Chances (PO+A) FPCT Fielding Percentage (TSC/TC) RFg Range Factor by Game (Total Successful Chances/Games) Rfi Range Factor by Inning (Total Successful Chances/Innings) Team Share Share of team's games played at that position. Will add up to more than 100% since the formula is player games at position / team games. Player Share Share of player's games played at that position Team Rank Rank of games for team at that position.

Fielding Positional Grid by Year

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Year	Category	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1978	Minor	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
1979	Minor	-	-	-	34	4	-	-	-	-	49	-
1980	Minor	-	-	-	138	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	MLB	-	-	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Minor	-	-	-	114	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	MLB	-	-	-	149	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	MLB	-	-	-	152	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	MLB	-	-	-	141	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	MLB	-	-	-	135	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	MLB	-	-	-	154	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	MLB	-	-	-	152	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
1988	MLB	-	-	-	158	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	MLB	-	-	-	158	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	MLB	-	-	-	154	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	MLB	-	-	-	149	5	-	-	-	-	-	4
1992	MLB	-	-	-	141	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
1993	MLB	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	32	21
1994	MLB	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Minor	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	1970	11	20	-	-	-	82	26

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Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie College Indy/Intl/+
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Org	Unif	Age	Pos	Detail	Exp	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HP	SH	SF	IW	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PA	TB	XBH	secA	ISO	babip	BB%	SO%	SOBB	ABHR	HR%	XBH%
1978	Lethbridge Dodgers	Pio	Rk	lan	-	18	ss	---	1	39	131	24	43	6	3	0	21	0	2	16	20	1	2	0	0	0	.328	.405	.420	.825	150	55	9	.198	.092	.387	10.67	13.33	1.25	0.0	0.00	20.9
1979	Clinton Dodgers	Midw	A	lan	-	19	of-2b	---	2	115	386	64	112	15	2	2	52	25	8	57	30	3	2	7	0	0	.290	.380	.355	.735	455	137	19	.256	.065	.305	12.53	6.59	0.53	193.0	0.44	17.0
1980	Vero Beach Dodgers	FSL	A+	lan	-	20	2b	---	3	139	530	78	150	18	8	3	61	38	10	51	26	5	11	5	0	0	.283	.349	.364	.713	602	193	29	.230	.081	.291	8.47	4.32	0.51	176.7	0.50	19.3
1981	San Antonio Dodgers	Tex	AA	lan	-	21	2b	---	4	115	485	94	168	23	3	8	52	34	8	40	32	5	4	2	2	0	.346	.400	.456	.856	536	221	34	.245	.110	.358	7.46	5.97	0.80	60.6	1.49	20.2
1981	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	52	21	2b	L-S-E-P	4	31	119	15	33	2	0	2	9	5	7	7	14	0	1	0	1	0	.277	.317	.345	.662	127	41	4	.109	.068	.301	5.51	11.02	2.00	59.5	1.57	12.1
1982	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	3	22	2b	L-S-E-P	5	150	638	88	180	23	7	4	47	49	19	49	53	2	10	0	1	10	.282	.335	.359	.694	699	229	34	.201	.077	.303	7.01	7.58	1.08	159.5	0.57	18.9
1983	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	3	23	2b	L-S-E-P	6	155	623	94	175	18	5	5	41	56	30	58	73	1	8	2	3	8	.281	.342	.350	.692	692	218	28	.204	.069	.311	8.38	10.55	1.26	124.6	0.72	16.0
1984	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	3	24	2b	L-S-E-P	7	145	569	70	138	24	4	1	35	34	19	47	53	1	2	3	3	12	.243	.300	.304	.604	622	173	29	.170	.061	.264	7.56	8.52	1.13	569.0	0.16	21.0
1985	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	3	25	2b	L-S-E-P	8	136	488	62	136	8	4	1	42	27	11	54	43	3	3	3	12	15	.279	.352	.318	.670	551	155	13	.182	.039	.302	9.80	7.80	0.80	488.0	0.18	9.6
1986	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	3	26	2b	L-S-E-P	9	157	633	91	210	43	4	6	56	40	17	59	58	3	6	3	5	12	.332	.390	.441	.831	704	279	53	.239	.109	.357	8.38	8.24	0.98	105.5	0.85	25.2
1987	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	3	27	2b	L-S-E-P	10	157	610	84	171	22	7	6	46	37	11	44	61	3	5	1	5	13	.280	.331	.369	.700	663	225	35	.203	.089	.303	6.64	9.20	1.39	101.7	0.90	20.5
1988	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	3	28	2b	L-S-E-P	11	160	632	70	175	19	4	5	57	42	12	45	51	1	7	2	6	11	.277	.325	.343	.668	687	217	28	.185	.066	.294	6.55	7.42	1.13	126.4	0.73	16.0
1989	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	6	29	2b	L-S-E-P	12	158	651	88	205	26	3	5	63	43	17	52	44	1	8	5	2	19	.315	.364	.387	.751	717	252	34	.192	.072	.329	7.25	6.14	0.85	130.2	0.70	16.6
1990	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	6	30	2b	L-S-E-P	13	155	615	70	160	24	2	4	42	43	9	49	46	4	6	6	3	13	.260	.316	.325	.641	680	200	30	.200	.065	.273	7.21	6.76	0.94	153.8	0.59	18.8
1991	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	6	31	2b	L-S-E-P	14	158	652	85	198	38	2	10	56	31	11	41	38	3	5	6	2	15	.304	.345	.414	.759	707	270	50	.204	.110	.308	5.80	5.37	0.93	65.2	1.41	25.2
1992	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	7	32	2b	L-S-E-P	15	143	567	74	134	26	4	4	47	30	12	43	42	2	12	6	4	17	.236	.290	.317	.607	630	180	34	.189	.081	.247	6.83	6.67	0.98	141.8	0.63	25.4
1993	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	7	33	of-dh	L-S-E-P	16	57	119	20	28	5	0	1	8	7	3	8	6	0	2	0	0	1	.235	.283	.303	.586	129	36	6	.168	.068	.241	6.20	4.65	0.75	119.0	0.78	21.4
1994	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	cha	-	34	2b	---	17	7	22	5	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	.318	.464	.409	.873	28	9	2	.318	.091	.350	17.86	7.14	0.40	0.0	0.00	28.6
1994	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	6	34	2b	L-S-E-P	17	7	24	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	24	8	1	.083	.083	.273	0.00	8.33	0.00	0.0	0.00	16.7
MLB Totals (14 yrs)										1769	6940	913	1949	278	47	54	550	444	178	556	584	24	75	37	47	146	.281	.335	.358	.693	7632	2483	379	.195	.077	.299	7.29	7.65	1.05	128.5	0.71	19.5
National League Totals (8 yrs)										1091	4312	574	1218	159	35	30	333	290	126	363	406	14	42	14	36	81	.282	.339	.356	.695	4745	1537	224	.196	.074	.305	7.65	8.56	1.12	143.7	0.63	18.4
American League Totals (6 yrs)										678	2628	339	731	119	12	24	217	154	52	193	178	10	33	23	11	65	.278	.327	.360	.687	2887	946	155	.194	.082	.289	6.69	6.17	0.92	109.5	0.83	21.2
Minor League Totals										415	1554	265	480	64	16	13	187	97	28	169	110	15	19	14	2	2	.309	.379	.396	.775	1771	615	93	.240	.087	.323	9.54	6.21	0.65	119.5	0.73	19.4
Minor: Rk Totals										39	131	24	43	6	3	0	21	0	2	16	20	1	2	0	0	0	.328	.405	.420	.825	150	55	9	.198	.092	.387	10.67	13.33	1.25	0.0	0.00	20.9
Minor: A Totals										115	386	64	112	15	2	2	52	25	8	57	30	3	2	7	0	0	.290	.380	.355	.735	455	137	19	.256	.065	.305	12.53	6.59	0.53	193.0	0.44	17.0
Minor: A+ Totals										139	530	78	150	18	8	3	61	38	10	51	26	5	11	5	0	0	.283	.349	.364	.713	602	193	29	.230	.081	.291	8.47	4.32	0.51	176.7	0.50	19.3
Minor: AA Totals										122	507	99	175	25	3	8	53	34	8	45	34	6	4	2	2	2	.345	.404	.454	.858	564	230	36	.249	.109	.358	7.98	6.03	0.76	63.4	1.42	20.6
Los Angeles Dodgers Totals (8 yrs)										1091	4312	574	1218	159	35	30	333	290	126	363	406	14	42	14	36	81	.282	.339	.356	.695	4745	1537	224	.196	.074	.305	7.65	8.56	1.12	143.7	0.63	18.4
New York Yankees Totals (3 yrs)										471	1918	243	563	88	7	19	161	117	37	142	128	8	19	17	7	47	.294	.342	.376	.718	2104	722	114	.199	.082	.304	6.75	6.08	0.90	100.9	0.90	20.2
Chicago White Sox Totals (2 yrs)										200	686	94	162	31	4	5	55	37	15	51	48	2	14	6	4	18	.236	.289	.315	.604	759	216	40	.185	.079	.246	6.72	6.32	0.94	137.2	0.66	24.7
Oakland Athletics Totals (1 yrs)										7	24	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	24	8	1	.083	.083	.273	0.00	8.33	0.00	0.0	0.00	16.7

Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Age	posit	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPCT	RFG	RFI	Team Share	Player Share	Team Rank
1978	Lethbridge Dodgers	Pio	Rk	18	SS	20	0	0.0	21	40	9	4	70	61	.871	3.10	0.00	29.4	51.3	2
1979	Clinton Dodgers	Midw	A	19	2B	34	0	0.0	65	66	14	18	145	131	.903	3.90	0.00	25.6	29.6	2
1979	Clinton Dodgers	Midw	A	19	3B	4	0	0.0	1	4	2	0	7	5	.714	1.30	0.00	3.0	3.5	3
1979	Clinton Dodgers	Midw	A	19	OF	49	0	0.0	45	5	2	0	52	50	.962	1.00	0.00	36.8	42.6	4
1980	Vero Beach Dodgers	FSL	A+	20	2B	138	0	0.0	360	438	20	91	818	798	.976	5.80	0.00	97.9	99.3	1
1981	San Antonio Dodgers	Tex	AA	21	2B	114	0	0.0	255	298	17	69	570	553	.970	4.90	0.00	167.6	99.1	1
1981	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	21	2B	29	0	0.0	64	93	4	22	161	157	.975	5.40	0.00	26.4	93.5	3
1982	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	22	2B	149	0	0.0	347	452	19	83	818	799	.977	5.40	0.00	92.0	99.3	1
1983	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	23	2B	152	0	0.0	331	399	30	74	760	730	.961	4.80	0.00	93.8	98.1	1
1984	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	24	2B	141	0	0.0	318	450	21	99	789	768	.973	5.40	0.00	87.0	97.2	1
1985	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	25	2B	135	0	0.0	330	357	22	84	709	687	.969	5.10	0.00	83.3	99.3	1
1985	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	25	3B	1	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	1.00	0.00	0.6	0.7	7
1986	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	26	2B	154	0	0.0	367	432	16	71	815	799	.980	5.20	0.00	95.1	98.1	1
1987	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	27	2B	152	0	0.0	342	420	14	92	776	762	.982	5.00	0.00	93.8	96.8	1
1987	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	27	3B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.6	0.6	9
1987	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	27	OF	1	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.000	1.00	0.00	0.6	0.6	17
1988	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	28	2B	158	0	0.0	276	429	14	69	719	705	.981	4.50	0.00	98.1	98.8	1
1989	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	29	2B	158	0	0.0	312	460	10	117	782	772	.987	4.90	0.00	98.1	100.0	1
1990	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	30	2B	154	0	0.0	292	457	10	102	759	749	.987	4.90	0.00	95.1	99.4	1
1991	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	31	2B	149	0	0.0	274	443	7	107	724	717	.990	4.80	0.00	92.0	94.3	1
1991	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	31	3B	5	0	0.0	3	11	3	0	17	14	.824	2.80	0.00	3.1	3.2	7
1991	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	31	DH	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	2.5	2.5	6
1992	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	32	2B	141	0	0.0	305	390	20	75	715	695	.972	4.90	0.00	87.0	98.6	1
1992	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	32	DH	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.6	0.7	10
1993	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	33	2B	1	0	0.0	0	3	0	0	3	3	1.000	3.00	0.00	0.6	1.8	4
1993	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	33	OF	32	0	0.0	39	0	0	0	39	39	1.000	1.20	0.00	19.8	56.1	7
1993	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	33	DH	21	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	13.0	36.8	3
1994	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	34	2B	5	0	0.0	7	9	1	2	17	16	.941	3.20	0.00	3.6	71.4	3
1994	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	34	2B	6	0	0.0	16	20	0	3	36	36	1.000	6.00	0.00	5.3	85.7	5
MLB Totals - (2B)						1679	0	0	3574	4805	187	998	8566	8379	.978	5.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
MLB Totals - (3B)						7	0	0	3	12	3	0	18	15	.833	2.10	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
MLB Totals - (OF)						33	0	0	40	0	0	0	40	40	1.000	1.20	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
MLB Totals - (DH)						26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
AA Totals - (2B)						119	0	0	262	307	18	71	587	569	.969	4.80	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
A+ Totals - (2B)						138	0	0	360	438	20	91	818	798	.976	5.80	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
A Totals - (2B)						34	0	0	65	66	14	18	145	131	.903	3.90	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
A Totals - (3B)						4	0	0	1	4	2	0	7	5	.714	1.30	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
A Totals - (OF)						49	0	0	45	5	2	0	52	50	.962	1.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	0
Rk Totals - (SS)						20	0	0	21	40	9	4	70	61	.871	3.10	0.00	0.0	0.0	0

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Fielding Positional Grid by Year