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Steve Sax

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Full Name: Stephen Louis Sax Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185 First Game: August 18, 1981
Birthdate: January 29, 1960 Final Game: May 8, 1994
Birthplace: Sacramento, California MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Steve Sax (Stephen Louis Sax) was born on January 29, 1960 in Sacramento, California. He made his Major League debut on August 18, 1981 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .282 with 4 home runs and 47 RBI. Sax played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 14 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Steve Sax's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1986, when he stole 40 bases, hit for a .332 average and knocked in 56 runs. However, others believe that it was 1983, when he stole 56 bases and hit for a .281 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1981 LA N 31 119 15 33 2 9 .277 .317 .345 2 0 7 14 0 1 5 1 0
1982 LA N 150 638 88 180 4 47 .282 .335 .359 23 7 49 53 2 10 49 1 10
1983 LA N 155 623 94 175 5 41 .281 .342 .350 18 5 58 73 1 8 56 3 8
1984 LA N 145 569 70 138 1 35 .243 .300 .304 24 4 47 53 1 2 34 3 12
1985 LA N 136 488 62 136 1 42 .279 .352 .318 8 4 54 43 3 3 27 12 15
1986 LA N 157 633 91 210 6 56 .332 .390 .441 43 4 59 58 3 6 40 5 12
1987 LA N 157 610 84 171 6 46 .280 .331 .369 22 7 44 61 3 5 37 5 13
1988 LA N 160 632 70 175 5 57 .277 .325 .343 19 4 45 51 1 7 42 6 11
1989 NY A 158 651 88 205 5 63 .315 .364 .387 26 3 52 44 1 8 43 2 19
1990 NY A 155 615 70 160 4 42 .260 .316 .325 24 2 49 46 4 6 43 3 13
1991 NY A 158 652 85 198 10 56 .304 .345 .414 38 2 41 38 3 5 31 2 15
1992 CHI A 143 567 74 134 4 47 .236 .290 .317 26 4 43 42 2 12 30 4 17
1993 CHI A 57 119 20 28 1 8 .235 .283 .303 5 0 8 6 0 2 7 0 1
1994 OAK A 7 24 2 6 0 1 .250 .250 .333 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 1091 4312 574 1218 30 333 .282 .339 .356 159 35 363 406 14 42 290 36 81
Total AL 678 2628 339 731 24 217 .278 .327 .360 119 12 193 178 10 33 154 11 65
Total 1769 6940 913 1949 54 550 .281 .335 .358 278 47 556 584 24 75 444 47 146

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1981 LA N 2B 29 28 251 64 93 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1982 LA N 2B 149 145 1334 347 452 19 83 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1983 LA N 2B 152 151 1336.1 331 399 30 74 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1984 LA N 2B 141 140 1226.1 318 450 21 99 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1985 LA N 2B 135 132 1169.1 330 357 22 84 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1985 LA N 3B 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 LA N 2B 154 154 1366.1 367 432 16 71 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1987 LA N 2B 152 151 1309.1 342 420 14 92 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1987 LA N OF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 LA N LF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 LA N 3B 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 LA N 2B 158 156 1336.1 276 429 14 69 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1989 NY A 2B 158 158 1351.2 312 460 10 117 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1990 NY A 2B 154 154 1355.2 292 457 10 102 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1991 NY A DH 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 NY A 2B 149 148 1305.1 274 443 7 107 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1991 NY A 3B 5 5 43 3 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .824
1992 CHI A 2B 141 141 1251.1 305 390 20 75 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1992 CHI A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1993 CHI A OF 32 26 209 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 CHI A RF 6 4 35 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 CHI A LF 26 22 174 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 CHI A 2B 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 CHI A DH 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1994 OAK A 2B 6 6 50 16 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 6 4 35 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 1679 1664 14644 3574 4805 187 998 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total LF 27 22 175 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 7 5 50 3 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833
Total OF 33 26 210 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
  • Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (November 23, 1988).
  • Traded by New York Yankees to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Melido Perez, Bob Wickman and Domingo Jean (January 10, 1992).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (April 21, 1994).
  • Signed by Oakland Athletics (April 30, 1994).
  • Granted free agency (October 14, 1994).

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