Born on April 11, 1964 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Bret Saberhagen (Bret William Saberhagen) played for the Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 16 year career. Saberhagen broke into the bigs on April 4, 1984 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 3.48 ERA in 157.2 innings pitched in 1984, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bret Saberhagen's best season was 1989, when he posted a 2.16 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 193 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1984
KC
A
38
18
10
11
3.48
73
71
61
2
1
1
157.2
138
13
36
4
7
2
1985
KC
A
32
32
20
6
2.87
158
79
75
10
1
0
235.1
211
19
38
1
1
1
1986
KC
A
30
25
7
12
4.15
112
77
72
4
2
0
156
165
15
29
1
1
2
1987
KC
A
33
33
18
10
3.36
163
99
96
15
4
0
257
246
27
53
2
6
6
1988
KC
A
35
35
14
16
3.80
171
122
110
9
0
0
260.2
271
18
59
5
9
4
1989
KC
A
36
35
23
6
2.16
193
74
63
12
4
0
262.1
209
13
43
6
8
2
1990
KC
A
20
20
5
9
3.27
87
52
49
5
0
0
135
146
9
28
1
1
1
1991
KC
A
28
28
13
8
3.07
136
76
67
7
2
0
196.1
165
12
45
5
8
9
1992
NY
N
17
15
3
5
3.50
81
39
38
1
1
0
97.2
84
6
27
1
1
4
1993
NY
N
19
19
7
7
3.29
93
55
51
4
1
0
139.1
131
11
17
4
2
3
1994
NY
N
24
24
14
4
2.74
143
58
54
4
0
0
177.1
169
13
13
0
0
4
1995
NY
N
16
16
5
5
3.35
71
45
41
3
0
0
110
105
13
20
2
2
5
1995
COL
N
9
9
2
1
6.28
29
33
30
0
0
0
43
60
8
13
1
1
5
1995
TOT
N
25
25
7
6
4.18
100
78
71
3
0
0
153
165
21
33
3
3
10
1997
BOS
A
6
6
0
1
6.58
14
20
19
0
0
0
26
30
5
10
0
1
2
1998
BOS
A
31
31
15
8
3.96
100
82
77
0
0
0
175
181
22
29
1
4
6
1999
BOS
A
22
22
10
6
2.95
81
43
39
0
0
0
119
122
11
11
0
1
2
2001
BOS
A
3
3
1
2
6.00
10
11
10
0
0
0
15
19
3
0
0
0
1
Total
NL
85
83
31
22
3.39
417
230
214
12
2
0
567.1
549
51
90
8
6
21
Total
AL
314
288
136
95
3.33
1298
806
738
64
14
1
1995.1
1903
167
381
26
47
38
Total
399
371
167
117
3.34
1715
1036
952
76
16
1
2562.2
2452
218
471
34
53
59
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1984
KC
A
P
38
18
157.2
15
22
1
1
0
0
13
8
2
.974
1985
KC
A
P
32
32
235.1
22
38
2
4
0
0
12
8
3
.968
1986
KC
A
P
30
25
156
14
26
2
0
0
2
10
5
2
.952
1987
KC
A
P
33
33
257
21
34
2
5
0
0
10
10
2
.965
1988
KC
A
P
35
35
260.2
15
34
3
3
0
3
11
3
5
.942
1989
KC
A
P
36
35
262.1
21
36
4
1
0
1
5
9
3
.934
1990
KC
A
P
20
20
135
16
28
1
2
0
0
2
5
2
.978
1991
KC
A
P
28
28
196.1
17
30
2
2
0
2
9
9
4
.959
1992
NY
N
P
17
15
97.2
7
26
0
2
0
1
6
5
3
1.000
1993
NY
N
P
19
19
139.1
14
30
2
0
0
0
9
7
1
.957
1994
NY
N
P
24
24
177.1
13
34
2
1
0
1
8
4
3
.959
1995
NY
N
P
16
16
110
6
26
0
3
0
0
3
0
4
1.000
1995
COL
N
P
9
9
43
2
8
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
.909
1995
TOT
N
P
25
25
153
8
34
1
3
0
0
4
1
4
.977
1997
BOS
A
P
6
6
26
1
2
1
1
0
0
4
0
1
.750
1998
BOS
A
P
31
31
175
13
20
1
1
0
1
4
7
1
.971
1999
BOS
A
P
22
22
119
5
18
0
0
0
0
5
5
3
1.000
2001
BOS
A
P
3
3
15
1
3
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
1.000
Total
P
399
371
2562.2
203
415
24
26
0
11
115
87
39
.963
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1984
KC
A
39
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1985
KC
A
32
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1986
KC
A
30
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1987
KC
A
33
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1988
KC
A
35
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1989
KC
A
39
0
1
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1990
KC
A
20
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1991
KC
A
28
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1992
NY
N
17
28
0
3
0
0
.107
.138
.107
0
0
1
9
0
3
0
0
0
1993
NY
N
19
45
2
5
0
0
.111
.200
.133
1
0
5
10
0
8
0
0
1
1994
NY
N
24
58
7
10
0
1
.172
.226
.207
2
0
4
14
0
8
0
0
0
1995
NY
N
16
35
2
4
0
0
.114
.139
.143
1
0
1
8
0
5
0
0
0
1995
COL
N
9
14
1
1
0
0
.071
.133
.071
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
1995
TOT
N
25
49
3
5
0
0
.102
.137
.122
1
0
2
12
0
5
0
0
0
1997
BOS
A
6
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1998
BOS
A
31
5
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1999
BOS
A
22
4
0
0
0
0
.000
.200
.000
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2001
BOS
A
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
85
180
12
23
0
1
.128
.182
.150
4
0
12
45
0
24
0
0
1
Total
AL
318
10
1
0
0
0
.000
.091
.000
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
Total
403
190
13
23
0
1
.121
.177
.142
4
0
13
49
0
24
0
0
1
Transactions[]
Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1982 - signed July 26, 1982).
Traded by Kansas City Royals with Bill Pecota to New York Mets in exchange for Kevin McReynolds, Gregg Jefferies and Keith Miller (December 11, 1991).
Traded by New York Mets with a player to be named later to Colorado Rockies in exchange for Juan Acevedo and Arnold Gooch (July 31, 1995); Colorado Rockies received David Swanson (August 4, 1995).