Steve Sax

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