Efren
Sachs
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: September 23, 1952 in Dominican Republic
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 20 MON FL     0 2 0 1 2 1 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 6 6 6
1974 21 SEA FL     0 4 2 2 3 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 10 9
1975 22 DM FL     2 5 4 4 3 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6 9 10 9
1976 23 BUF FL     2 6 4 4 3 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1977 24 BUF FL $ 300,000   3 6 4 5 3 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 11 10
1978 25 BUF FL $ 300,000   3 6 4 4 3 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 11 10
1979 26 BUF FL     3 6 4 4 3 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 11 11 11
1980 27 BUF FL     3 6 4 4 3 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 11 11 11
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 2 0 1 2 1 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 6 4 5 3 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 11 11 11
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 28 BUF FL   33 15 14 14 7 6 6 15 14 14
1982 29 BUF FL $ 300,000 33 15 13 14 13 12 12 14 14 14
1983 30 BUF FL $ 697,143 33 15 14 14 13 12 12 14 14 14
1984 31 BUF FL $ 1,208,571 33 15 14 14 13 12 12 14 14 14
1985 32 BUF FL $ 850,000 33 15 14 14 14 12 12 15 14 14
1986 33 DM FL $ 850,000 33 15 14 14 14 12 12 15 14 14
1987 34 DM FL $ 850,000 28 14 13 13 14 12 12 13 12 12
1988 35 DM FL $ 850,000 28 14 13 13 13 11 11 11 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   28 14 13 13 7 6 6 11 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,208,571 33 15 14 14 14 12 12 15 14 14
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 20 MON FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1974 21 SEA FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1975 22 DM FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1976 23 BUF FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 24 BUF FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 25 BUF FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1979 26 BUF FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1980 27 BUF FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 28 BUF FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1982 29 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1983 30 BUF FL $ 697,143   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1984 31 BUF FL $ 1,208,571   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1985 32 BUF FL $ 850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1986 33 DM FL $ 850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1987 34 DM FL $ 850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1988 35 DM FL $ 850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,208,571   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 20 AA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 3.0 2 1 1 1 6 3.00 .167 .231 .417 .647  
    A   4 2 .667 35 0 0 0 0 64.3 59 25 3 23 43 3.50 .248 .314 .357 .671  
1974 21 A   3 0 1.000 27 0 0 0 0 38.7 28 5 2 12 51 1.16 .206 .270 .294 .564  
1975 22 AA   5 3 .625 41 3 0 0 3 57.0 42 20 5 13 104 3.16 .199 .246 .322 .568  
1976 23 AAA   0 1 .000 14 0 0 0 0 24.7 26 7 1 8 32 2.55 .255 .309 .353 .662  
    AA   0 4 .000 30 10 0 0 1 56.0 44 17 4 17 92 2.73 .212 .271 .351 .622  
1977 24 BUF FL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 1 9.3 6 1 0 4 13 0.96 .194 .286 .226 .512 1.6
    AAA   1 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 3 24.3 14 5 2 13 37 1.85 .169 .281 .289 .570  
1978 25 BUF FL 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 0 11.0 15 9 3 5 11 7.36 .313 .377 .563 .940 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 1 2.3 6 3 0 1 5 11.59 .500 .538 1.000 1.538  
1979 26 AAA   4 2 .667 48 3 0 0 0 74.3 86 35 3 27 107 4.24 .294 .353 .430 .783  
1980 27 AAA   0 2 .000 56 2 0 0 25 75.7 78 28 5 28 105 3.33 .262 .325 .396 .721  
1981 28 AAA   1 8 .111 54 2 0 0 8 65.7 69 35 6 44 54 4.80 .270 .377 .391 .767  
1982 29 BUF FL 3 3 .500 59 0 0 0 2 67.7 73 33 8 28 53 4.39 .268 .338 .438 .775 3.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 2 4 4.50 .250 .400 .250 .650  
1983 30 BUF FL 2 4 .333 76 0 0 0 4 78.7 84 36 5 39 45 4.12 .271 .351 .397 .748 4.0
1984 31 BUF FL 1 3 .250 39 0 0 0 3 39.3 48 30 5 13 30 6.86 .294 .343 .460 .803 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 23 0 0 0 2 40.3 34 22 5 23 41 4.91 .231 .335 .374 .709  
1985 32 BUF FL 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 0 7.3 9 5 2 3 5 6.14 .310 .375 .655 1.030 0.0
    AAA   5 1 .833 59 0 0 0 3 62.3 60 22 8 27 71 3.18 .256 .333 .393 .726  
1986 33 DM FL 2 1 .667 14 0 0 0 0 18.7 16 8 1 9 12 3.86 .232 .333 .362 .696 1.8
    AAA   2 1 .667 47 0 0 0 3 52.3 45 20 6 24 58 3.44 .234 .319 .391 .710  
1987 34 DM FL 2 2 .500 17 0 0 0 0 20.0 25 14 3 14 17 6.30 .305 .408 .476 .884 0.7
    AAA   3 0 1.000 32 0 0 0 1 46.3 30 11 1 22 50 2.14 .186 .284 .255 .539  
1988 35 AAA   2 5 .286 53 0 0 0 4 48.3 72 34 9 19 35 6.33 .356 .412 .559 .971  
8 Years Sim 10 15 .400 228 0 0 0 10 252.0 276 136 27 115 186 4.86 .275 .350 .432 .782 11.1
12 Years AAA 20 22 .476 410 7 0 0 50 518.6 522 223 46 238 599 3.87 .263 .341 .399 .741  
3 Years AA 5 7 .417 74 13 0 0 5 116.0 88 38 10 31 202 2.95 .204 .258 .339 .596  
2 Years A 7 2 .778 62 0 0 0 0 103.0 87 30 5 35 94 2.62 .233 .298 .334 .633  
17 Years Minors 32 31 .508 546 20 0 0 55 737.6 697 291 61 304 895 3.55 .250 .323 .381 .705  
Season Average 1 1 .500 28 0 0 0 1 31.5 34 17 3 14 23 4.86 .275 .350 .432 .782  
Career Highs 3 4 .667 76 0 0 0 4 78.7 84 36 8 39 53 7.36 .313 .408 .655 1.030  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   176 90 15 68 103   .278 .348 .442 .789
vs LH   100 46 12 47 83   .270 .353 .416 .769
Home 6 6 .500 111 0 0 0 1 127.0 134 59 11 53 80 4.18 .267 .337 .410 .747
Away 4 9 .308 117 0 0 0 10 125.0 142 77 16 62 106 5.55 .283 .362 .454 .816
Mar/Apr 3 1 .750 33 0 0 0 2 33.3 44 27 5 16 21 7.30 .303 .373 .490 .862
May 2 1 .667 26 0 0 0 3 37.7 33 13 3 17 23 3.11 .229 .311 .375 .686
June 2 2 .500 27 0 0 0 1 31.3 19 8 1 13 31 2.30 .170 .256 .250 .506
July 1 3 .250 32 0 0 0 1 31.3 35 15 3 17 25 4.31 .282 .369 .427 .796
August 2 4 .333 45 0 0 0 1 49.0 47 19 4 24 34 3.49 .255 .341 .370 .711
Sep/Oct 0 4 .000 65 0 0 0 3 69.3 98 54 11 28 52 7.01 .332 .390 .542 .932
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 24 BUF FL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1978 25 BUF FL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1982 29 BUF FL 59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1983 30 BUF FL 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1984 31 BUF FL 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1986 33 DM FL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 204 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0
162 Game Average 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9  
Career Highs 76 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
vs LH   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Home 64 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Away 64 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
RISP   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
May 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Sep/Oct 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 24 BUF FL P 5 0 9.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1978 25 BUF FL P 11 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1982 29 BUF FL P 59 0 67.7 1 5 1 0 .857 0.80    
1983 30 BUF FL P 76 0 78.7 7 10 1 2 .944 1.95    
1984 31 BUF FL P 39 0 39.3 2 4 1 0 .857 1.37    
1985 32 BUF FL P 7 0 7.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.68    
1986 33 DM FL P 14 0 18.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.89    
1987 34 DM FL P 17 0 20.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.35    
Career Totals   228 0 252.0 19 28 3 2 .940 1.68    
Career Highs   76 0 78.7 7 10 1 2 1.000 3.68    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1982 29 BUF FL 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 1 11.7 6 4 1 3 10 3.09 .146 .205 .268 .473
1983 30 BUF FL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 1 11.7 8 5 1 3 10 3.86 .186 .239 .326 .565
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History
Drafted in 33rd round, 769th overall pick, by Montreal in 1973
Injured on 7/28/1973 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Montreal to Seattle on 7/1/1974 (Going to SEA: 1B J. Jordan, P J. Varela, RF F. Rivera, P E. Sachs. Going to MON: 1B Z. Johnson, P J. Jones)
Traded from Seattle to Des Moines on 7/1/1975 (Going to SEA: 2B R. Gonzalvo. Going to DM: P E. Sachs, CF D. Whitnall)
Traded from Des Moines to Phoenix on 4/21/1976 (Going to PHX: P M. Parke, P E. Sachs, 2B S. Sanchez, P C. Van Puyster, LF B. Diskin. Going to DM: P C. Rollins)
Traded from Phoenix to Buffalo on 6/21/1976 (Going to PHX: P H. Duggeler, 3B T. Trudeau, CF R. Simmes. Going to BUF: P S. Cuvelier, P E. Sachs, SS M. Sandoval)