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Joseph
Saddler		  
Nickname: Grandmaster
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 29, 1958 in New York, NY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1981   
Slick Fielder Award 1979    1992   
All-Star Selections 1984    1992   
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
1978 19 AUS FL   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 5 5
1979 20 WAS JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5
1980 21 WAS JL $ 300,000 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 5
                                             
  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 22 WAS JL $ 300,000   12 12 12 7 7 7 20 20 20 8 8 8 16 14 14
1982 23 WAS JL $ 2,685,714   12 12 12 8 8 8 20 20 20 8 8 8 16 15 15
1983 24 WAS JL $ 2,685,714   14 14 14 9 9 9 20 20 20 9 9 9 17 15 16
1984 25 WAS JL $ 2,685,714   15 15 15 9 9 9 20 20 20 9 9 9 18 17 17
1985 26 WAS JL $ 4,800,000   14 14 14 8 8 8 20 20 20 9 9 9 18 17 17
1986 27 AUS FL $ 4,800,000   15 15 15 8 8 8 20 20 20 10 10 10 18 16 17
1987 28 AUS FL $ 4,800,000   15 15 15 9 9 9 20 20 20 10 10 10 18 16 16
1988 29 VAN JL $ 3,000,000   15 15 15 7 7 7 20 20 20 9 9 9 18 16 17
1989 30 BUF FL $ 3,000,000   14 14 14 7 7 7 20 20 20 8 8 8 18 16 17
1990 31 BUF FL $ 3,000,000   14 14 14 8 8 8 20 20 20 8 8 8 18 16 16
1991 32 BUF FL $ 3,000,000   14 14 14 7 7 7 18 18 18 8 8 8 17 15 15
1992 33 CAL JL $ 3,500,000   14 14 14 7 7 7 16 16 16 8 8 8 16 14 15
1993 34 CAL JL $ 3,500,000   14 14 14 4 4 4 15 15 15 7 7 7 14 13 13
1994 35 PHX JL     8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,800,000   15 15 15 9 9 9 20 20 20 10 10 10 18 17 17
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
1978 19 AA   108 445 66 122 24 2 3 50 44 7 31 66 .274 .321 .357 .679 55.4  
1979 20 WAS JL 152 507 66 134 33 13 3 59 46 17 23 99 .264 .310 .398 .709 62.7 9.7
1980 21 WAS JL 137 439 46 103 27 12 1 49 33 12 27 95 .235 .291 .358 .648 45.1 4.9
1981 22 WAS JL 157 497 70 144 39 17 7 64 43 19 31 72 .290 .337 .479 .816 73.6 12.7
1982 23 WAS JL 94 302 40 74 24 12 1 32 23 12 21 38 .245 .304 .414 .718 35.0 4.0
1983 24 WAS JL 153 538 67 147 37 17 9 84 43 14 34 63 .273 .320 .455 .775 79.1 12.3
1984 25 WAS JL 156 590 87 180 40 16 10 71 17 20 34 66 .305 .351 .478 .829 85.7 14.8
1985 26 WAS JL 131 478 59 114 25 6 5 53 11 6 26 50 .238 .284 .347 .631 49.1 4.7
1986 27 WAS JL 71 264 47 65 18 7 4 32 12 5 20 17 .246 .314 .413 .727 34.6 3.1
  AUS FL 78 252 41 80 27 8 2 36 11 5 21 19 .317 .381 .512 .893 45.3 7.2
  TOT   149 516 88 145 45 15 6 68 23 10 41 36 .281 .347 .461 .808 79.9 10.3
1987 28 AUS FL 155 586 95 190 66 16 16 98 39 21 43 65 .324 .380 .573 .953 116.2 18.8
1988 29 AUS FL 91 234 31 56 14 8 4 43 8 5 13 33 .239 .286 .419 .705 26.7 2.5
  VAN JL 37 129 11 30 1 3 0 13 4 3 4 14 .233 .263 .287 .550 8.5 0.0
  TOT   128 363 42 86 15 11 4 56 12 8 17 47 .237 .278 .372 .650 35.2 2.5
1989 30 VAN JL 6 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 .053 .143 .053 .195 -0.6 0.0
  BUF FL 95 302 41 91 36 4 2 46 20 8 18 25 .301 .348 .467 .815 44.6 8.0
  TOT   101 321 41 92 36 4 2 47 21 9 20 28 .287 .335 .442 .778 44.0 8.0
1990 31 BUF FL 153 427 59 131 30 11 4 50 48 13 24 38 .307 .351 .457 .808 65.8 9.7
1991 32 BUF FL 135 368 51 109 19 9 6 58 28 28 19 38 .296 .337 .446 .782 49.4 5.5
1992 33 CAL JL 148 591 99 182 42 11 8 54 27 15 31 57 .308 .354 .457 .811 85.0 14.6
1993 34 CAL JL 143 558 77 148 34 9 1 43 28 17 20 101 .265 .293 .364 .657 57.9 4.7
1994 35 PHX JL 65 213 25 61 12 2 0 22 10 5 4 48 .286 .306 .362 .667 21.8 2.2
    AAA   50 140 22 40 2 0 0 13 8 3 15 34 .286 .355 .300 .655 16.4  
16 Years Sim 2157 7294 1012 2040 524 181 83 908 452 226 415 941 .280 .327 .435 .762 985.7 139.4
1 Years AAA 50 140 22 40 2 0 0 13 8 3 15 34 .286 .371 .300 .671 16.4  
1 Years AA 108 445 66 122 24 2 3 50 44 7 31 66 .274 .326 .357 .684 55.4  
2 Years Minors 158 585 88 162 26 2 3 63 52 10 46 100 .277 .337 .344 .681 71.8  
162 Game Average 547 76 153 39 13 6 68 33 16 31 70 .280 .327 .435 .762 74.0  
Career Highs 157 591 99 190 66 17 16 98 48 28 43 101 .324 .380 .573 .953 116.2  
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   4940 697 1375 352 115 55 593 298 158 294 730 .278 .327 .430 .757 639.5
vs LH   2354 315 665 172 66 28 315 154 68 121 211 .282 .325 .447 .772 317.3
Home 1074 3557 479 1005 249 91 48 460 225 107 202 435 .283 .329 .444 .773 481.5
Away 1083 3737 533 1035 275 90 35 448 227 119 213 506 .277 .325 .427 .751 475.3
RISP   1842 0 512 134 43 19 726 0 0 140 258 .278 .330 .428 .759 246.5
Pinch Hitting   64 10 21 5 3 1 10 2 1 2 6 .328 .358 .547 .905 10.8
Close/Late   733 100 194 51 26 6 87 0 0 50 105 .265 .323 .430 .753 93.2
Mar/Apr 384 1268 164 337 67 29 15 166 82 37 62 167 .266 .310 .400 .710 147.6
May 403 1372 172 387 107 33 13 161 79 32 71 185 .282 .322 .437 .759 180.6
June 353 1215 175 340 84 28 12 155 70 44 65 151 .280 .324 .425 .748 151.5
July 322 1093 149 336 101 28 8 128 77 29 59 121 .307 .356 .473 .829 164.8
August 365 1227 191 335 84 32 16 148 75 38 86 153 .273 .330 .433 .763 163.2
Sep/Oct 330 1119 161 305 81 31 19 150 69 46 72 164 .273 .321 .451 .772 149.0
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 20 WAS JL SS 151 148 1241.7 151 432 9 60 .985 4.23 0 0 .000 0 9.6
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 21 WAS JL SS 63 62 519.7 72 181 5 28 .981 4.38 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    CF 38 36 315.0 82 3 0 2 1.000 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 34 32 241.3 38 98 3 19 .978 5.07 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 22 WAS JL CF 119 119 921.0 287 8 2 3 .993 2.88 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    2B 44 33 265.0 46 95 3 19 .979 4.79 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 3 1 .333 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 23 WAS JL CF 94 92 765.3 239 5 2 4 .992 2.87 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 24 WAS JL CF 152 152 1329.7 354 15 9 2 .976 2.50 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    SS 1 1 8.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1984 25 WAS JL SS 146 140 1248.3 167 448 10 65 .984 4.43 0 0 .000 0 6.1
    CF 8 7 63.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 4 1 14.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 26 WAS JL SS 128 127 1098.7 158 407 16 72 .972 4.63 0 0 .000 0 6.5
    CF 3 2 20.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1986 27 WAS JL CF 27 24 233.4 56 1 1 0 .983 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 23 20 191.2 27 74 6 8 .944 4.75 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 20 19 176.6 38 56 3 13 .969 4.79 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  AUS FL CF 29 26 223.9 53 1 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 25 23 183.4 26 70 5 8 .950 4.71 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 22 21 169.4 37 53 2 12 .978 4.78 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  TOT   CF 56 50 457.3 109 2 1 0 .991 2.18   1.4
      SS 48 43 374.6 53 144 11 16 .947 4.73   1.9
      2B 42 40 346.0 75 109 5 25 .974 4.79   1.2
1987 28 AUS FL CF 112 108 965.3 255 7 2 2 .992 2.44 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    SS 33 32 278.0 36 91 0 13 1.000 4.11 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    2B 7 5 48.3 10 16 0 4 1.000 4.84 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1988 29 AUS FL 2B 35 27 234.6 55 90 2 25 .986 5.56 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    SS 22 17 151.4 21 56 3 14 .963 4.58 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 22 17 141.0 36 2 0 1 1.000 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  VAN JL 2B 14 11 126.4 30 48 1 13 .987 5.55 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 9 7 81.6 11 30 1 8 .976 4.52 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 9 7 76.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   2B 49 38 361.0 85 138 3 38 .987 5.56   2.0
      SS 31 24 233.0 32 86 4 22 .967 4.56   0.8
      CF 31 24 217.0 55 3 0 1 1.000 2.41   0.8
1989 30 VAN JL SS 6 6 46.6 6 17 0 3 1.000 4.44 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 0 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BUF FL SS 90 89 721.4 98 257 6 42 .983 4.43 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    CF 4 3 22.5 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 1 7.5 13 0 0 0 1.000 15.60 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 1.9 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.47 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 96 95 768.0 104 274 6 45 .984 4.43   5.4
      CF 4 3 24.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
      C 1 1 8.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 15.75 1 0 .000 0 0.1
      2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1990 31 BUF FL CF 71 71 576.0 164 6 0 0 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    SS 57 47 407.0 54 140 2 27 .990 4.29 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    2B 24 18 164.0 30 59 1 8 .989 4.88 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1991 32 BUF FL SS 111 97 819.7 115 283 10 41 .975 4.37 0 0 .000 0 5.7
    CF 11 11 90.0 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 12 4 49.7 9 16 1 2 .962 4.53 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 33 CAL JL 2B 147 145 1271.0 261 482 18 107 .976 5.26 0 0 .000 0 6.8
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 34 CAL JL 2B 134 131 1129.3 234 369 11 71 .982 4.81 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    CF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1994 35 PHX JL SS 63 63 522.3 78 161 8 32 .968 4.12 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 930 879 7521.9 1021 2653 81 421 .978 4.40 0 0 .000 0 45.2
  CF 704 675 5753.6 1606 51 16 16 .990 2.59 0 0 .000 0 21.9
  2B 501 449 3911.7 794 1395 45 297 .980 5.04 0 0 .000 0 17.2
  C 3 1 13.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 11.08 5 1 .200 0 0.1
  1B 2 0 5.0 6 2 0 2 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2144 2004 17211.2 3445 4103 142 736 .982 3.95 5 1 .200 0 84.5
Career Highs   166 153 1337.7 354 482 18 107 .995 5.26 3 1 .333 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 20 WAS JL 4 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .267 .267 .267 .533
1981 22 WAS JL 13 41 6 10 4 0 1 5 3 0 4 8 .244 .313 .415 .727
1982 23 WAS JL 5 15 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .067 .125 .133 .258
1983 24 WAS JL 15 53 4 14 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 5 .264 .316 .396 .712
1990 31 BUF FL 5 19 4 8 3 1 1 5 1 0 1 3 .421 .450 .842 1.292
1991 32 BUF FL 9 29 5 15 2 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 .517 .548 .759 1.307
1992 33 CAL JL 16 63 8 12 1 1 0 1 3 1 3 13 .190 .227 .238 .465
Career Post-Season Batting 67 235 27 64 14 5 3 19 11 6 10 35 .272 .316 .413 .729
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1987-7-.324
 OPS
1987-8-.953
 XR
CAR-49-985.7
 Games
1981-4-157
1984-8-156
CAR-18-2157
 At-Bats
1984-9-590
1992-7-591
CAR-24-7294
 Runs
1992-10-99
CAR-44-1012
Hits
1984-8-180
1987-5-190
1992-6-182
CAR-26-2040
 Total Bases
1984-9-282
1987-6-336
CAR-36-3175
 Singles
CAR-39-1252
 Doubles
1981-8-39
1984-7-40
1987-1-66
1992-4-42
CAR-9-524
 Triples
1979-2-13
1980-5-12
1981-1-17
1982-4-12
1983-2-17
1984-3-16
1987-1-16
1992-9-11
CAR-5-181
 Stolen Bases
1979-6-46
1981-7-43
1983-9-43
1987-10-39
1990-5-48
CAR-30-452
Caught Stealing
1979-4-17
1981-6-19
1984-7-20
1987-4-21
1991-3-28
1993-6-17
CAR-20-226
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 46    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. John F. Kennedy, Jr. (835)
  2. Glen Groves (822)
  3. Joey Beggiani (817)
  4. Anthony Shippee (809)
  5. Willy Moore (804)
  6. Scott Bucher (798)
  7. Pepe Mangual (797)
  8. Steve Blackburn (795)
  9. Robert Nolan (792)
  10. Jake Pease (788)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Austin in 1978
Injured on 5/9/1978 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Austin to Washington on 2/3/1979 (Going to AUS: P G. Ford, P T. Hoffman. Going to WAS: SS J. Saddler, 1B J. Martinez)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1979, off Mickey Ford (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/16/1979, off Francis Szabo (BAL)
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1979
Won Landis Memorial Series with Washington in 1981
 
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