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Bret Saberhagen
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Bret Saberhagen's
Message to the Fans
Biography
Bret William Saberhagen (pronounced /ˈseɪ̪bɚˌheɪ̪ɡɨn/; born
April 11, 1964 in Chicago Heights, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball
right-handed starting pitcher. His nickname was 'Sabes.'
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Pitcher
Born: April 11, 1964 (1964-04-11) (age 44)
Chicago Heights, Illinois
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 4, 1984
for the Kansas City Royals
Final game
August 7, 2001
for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
Win-Loss record 167-117
Earned run average 3.34
Strikeouts 1,715
Teams
Kansas City Royals (1984-1991)
New York Mets (1992-1995)
Colorado Rockies (1995)
Boston Red Sox ((1997-1999), 2001)
Career highlights and awards
3x All-Star selection (1987, 1990, 1994)
World Series champion (1985)
2x AL Cy Young Award winner (1985, 1989)
Gold Glove Award winner (1989)
2x AL TSN Pitcher of the Year (1985, 1989)
1985 World Series MVP
1985 Babe Ruth Award
1998 AL Comeback Player of the Year
1998 Tony Conigliaro Award
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Career
Saberhagen was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1982
amateur draft and made his Major League debut on April 4, 1984. He made an
immediate impact with the team, compiling a 10-11 record and 3.48 ERA. The
Royals made the postseason but lost to the Detroit Tigers. Saberhagen pitched
well in his first postseason start, giving up two runs in 8 innings.
In 1985, the 21-year-old Saberhagen established himself as the ace of the staff,
going 20-6 with a 2.87 ERA, leading the Royals to a World Series championship
(and being named MVP of the Series along the way, pitching two complete games in
the Series, including a shutout in Game 7), and winning the American League Cy
Young Award. He was also the subject of much media attention during the Series
as his wife gave birth to his first son, Drew William, on the same night of the
infamous Don Denkinger call. Saberhagen developed an odd pattern of successful
years in odd-numbered years (1985, 1989, 1991) and poor performances in
even-numbered years. In 1986, he was 7-12 with a 4.12 ERA. In 1987, another
odd-numbered year, Saberhagen had an excellent year, going 18-10 with a 3.36
ERA. That record, however, was disappointing because Saberhagen had entered the
All-Star break with a 15-3 record and another Cy Young Award seemingly in the
bag. He pitched in the 1987 All-Star game, but he suffered a shoulder injury
that hampered his second-half performance.
In 1988, the pattern continued as Saberhagen went 14-16 with a 3.80 ERA, the
second most losses in the American League. The following year, 1989, he showed
flashes of his old brilliance by compiling a record of 23-6 with a 2.16 ERA,
leading both leagues with 12 complete games, and finishing third in strikeouts.
Before his July 26, 1989 start against the Boston Red Sox, Saberhagen had a
record of 9-5. Over the next two months, he compiled a record of 14-1 with four
shutouts. Only once in a game over that period did a team score more than two
runs. He also led the league in innings pitched, complete games, and strikeout
to walk ratio. For his efforts, Saberhagen won his second Cy Young Award as the
American League's best pitcher.
Despite a 5-7 record, Saberhagen was selected to the 1990 American League
All-Star team, primarily due to his 1989 performance. Saberhagen rewarded the
selection as the winning pitcher in the 2-0 American League triumph. Saberhagen
only started one post All-Star game before being shelved for most of the rest of
1990 with an injury.
In 1991, he went 13-8 with a 3.07 ERA and pitched a no-hitter against the
Chicago White Sox on August 26, 1991. On December 11, 1991, he was traded along
with Bill Pecota to the New York Mets in exchange for Kevin McReynolds, Gregg
Jefferies, and Keith Miller.
He posted several solid seasons, winning 14 games for the New York Mets in the
strike shortened 1994 season and winning 15 games for the Boston Red Sox in
1998. Also in 1994, he had more wins than walks. No other pitcher (as of 2005)
pitching more than 150 innings had accomplished this feat since 1919. [1]
In 1995 he joined the Colorado Rockies as a much-heralded ace. He struggled
throughout the year, plagued by injuries and unable to adjust to the high
altitude. While the Rockies made the playoffs as the National League Wild Card
team, Saberhagen lost his only start, Game 4 of the NLDS when the Rockies were
eliminated by the Atlanta Braves on their way to a World Series win.
After missing the entire 2000 season, Saberhagen attempted a comeback in 2001
but pitched in only three games. He retired at the end of the season.
In 2005, he was inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame.
In 2006, Saberhagen was named to the 2007 ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
He stated if he were voted in, he would not attend the ceremony because he
believes Pete Rose should be inducted. Saberhagen finished with 7 votes, well
short of the amount needed to stay on the ballot next year.
In 2006, he began coaching the Calabasas High School Coyotes Varsity baseball
team, in Calabasas, CA. He was a primary contributor to the building of a
first-class baseball field for the Varsity team there. His younger son Dalton
played on the Freshman team at that time and Saberhagen's goal was to coach his
son when he moved up to Varsity. However, a constant set of battles with the Las
Virgines Unified School District administration--among other reasons--caused him
to resign his coaching duties in October of 2007.
Bret Saberhagen's Hit & Fun
Bret Saberhagen at one time opened and operated a sports entertainment facility
featuring Major League-caliber indoor batting cages, pitching mounds, bowling,
laser tag, and arcade games. The 30,000-square-foot sports center was located at
580 Montauk Highway in West Babylon, New York nearby Saberhagen’s Babylon, New
York estate. The facility’s façade was shaped like Ebbets Field, the storied
home of the Brooklyn Dodgers and designed by Steven Ray Fellman of Amityville,
New York.
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Source: Wikipedia.org at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Saberhagen
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