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Bret Saberhagen played 16 major-league seasons (1984-2001) as a P (399). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 7 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 28 | NYN | 17 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .107 | .245 | -27 |
| 1993 | 29 | NYN | 19 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .111 | .333 | -5 |
| 1994 | 30 | NYN | 24 | 58 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .172 | .433 | 18 |
| 1995 | 31 | NYN|COL | 25 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .102 | .260 | -29 |
| 1997 | 33 | BOS | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1998 | 34 | BOS | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1999 | 35 | BOS | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | -42 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 20 | KCA | 38 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 157.2 | 73 | 36 | 3.48 | 115 |
| 1985 | 21 | KCA | 32 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 235.1 | 158 | 38 | 2.87 | 145 |
| 1986 | 22 | KCA | 30 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 156 | 112 | 29 | 4.15 | 101 |
| 1987 | 23 | KCA | 33 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 257 | 163 | 53 | 3.36 | 133 |
| 1988 | 24 | KCA | 35 | 35 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 260.2 | 171 | 59 | 3.80 | 104 |
| 1989 | 25 | KCA | 36 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 262.1 | 193 | 43 | 2.16 | 180 |
| 1990 | 26 | KCA | 20 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 87 | 28 | 3.27 | 120 |
| 1991 | 27 | KCA | 28 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 196.1 | 136 | 45 | 3.07 | 133 |
| 1992 | 28 | NYN | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 97.2 | 81 | 27 | 3.50 | 100 |
| 1993 | 29 | NYN | 19 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 139.1 | 93 | 17 | 3.29 | 123 |
| 1994 | 30 | NYN | 24 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 177.1 | 143 | 13 | 2.74 | 154 |
| 1995 | 31 | NYN|COL | 25 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 153 | 100 | 33 | 4.18 | 100 |
| 1997 | 33 | BOS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 6.58 | 69 |
| 1998 | 34 | BOS | 31 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 175 | 100 | 29 | 3.96 | 117 |
| 1999 | 35 | BOS | 22 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 119 | 81 | 11 | 2.95 | 165 |
| 2001 | 37 | BOS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 6.00 | 75 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | P | 38 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | P | 32 | 32 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 4 |
| 1986 | P | 30 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | P | 33 | 33 | 21 | 34 | 2 | 5 |
| 1988 | P | 35 | 35 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 3 |
| 1989 | P | 36 | 35 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 1 |
| 1990 | P | 20 | 20 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 1991 | P | 28 | 28 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 2 |
| 1992 | P | 17 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 1993 | P | 19 | 19 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | P | 24 | 24 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 1 |
| 1995 | P | 25 | 25 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | P | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | P | 31 | 31 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | P | 22 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bret Saberhagen won: Babe Ruth Award 1985 (AL), Cy Young Award 1985 (AL), TSN All-Star 1985 (AL), World Series MVP 1985 (ML), Cy Young Award 1989 (AL), Gold Glove 1989 (AL), TSN All-Star 1989 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1994, 1989, 1985.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 127 / 140 | 23 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 45 / 392 | 0 |
| 1989 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 138 / 140 | 27 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 82 / 392 | 0 |
| 1994 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 42 / 140 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
Bret Saberhagen ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #107 | starting pitchers | 1989 | 180 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.