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Steve Sax played 14 major-league seasons (1981-1994) as a 2B (1,679), OF (33), 3B (7). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 21 | LAN | 31 | 119 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 14 | .277 | .662 | 94 |
| 1982 | 22 | LAN | 150 | 638 | 88 | 180 | 4 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 53 | .282 | .694 | 101 |
| 1983 | 23 | LAN | 155 | 623 | 94 | 175 | 5 | 41 | 56 | 58 | 73 | .281 | .692 | 99 |
| 1984 | 24 | LAN | 145 | 569 | 70 | 138 | 1 | 35 | 34 | 47 | 53 | .243 | .604 | 76 |
| 1985 | 25 | LAN | 136 | 488 | 62 | 136 | 1 | 42 | 27 | 54 | 43 | .279 | .670 | 95 |
| 1986 | 26 | LAN | 157 | 633 | 91 | 210 | 6 | 56 | 40 | 59 | 58 | .332 | .830 | 137 |
| 1987 | 27 | LAN | 157 | 610 | 84 | 171 | 6 | 46 | 37 | 44 | 61 | .280 | .700 | 92 |
| 1988 | 28 | LAN | 160 | 632 | 70 | 175 | 5 | 57 | 42 | 45 | 51 | .277 | .668 | 99 |
| 1989 | 29 | NYA | 158 | 651 | 88 | 205 | 5 | 63 | 43 | 52 | 44 | .315 | .751 | 113 |
| 1990 | 30 | NYA | 155 | 615 | 70 | 160 | 4 | 42 | 43 | 49 | 46 | .260 | .641 | 80 |
| 1991 | 31 | NYA | 158 | 652 | 85 | 198 | 10 | 56 | 31 | 41 | 38 | .304 | .759 | 110 |
| 1992 | 32 | CHA | 143 | 567 | 74 | 134 | 4 | 47 | 30 | 43 | 42 | .236 | .607 | 71 |
| 1993 | 33 | CHA | 57 | 119 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | .235 | .586 | 58 |
| 1994 | 34 | OAK | 7 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .583 | 49 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2B | 29 | 28 | 64 | 93 | 4 | 22 |
| 1982 | 2B | 149 | 145 | 347 | 452 | 19 | 83 |
| 1983 | 2B | 152 | 151 | 331 | 399 | 30 | 74 |
| 1984 | 2B | 141 | 140 | 318 | 450 | 21 | 99 |
| 1985 | 2B | 135 | 132 | 330 | 357 | 22 | 84 |
| 1985 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2B | 154 | 154 | 367 | 432 | 16 | 71 |
| 1987 | 2B | 152 | 151 | 342 | 420 | 14 | 92 |
| 1987 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2B | 158 | 156 | 276 | 429 | 14 | 69 |
| 1989 | 2B | 158 | 158 | 312 | 460 | 10 | 117 |
| 1990 | 2B | 154 | 154 | 292 | 457 | 10 | 102 |
| 1991 | 2B | 149 | 148 | 274 | 443 | 7 | 107 |
| 1991 | 3B | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2B | 141 | 141 | 305 | 390 | 20 | 75 |
| 1993 | OF | 32 | 26 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2B | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
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.
Steve Sax won: Rookie of the Year 1982 (NL), Silver Slugger 1986 (NL), TSN All-Star 1986 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1989, 1988, 1986, 1982.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 63 / 120 | 9 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 13 / 336 | 0 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
Steve Sax ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #145 | second basemen | 1986 | 137 OPS+ |
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.