RF Jon Saffer #98
Age: 24 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Angry
11/22/1997
OA: 34 POT: 36
RF JON SAFFER #98 - AGE: 24 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: ANGRY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 -0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 31 30 31 32
Gap 37 34 38 38
Power 27 25 27 29
Eye 59 50 62 63
Avoid K's 38 36 38 39
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 6 75
Errors: - 7 65
Arm: 1 7 56
Turn DP: - 5 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 73
1st Base: - Center Field: 59
2nd Base: - Right Field: 64
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 98
Stealing Aggressiveness: 93
Stealing Ability: 82
Baserunning Inst.: 100
Sacrifice Bunt: 29
Bunt for Hit: 28
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
11/19/1997 GDM Win, 11-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/07/1997 @ SJM Win, 8-3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
09/06/1997 @ SJM Win, 6-2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/05/1997 @ SJM Win, 8-7 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
09/04/1997 @ SLCB Win, 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/03/1997 @ SLCB Win, 6-1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
09/02/1997 @ SLCB Win, 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/31/1997 POR Win, 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/30/1997 POR Win, 9-0 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
08/29/1997 POR Win, 4-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
PERSONALITY
Jon has great leadership attributes and is the cerebral type. His teammates have great respect for Saffer.
High: Leader, Financial Ambition, Intelligence
Birthday:07/06/1973
Born in:Inglewood, CA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$78,000
Signed Through:1998 Season
Major Service:None, 14 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:2 Years, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not yet eligible
Option Years:1 option year left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1991, 15th Pick in Round 4
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE 1997 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 108 306 65 12 3 6 34 31 25 72 .212 .271 .330 .601 .266 .118 60
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 83 339 2 1 1 1 9 6 101 21 6 9 40.0 28.0 2.84 -0.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   97 28 5 1 2 12 11 8 29 2 4 0 .289 .336 .423 .759
Versus Right   209 37 7 2 4 22 20 17 43 4 5 2 .177 .241 .287 .528
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   31 7 0 1 3 7 6 2 12 0 1 0 .226 .273 .581 .853
May   68 12 3 0 0 4 4 3 17 1 2 2 .176 .230 .221 .450
June   65 15 4 0 1 9 8 5 11 1 0 0 .231 .282 .338 .620
July   63 17 3 1 0 5 8 8 14 2 3 0 .270 .342 .349 .692
August   62 10 1 1 1 8 3 4 14 2 3 0 .161 .206 .258 .464
September   17 4 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 .235 .350 .471 .821
Last Year   322 64 14 1 8 39 34 34 80 3 6 1 .199 .275 .323 .598
Career   628 129 26 4 14 73 65 59 152 9 15 3 .205 .273 .326 .600
Home   140 30 8 2 1 14 14 9 30 3 4 1 .214 .261 .321 .583
Road   166 35 4 1 5 20 17 16 42 3 5 1 .211 .280 .337 .617
Grass   306 65 12 3 6 34 31 25 72 6 9 2 .212 .271 .330 .601
Day   94 15 3 3 2 9 8 4 22 1 2 0 .160 .192 .319 .511
Night   212 50 9 0 4 25 23 21 50 5 7 2 .236 .304 .335 .639
As Starter   296 63 11 3 6 33 31 25 69 6 9 2 .213 .274 .331 .605
As Reliever / Substitution   10 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500
Close/Late   76 17 4 1 1 7 7 5 17 1 1 0 .224 .268 .342 .610
Inning 1-3   96 18 2 0 1 4 10 6 17 0 3 2 .188 .250 .240 .490
Inning 4-6   92 25 6 1 2 19 8 8 27 5 5 0 .272 .314 .424 .738
Inning 7-9   112 22 4 2 3 11 13 11 25 1 1 0 .196 .266 .348 .614
Extra Innings   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   93 22 3 0 2 8 11 4 18 2 9 1 .237 .270 .333 .603
1 Outs   115 22 3 2 3 20 14 11 27 4 0 1 .191 .260 .330 .590
2 Outs   98 21 6 1 1 6 6 10 27 0 0 0 .214 .287 .327 .614
Scoring Position   79 17 2 1 3 29 7 7 20 6 9 0 .215 .261 .380 .641
Bases Empty   180 37 9 1 3 3 18 13 39 0 0 2 .206 .267 .317 .583
Runner on 1st   47 11 1 1 0 2 6 5 13 0 0 0 .234 .308 .298 .606
Runner on 2nd   19 4 1 0 1 3 2 3 6 0 6 0 .211 .318 .421 .739
Runner on 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   29 7 1 0 2 8 3 1 5 0 0 0 .241 .267 .483 .749
Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 .100 .308 .100 .408
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   9 5 0 1 0 10 1 0 2 1 0 0 .556 .500 .778 1.278
Two Strikes   164 31 5 2 4 19 14 7 72 4 0 1 .189 .222 .317 .539
First Pitch   44 12 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 0 3 1 .273 .304 .409 .713
Count 0-1   19 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 .158 .150 .421 .571
Count 0-2   26 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 14 0 0 1 .115 .148 .231 .379
Count 1-0   21 6 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .273 .429 .701
Count 1-1   21 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 1-2   53 11 3 0 1 5 4 0 28 2 0 0 .208 .200 .321 .521
Count 2-0   8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 2-1   20 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .300 .550
Count 2-2   47 7 2 1 1 4 5 0 21 1 0 0 .149 .146 .298 .444
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   9 3 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 .333 .714 .333 1.048
Full Count   38 10 0 1 1 7 4 7 9 1 0 0 .263 .370 .395 .764
Behind in Count   98 17 5 0 3 10 6 0 42 3 3 1 .173 .176 .316 .493
Ahead in Count   58 16 4 0 0 7 9 17 0 1 1 0 .276 .434 .345 .779
Batting Leadoff   49 9 3 0 0 0 3 2 13 0 1 1 .184 .231 .245 .476
Batting 2nd   39 9 3 0 0 2 4 5 7 0 2 0 .231 .318 .308 .626
Batting 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 4th   1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Batting 7th   12 3 0 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 .250 .438 .500 .938
Batting 8th   74 14 2 1 2 13 7 6 17 2 1 1 .189 .253 .324 .577
Batting 9th   129 28 3 2 3 16 16 8 34 4 4 0 .217 .255 .341 .596
Low Leverage   143 25 8 1 1 5 14 12 36 1 2 0 .175 .237 .266 .503
Medium Leverage   103 27 2 1 2 11 13 11 20 3 6 2 .262 .336 .359 .695
High Leverage   56 12 2 1 2 17 3 2 15 2 1 0 .214 .233 .393 .626
SOUTH OF THE BORDER 1997 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -101
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 -0.0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
November   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Year   67 10 1 0 2 11 7 11 18 1 0 1 .149 .275 .254 .529
2 Years Ago   184 44 10 1 3 21 25 31 27 3 0 0 .239 .344 .353 .697
Career   653 144 27 7 11 78 90 109 134 6 6 5 .221 .334 .334 .668
Home   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Grass   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Night   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1996 Chicago - XFBL 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -134 0.0
Total XFBL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -134 0.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1991 Kennewick - BC 17 74 259 61 10 0 5 41 36 46 3 6 58 9 9 .236 .350 .332 .682 80 83 0.4
1991 Managua - WDL 17 16 35 10 2 2 0 4 8 6 0 0 11 4 2 .286 .390 .457 .847 121 123 0.3
1992 Huron - A 18 111 374 84 15 2 8 49 51 54 4 6 104 16 14 .225 .324 .340 .664 80 80 0.3
1992 Managua - WDL 18 37 98 21 1 0 3 13 16 18 1 0 22 6 7 .214 .342 .316 .658 77 84 0.1
1993 Huron - A 19 81 265 44 5 2 7 35 31 48 0 3 75 14 5 .166 .291 .279 .570 51 53 -0.6
1993 Quincy - A 19 7 26 5 3 1 0 4 4 3 0 0 9 1 0 .192 .276 .385 .660 76 71 0.0
1993 Total - A 19 88 291 49 8 3 7 39 35 51 0 3 84 15 5 .168 .290 .289 .579 53 55 -0.6
1993 Managua - WDL 19 40 49 12 4 0 0 2 7 8 1 0 8 2 1 .245 .362 .327 .689 83 82 0.1
1994 Huron - A 20 54 196 62 11 4 5 20 29 22 1 0 41 6 4 .316 .388 .490 .878 135 136 1.2
1994 Managua - WDL 20 55 219 47 9 4 3 27 27 35 2 2 47 16 9 .215 .326 .333 .659 79 83 0.4
1995 Managua - WDL 21 54 184 44 10 1 3 21 25 31 0 3 27 13 6 .239 .344 .353 .697 86 88 0.4
1995 San Antonio - AA 21 126 455 109 20 3 8 51 63 63 6 9 87 21 7 .240 .334 .349 .683 85 89 0.8
1995 Total - AA 21 180 639 153 30 4 11 72 88 94 6 12 114 34 13 .239 .337 .351 .687 86 88 1.2
1996 Managua - WDL 22 26 67 10 1 0 2 11 7 11 1 1 18 5 3 .149 .275 .254 .529 38 41 -0.3
1996 Tacoma - AAA 22 110 322 64 14 1 8 39 34 34 1 3 80 9 3 .199 .275 .323 .598 60 60 -0.4
1997 Managua - WDL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -101 -0.0
1997 Tacoma - AAA 23 108 306 65 12 3 6 34 31 25 2 6 72 6 9 .212 .271 .330 .601 63 60 -0.3
Total PCL 218 628 129 26 4 14 73 65 59 3 9 152 15 12 .205 .273 .326 .600 61 60
Total TL 126 455 109 20 3 8 51 63 63 6 9 87 21 7 .240 .334 .349 .683 85 89
Total MWL 7 26 5 3 1 0 4 4 3 0 0 9 1 0 .192 .276 .385 .660 76 71
Total NTL 246 835 190 31 8 20 104 111 124 5 9 220 36 23 .228 .328 .356 .684 83 84
Total NWL 74 259 61 10 0 5 41 36 46 3 6 58 9 9 .236 .350 .332 .682 80 83
Total SOB 229 653 144 27 7 11 78 90 109 5 6 134 46 28 .221 .334 .334 .668 79 82
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1996 Chicago - XFBL CF 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 5.2 4.76 +0.2 1.470
1997 Tacoma - AAA LF 8 6 13 2 0 15 0 1.000 49.1 2.74 +0.1 .979
1997 Tacoma - AAA CF 99 77 236 9 2 252 7 .972 727.2 3.03 +6.2 1.039
1997 Managua - WDL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1997 Tacoma - AAA RF 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 8.0 3.38 +0.1 1.005
TOTAL LF 8 6 13 2 0 15 0 1.000 49.1 2.74 +0.1 .979
TOTAL CF 104 77 239 9 2 255 7 .973 735.1 3.04 +6.4 1.042
TOTAL RF 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 8.0 3.38 +0.1 1.005
PLAYER HISTORY
06/02/1991 Drafted in the 1991 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 15, 93rd overall pick) by the Chicago Cubs.
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 28 (44); Power: 1 (26); Eye: 46 (82).
01/01/1993 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 31 (42); Power: 5 (26); Eye: 46 (74).
07/24/1993 Injured (intercostal strain),out for 1-2 weeks.
09/05/1993 Wins the 1993 Northern League Round 1 with the Huron Cubs!
01/01/1994 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 34 (44); Power: 17 (42); Eye: 47 (69).
05/05/1994 Injured (sore elbow),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
05/10/1994 Injured (oblique strain),out for 8 weeks.
08/25/1994 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/1995 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 37 (42); Power: 22 (40); Eye: 65 (76).
04/25/1995 Injured (mild oblique strain),day-to-day for 2 days.
10/20/1995 Injured (sinusitis),day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/1996 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 38 (41); Power: 24 (38); Eye: 65 (74).
11/21/1996 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $75,000.
01/01/1997 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 34 (37); Power: 23 (33); Eye: 65 (72).
11/22/1997 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $78,000.
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