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Michael Saunders

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 225lb (193cm, 102kg)

Born: November 19, 1986 in Victoria, Canada ca

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 11th round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lambrick Park SS (Victoria, BC).

High School: Lambrick Park SS (Victoria, BC)

School: Tallahassee Community College (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: July 25, 2009 (Age 22-248d, 19,603rd in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 2017 (Age 30-316d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

Agents: Meister Sports Management • Previously: Mike McCann

Full Name: Michael Edward Brett Saunders

Pronunciation: \SAWN-derz\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.0

2455

570

.232

324

RBI

263

OBP

.305

SLG

.397

OPS

.701

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	TOR	@	TBR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 4	TOR	@	TBR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 5	TOR	@	TBR	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
4	5 (1)	Apr 8	TOR		BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	7 (1)	Apr 10	TOR		BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	8	Apr 12	TOR		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	9	Apr 13	TOR		NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	10	Apr 14	TOR		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	11	Apr 15	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	13 (1)	Apr 17	TOR	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	14	Apr 18	TOR	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	15	Apr 19	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	16	Apr 20	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	17	Apr 21	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	21 (3)	Apr 25	TOR		CHW	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	22	Apr 26	TOR		CHW	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	23	Apr 27	TOR		CHW	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	24	Apr 29	TOR	@	TBR	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	25	Apr 30	TOR	@	TBR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	26	May 1	TOR	@	TBR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	27	May 2	TOR		TEX	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	28	May 3	TOR		TEX	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	29	May 4	TOR		TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	31 (1)	May 6	TOR		LAD	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	32	May 7	TOR		LAD	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	33	May 8	TOR		LAD	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	34	May 9	TOR	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	35	May 10	TOR	@	SFG	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
29	36	May 11	TOR	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	31	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
30	37	May 13	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-0	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	38	May 14	TOR	@	TEX	L,5-6	GS	42	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF CF
32	39	May 15	TOR	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	40	May 16	TOR		TBR	L,2-13	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
34	41	May 17	TOR		TBR	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
35	42	May 18	TOR		TBR	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	43	May 19	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
37	44	May 20	TOR	@	MIN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	45	May 21	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	46	May 22	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	47	May 24	TOR	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	48	May 25	TOR	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
42	49	May 26	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	50	May 27	TOR		BOS	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	51	May 28	TOR		BOS	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
45	52	May 29	TOR		BOS	L,3-5	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	53	May 30	TOR		NYY	W,4-2	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	55 (1)	Jun 1	TOR		NYY	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	56	Jun 3	TOR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	57	Jun 4	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
50	58	Jun 5	TOR	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	59	Jun 6	TOR	@	DET	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	60	Jun 7	TOR	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	26	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	62 (1)	Jun 9	TOR		BAL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	63	Jun 10	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	64	Jun 11	TOR		BAL	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
56	65	Jun 12	TOR		BAL	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	66	Jun 13	TOR		PHI	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	67	Jun 14	TOR		PHI	W,11-3	GS	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	69 (1)	Jun 16	TOR	@	PHI	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	70	Jun 17	TOR	@	BAL	W,13-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	71	Jun 18	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	72	Jun 19	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
63	73	Jun 21	TOR		ARI	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	74	Jun 22	TOR		ARI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	76 (1)	Jun 25	TOR	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	77	Jun 26	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	78	Jun 27	TOR	@	COL	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	79	Jun 28	TOR	@	COL	W,14-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	80	Jun 29	TOR	@	COL	W,5-3	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
70	81	Jun 30	TOR		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	82	Jul 1	TOR		CLE	L,1-2	CG	76	19.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
72	83	Jul 2	TOR		CLE	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	84	Jul 3	TOR		CLE	W,17-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	85	Jul 4	TOR		KCR	W,6-2	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	86	Jul 5	TOR		KCR	W,8-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	88 (1)	Jul 7	TOR		DET	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	89	Jul 8	TOR		DET	W,6-0	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	90	Jul 9	TOR		DET	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
79	91	Jul 10	TOR		DET	W,6-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
80	92	Jul 15	TOR	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	93	Jul 16	TOR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
82	94	Jul 17	TOR	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	95	Jul 19	TOR	@	ARI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	98 (2)	Jul 23	TOR		SEA	L,5-14	GS	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	99	Jul 24	TOR		SEA	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	100	Jul 25	TOR		SDP	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	101	Jul 26	TOR		SDP	W,7-6	CG	49	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	103 (1)	Jul 29	TOR		BAL	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	104	Jul 30	TOR		BAL	W,9-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	105	Jul 31	TOR		BAL	L,2-6	CG	48	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	106	Aug 1	TOR	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	49	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	107	Aug 2	TOR	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	110 (2)	Aug 5	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
94	112 (1)	Aug 7	TOR	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	114 (1)	Aug 9	TOR		TBR	L,2-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	115	Aug 10	TOR		TBR	W,7-0	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	116	Aug 12	TOR		HOU	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
98	117	Aug 13	TOR		HOU	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	118	Aug 14	TOR		HOU	W,9-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	119	Aug 15	TOR	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
101	122 (2)	Aug 19	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	123	Aug 20	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
103	124	Aug 21	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
104	125	Aug 23	TOR		LAA	W,7-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
105	129 (3)	Aug 27	TOR		MIN	W,8-7	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
106	132 (2)	Aug 30	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
107	133	Aug 31	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	134	Sep 2	TOR	@	TBR	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
109	136 (1)	Sep 4	TOR	@	TBR	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	137	Sep 5	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
111	138	Sep 6	TOR	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
112	139	Sep 7	TOR	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
113	140	Sep 9	TOR		BOS	L,3-13	GS	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
114	142 (1)	Sep 11	TOR		BOS	L,8-11	GS	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
115	143	Sep 12	TOR		TBR	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
116	145 (1)	Sep 14	TOR		TBR	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
117	146	Sep 15	TOR	@	LAA	W,7-2	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	148 (1)	Sep 17	TOR	@	LAA	L,1-6	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
119	149	Sep 18	TOR	@	LAA	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
120	151 (1)	Sep 20	TOR	@	SEA	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
121	152	Sep 21	TOR	@	SEA	L,1-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
122	153	Sep 23	TOR		NYY	W,9-0	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
123	155 (1)	Sep 25	TOR		NYY	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
124	156	Sep 26	TOR		NYY	L,5-7	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
125	157	Sep 27	TOR		BAL	W,5-1	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
126	159 (1)	Sep 29	TOR		BAL	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
127	161 (1)	Oct 1	TOR	@	BOS	W,4-3		11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
128	162	Oct 2	TOR	@	BOS	W,2-1	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
							129gm		1058.0	188	5	2	195	0