Michael Saunders
Seattle Mariners 2009–2014; Toronto Blue Jays 2015–2016; Philadelphia Phillies 2017; Toronto Blue Jays 2017
Percentile snapshot
2016 season — qualified batters
of 146 qualified 2016 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 46 | 129 | 122 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 1 | .221 | .258 | .279 | .537 | 41.7 | 44.5 | .243 | -0.7 |
| 2010 | 100 | 327 | 289 | 29 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 84 | 6 | 3 | .211 | .295 | .367 | .662 | 85.8 | 84.5 | .301 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 58 | 179 | 161 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 6 | 2 | .149 | .207 | .217 | .424 | 18.9 | 22.4 | .194 | -1.1 |
| 2012 | 139 | 553 | 507 | 71 | 125 | 31 | 3 | 19 | 57 | 43 | 132 | 21 | 4 | .247 | .306 | .432 | .738 | 107.4 | 106.9 | .322 | 2.5 |
| 2013 | 132 | 468 | 406 | 59 | 96 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 46 | 54 | 118 | 13 | 5 | .236 | .323 | .397 | .720 | 104.7 | 105.3 | .318 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | 78 | 263 | 231 | 38 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 26 | 59 | 4 | 5 | .273 | .341 | .450 | .791 | 127.8 | 127.4 | .350 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .306 | .194 | .499 | 48.5 | 42.3 | .247 | -0.1 |
| 2016 | 140 | 558 | 490 | 70 | 124 | 32 | 3 | 24 | 57 | 59 | 157 | 1 | 2 | .253 | .338 | .478 | .815 | 119.5 | 118.1 | .349 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 73 | 234 | 218 | 26 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 55 | 0 | 1 | .202 | .256 | .344 | .600 | 50.9 | 56.1 | .260 | -1.0 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-17 | TOR @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 2013-05-04 | SEA @ TOR Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2012-08-20 | CLE @ SEA Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2012-04-27 | SEA @ TOR Gameday | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 2013-08-03 | SEA @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.