2B Mike Sakal #38
Albany Knickerbockers (NYG) MAL
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
08/11/1975
BNN Index | MAL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B MIKE SAKAL #38 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
100 352 90 8 0 9 34 52 68 .256 .351 .355 2 3.3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/10/1975 @ JCA Win, 6-3 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 0
08/09/1975 PRO Win, 4-2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
08/08/1975 PRO Loss, 1-9 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
08/07/1975 PRO Loss, 2-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/05/1975 @ TRE Win, 8-3 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
08/04/1975 @ TRE Win, 7-3 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
08/03/1975 @ TRE Loss, 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
08/02/1975 SPR Loss, 1-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/01/1975 SPR Loss, 1-8 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/31/1975 SPR Loss, 6-9 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/30/1948
Born in:Columbia, MO
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 11th Pick in Round 13
MIDDLE ATLANTIC LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 100 352 90 8 0 9 34 34 52 68 .256 .351 .355 .706 .341 .099 106
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 89 414 2 3 0 12 4 4 125 17 2 5 28.6 44.0 4.14 3.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   96 27 0 0 2 7 11 15 11 1 1 0 .281 .375 .344 .719
Versus Right   256 63 8 0 7 27 23 37 57 3 3 2 .246 .342 .359 .702
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   18 7 0 0 1 3 2 8 1 0 1 0 .389 .577 .556 1.132
April   34 9 0 0 1 2 4 7 7 0 0 0 .265 .390 .353 .743
May   100 25 1 0 2 11 10 11 24 3 2 1 .250 .322 .320 .642
June   90 23 6 0 1 10 10 12 19 1 1 1 .256 .346 .356 .702
July   103 25 1 0 4 8 8 12 16 0 0 0 .243 .322 .369 .691
August   25 8 0 0 1 3 2 10 2 0 1 0 .320 .514 .440 .954
Last Year   336 83 14 2 6 37 42 40 61 2 2 0 .247 .325 .354 .680
Career   986 244 33 3 19 104 103 124 193 10 8 5 .247 .332 .345 .676
Home   178 47 5 0 7 22 21 26 32 3 0 2 .264 .359 .410 .769
Road   174 43 3 0 2 12 13 26 36 1 4 0 .247 .343 .299 .642
Grass   352 90 8 0 9 34 34 52 68 4 4 2 .256 .351 .355 .706
Day   103 30 2 0 4 10 11 15 18 1 1 0 .291 .378 .427 .805
Night   249 60 6 0 5 24 23 37 50 3 3 2 .241 .340 .325 .666
As Starter   343 87 7 0 9 33 33 51 67 4 4 2 .254 .350 .353 .703
As Reliever / Substitution   9 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .400 .444 .844
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
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
1966 Rock Island - R 18 8 26 7 2 0 0 8 5 6 0 2 9 0 0 .269 .382 .346 .729 72 67 0.0
1966 Fresno - A 18 67 205 60 7 1 4 20 17 6 0 4 42 0 2 .293 .307 .395 .702 94 86 0.4
1966 Albany - A 18 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 252 277 0.1
1967 Fresno - A 19 110 343 77 6 1 17 62 35 55 1 1 94 2 6 .224 .333 .397 .729 102 100 2.1
1967 Albany - A 19 19 57 14 1 0 3 12 8 2 1 0 18 0 0 .246 .283 .421 .704 114 119 0.5
1968 Rock Island - R 20 2 9 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 .222 .444 .667 83 59 -0.0
1968 Fresno - A 20 99 357 86 6 2 6 49 44 50 2 2 96 4 3 .241 .336 .319 .655 83 81 2.8
1968 Albany - A 20 28 86 16 2 0 1 2 4 10 1 0 21 0 1 .186 .278 .244 .523 58 56 0.2
1969 Albany - A 21 21 81 24 4 1 0 16 9 10 1 3 12 0 0 .296 .368 .370 .739 125 129 1.0
1969 Reading - AA 21 114 338 69 10 2 8 40 39 38 1 2 86 1 1 .204 .285 .317 .602 77 71 0.3
1970 Albany - A 22 20 72 16 4 0 0 3 5 9 0 1 12 1 1 .222 .305 .278 .583 72 70 0.1
1970 Reading - AA 22 96 318 85 10 2 7 41 47 58 1 2 47 3 3 .267 .380 .377 .757 94 95 0.4
1971 Reading - AA 23 112 381 102 11 4 10 60 52 49 0 4 62 4 3 .268 .348 .396 .744 94 84 0.1
1972 New Orleans - AAA 24 99 307 72 10 1 8 32 34 22 1 2 49 1 0 .235 .286 .352 .638 85 84 0.5
1973 Reading - AA 25 73 232 51 5 0 2 26 34 39 3 0 30 4 1 .220 .339 .267 .607 65 63 0.3
1973 New Orleans - AAA 25 38 96 21 2 0 1 10 10 10 0 4 16 0 2 .219 .282 .271 .553 48 35 -0.6
1974 Fresno - A 26 10 31 11 1 1 1 4 5 11 0 0 0 1 0 .355 .524 .548 1.072 189 193 0.6
1974 Albany - A 26 91 336 83 14 2 6 37 42 40 0 2 61 3 4 .247 .325 .354 .680 95 99 2.3
1974 Reading - AA 26 27 89 27 4 2 2 16 20 17 1 1 10 1 1 .303 .417 .461 .877 134 126 0.9
1975 Albany - A 27 100 352 90 8 0 9 34 34 52 2 4 68 2 5 .256 .351 .355 .706 95 106 3.3
Total EA 422 1358 334 40 10 29 183 192 201 6 9 235 13 9 .246 .344 .354 .698 88 82
Total MAL 280 986 244 33 3 19 104 103 124 5 10 193 6 11 .247 .332 .345 .676 94 100
Total COW 286 936 234 20 5 28 135 101 122 3 7 232 7 11 .250 .336 .372 .708 96 94
Total UMVA 10 35 9 2 1 0 10 6 6 0 2 10 0 1 .257 .349 .371 .720 74 65
Total CL 137 403 93 12 1 9 42 44 32 1 6 65 1 2 .231 .285 .333 .618 76 72
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 Fresno - A 2B 2 2 8 4 2 12 0 1.000 13.0 8.31 -0.3 .823
1966 Fresno - A 3B 37 36 24 57 3 84 3 .964 282.1 2.58 -0.0 1.008
1966 Rock Island - R 3B 2 2 2 7 0 9 0 1.000 17.0 4.76 +0.3 1.108
1966 Albany - A SS 1 1 2 2 1 4 0 1.000 8.0 4.50 +0.0 1.076
1966 Fresno - A SS 28 25 45 52 4 101 4 .960 201.0 4.34 -1.4 .912
1966 Rock Island - R SS 6 6 7 14 3 21 0 1.000 47.0 4.02 -0.0 1.017
1967 Albany - A 2B 1 1 4 2 0 6 0 1.000 8.0 6.75 +0.3 1.038
1967 Fresno - A 2B 2 2 1 7 1 8 0 1.000 13.2 5.27 -0.6 .910
1967 Albany - A 3B 6 6 3 6 0 10 1 .900 53.0 1.53 -0.9 .908
1967 Fresno - A 3B 37 32 33 53 3 89 3 .966 282.0 2.74 +3.7 1.072
1967 Albany - A SS 11 11 26 42 8 69 1 .986 92.0 6.65 +1.2 1.007
1967 Fresno - A SS 71 68 120 181 43 310 9 .971 555.2 4.88 +1.4 1.011
1968 Albany - A 2B 21 20 56 53 16 110 1 .991 166.2 5.89 +2.7 1.022
1968 Fresno - A 2B 33 33 75 92 24 169 2 .988 263.0 5.71 +3.3 1.033
1968 Rock Island - R 2B 2 2 5 5 1 10 0 1.000 18.0 5.00 +0.5 1.092
1968 Albany - A 3B 6 3 2 11 1 13 0 1.000 29.1 3.99 +0.5 .973
1968 Fresno - A 3B 35 22 32 54 11 86 0 1.000 220.1 3.51 +6.0 1.093
1968 Albany - A SS 6 3 4 7 1 11 0 1.000 27.0 3.67 -0.3 .940
1968 Fresno - A SS 41 36 59 127 35 190 4 .979 333.0 5.03 +9.1 1.149
1969 Reading - AA 2B 41 40 93 95 29 190 2 .989 328.0 5.16 +1.1 1.031
1969 Albany - A 2B 19 19 32 46 12 80 2 .975 159.2 4.40 +2.8 1.055
1969 Reading - AA 3B 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 5.1 1.69 +0.0 1.058
1969 Albany - A 3B 7 1 4 8 2 13 1 .923 21.1 5.06 +0.0 .991
1969 Reading - AA SS 73 67 115 192 47 323 16 .950 545.0 5.07 -2.7 .959
1969 Albany - A SS 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1.000 2.2 6.75 +0.2 1.121
1970 Reading - AA 2B 6 3 10 6 2 16 0 1.000 32.0 4.50 +0.3 1.035
1970 Reading - AA 3B 21 17 15 32 5 49 2 .959 146.1 2.89 +0.3 1.009
1970 Albany - A 3B 15 15 8 36 4 46 2 .957 130.0 3.05 +1.7 1.025
1970 Reading - AA SS 74 73 116 212 46 353 25 .929 607.0 4.86 -8.4 .934
1970 Albany - A SS 4 4 6 13 6 21 2 .905 35.0 4.89 -0.9 .974
1971 Reading - AA 2B 17 15 48 40 17 90 2 .978 126.0 6.29 +0.5 1.022
1971 Reading - AA 3B 15 14 18 17 3 39 4 .897 116.1 2.71 -1.0 .888
1971 Reading - AA SS 79 76 120 225 58 363 18 .950 652.2 4.76 -7.5 .943
1972 New Orleans - AAA 2B 7 7 17 25 5 43 1 .977 60.0 6.30 +1.2 1.099
1972 New Orleans - AAA 3B 9 2 1 4 0 6 1 .833 32.0 1.41 -0.4 .851
1972 New Orleans - AAA SS 85 79 122 223 39 358 13 .964 675.2 4.60 -6.1 .978
1973 New Orleans - AAA 2B 2 1 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 8.1 3.24 0.0 .000
1973 Reading - AA 2B 2 2 6 9 3 16 1 .938 16.0 8.44 -0.1 .912
1973 New Orleans - AAA 3B 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 9.2 1.86 -0.0 1.080
1973 Reading - AA 3B 28 26 14 46 2 61 1 .984 221.1 2.44 +3.4 1.120
1973 New Orleans - AAA SS 35 28 48 70 16 122 4 .967 246.2 4.31 -1.5 .971
1973 Reading - AA SS 45 39 64 128 30 200 8 .960 343.0 5.04 -0.4 1.012
1974 Albany - A 2B 78 77 187 227 61 422 8 .981 678.1 5.49 +13.1 1.111
1974 Fresno - A 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.1 2.08 0.0 .000
1974 Reading - AA 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .000
1974 Albany - A 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Fresno - A 3B 9 8 8 10 1 19 1 .947 60.2 2.67 +0.4 1.074
1974 Reading - AA SS 26 26 52 79 18 134 3 .978 221.2 5.32 +2.3 1.029
1974 Albany - A SS 11 10 18 23 5 42 1 .976 91.0 4.05 -0.1 .985
1974 Fresno - A SS 2 0 1 4 2 5 0 1.000 7.0 6.43 +0.2 1.080
1975 Albany - A 2B 87 82 226 281 75 512 5 .990 761.0 6.00 +19.6 1.125
1975 Albany - A 3B 3 3 1 7 4 8 0 1.000 25.0 2.88 -0.3 .933
1975 Albany - A SS 8 4 11 16 6 30 3 .900 42.2 5.70 -1.0 .931
TOTAL 2B 322 306 771 893 249 1688 24 .986 2656.0 5.64 +44.4 1.079
TOTAL 3B 237 188 167 350 39 536 19 .965 1653.0 2.81 +13.8 1.037
TOTAL SS 607 556 936 1612 369 2659 111 .958 4733.2 4.84 -16.0 .982
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft out of high school (Richmond; Richmond, MO) by the New York Gothams. (Round 13, Pick 11, 251st overall pick).
09/11/1967 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
05/22/1969 Injured (sore ankle),day-to-day for 2 days.
07/06/1970 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
07/18/1970 Goes 5-5 against the Fort Wayne Generals, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI and 3 R.
09/27/1970 Wins the 1970 Middle Atlantic League MAL Championship Series with the Albany Knickerbockers!
07/12/1971 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
09/28/1973 Wins the 1973 Century League Round 1 with the New Orleans Showboats!
09/30/1974 Wins the 1974 Middle Atlantic League MAL Championship Series with the Albany Knickerbockers!
04/25/1975 Injured (sore thumb),day-to-day for 1 day.
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