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Bret Saberhagen

Career Highlights: Bret Saberhagen was considered among the top pitchers in major league baseball in his 16-year professional career that spanned from 1984 to 2001…In his second year in the league in 1985 with the Kansas City Royals, the 21-year-old known as “Sabes” established himself as the ace of the staff, going 20-6 with a 2.87 ERA and winning his first of two Cy Young Award…He led the Royals to a World Series Championship over cross-state rival the St. Louis Cardinals that 1985 season…Saberhagen was named MVP of the Series after hurling two complete-game victories, allowing just one run in 19 innings and out dueling St. Louis ace John Tudor in an 11-0 Game 7 win…In eight seasons in Kansas City, he won 110 games and racked up two Cy Young Awards (1985 and 1989)…A three-time All-Star, Saberhagen also played with the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox…An American League Gold Glove Award winner in 1989, he led the American League in ERA (2.16) and wins (23) that same season…He pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox in 1991...Saberhagen had four 15-win seasons (1985, 1987, 1989 & 1998) and two 20-win seasons (1985 & 1989)…Saberhagen won numerous other awards including the Tony Conigliaro Award (1998), Sporting News Pitcher of the Year (1985, 1989), Babe Ruth Award (1985) and was a two-time American League Comeback Player of the Year (1987 & 1998)…He was inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame in 2005.

Updated: June, 2011

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