Karl
Sappington
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 5, 1988 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 19 CA GE     0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 7 3 4 3 1 3 2 3 4 3
2008 20 CA GE     0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 7 3 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 7 3 4 3 1 2 1 3 4 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings     0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 7 3 4 4 1 3 2 4 5 4
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 21 CA GE   7 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 5
2010 22 CA GE   7 2 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2011 23 CA GE   7 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2012 24 CA GE   7 4 4 4 1 2 1 5 6 6
2013 25 CA GE   7 5 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 6
2014 26 CA GE   7 7 7 7 1 2 2 5 6 6
2015 27 CA GE $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 1 3 2 7 8 7
2016 28 CA GE   6 7 7 7 1 3 2 7 8 7
2017 29 CA GE $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 1 3 2 7 8 7
2018 30 CA GE $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 1 3 2 6 7 6
2019 31 CA GE $ 300,000 6 7 8 7 1 3 2 5 6 6
2020 32 CA GE $ 300,000 5 7 7 7 1 3 2 5 5 5
2021 33 CA GE $ 300,000 5 7 7 7 1 2 1 4 5 4
2022 34 CA GE $ 300,000 5 7 7 7 1 2 1 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 7 8 7 1 3 2 7 8 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 19 CA GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 20 CA GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 21 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2010 22 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2011 23 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2012 24 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2013 25 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2014 26 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2015 27 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2016 28 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2017 29 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2018 30 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2019 31 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2020 32 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2021 33 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
2022 34 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2007 19 A   12 7 .632 25 25 1 0 0 176.0 165 63 15 51 115 3.22 .246 .300 .388 .688  
2008 20 A   7 11 .389 25 25 1 0 0 153.0 174 80 9 64 119 4.71 .287 .355 .419 .774  
2009 21 A   14 12 .538 30 30 4 0 0 231.0 206 88 17 93 125 3.43 .242 .317 .365 .682  
2010 22 A   10 10 .500 28 28 2 1 0 202.7 210 80 10 73 116 3.55 .264 .326 .365 .691  
2011 23 A   13 12 .520 32 32 3 1 0 220.7 209 87 19 76 123 3.55 .247 .309 .368 .677  
2012 24 A   16 6 .727 30 30 2 0 0 214.0 165 65 16 89 127 2.73 .211 .292 .317 .609  
2013 25 AA   13 7 .650 29 29 1 1 0 182.0 152 59 10 97 103 2.92 .228 .326 .312 .638  
    A   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.3 3 0 0 3 5 0.00 .120 .214 .200 .414  
2014 26 AA   4 10 .286 29 29 0 0 0 176.0 147 79 18 95 130 4.04 .229 .328 .363 .691  
2015 27 CA GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
    AAA   5 10 .333 21 21 0 0 0 125.0 93 55 15 79 117 3.96 .207 .325 .344 .670  
2016 28 AAA   9 12 .429 29 29 0 0 0 162.7 136 68 15 99 132 3.76 .225 .334 .355 .689  
2017 29 CA GE 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 0 2 5 11.25 .333 .400 .556 .956 0.0
    AAA   13 2 .867 25 25 0 0 0 165.7 98 41 14 90 152 2.23 .171 .284 .276 .559  
2018 30 CA GE 5 4 .556 24 16 0 0 2 91.0 74 39 5 55 69 3.86 .226 .338 .336 .674 5.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 11 11 0 0 0 68.3 50 20 1 32 54 2.63 .202 .293 .262 .555  
2019 31 CA GE 1 3 .250 10 0 0 0 0 11.3 15 10 2 8 7 7.94 .326 .426 .500 .926 0.0
    AAA   11 4 .733 22 22 1 1 0 134.0 82 41 14 74 134 2.75 .175 .287 .311 .599  
2020 32 CA GE 3 5 .375 40 3 0 0 1 70.3 60 29 7 46 51 3.71 .220 .336 .344 .681 2.5
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 3 1 2 2 4 1.42 .136 .208 .455 .663  
2021 33 CA GE 1 3 .250 13 3 0 0 1 39.3 31 19 2 29 26 4.35 .225 .359 .312 .670 1.4
    AAA   3 10 .231 20 20 0 0 0 122.0 110 48 16 52 104 3.54 .239 .316 .396 .712  
2022 34 AAA   4 9 .308 21 21 0 0 0 103.0 117 70 19 66 79 6.12 .286 .385 .499 .884  
6 Years Sim 10 15 .400 93 22 0 0 4 217.0 186 102 16 140 158 4.23 .231 .346 .348 .694 9.0
8 Years AAA 48 49 .495 150 150 1 1 0 887.0 689 344 96 494 776 3.49 .213 .317 .351 .668  
2 Years AA 17 17 .500 58 58 1 1 0 358.0 299 138 28 192 233 3.47 .228 .327 .337 .664  
7 Years A 73 58 .557 171 171 13 2 0 1204.7 1132 463 86 449 730 3.46 .247 .315 .367 .682  
17 Years Minors 138 124 .527 379 379 15 4 0 2449.6 2120 945 210 1135 1739 3.47 .232 .317 .357 .674  
Season Average 1 2 .333 15 3 0 0 0 36.2 31 17 2 23 26 4.23 .231 .346 .348 .694  
Career Highs 5 5 .556 40 16 0 0 2 91.0 74 39 7 55 69 11.25 .333 .426 .556 .956  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   115 61 10 77 109   .220 .320 .329 .649
vs LH   71 41 6 63 49   .252 .388 .383 .771
Home 6 7 .462 47 10 0 0 0 110.6 99 56 8 83 92 4.56 .236 .362 .350 .712
Away 4 8 .333 46 12 0 0 4 106.3 87 46 8 57 66 3.89 .226 .326 .345 .671
Mar/Apr 0 3 .000 15 0 0 0 1 19.3 19 16 1 19 16 7.45 .264 .418 .403 .820
May 1 3 .250 8 3 0 0 0 29.0 29 13 4 16 17 4.04 .248 .338 .419 .757
June 5 1 .833 16 1 0 0 2 24.0 20 9 3 13 16 3.38 .217 .314 .359 .673
July 2 1 .667 12 3 0 0 1 31.3 24 9 1 21 22 2.59 .216 .341 .270 .611
August 0 3 .000 13 6 0 0 0 39.7 30 18 3 25 22 4.08 .208 .325 .347 .673
Sep/Oct 2 4 .333 29 9 0 0 0 73.7 64 37 4 46 65 4.52 .238 .349 .331 .680
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2016 28 AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2018 30 CA GE 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .000 .077 .000 .077 -1.5 0.0
2020 32 CA GE 41 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0
2021 33 CA GE 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3 0.0
2022 34 AAA   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
3 Years Sim 78 43 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 .000 .065 .000 .065 -2.9 0.0
2 Years AAA 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
162 Game Average 89 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 35 .000 .065 .000 .065 -6.0  
Career Highs 41 24 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   31 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 .000 .088 .000 .088 -2.0
vs LH   12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Home 40 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .000 .048 .000 .048 -1.6
Away 38 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .000 .080 .000 .080 -1.5
RISP   12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 8 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
June 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
July 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
August 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.1
Sep/Oct 21 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .063 .000 .063 -1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2015 27 CA GE P 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2017 29 CA GE P 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2018 30 CA GE P 24 16 91.0 5 14 0 2 1.000 1.88    
2019 31 CA GE P 10 0 11.3 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.59    
2020 32 CA GE P 40 3 70.3 8 9 0 0 1.000 2.18    
2021 33 CA GE P 13 3 39.3 2 3 1 0 .833 1.14    
Career Totals   93 22 217.0 15 28 1 3 .977 1.78    
Career Highs   40 16 91.0 8 14 1 2 1.000 2.18    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2020 32 CA GE 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .500 .750
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .500 .750
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 51st overall pick, by California in 2007
Injured on 8/31/2010 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 6/3/2015 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/3/2018
Injured on 5/2/2022 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days