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Artur
Sax		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 11''
Weight: 235
 
Born: October 31, 1986 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2018   
All-Star Selections 2017    2019   
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
2005 18 CA GE     0 0 1 0 3 4 3 8 8 8 0 2 1 7 7 7 5 6 5
2006 19 CA GE     0 0 2 0 3 4 4 8 8 8 0 2 1 8 8 8 6 7 6
2007 20 CA GE     0 0 3 1 4 5 4 8 8 8 1 2 2 8 8 8 5 6 5
2008 21 CA GE     0 1 3 2 4 5 5 8 8 8 1 3 2 8 9 8 5 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 3 4 3 8 8 8 0 2 1 7 7 7 5 6 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings     0 1 3 2 4 5 5 8 8 8 1 3 2 8 9 8 6 7 6
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 22 CA GE   7 2 2 2 8 9 9 3 3 3
2010 23 CA GE   7 2 3 2 9 9 9 3 3 3
2011 24 CA GE   7 3 3 3 9 10 10 3 3 3
2012 25 CA GE   7 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 5 4
2013 26 CA GE $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 5 4
2014 27 CA GE $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 5 4
2015 28 CA GE $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 6 5
2016 29 WA GE $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 6 5
2017 30 WA GE $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 6 5
2018 31 WA GE $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 6 5
2019 32 WA GE $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 10 10 10 4 6 5
2020 33 WA GE $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 10 10 10 4 6 5
2021 34 LA FF $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 10 10 10 3 4 3
2022 35 NC FF $ 300,000 7 6 7 6 10 10 10 3 3 3
2023 36 NC FF $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 9 10 10 3 3 3
2024 37 NC FF $ 300,000 7 4 5 5 9 10 9 3 3 3
2025 38 NC FF $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 6 5
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
2005 18 CA GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 19 CA GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 20 CA GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 21 CA GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  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 22 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2010 23 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2011 24 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2012 25 CA GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2013 26 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2014 27 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2015 28 CA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2016 29 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2017 30 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 31 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 32 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2020 33 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2021 34 LA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2022 35 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2023 36 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2024 37 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2025 38 NC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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
2005 18 A   2 3 .400 37 2 0 0 1 51.3 55 17 7 15 53 2.98 .267 .317 .408 .725  
2006 19 A   2 1 .667 35 1 0 0 1 39.3 47 16 3 7 53 3.66 .290 .320 .395 .715  
2007 20 A   8 4 .667 25 25 1 1 0 165.0 149 51 14 15 199 2.78 .237 .255 .348 .603  
2008 21 AA   3 1 .750 4 4 0 0 0 25.3 20 7 2 5 30 2.49 .217 .258 .326 .584  
    A   10 2 .833 21 21 0 0 0 135.0 143 39 6 10 150 2.60 .267 .281 .355 .636  
2009 22 AA   9 10 .474 22 22 5 1 0 155.7 177 78 20 24 64 4.51 .285 .311 .445 .756  
2010 23 AAA   1 2 .333 6 6 0 0 0 32.0 44 23 7 7 10 6.47 .321 .354 .562 .916  
    AA   6 7 .462 19 19 2 1 0 121.0 140 60 17 16 54 4.46 .282 .304 .445 .749  
2011 24 AAA   10 14 .417 29 29 1 0 0 183.3 201 91 35 25 77 4.47 .275 .299 .480 .778  
2012 25 AAA   10 14 .417 30 30 4 1 0 192.3 209 93 34 22 93 4.35 .272 .293 .455 .748  
2013 26 CA GE 9 10 .474 31 31 1 1 0 187.7 198 77 18 20 62 3.69 .268 .291 .395 .687 11.4
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 4 2 1 0 7 2.35 .143 .143 .286 .429  
2014 27 CA GE 7 12 .368 32 32 0 0 0 207.0 205 87 26 17 82 3.78 .256 .274 .406 .680 8.4
2015 28 CA GE 12 8 .600 26 24 0 0 0 162.7 158 67 19 18 78 3.71 .256 .276 .398 .674 8.5
2016 29 WA GE 17 6 .739 34 34 1 1 0 239.0 209 67 26 19 116 2.52 .231 .247 .360 .607 16.5
2017 30 WA GE 19 6 .760 33 33 4 4 0 222.0 187 72 26 30 137 2.92 .226 .254 .370 .624 13.9
2018 31 WA GE 9 14 .391 34 34 1 0 0 205.7 236 112 27 23 136 4.90 .285 .303 .452 .755 2.6
2019 32 WA GE 22 4 .846 34 34 2 2 0 238.7 201 68 19 25 144 2.56 .224 .244 .355 .599 19.3
2020 33 WA GE 12 11 .522 34 34 0 0 0 211.3 231 103 22 24 128 4.39 .271 .291 .422 .712 4.8
2021 34 WA GE 5 2 .714 9 9 0 0 0 58.7 70 25 7 7 29 3.84 .295 .318 .439 .757 2.0
  LA FF 10 5 .667 22 22 0 0 0 150.0 120 37 13 16 82 2.22 .219 .242 .334 .576 12.5
  TOT   15 7 .682 31 31 0 0 0 208.7 190 62 20 23 111 2.67 .242 .265 .366 .631 14.5
2022 35 NC FF 11 16 .407 33 33 0 0 0 201.7 193 73 23 17 119 3.26 .246 .263 .395 .658 11.4
2023 36 NC FF 6 14 .300 33 33 0 0 0 183.3 203 89 19 21 86 4.37 .280 .301 .431 .732 6.3
2024 37 NC FF 7 15 .318 33 32 2 2 0 195.7 195 81 24 25 87 3.73 .257 .284 .405 .689 8.6
2025 38 NC FF 9 12 .429 24 24 0 0 0 127.3 148 66 15 25 64 4.67 .287 .320 .437 .757 5.1
13 Years Sim 155 135 .534 412 409 11 10 0 2590.6 2554 1024 284 287 1350 3.56 .255 .276 .398 .674 131.6
4 Years AAA 22 30 .423 66 66 5 1 0 415.3 458 209 77 54 187 4.53 .275 .298 .472 .770  
3 Years AA 18 18 .500 45 45 7 2 0 302.0 337 145 39 45 148 4.32 .278 .304 .436 .740  
4 Years A 22 10 .688 118 49 1 1 2 390.7 394 123 30 47 455 2.83 .257 .279 .364 .643  
11 Years Minors 62 58 .517 229 160 13 4 2 1108.0 1189 477 146 146 790 3.87 .270 .293 .424 .718  
Season Average 11 10 .524 31 31 0 0 0 199.3 196 78 21 22 103 3.56 .255 .276 .398 .674  
Career Highs 22 16 .846 34 34 4 4 0 239.0 236 112 27 30 144 4.90 .287 .320 .452 .757  
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   1465 619 171 155 789   .250 .269 .394 .663
vs LH   1089 405 113 132 561   .261 .284 .403 .686
Home 82 69 .543 207 205 5 5 0 1348.0 1234 472 129 141 711 3.15 .241 .261 .371 .632
Away 73 66 .525 205 204 6 5 0 1242.6 1320 552 155 146 639 4.00 .269 .290 .425 .716
Mar/Apr 29 17 .630 58 58 1 0 0 364.6 370 147 34 39 211 3.63 .259 .278 .394 .673
May 21 27 .438 74 71 3 3 0 451.3 463 197 51 54 235 3.93 .260 .282 .411 .693
June 26 28 .481 71 71 1 1 0 454.3 457 180 55 46 241 3.57 .259 .278 .406 .684
July 23 25 .479 65 65 1 1 0 386.0 397 167 53 44 178 3.89 .264 .285 .417 .701
August 31 13 .705 70 70 3 3 0 451.6 413 153 42 42 243 3.05 .242 .260 .372 .632
Sep/Oct 25 25 .500 74 74 2 2 0 482.6 454 180 49 62 242 3.36 .246 .270 .387 .658
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
2013 26 CA GE 31 53 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 18 .075 .140 .113 .254 -0.5 0.0
2014 27 CA GE 32 62 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .081 .081 .113 .194 -2.4 0.0
2015 28 CA GE 26 50 2 3 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 16 .060 .078 .160 .238 -0.7 0.0
2016 29 WA GE 34 76 2 4 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 23 .053 .051 .118 .170 -2.6 0.0
2017 30 WA GE 33 77 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 26 .052 .076 .078 .154 -3.7 0.0
2018 31 WA GE 34 68 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .059 .086 .088 .174 -2.9 0.0
2019 32 WA GE 34 86 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 40 .035 .067 .047 .114 -4.9 0.0
2020 33 WA GE 34 71 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 19 .042 .105 .056 .162 -3.1 0.0
2021 34 WA GE 9 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .105 .105 .105 .211 -0.9 0.0
  LA FF 22 50 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .040 .039 .060 .099 -3.5 0.0
  TOT   31 69 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 .058 .057 .072 .130 -4.3 0.0
2022 35 NC FF 33 60 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 19 .067 .109 .083 .193 -1.4 0.0
2023 36 NC FF 33 54 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 17 .093 .169 .148 .318 0.5 0.0
2024 37 NC FF 32 56 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 .054 .102 .071 .173 -2.0 0.0
2025 38 NC FF 24 42 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .048 .047 .048 .094 -2.3 0.0
13 Years Sim 411 824 32 48 16 2 2 28 0 0 28 269 .058 .089 .090 .178 -30.3 0.0
162 Game Average 324 12 18 6 0 0 11 0 0 11 106 .058 .089 .090 .178 -12.0  
Career Highs 34 86 5 5 2 1 1 6 0 0 5 40 .093 .169 .160 .318 0.5  
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   613 29 39 11 2 2 22 0 0 23 199 .064 .097 .098 .195 -22.4
vs LH   211 3 9 5 0 0 6 0 0 5 70 .043 .065 .066 .131 -12.1
Home 207 390 15 24 5 1 2 17 0 0 10 130 .062 .084 .095 .179 -16.2
Away 204 434 17 24 11 1 0 11 0 0 18 139 .055 .093 .085 .178 -18.3
RISP   189 0 11 5 0 1 25 0 0 8 74 .058 .094 .101 .195 -6.8
Close/Late   18 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .111 .158 .167 .325 0.0
Mar/Apr 58 121 6 7 3 1 0 4 0 0 4 43 .058 .088 .099 .187 -4.9
May 73 142 7 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 5 45 .063 .093 .092 .185 -5.4
June 71 144 7 7 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 45 .049 .074 .076 .151 -7.3
July 65 131 5 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 38 .038 .045 .076 .122 -7.9
August 70 146 4 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 56 .062 .105 .082 .187 -5.6
Sep/Oct 74 140 3 11 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 42 .079 .121 .114 .235 -3.4
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    
2013 26 CA GE P 31 31 187.7 10 28 1 2 .974 1.82    
2014 27 CA GE P 32 32 207.0 9 31 0 1 1.000 1.74    
2015 28 CA GE P 26 24 162.7 13 20 0 3 1.000 1.83    
2016 29 WA GE P 34 34 239.0 8 25 1 2 .971 1.24    
2017 30 WA GE P 33 33 222.0 14 23 1 3 .974 1.50    
2018 31 WA GE P 34 34 205.7 4 25 0 3 1.000 1.27    
2019 32 WA GE P 34 34 238.7 17 30 2 0 .959 1.77    
2020 33 WA GE P 34 34 211.3 11 24 1 2 .972 1.49    
2021 34 WA GE P 9 9 58.7 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.53    
  LA FF P 22 22 150.0 9 19 1 1 .966 1.68    
  TOT   P 31 31 208.7 12 26 1 2 .974 1.64    
2022 35 NC FF P 33 33 201.7 13 33 1 0 .979 2.05    
2023 36 NC FF P 33 33 183.3 9 20 2 2 .935 1.42    
2024 37 NC FF P 32 32 195.7 9 24 0 3 1.000 1.52    
2025 38 NC FF P 24 24 127.3 8 13 1 2 .955 1.48    
Career Totals   411 409 2590.6 137 322 11 25 .977 1.59    
Career Highs   34 34 239.0 17 33 2 3 1.000 2.05    
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
2016 29 WA GE 1 1 .500 4 4 0 0 0 26.7 33 12 4 1 13 4.05 .311 .318 .491 .808
2017 30 WA GE 1 3 .250 4 4 0 0 0 29.3 27 8 1 1 15 2.45 .245 .252 .336 .589
2018 31 WA GE 0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 23.3 34 14 5 2 16 5.40 .340 .353 .550 .903
2019 32 WA GE 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 18 4 1 2 8 3.00 .340 .364 .491 .854
2020 33 WA GE 2 2 .500 4 4 0 0 0 25.0 26 14 6 2 18 5.04 .260 .275 .480 .755
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 10 .286 18 18 0 0 0 116.3 138 52 17 8 70 4.02 .294 .306 .465 .771
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 29 WA GE 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2017 30 WA GE 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2018 31 WA GE 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2019 32 WA GE 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
2020 33 WA GE 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .182 .000 .182
Career Post-Season Batting 18 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 .029 .105 .029 .134
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2016-7-2.52
2019-3-2.56
 Wins
2016-6-17
2017-3-19
2019-1-22
 Losses
2022-6-16
2023-10-14
2024-9-15
 Winning Pct
2016-4-.739
2017-4-.760
2019-2-.846
 Games Started
CAR-42-409
 Complete Games
2017-4-4
2019-10-2
Shutouts
2016-9-1
2017-1-4
2019-2-2
2024-2-2
 Innings Pitched
2016-7-239.0
2017-10-222.0
2019-2-238.7
 Hits Allowed
2016-7-209
2018-4-236
2020-7-231
CAR-35-2554
 Homeruns Allowed
2014-7-26
2016-7-26
2017-7-26
2018-4-27
2020-5-22
2022-6-23
2024-7-24
CAR-31-284
 Strikeouts
2019-8-144
 Walks per 9IP
2013-6-1.0
2014-1-0.7
2015-2-1.0
2016-3-0.7
2017-4-1.2
2018-2-1.0
2019-2-0.9
2020-4-1.0
2022-3-0.8
2023-2-1.0
2024-2-1.1
CAR-7-1.0
Hits per 9IP
2019-5-7.6
 WHiP
2016-7-0.95
2017-8-0.98
2019-3-0.95
2022-5-1.04
2024-10-1.12
CAR-50-1.10
 OAVG
2019-4-.224
 OOBP
2016-6-.247
2017-7-.254
2019-2-.244
2022-5-.263
2024-9-.284
CAR-38-.276
 OOPS
2019-4-.599
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 74    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 43rd overall pick, by California in 2005
Injured on 5/2/2009 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 5/8/2010 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/18/2010 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/13/2010 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/23/2011 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/16/2011 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Injured on 9/7/2011 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/20/2013
Had first career hit on 6/21/2013, off Jason Grolsch (Was)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/2/2013, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 7/24/2015, off Erick Lassiter (Was)
Traded from California to Washington on 4/2/2016 (Going to WA: P Artur Sax. Going to CA: 2B Vincent Austria, C Derick Legler)
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Injured on 8/3/2017 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2018
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game
Won Johnson Award in 2019, going 22-4, 2.56 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2021, going 5-0, 1.62
Traded from Louisiana to North Carolina on 4/2/2022 (Going to LA: P Powell Martin, NC's 1st and 2nd round picks in 2023. Going to NC: P Artur Sax)
Injured on 9/10/2024 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/16/2025 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
 
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