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Mel Ott League
7-30-2069
Ben Saffell Relief Pitcher
Retired (2023, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 4.08 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 139-159 Status Retired (2023) Option Years 0  
SV 2 Age 83 (OS 83) Date of Birth 07-26-1986
K 2467 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(2009)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(85 games)
IP 2881.2
WHIP 1.35
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance C+   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity B+   Mentor Val A+
Speed D  Bunt C  Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm D+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
2009 P DET 58 0 99.1 10 0 10 0 1 +1 0.91 1.000
2010 P DET 18 18 123.2 15 1 11 3 1 -1 0.87 .800
2011 P DET 33 33 228.1 39 4 35 0 2 -1 1.54 1.000
2012 P DET 33 33 242.2 29 2 27 0 0 -2 1.08 1.000
2013 P DET 33 33 228.2 29 2 26 1 1 0 1.10 .966
2014 P DET 36 36 262.0 30 1 29 0 0 +1 1.03 1.000
2015 P DET 36 36 256.1 34 4 30 0 3 -2 1.19 1.000
2016 P DET 36 36 251.0 35 0 34 1 1 0 1.22 .971
2017 P DET 36 36 250.1 31 3 26 2 0 +3 1.04 .935
2018 P DET 32 32 224.1 22 2 20 0 1 -2 0.88 1.000
2019 P DET 31 31 222.1 33 3 30 0 3 -2 1.34 1.000
2020 P DET 36 36 258.0 34 0 34 0 1 -2 1.19 1.000
2021 P OAK 41 0 81.0 16 1 15 0 0 +1 1.78 1.000
2022 P OAK 38 0 70.0 2 0 2 0 0 +1 0.26 1.000
2023 P BOS 25 11 83.2 8 2 6 0 1 +1 0.86 1.000
Total 522 371 2881.2 367 25 335 7 15 -4 1.12 .981
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2023-11-01Ben Saffell has retired from the Boston Rebels
2023-06-21Ben Saffell of the Boston Rebels is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
2023-04-05The Boston Rebels have acquired Ben Saffell from the waiver wire.
2023-03-07The Oakland Invaders have promoted George Criscione to the major league team. The Oakland Invaders have designated Ben Saffell for assignment.
2011-04-05The Detroit Tigers have promoted Ben Saffell to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated Bar Clyde for assignment.
2011-04-05The Detroit Tigers have demoted Ben Saffell to the minor leagues.
2010-06-28The Detroit Tigers have promoted Ben Saffell to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Peter Fate to the minors.
2010-03-01The Detroit Tigers have designated Ozzie Holdsworth for assignment. The Detroit Tigers have sent Ben Saffell to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have designated Bobby Smith for assignment. The Detroit Tigers have sent Tommy Blankenship to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have sent Dan Fuentes to the minors. The Detroit Tigers have designated Katsuhiko Niimi for assignment. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Rudy Gehrman to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted John Quinn to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted George Skalski to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Dave Decker to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Jose Garlobo to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Alexander Santos to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Dutch Siegle to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Wilbur Tremel to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Mark Reinbach to the major league team.
2009-04-01The Detroit Tigers have auto-promoted Ben Saffell to the major leagues.