A.J. Sager (1999) - Hall of Fame - University of Toledo Athletics

A.J. Sager

Induction:
1999
Class:
1988

A.J. Sager, in his time at the University of Toledo, became one of the school's all-time greatest overall athletes. After playing four years of football and two years of baseball, Sager has gone on to a long professional career pitching with the Detroit Tigers and other major league teams. Sager was the starting quarterback on the 1984 Mid-American Conference championship squad that went 8-3-1, passing for 1,647 yards with a 54% completion rate. The 1984 squad also earned a bid to the California Bowl vs. Nevada-Las Vegas and UNLV's starting quarterback, Randall Cunningham. Sager's 290 pass attempts in 1984 still ranks fifth in UT history. Sager stills ranks fourth all-time at UT in career passing attempts (753) and completions (391), and fifth in career completion percentage (.519). Possibly his greatest game in a UT Rocket football uniform was vs. Kent State in 1985 when he threw the game-winning touchdown and was 21 for 33 passing with a career-high 245 yards. As a baseball player, Sager went 7-4 in 1988 with a 2.67 ERA. His ERA was fourth-best in the Mid-American Conference that year.