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Raul
Sanchez		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 12, 1930 in Cuba, , MARIANAO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1961    1962    1963   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 21 NYG NL   7 5 5 5 4 5 4 7 7 7
1953 22 NYG NL   7 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1954 23 NYG NL   7 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1955 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1956 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 7 8 7 7 7 7
1957 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1958 27 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 7 7 7
1959 28 TAM AL $ 300,000 7 4 5 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
1960 29 TAM AL $ 1,034,286 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1961 30 TAM AL $ 1,034,286 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1962 31 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 8 8
1963 32 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1964 33 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1965 34 DET AL $ 1,500,000 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1966 35 MIN AL $ 370,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1967 36 MIN AL $ 370,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1968 37 MIN AL $ 370,000 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 21 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 22 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 23 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 29 TAM AL $ 1,034,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 30 TAM AL $ 1,034,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 31 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 32 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 33 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 34 DET AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 35 MIN AL $ 370,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 36 MIN AL $ 370,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 37 MIN AL $ 370,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 21 AAA   13 4 .765 24 24 2 1 0 156.3 142 65 16 70 120 3.74 .240 .320 .373 .694  
1953 22 AAA   10 8 .556 29 29 0 0 0 172.0 210 107 14 83 152 5.60 .299 .373 .416 .789  
1954 23 AAA   12 9 .571 29 29 0 0 0 199.0 203 81 19 99 156 3.66 .265 .349 .395 .744  
1955 24 NYG NL 17 12 .586 37 37 4 0 0 265.7 246 107 21 79 119 3.62 .246 .305 .383 .688 20.9
1957 26 NYG NL 10 8 .556 78 0 0 0 13 78.7 86 39 7 23 41 4.46 .276 .330 .407 .737 7.1
1958 27 NYG NL 17 8 .680 32 32 5 1 0 230.7 254 106 22 56 118 4.14 .282 .329 .414 .742 13.9
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 40.0 44 29 2 16 32 6.53 .277 .343 .371 .714  
1959 28 TAM AL 6 3 .667 59 8 0 0 7 116.3 112 55 10 35 75 4.26 .258 .329 .389 .719 7.9
1960 29 TAM AL 5 8 .385 83 0 0 0 8 96.7 120 57 10 38 54 5.31 .303 .361 .439 .801 2.4
1961 30 TAM AL 5 5 .500 82 0 0 0 20 114.3 127 38 7 28 63 2.99 .290 .335 .377 .711 14.0
1962 31 TAM AL 6 4 .600 72 0 0 0 9 97.3 112 41 3 25 58 3.79 .286 .336 .360 .696 7.6
1963 32 TAM AL 9 2 .818 71 0 0 0 10 87.3 71 17 3 19 43 1.75 .219 .262 .284 .546 16.2
1964 33 TAM AL 12 6 .667 96 2 0 0 17 104.3 108 48 6 39 51 4.14 .263 .336 .359 .694 9.5
1965 34 TAM AL 2 9 .182 31 7 0 0 4 101.0 125 57 6 43 54 5.08 .313 .384 .429 .812 1.1
  DET AL 5 5 .500 35 8 1 0 4 53.3 53 29 3 29 25 4.89 .269 .365 .381 .746 2.0
  TOT   7 14 .333 66 15 1 0 8 154.3 178 86 9 72 79 5.02 .299 .377 .413 .790 3.0
1966 35 DET AL 1 1 .500 4 1 0 0 0 25.3 24 6 2 6 14 2.13 .247 .298 .361 .659 2.3
  MIN AL 1 2 .333 22 3 0 0 0 24.3 23 9 1 11 13 3.33 .247 .333 .333 .667 1.7
  TOT   2 3 .400 26 4 0 0 0 49.7 47 15 3 17 27 2.72 .247 .316 .347 .663 4.1
1967 36 MIN AL 2 1 .667 18 0 0 0 1 19.7 10 4 1 7 13 1.83 .152 .250 .227 .477 3.2
1968 37 MIN AL 0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 0 20.3 18 9 4 7 10 3.98 .243 .321 .432 .754 0.8
13 Years Sim 98 75 .566 736 98 10 1 93 1435.3 1489 622 106 445 751 3.90 .269 .329 .385 .714 110.7
4 Years AAA 37 23 .617 88 88 2 1 0 567.3 599 282 51 268 460 4.47 .270 .348 .394 .743  
Season Average 7 5 .583 56 7 0 0 7 110.4 114 47 8 34 57 3.90 .269 .329 .385 .714  
Career Highs 17 14 .818 96 37 5 1 20 265.7 254 107 22 79 119 5.31 .303 .377 .439 .801  
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   781 337 61 209 448   .261 .309 .382 .691
vs LH   708 285 45 236 303   .279 .340 .388 .729
Home 51 35 .593 387 47 5 1 53 739.0 807 338 63 219 371 4.12 .279 .330 .405 .735
Away 47 40 .540 349 51 5 0 45 696.3 682 284 43 226 380 3.67 .258 .317 .363 .680
Mar/Apr 17 13 .567 116 22 2 0 12 263.6 276 111 16 84 126 3.79 .274 .330 .376 .706
May 21 14 .600 128 15 3 0 17 231.3 263 108 20 84 129 4.20 .288 .348 .402 .749
June 11 17 .393 114 22 2 1 11 249.0 277 125 23 79 131 4.52 .284 .338 .421 .758
July 16 12 .571 114 14 1 0 18 222.6 212 97 14 75 124 3.92 .252 .313 .358 .671
August 20 10 .667 133 12 2 0 18 245.3 234 92 17 72 137 3.38 .252 .306 .367 .673
Sep/Oct 13 9 .591 131 13 0 0 22 223.3 227 89 16 51 104 3.59 .262 .303 .383 .687
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 24 NYG NL 37 84 4 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .167 .176 .179 .355 1.9 0.0
1958 27 NYG NL 32 80 8 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .188 .207 .200 .407 2.9 0.0
    AAA   2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1959 28 TAM AL 59 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .120 .154 .120 .274 -0.1 0.0
1960 29 TAM AL 83 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3
1961 30 TAM AL 82 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
1962 31 TAM AL 73 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.3
1963 32 TAM AL 71 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.6 0.2
1964 33 TAM AL 96 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.8 0.2
1965 34 TAM AL 31 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .182 .143 .325 0.5 0.0
  DET AL 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   66 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .125 .160 .125 .285 0.3 0.0
1966 35 DET AL 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
  MIN AL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   26 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0
1968 37 MIN AL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
11 Years Sim 641 248 15 42 4 0 0 7 0 0 6 73 .169 .189 .185 .374 6.8 1.0
1 Years AAA 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
162 Game Average 62 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .169 .189 .185 .374 1.7  
Career Highs 96 84 8 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 25 .500 .500 .667 1.000 2.9  
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   155 10 30 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 40 .194 .209 .219 .428 4.9
vs LH   93 5 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 33 .129 .156 .129 .285 -0.8
Home 336 117 4 20 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 38 .171 .185 .171 .356 1.4
Away 298 131 11 22 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 35 .168 .193 .198 .391 2.8
RISP   65 0 3 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 20 .046 .046 .062 .108 -4.2
Close/Late   19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.2
Mar/Apr 80 54 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .185 .200 .204 .404 1.3
May 61 42 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .167 .186 .167 .353 0.5
June 60 51 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 .157 .173 .176 .350 0.4
July 64 40 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .175 .195 .200 .395 0.9
August 47 34 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .147 .147 .147 .294 -0.3
Sep/Oct 53 27 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .185 .241 .222 .464 1.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 24 NYG NL P 37 37 265.7 18 59 0 4 1.000 2.61    
1957 26 NYG NL P 78 0 78.7 7 7 1 0 .933 1.60    
1958 27 NYG NL P 32 32 230.7 15 46 2 4 .968 2.38    
1959 28 TAM AL P 59 8 116.3 10 18 1 5 .966 2.17    
1960 29 TAM AL P 83 0 96.7 8 10 3 0 .857 1.68    
1961 30 TAM AL P 82 0 114.3 9 18 0 2 1.000 2.13    
1962 31 TAM AL P 72 0 97.3 9 12 0 1 1.000 1.94    
1963 32 TAM AL P 71 0 87.3 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.34    
1964 33 TAM AL P 96 2 104.3 4 15 1 0 .950 1.64    
1965 34 TAM AL P 31 7 101.0 6 18 0 2 1.000 2.14    
  DET AL P 35 8 53.3 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.03    
  TOT   P 66 15 154.3 9 27 0 3 1.000 2.10    
1966 35 DET AL P 4 1 25.3 3 6 0 0 1.000 3.20    
  MIN AL P 22 3 24.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.96    
  TOT   P 26 4 49.7 5 12 0 0 1.000 3.08    
1967 36 MIN AL P 18 0 19.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.75    
1968 37 MIN AL P 16 0 20.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.77    
Career Totals   736 98 1435.3 101 240 8 21 .977 2.14    
Career Highs   96 37 265.7 18 59 3 5 1.000 3.08    
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
1957 26 NYG NL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 2 13.0 22 6 1 4 8 4.15 .355 .394 .452 .846
1958 27 NYG NL 1 2 .333 3 3 0 0 0 23.0 21 9 3 8 9 3.52 .244 .309 .407 .715
1959 28 TAM AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 5 3 1 0 2 8.11 .333 .333 .533 .867
1962 31 TAM AL 3 2 .600 11 0 0 0 3 16.3 14 4 1 6 13 2.20 .222 .290 .302 .591
1964 33 TAM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 5 .444 27 3 0 0 5 56.0 64 22 6 18 33 3.54 .279 .332 .402 .734
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
1958 27 NYG NL 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200
1962 31 TAM AL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1955-10-3.62
 Wins
1958-7-17
 Winning Pct
1958-6-.680
1964-4-.667
 Saves
1957-7-13
1960-9-8
1961-2-20
1962-8-9
1964-2-17
 Games Pitched
1957-6-78
1959-10-59
1960-2-83
1961-3-82
1962-5-72
1963-9-71
1964-1-96
1965-9-66
CAR-20-736
 Shutouts
1958-9-1
Walks per 9IP
1955-8-2.7
1958-4-2.2
 WHiP
1955-6-1.22
 OOBP
1955-9-.305
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1952
Injured on 5/21/1952 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/11/1953 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/4/1955, off Ed Hanyzewski (MON)
Earned first career win on 4/4/1955
Injured on 9/19/1955 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 3/15/1956 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/3/1959 (Going to TAM: P Raul Sanchez. Going to NYG: 2B Curt Roberts)
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,034,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,034,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
7/31/1961: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 7/1/1965 (Going to TAM: P Russ Kemmerer, P Jack Aker, P Larry Jaster. Going to DET: RF Al Pilarcik, P Frank Baumann, P Raul Sanchez)
10/28/1965: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $370,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 5/1/1966 (Going to MIN: 3B Dick Groat, P Raul Sanchez. Going to DET: P Jerry Davie)
Injured on 3/5/1967 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
 
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