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Ryne
Sandberg		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: September 18, 1959 in Usa, WA, SPOKANE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1981 21 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1982 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1983 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1984 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1985 25 OAK AL $ 2,685,714   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1986 26 OAK AL $ 2,685,714   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1987 27 OAK AL $ 2,685,714   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1988 28 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1989 29 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1990 30 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
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
1981 21 OAK AL 25 93 12 27 2 1 3 10 3 0 5 11 .290 .327 .430 .757 11.7 3.1
    AAA   128 498 86 160 23 3 23 83 15 8 55 51 .321 .389 .518 .907 94.7  
1982 22 OAK AL 130 488 65 128 30 5 15 77 16 7 41 57 .262 .318 .436 .755 65.6 12.3
1983 23 OAK AL 112 363 41 93 25 2 10 67 10 3 33 77 .256 .316 .419 .735 48.7 9.8
    AAA   29 110 13 29 7 0 5 16 5 0 25 21 .264 .400 .464 .864 22.4  
1984 24 OAK AL 148 519 73 138 30 3 22 70 17 8 37 106 .266 .314 .462 .777 71.9 13.2
1985 25 OAK AL 156 569 75 135 31 5 18 77 22 5 45 113 .237 .294 .404 .698 67.6 8.4
1986 26 OAK AL 158 538 78 128 24 4 9 55 28 10 62 96 .238 .315 .348 .662 60.0 7.5
1987 27 OAK AL 155 577 72 142 24 7 15 72 16 8 50 110 .246 .307 .390 .697 66.7 9.8
1988 28 OAK AL 155 570 71 124 31 10 12 70 21 4 65 112 .218 .300 .370 .670 65.3 8.8
1989 29 OAK AL 153 552 81 139 25 2 19 72 20 2 75 105 .252 .340 .408 .748 79.0 17.8
1990 30 OAK AL 156 574 83 135 32 5 18 100 11 12 68 131 .235 .313 .402 .715 72.6 10.5
10 Years Sim 1348 4843 651 1189 254 44 141 670 164 59 481 918 .246 .313 .403 .716 609.1 101.4
2 Years AAA 157 608 99 189 30 3 28 99 20 8 80 72 .311 .389 .508 .897 117.1  
162 Game Average 582 78 142 30 5 16 80 19 7 57 110 .246 .313 .403 .716 73.2  
Career Highs 158 577 83 142 32 10 22 100 28 12 75 131 .290 .340 .462 .777 79.0  
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   3413 472 840 169 30 100 479 118 42 315 638 .246 .309 .401 .710 435.3
vs LH   1430 179 349 85 14 41 191 46 17 166 280 .244 .322 .409 .731 194.8
Home 670 2339 308 585 125 26 62 328 78 27 233 451 .250 .317 .405 .722 308.6
Away 678 2504 343 604 129 18 79 342 86 32 248 467 .241 .309 .402 .711 321.5
RISP   1305 0 327 62 13 46 510 0 0 162 245 .251 .326 .424 .749 188.6
Pinch Hitting   48 9 11 2 1 1 7 2 0 8 13 .229 .339 .375 .714 6.9
Close/Late   594 81 140 32 4 22 94 0 0 82 120 .236 .328 .414 .743 84.2
Mar/Apr 208 769 107 177 46 4 27 109 17 10 74 156 .230 .297 .406 .703 94.3
May 247 898 125 208 43 10 29 121 30 10 86 167 .232 .298 .399 .696 111.3
June 230 846 118 226 53 8 24 127 27 14 78 150 .267 .329 .434 .763 118.9
July 217 783 102 194 39 8 23 119 25 7 87 158 .248 .322 .406 .728 106.8
August 214 764 95 181 36 9 15 105 27 10 71 136 .237 .300 .366 .667 87.2
Sep/Oct 232 783 104 203 37 5 23 89 38 8 85 151 .259 .331 .407 .739 111.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1981 21 OAK AL 2B 25 24 189.0 45 93 2 27 .986 6.57 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 5 0 9.0 2 8 0 3 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 22 OAK AL 2B 128 125 1127.0 263 490 13 114 .983 6.01 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    SS 3 0 11.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1983 23 OAK AL 2B 104 93 849.0 172 350 7 73 .987 5.53 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    SS 6 0 20.0 4 8 0 1 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1984 24 OAK AL 2B 143 142 1243.0 269 456 16 96 .978 5.25 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 25 OAK AL 2B 151 147 1322.7 283 510 19 106 .977 5.40 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    SS 3 0 7.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1986 26 OAK AL 2B 98 92 827.3 183 365 10 80 .982 5.96 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    1B 50 50 437.7 499 34 11 56 .980 10.96 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 3 0 11.0 1 10 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1987 27 OAK AL SS 141 139 1225.7 195 471 18 100 .974 4.89 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    2B 10 8 74.0 14 41 0 4 1.000 6.69 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 3 0 6.0 9 0 0 4 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 28 OAK AL 2B 101 100 875.3 200 399 8 91 .987 6.16 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    SS 48 46 411.3 66 168 5 43 .979 5.12 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    C 3 3 27.0 14 2 1 0 .941 5.33 4 1 .250 2 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 29 OAK AL SS 113 109 971.7 151 452 19 85 .969 5.59 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    2B 39 34 308.0 79 111 2 33 .990 5.55 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1990 30 OAK AL 1B 126 126 1114.7 1277 73 29 134 .979 10.90 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 26 24 213.7 47 93 2 18 .986 5.90 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 3 0 3.3 0 2 0 1 1.000 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 825 789 7029.0 1555 2908 79 642 .983 5.71 0 0 .000 0 29.5
  SS 327 294 2673.0 422 1127 42 235 .974 5.22 0 0 .000 0 11.1
  1B 181 176 1561.3 1789 108 40 195 .979 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  C 3 3 27.0 14 2 1 0 .941 5.33 4 1 .250 2 0.0
Career Totals   1336 1262 11290.3 3780 4145 162 1072 .980 6.32 4 1 .250 2 41.4
Career Highs   155 150 1331.7 1324 570 31 153 .987 10.08 4 1 .250 2  
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
1984 24 OAK AL 20 75 8 22 4 1 1 15 5 0 2 7 .293 .300 .413 .713
1985 25 OAK AL 7 25 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 .120 .185 .240 .425
Career Post-Season Batting 27 100 13 25 4 1 2 16 6 0 4 13 .250 .271 .370 .641
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1984-8-.462
 Games
1985-4-156
1986-1-158
1987-8-155
1988-9-155
1990-5-156
 Triples
1987-7-7
1988-4-10
 Homeruns
1984-8-22
 RBIs
1990-9-100
 Stolen Bases
1986-8-28
Strikeouts
1990-8-131
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Pedro Garcia (932)
  2. Johnny Goryl (912)
  3. Sherry Robertson (909)
  4. Bob Kennedy (905)
  5. Jim Bucher (900)
  6. Hank Majeski (896)
  7. Gene Freese (892)
  8. Gene Stephens (889)
  9. Jim Lefebvre (886)
  10. Solly Hemus (886)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Oakland in 1981
Injured on 7/28/1981 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit (triple) on 9/1/1981, off Lary Sorensen (IND)
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1981, off Nino Espinosa (KCR)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1982, hitting .412 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1982, hitting .348 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1982, hitting .305 with 6 HR, 24 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 5/20/1982
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Injured on 9/6/1982 with a Ruptured Achilles Tendon, out for full season
Drove in 6 runs against Indianapolis on 5/21/1983
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 7/26/1983
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
7/1/1987: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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