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Scott
Sanderson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 22, 1956 in Usa, MI, DEARBORN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1981    1982   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 21 DET AL   7 5 6 5 7 8 8 6 7 6
1979 22 DET AL $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 6
1980 23 DET AL $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 7
1981 24 DET AL $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 7
1982 25 DET AL $ 300,000 7 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1983 26 DET AL $ 4,957,143 7 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 8 7
1984 27 KCR AL $ 4,957,143 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1985 28 KCR AL $ 750,000 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 6
1986 29 KCR AL $ 750,000 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 6
1987 30 KCR AL $ 750,000 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6
1988 31 KCR AL $ 750,000 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 4 5 5
1989 32 CLE AL $ 1,530,000 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 4 5 5
1990 33 CLE AL $ 1,530,000 7 5 6 5 6 7 6 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 6 5 6 7 6 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,957,143 7 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 7
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
1978 21 AAA   8 14 .364 30 30 2 1 0 202.3 234 87 15 53 129 3.87 .289 .333 .397 .730  
1979 22 DET AL 7 16 .304 27 27 4 1 0 191.3 214 120 23 43 91 5.64 .285 .325 .459 .785 4.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 6 6 2 1 0 46.0 36 12 2 9 40 2.35 .212 .251 .306 .557  
1980 23 DET AL 12 12 .500 32 32 5 0 0 241.0 230 90 27 52 142 3.36 .248 .288 .399 .686 16.7
1981 24 DET AL 19 8 .704 33 33 4 1 0 245.0 195 72 22 73 147 2.64 .216 .276 .344 .620 22.8
1982 25 DET AL 20 7 .741 32 32 8 1 0 258.0 204 77 19 57 131 2.69 .213 .258 .325 .583 24.8
1983 26 DET AL 14 15 .483 33 33 4 2 0 234.3 255 116 25 68 131 4.46 .280 .327 .446 .773 8.2
1984 27 DET AL 7 7 .500 16 16 2 1 0 115.3 114 68 13 32 66 5.31 .259 .309 .410 .719 2.6
  KCR AL 8 4 .667 17 17 2 1 0 124.7 128 48 14 30 74 3.47 .266 .309 .415 .724 8.2
  TOT   15 11 .577 33 33 4 2 0 240.0 242 116 27 62 140 4.35 .262 .309 .413 .722 10.9
1985 28 KCR AL 10 17 .370 34 34 6 0 0 248.0 241 112 25 59 124 4.06 .254 .298 .408 .706 11.0
1986 29 KCR AL 10 6 .625 68 1 0 0 6 135.3 140 72 15 43 68 4.79 .267 .321 .426 .746 7.0
1987 30 KCR AL 7 7 .500 83 0 0 0 8 172.3 166 67 25 44 91 3.50 .256 .303 .429 .732 14.4
1988 31 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 3 2 0 3 7 2.35 .115 .207 .192 .399 0.9
1989 32 CLE AL 4 15 .211 32 28 0 0 1 181.3 199 104 28 72 107 5.16 .276 .340 .452 .792 3.2
1990 33 AAA   5 5 .500 58 1 0 0 1 56.3 53 24 9 18 51 3.83 .250 .309 .425 .733  
11 Years Sim 119 114 .511 408 254 35 7 15 2154.3 2089 948 236 576 1179 3.96 .254 .302 .406 .708 124.1
3 Years AAA 17 20 .459 94 37 4 2 1 304.7 323 123 26 80 220 3.63 .271 .317 .389 .706  
Season Average 10 10 .500 37 23 3 0 1 195.8 189 86 21 52 107 3.96 .254 .302 .406 .708  
Career Highs 20 17 1.000 83 34 8 2 8 258.0 255 120 28 73 147 5.64 .285 .340 .459 .792  
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   918 434 111 221 694   .234 .275 .384 .660
vs LH   1171 514 125 355 485   .271 .326 .425 .751
Home 62 52 .544 210 134 15 3 7 1164.0 1082 485 129 324 632 3.75 .246 .297 .400 .698
Away 57 62 .479 198 120 20 4 9 990.3 1007 463 107 252 547 4.21 .262 .308 .412 .720
Mar/Apr 17 15 .531 62 36 4 2 3 313.6 287 159 40 72 153 4.56 .243 .287 .424 .711
May 22 19 .537 69 48 9 2 3 410.3 369 160 41 105 230 3.51 .239 .287 .377 .664
June 19 23 .452 68 43 3 0 3 335.0 389 194 48 106 190 5.21 .292 .344 .471 .815
July 9 17 .346 63 36 3 0 1 311.7 320 142 36 84 180 4.10 .264 .312 .414 .726
August 24 21 .533 73 47 10 0 4 405.0 356 154 44 97 236 3.42 .233 .279 .383 .662
Sep/Oct 28 19 .596 73 44 9 4 2 378.6 368 139 27 112 190 3.30 .255 .308 .378 .686
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 22 DET AL P 27 27 191.3 12 17 0 1 1.000 1.36    
1980 23 DET AL P 32 32 241.0 18 37 2 3 .965 2.05    
1981 24 DET AL P 33 33 245.0 14 26 3 1 .930 1.47    
1982 25 DET AL P 32 32 258.0 17 35 2 3 .963 1.81    
1983 26 DET AL P 33 33 234.3 13 46 0 5 1.000 2.27    
1984 27 DET AL P 16 16 115.3 13 17 0 2 1.000 2.34    
  KCR AL P 17 17 124.7 14 18 1 3 .970 2.31    
  TOT   P 33 33 240.0 27 35 1 5 .984 2.33    
1985 28 KCR AL P 34 34 248.0 19 36 0 2 1.000 2.00    
1986 29 KCR AL P 68 1 135.3 10 25 1 4 .972 2.33    
1987 30 KCR AL P 83 0 172.3 10 19 2 1 .935 1.51    
1988 31 KCR AL P 1 1 7.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17    
1989 32 CLE AL P 32 28 181.3 10 33 0 1 1.000 2.13    
Career Totals   408 254 2154.3 150 310 11 26 .977 1.92    
Career Highs   83 34 258.0 27 46 3 5 1.000 2.33    
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
1980 23 DET AL 3 1 .750 6 6 1 0 0 45.7 47 17 6 13 25 3.35 .267 .317 .403 .721
1981 24 DET AL 2 1 .667 4 4 1 1 0 28.0 16 8 1 9 19 2.57 .165 .236 .258 .494
1982 25 DET AL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 17.0 13 5 3 4 4 2.65 .220 .270 .407 .677
1983 26 DET AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 15 6 1 5 7 4.38 .294 .357 .569 .926
1984 27 KCR AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 2 2 2 0 0 54.55 .667 .667 2.667 3.333
1987 30 KCR AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 10.0 12 6 2 2 2 5.40 .316 .350 .553 .903
1989 32 CLE AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 1.7 2 0 0 1 0 0.00 .286 .375 .286 .661
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 5 .583 22 14 3 1 1 115.0 107 44 15 34 57 3.44 .248 .303 .418 .721
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1980-6-3.36
1981-4-2.64
1982-2-2.69
 Wins
1981-5-19
1982-1-20
1984-10-15
 Losses
1979-10-16
1983-8-15
1985-10-17
1989-4-15
 Winning Pct
1981-7-.704
1982-1-.741
1986-9-.625
 Games Pitched
1986-9-68
1987-3-83
 Games Started
1985-10-34
Complete Games
1982-10-8
 Shutouts
1983-6-2
1984-6-2
 Innings Pitched
1982-6-258.0
 Hits Allowed
1983-7-255
1984-10-242
 Homeruns Allowed
1979-9-23
1980-5-27
1983-6-25
1984-3-27
1987-7-25
1989-4-28
 Walks per 9IP
1980-7-1.9
1982-10-2.0
Hits per 9IP
1981-3-7.2
1982-2-7.1
 WHiP
1980-8-1.17
1981-3-1.09
1982-2-1.01
 OAVG
1981-3-.216
1982-2-.213
 OOBP
1980-7-.288
1981-4-.276
1982-2-.258
 OSLG
1981-8-.344
1982-5-.325
 OOPS
1981-5-.620
1982-2-.583
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Detroit in 1978
Injured on 8/30/1978 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/12/1979
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1981, going 5-0, 1.76
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Injured on 10/18/1981 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 7 weeks
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won Platinum Arm in 1982, going 20-7, 2.69 ERA
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,957,143 through salary arbitration
Pitched NO-HITTER against Los Angeles on 4/9/1983, striking out 7
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,957,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1984: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 7/1/1984 (Going to KCR: 2B Lou Whitaker, P Scott Sanderson, P Dick Ruthven, P Mike Lacoss. Going to DET: P Balor Moore, CF Tony Armas, 2B Bobby Grich, P Phil Hennigan)
Injured on 4/4/1988 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/7/1989 to a 2-year deal worth $1,530,000 per year
Injured on 8/12/1989 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 7/6/1990 with a Inflamed Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
 
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