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Fred
Sanford		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 9, 1919 in Usa, UT, GARFIELD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1946    1949   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 23 BSN NL   8 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6
1944 24 BSN NL   8 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1945 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
1946 26 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1947 27 BRK NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1948 28 NYA AL $ 2,685,714 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
1949 29 TAM AL $ 2,170,000 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6
1950 30 TAM AL $ 2,170,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6
1951 31 TAM AL $ 360,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5
1952 32 TAM AL $ 360,000 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 4 4
1953 33 TAM AL $ 330,000 8 4 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 4 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,685,714 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 23 BSN NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 24 BSN NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 28 NYA AL $ 2,685,714   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 29 TAM AL $ 2,170,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 30 TAM AL $ 2,170,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 31 TAM AL $ 360,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 32 TAM AL $ 360,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 33 TAM AL $ 330,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,685,714   3 3 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
1943 23 AA   7 8 .467 21 21 2 0 0 147.7 131 49 7 53 121 2.99 .239 .306 .330 .635  
1944 24 AAA   3 2 .600 6 6 0 0 0 41.3 39 16 3 20 24 3.48 .247 .331 .335 .667  
    AA   8 7 .533 21 21 1 1 0 139.3 135 54 6 56 115 3.49 .252 .323 .348 .671  
1945 25 BSN NL 6 11 .353 43 22 3 0 3 181.0 190 110 16 80 60 5.47 .272 .342 .409 .751 5.8
1946 26 BSN NL 15 11 .577 33 33 7 2 0 238.7 222 122 30 107 103 4.60 .244 .327 .405 .732 11.7
1947 27 BSN NL 5 7 .417 18 14 3 0 0 122.7 132 74 11 66 56 5.43 .273 .360 .395 .754 1.5
  BRK NL 8 9 .471 24 18 3 1 0 124.7 121 43 10 47 50 3.10 .253 .320 .364 .684 10.2
  TOT   13 16 .448 42 32 6 1 0 247.3 253 117 21 113 106 4.26 .263 .340 .379 .719 11.7
1948 28 BRK NL 3 6 .333 29 2 0 0 3 31.3 33 21 3 26 13 6.03 .277 .407 .420 .827 0.7
  NYA AL 1 1 .500 2 0 0 0 0 15.7 15 10 1 10 2 5.74 .254 .362 .373 .735 0.9
  TOT   4 7 .364 31 2 0 0 3 47.0 48 31 4 36 15 5.94 .270 .393 .404 .797 1.6
    AAA   0 1 .000 15 0 0 0 0 26.3 19 11 2 19 20 3.76 .194 .325 .337 .662  
1949 29 TAM AL 8 10 .444 105 0 0 0 24 130.0 144 78 21 85 50 5.40 .282 .383 .451 .834 6.6
1950 30 TAM AL 7 10 .412 62 7 0 0 10 106.3 139 87 16 66 39 7.36 .312 .400 .483 .883 0.0
1951 31 TAM AL 3 6 .333 45 1 0 0 1 58.7 75 39 8 40 25 5.98 .318 .416 .466 .882 1.2
1952 32 TAM AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 9.0 15 7 2 4 6 7.00 .357 .426 .571 .997 0.0
    AA   2 0 1.000 32 0 0 0 3 27.3 20 6 3 11 27 1.98 .208 .290 .344 .633  
1953 33 AA   2 7 .222 86 0 0 0 7 69.7 58 26 5 35 67 3.36 .229 .323 .332 .655  
8 Years Sim 56 71 .441 368 97 16 3 41 1018.0 1086 591 118 531 404 5.23 .273 .358 .419 .778 38.7
2 Years AAA 3 3 .500 21 6 0 0 0 67.7 58 27 5 39 44 3.59 .227 .329 .336 .665  
4 Years AA 19 22 .463 160 42 3 1 10 384.0 344 135 21 155 330 3.16 .240 .314 .338 .652  
6 Years Minors 22 25 .468 181 48 3 1 10 451.6 402 162 26 194 374 3.23 .238 .317 .337 .654  
Season Average 7 8 .467 46 12 2 0 5 127.2 135 73 14 66 50 5.23 .273 .358 .419 .778  
Career Highs 15 16 .577 105 33 7 2 24 247.3 253 122 30 113 106 7.36 .357 .426 .571 .997  
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   505 275 60 227 231   .258 .335 .399 .734
vs LH   581 316 58 304 173   .287 .380 .439 .820
Home 31 31 .500 185 48 8 1 20 508.3 543 304 67 253 208 5.38 .272 .354 .430 .784
Away 25 40 .385 183 49 8 2 22 509.6 543 287 51 278 196 5.07 .274 .363 .409 .772
Mar/Apr 7 5 .583 66 10 1 0 9 136.6 150 75 17 78 64 4.94 .281 .373 .431 .803
May 11 9 .550 73 12 1 1 10 157.3 173 91 17 93 59 5.21 .277 .370 .414 .785
June 5 11 .313 66 15 3 1 7 155.7 173 105 26 81 55 6.07 .279 .362 .452 .814
July 7 13 .350 52 18 1 0 3 178.3 192 106 17 95 79 5.35 .275 .361 .405 .766
August 17 13 .567 58 21 6 0 7 201.3 190 89 17 89 84 3.98 .249 .328 .375 .703
Sep/Oct 9 20 .310 53 21 4 1 6 188.6 208 125 24 95 63 5.96 .281 .363 .447 .810
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
1945 25 BSN NL 43 49 2 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 12 .163 .180 .204 .384 1.4 0.0
1946 26 BSN NL 33 80 5 14 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 25 .175 .205 .175 .380 2.4 0.0
1947 27 BSN NL 18 44 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .068 .089 .091 .180 -1.3 0.0
  BRK NL 24 35 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .143 .143 .171 .314 0.3 0.0
  TOT   42 79 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 .101 .113 .127 .239 -1.0 0.0
1948 28 BRK NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
  NYA AL 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.1
  TOT   31 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8 0.1
1949 29 TAM AL 105 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
1950 30 TAM AL 62 17 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .118 .118 .176 .294 -0.1 0.0
1951 31 TAM AL 45 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.0
7 Years Sim 361 249 12 38 5 0 0 20 0 0 6 67 .153 .173 .173 .345 4.4 0.1
162 Game Average 111 5 17 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 30 .153 .173 .173 .345 2.0  
Career Highs 105 80 5 14 2 0 0 9 0 0 3 25 .273 .333 .273 .583 2.4  
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   156 9 25 3 0 0 13 0 0 4 45 .160 .181 .179 .361 1.9
vs LH   93 3 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 22 .140 .158 .161 .319 -0.1
Home 183 116 6 16 3 0 0 8 0 0 4 34 .138 .167 .164 .330 0.4
Away 127 133 6 22 2 0 0 12 0 0 2 33 .165 .178 .180 .358 1.5
RISP   69 0 13 1 0 0 19 0 0 2 18 .188 .211 .203 .414 2.0
Close/Late   14 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .143 .200 .143 .343 0.2
Mar/Apr 35 27 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .111 .143 .148 .291 -0.2
May 62 35 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .171 .194 .171 .366 0.6
June 48 39 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .103 .125 .103 .228 -1.0
July 52 47 3 7 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 14 .149 .167 .213 .379 0.7
August 21 55 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .200 .228 .218 .446 2.2
Sep/Oct 36 46 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .152 .152 .152 .304 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1945 25 BSN NL P 43 22 181.0 8 37 1 5 .978 2.24    
1946 26 BSN NL P 33 33 238.7 11 54 0 2 1.000 2.45    
1947 27 BSN NL P 18 14 122.7 6 20 0 1 1.000 1.91    
  BRK NL P 24 18 124.7 6 21 1 2 .964 1.95    
  TOT   P 42 32 247.3 12 41 1 3 .981 1.93    
1948 28 BRK NL P 29 2 31.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.72    
  NYA AL P 2 0 15.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.72    
  TOT   P 31 2 47.0 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.72    
1949 29 TAM AL P 105 0 130.0 5 13 1 1 .947 1.25    
1950 30 TAM AL P 62 7 106.3 5 16 1 2 .955 1.78    
1951 31 TAM AL P 45 1 58.7 3 14 0 3 1.000 2.61    
1952 32 TAM AL P 7 0 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00    
Career Totals   368 97 1018.0 46 186 4 16 .983 2.05    
Career Highs   105 33 247.3 12 54 1 5 1.000 4.00    
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
1949 29 TAM AL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 1 14.0 16 8 2 9 8 5.14 .286 .385 .446 .831
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 1 14.0 16 8 2 9 8 5.14 .286 .385 .446 .831
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
1949 29 TAM AL 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1947-9-16
 Saves
1949-1-24
1950-7-10
 Games Pitched
1949-1-105
 Shutouts
1946-9-2
 Homeruns Allowed
1946-6-30
 Hits per 9IP
1946-10-8.4
OAVG
1946-9-.244
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1943
Injured on 4/30/1943 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 5/25/1944 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/30/1945, off Ralph Winegarner (TAM)
Earned first career win on 7/9/1945
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Traded from Boston (N) to Brooklyn on 7/1/1947 (Going to BRK: P Fred Sanford, P Ed Hanyzewski. Going to BSN: 1B Nick Etten)
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (A) on 7/1/1948 (Going to NYA: 2B Lee Handley, P Fred Sanford. Going to BRK: P Adrian Zabala, P Al Papai)
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 2/3/1949 (Going to TAM: P Fred Sanford. Going to NYA: C Aaron Robinson)
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $360,000 per year, for 2 years
6/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $330,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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