Charlie
Sands
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: December 17, 1947 in Usa, VA, NEWPORT NEWS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 23 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 4 4
1972 24 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
1973 25 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 5 5
1974 26 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 5 5
1975 27 DET AL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
1976 28 DET AL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1977 29 DET AL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 6 7 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1978 30 MIL NL     4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1979 31 NYG NL $ 712,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
1980 32 PHN NL $ 1,600,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
1981 33 MON NL $ 1,600,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1982 34 MON NL $ 1,600,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1983 35 KCR AL $ 1,600,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1984 36 DET AL $ 516,000   4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1985 37 CLN NL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1986 38 BSN NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 5 5
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
1971 23 DET AL 21 74 9 11 3 0 2 5 0 0 9 28 .149 .241 .270 .511 4.9 0.0
    AAA   112 411 90 109 22 4 25 68 5 4 118 102 .265 .429 .521 .950 95.7  
1972 24 DET AL 68 174 33 35 6 2 7 22 1 1 58 39 .201 .402 .379 .781 29.7 4.9
1973 25 DET AL 94 293 49 59 11 0 12 45 1 1 71 75 .201 .358 .362 .719 44.5 5.8
1974 26 DET AL 107 330 64 61 13 2 10 45 0 2 83 97 .185 .349 .327 .676 45.8 5.8
1975 27 DET AL 147 448 58 78 14 2 14 51 0 2 125 129 .174 .352 .308 .660 60.7 6.3
1976 28 DET AL 150 472 79 97 20 0 13 45 2 3 123 137 .206 .370 .331 .700 68.7 9.6
1977 29 DET AL 120 360 48 69 16 1 9 36 2 3 99 91 .192 .364 .317 .681 47.8 6.7
1978 30 MIL NL 120 314 40 56 5 0 7 45 0 2 67 71 .178 .324 .261 .585 30.9 2.5
1979 31 NYG NL 39 63 8 15 2 0 2 7 0 0 13 13 .238 .377 .365 .742 9.5 2.1
    AAA   50 124 34 34 2 0 16 31 2 1 35 26 .274 .434 .677 1.111 35.8  
1980 32 PHN NL 122 310 44 68 7 1 12 55 1 2 69 74 .219 .356 .365 .720 46.9 9.3
1981 33 PHN NL 35 101 14 17 2 0 6 19 0 1 22 34 .168 .312 .366 .678 13.1 1.4
  MON NL 73 217 31 54 10 2 12 34 0 1 60 56 .249 .407 .479 .886 43.8 9.8
  TOT   108 318 45 71 12 2 18 53 0 2 82 90 .223 .378 .443 .821 56.9 11.1
    AA   27 73 15 16 2 0 2 7 0 1 32 18 .219 .457 .329 .786 15.4  
1982 34 MON NL 148 479 76 109 15 3 20 68 0 0 107 122 .228 .369 .397 .766 77.8 18.4
1983 35 KCR AL 70 174 24 38 6 1 3 21 0 0 41 47 .218 .369 .316 .685 25.4 4.7
1984 36 KCR AL 6 13 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .154 .313 .231 .543 1.2 0.0
  DET AL 74 218 27 43 6 1 3 24 0 1 48 66 .197 .341 .275 .616 25.5 3.3
  TOT   80 231 28 45 7 1 3 27 0 1 51 68 .195 .339 .273 .612 26.8 3.3
    A   53 130 33 33 7 0 9 24 2 0 83 34 .254 .545 .515 1.060 45.8  
1985 37 CLN NL 61 191 20 28 9 0 1 19 1 0 36 61 .147 .279 .209 .489 12.7 0.0
1986 38 AAA   54 118 7 12 4 0 0 9 0 0 37 40 .102 .316 .136 .452 9.3  
15 Years Sim 1455 4231 625 840 146 15 133 544 8 19 1034 1142 .199 .355 .334 .689 589.0 90.6
3 Years AAA 216 653 131 155 28 4 41 108 7 5 190 168 .237 .412 .481 .893 140.8  
1 Years AA 27 73 15 16 2 0 2 7 0 1 32 18 .219 .458 .329 .787 15.4  
1 Years A 53 130 33 33 7 0 9 24 2 0 83 34 .254 .537 .515 1.052 45.8  
5 Years Minors 296 856 179 204 37 4 52 139 9 6 305 220 .238 .439 .473 .912 202.0  
162 Game Average 471 69 93 16 1 14 60 0 2 115 127 .199 .355 .334 .689 65.6  
Career Highs 150 479 79 109 20 3 20 68 2 3 125 137 .238 .402 .443 .821 77.8  
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   3276 497 677 111 9 107 442 8 15 840 845 .207 .368 .344 .712 501.1
vs LH   955 128 163 35 6 26 102 0 4 194 297 .171 .310 .302 .611 105.5
Home 711 2084 287 407 77 8 71 267 3 9 468 574 .195 .343 .342 .685 287.3
Away 744 2147 338 433 69 7 62 277 5 10 566 568 .202 .366 .327 .693 319.3
RISP   1118 0 226 36 6 32 396 0 0 291 317 .202 .358 .331 .689 167.5
Pinch Hitting   150 31 34 5 1 5 29 0 0 51 33 .227 .417 .373 .790 29.5
Close/Late   566 101 117 16 2 26 85 0 0 161 147 .207 .380 .380 .760 99.2
Mar/Apr 218 659 88 110 10 2 22 75 1 2 161 197 .167 .329 .288 .617 80.5
May 226 651 99 135 25 0 23 96 1 1 151 181 .207 .354 .352 .706 96.3
June 221 650 106 141 33 4 19 95 3 5 138 165 .217 .353 .368 .721 94.8
July 261 780 118 154 35 4 27 104 0 1 195 213 .197 .359 .356 .716 118.1
August 277 778 107 151 26 2 19 85 2 2 215 200 .194 .369 .306 .675 112.8
Sep/Oct 252 713 107 149 17 3 23 89 1 8 174 186 .209 .362 .338 .700 104.1
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
1971 23 DET AL C 21 21 186.7 148 5 1 0 .994 7.38 16 2 .125 1 1.8
1972 24 DET AL C 35 32 294.0 184 14 1 1 .995 6.06 35 9 .257 2 1.1
    1B 3 3 30.0 33 1 2 3 .944 10.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 3 26.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1973 25 DET AL C 44 42 343.7 203 22 2 0 .991 5.89 47 14 .298 2 1.4
    1B 13 13 110.7 129 6 4 13 .971 10.98 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 26 DET AL C 78 77 664.3 385 34 2 0 .995 5.68 69 22 .319 2 4.4
    1B 9 9 86.0 96 5 1 9 .990 10.57 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 4 4 35.7 4 0 1 0 .800 1.01 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 27 DET AL C 141 135 1213.7 625 87 9 0 .988 5.28 151 59 .391 7 8.2
    SS 1 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 28 DET AL C 144 132 1187.0 565 74 7 0 .989 4.84 136 50 .368 5 8.3
1977 29 DET AL C 117 108 976.7 428 54 7 2 .986 4.44 107 32 .299 7 4.3
1978 30 MIL NL C 112 94 863.0 408 67 3 0 .994 4.95 113 46 .407 7 5.8
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 31 NYG NL C 28 15 144.3 77 6 0 0 1.000 5.18 17 4 .235 1 0.5
1980 32 PHN NL C 116 93 880.7 514 35 6 0 .989 5.61 76 18 .237 4 5.3
1981 33 PHN NL C 34 31 267.0 165 18 1 0 .995 6.17 31 12 .387 1 1.0
  MON NL C 71 64 598.0 369 40 1 1 .998 6.16 71 28 .394 3 4.4
  TOT   C 105 95 865.0 534 58 2 1 .997 6.16 102 40 .392 4 5.4
1982 34 MON NL C 143 123 1162.7 626 58 5 2 .993 5.29 101 30 .297 4 7.7
1983 35 KCR AL C 38 25 249.0 115 18 1 0 .993 4.81 27 10 .370 0 1.6
1984 36 KCR AL C 6 5 34.5 21 1 0 0 1.000 5.74 3 1 .333 0 0.2
    SS 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL C 68 65 584.8 359 24 3 0 .992 5.89 55 17 .309 1 3.0
    SS 1 1 7.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 74 70 619.3 380 25 3 0 .993 5.89 58 18 .310 1 3.2
      SS 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1985 37 CLN NL C 61 53 478.3 322 25 3 0 .991 6.53 52 18 .346 2 2.5
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1257 1115 10128.3 5514 582 52 6 .992 5.42 1107 372 .336 49 61.4
  1B 25 25 226.7 258 12 7 25 .975 10.72 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  RF 11 10 89.7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 2 1 14.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1298 1152 10477.6 5786 596 60 31 .991 5.48 1107 372 .336 49 61.9
Career Highs   144 135 1219.7 626 89 9 13 1.000 7.38 151 59 .407 7  
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
1972 24 DET AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1979 31 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1983 35 KCR AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933
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.
Walks
1975-2-125
1976-1-123
1977-5-99
1981-6-82
1982-2-107
Strikeouts
1975-9-129
1976-4-137
1982-4-122
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Gus Triandos (875)
  6. Jack Hiatt (872)
  7. Andy Seminick (861)
  8. Alan Ashby (856)
  9. Johnny Romano (855)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1971
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/5/1971, off Masanori Murakami (TOR)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1974, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
10/22/1974: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 3 years
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/5/1978 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Released by Milwaukee on 10/29/1978
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/3/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $712,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/6/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $1,600,000 per year
Injured on 6/19/1980 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia to Montreal on 6/1/1981 (Going to MON: C Jerry Narron, RF Reggie Jackson, 2B Felix Millan, P Les Cain, C Charlie Sands. Going to PHN: C John Ellis, P Tom Underwood, 1B Hal Mcrae)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 7/7/1981
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Traded from Montreal to Kansas City on 2/22/1983 (Going to KCR: RF Keith Moreland, C Charlie Sands. Going to MON: RF Scot Thompson)
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 4/3/1984 to a 1-year deal worth $516,000 per year
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 7/1/1984 (Going to KCR: CF Dan Ford, SS Damaso Garcia, LF Rich Murray. Going to DET: P Luis Aponte, P Dick Drago, C Charlie Sands)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/19/1985 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Injured on 8/25/1985 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Boston (N) on 3/4/1986 (Going to BSN: 3B Steve Braun, C Charlie Sands. Going to CLN: CF Jesus Figueroa)