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Ray
Sanders		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 4, 1916 in Usa, MO, BONNE TERRE
 
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
1942 25 NYA AL     7 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 7 8 9 9 8 8 8
1943 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
1944 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 8 10 9 8 8 8
1945 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 8 10 9 8 9 8
1946 29 NYA AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 4 5 4 8 9 8 8 10 9 8 9 8
1947 30 DET AL $ 2,685,714   8 8 8 4 5 4 8 9 8 8 10 9 8 9 8
1948 31 DET AL $ 2,250,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
1949 32 NYG NL $ 2,250,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 7 9 8 8 8 8
1950 33 CIN NL $ 2,250,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 8 9 9 7 8 8
1951 34 TAM AL $ 2,250,000   7 7 7 3 4 3 7 8 7 7 9 8 7 8 8
1952 35 DET AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 7 7 9 8 7 7 7
1953 36 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 7 9 8 6 7 7
1954 37 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 3 4 3 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 6
1955 38 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1956 39 NYA AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 5 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 5 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,685,714   8 8 8 4 5 4 8 9 8 8 10 9 8 9 8
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
1942 25 AAA   133 476 73 150 39 3 14 92 8 5 95 40 .315 .429 .498 .927 99.2  
1943 26 NYA AL 137 453 70 128 23 3 13 99 0 0 68 39 .283 .374 .433 .807 72.3 14.3
1944 27 NYA AL 89 145 23 36 9 1 6 32 0 0 31 19 .248 .374 .448 .823 26.6 4.2
1945 28 NYA AL 132 396 57 96 21 2 11 52 1 0 68 38 .242 .355 .389 .744 56.0 8.0
1946 29 NYA AL 131 393 61 120 24 2 9 58 0 0 70 30 .305 .409 .445 .855 67.8 12.3
1947 30 NYA AL 67 203 33 63 15 2 4 35 0 0 25 12 .310 .383 .463 .846 32.6 5.4
  DET AL 69 241 38 65 14 3 5 41 0 0 39 20 .270 .367 .415 .782 36.2 6.4
  TOT   136 444 71 128 29 5 9 76 0 0 64 32 .288 .374 .437 .811 68.8 11.8
1948 31 DET AL 143 438 79 120 25 4 10 82 0 0 89 38 .274 .395 .418 .813 73.7 11.9
1949 32 NYG NL 116 276 48 84 13 1 8 53 0 0 50 18 .304 .411 .446 .857 49.3 9.8
1950 33 NYG NL 82 149 17 41 4 0 2 15 0 0 34 16 .275 .408 .342 .750 23.5 3.3
  CIN NL 55 195 32 63 14 1 5 23 0 0 40 19 .323 .439 .482 .921 39.9 5.9
  TOT   137 344 49 104 18 1 7 38 0 0 74 35 .302 .425 .422 .847 63.4 9.2
1951 34 TAM AL 123 385 52 114 19 5 4 51 0 0 59 32 .296 .385 .403 .788 61.3 8.6
1952 35 DET AL 105 270 45 73 19 2 3 34 0 0 46 32 .270 .375 .389 .764 42.0 6.8
1953 36 NYA AL 159 541 61 147 36 5 7 80 0 0 79 78 .272 .360 .396 .756 76.3 11.0
1954 37 NYA AL 150 523 67 142 33 4 8 78 5 9 75 95 .272 .362 .396 .758 72.0 15.2
1955 38 NYA AL 110 366 46 111 26 1 4 48 3 5 36 57 .303 .366 .413 .778 49.2 7.5
    AA   30 105 23 39 11 1 1 8 3 0 29 14 .371 .507 .524 1.031 27.5  
1956 39 NYA AL 35 110 10 26 4 0 1 6 0 0 8 27 .236 .294 .300 .594 8.3 0.3
    AAA   49 50 8 16 3 0 1 8 0 0 8 8 .320 .414 .440 .854 9.1  
14 Years Sim 1703 5084 739 1429 299 36 100 787 9 14 817 570 .281 .379 .413 .792 786.7 130.8
2 Years AAA 182 526 81 166 42 3 15 100 8 5 103 48 .316 .427 .492 .919 108.3  
1 Years AA 30 105 23 39 11 1 1 8 3 0 29 14 .371 .507 .524 1.031 27.5  
3 Years Minors 212 631 104 205 53 4 16 108 11 5 132 62 .325 .441 .498 .939 135.7  
162 Game Average 483 70 135 28 3 9 74 0 1 77 54 .281 .379 .413 .792 74.8  
Career Highs 159 541 79 147 36 5 13 99 5 9 89 95 .305 .425 .448 .857 76.3  
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   4001 613 1176 250 24 90 655 7 11 682 363 .294 .395 .436 .831 699.0
vs LH   1083 126 253 49 12 10 132 2 3 135 207 .234 .316 .329 .645 118.8
Home 842 2426 364 699 142 24 52 369 5 9 397 267 .288 .388 .431 .818 409.8
Away 861 2658 375 730 157 12 48 418 4 5 420 303 .275 .371 .397 .768 408.0
RISP   1416 0 397 81 15 27 651 0 0 241 177 .280 .378 .416 .793 233.9
Pinch Hitting   308 50 86 23 0 7 68 0 0 51 35 .279 .378 .422 .801 50.7
Close/Late   654 83 177 46 4 10 93 0 0 114 75 .271 .377 .399 .776 103.1
Mar/Apr 289 850 128 234 52 6 13 135 0 1 129 117 .275 .370 .396 .766 128.3
May 320 978 137 269 56 5 21 148 1 2 151 117 .275 .370 .407 .777 152.1
June 289 863 110 225 47 7 15 117 4 2 145 93 .261 .366 .384 .750 128.9
July 277 813 120 233 52 5 16 130 1 1 125 81 .287 .379 .422 .801 132.4
August 260 757 107 206 44 4 16 116 1 2 123 84 .272 .373 .404 .778 118.3
Sep/Oct 268 823 137 262 48 9 19 141 2 6 144 78 .318 .418 .468 .886 157.8
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
1943 26 NYA AL 1B 121 115 1028.0 1300 103 11 126 .992 12.28 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    RF 4 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 27 NYA AL 1B 46 22 233.7 284 21 3 26 .990 11.75 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 6 6 52.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1945 28 NYA AL 1B 110 103 924.0 1080 80 17 101 .986 11.30 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1946 29 NYA AL 1B 104 100 877.3 1018 89 6 112 .995 11.36 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 8 2 32.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1947 30 NYA AL RF 36 34 275.1 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 23 21 171.3 210 12 2 22 .991 11.66 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  DET AL RF 37 36 337.9 76 0 1 0 .987 2.02 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 24 21 210.4 259 14 2 26 .993 11.68 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  TOT   RF 73 70 613.0 137 0 1 0 .993 2.01   1.6
      1B 47 42 381.7 469 26 4 48 .992 11.67   0.6
1948 31 DET AL 1B 99 99 881.3 1020 88 9 109 .992 11.31 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    CF 4 4 34.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 4 33.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 3 27.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 0 .000 0  
1949 32 NYG NL 1B 78 58 551.0 674 40 9 64 .988 11.66 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 7 5 46.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1950 33 NYG NL 1B 50 42 286.8 346 26 2 35 .995 11.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 8 7 41.9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CIN NL 1B 34 28 370.5 446 34 3 46 .994 11.66 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 5 4 54.1 10 1 1 0 .917 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 84 70 657.3 792 60 5 81 .994 11.67   0.6
      RF 13 11 96.0 18 1 1 0 .950 1.78   0.2
      SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1951 34 TAM AL 1B 113 100 909.3 1088 88 10 118 .992 11.64 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 35 DET AL 1B 72 72 624.7 717 57 2 66 .997 11.15 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 11 0 24.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1953 36 NYA AL 1B 93 89 781.3 927 65 5 93 .995 11.43 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 50 46 398.0 94 2 5 0 .950 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 12 12 104.7 23 38 4 13 .938 5.25 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 1 8.0 1 2 1 1 .750 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 37 NYA AL 1B 142 138 1208.7 1517 125 24 150 .986 12.23 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 38 NYA AL 1B 96 96 801.7 1025 65 8 102 .993 12.24 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    RF 11 0 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 39 NYA AL 1B 31 30 244.7 252 22 1 19 .996 10.08 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1236 1134 10104.6 12163 929 114 1215 .991 11.66 0 0 .000 0 18.7
  RF 191 145 1341.0 297 4 8 0 .974 2.02 0 0 .000 0 2.9
  SS 13 12 105.7 23 38 4 13 .938 5.20 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 6 6 52.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 4 4 33.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 2 1 9.7 1 3 1 1 .800 3.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1453 1302 11649.9 12508 974 128 1229 .991 10.42 0 0 .000 1 22.0
Career Highs   158 150 1310.0 1518 125 24 150 .997 12.21 0 0 .000 1  
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
1943 26 NYA AL 7 20 7 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 0 .450 .538 .650 1.188
1945 28 NYA AL 5 14 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .375 .357 .732
1947 30 DET AL 12 46 1 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 6 7 .174 .269 .261 .530
1949 32 NYG NL 5 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .200 .294 .200 .494
1952 35 DET AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 31 97 11 25 6 0 1 8 0 0 15 11 .258 .354 .351 .704
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.
Games
1953-2-159
 Doubles
1953-8-36
 RBIs
1943-10-99
 Caught Stealing
1954-6-9
 Strikeouts
1953-10-78
1954-7-95
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Fred Sington (950)
  2. Ed Morgan (929)
  3. Carl Yastrzemski (924)
  4. Ed Stevens (920)
  5. Dave Revering (911)
  6. Jerry Turner (905)
  7. Donn Clendenon (905)
  8. Duane Josephson (898)
  9. Claudell Washington (897)
  10. Ken Henderson (896)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1942
Injured on 4/13/1942 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/2/1943, off Max Lanier (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1943, off Jack Salveson (CLE)
Injured on 4/15/1943 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 7 runs on 7/23/1943
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1946, hitting .650 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Seattle on 6/29/1947
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 7/1/1947 (Going to DET: 1B Ray Sanders. Going to NYA: P Bob Logan)
7/31/1947: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/12/1947
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 3/3/1949 (Going to NYG: P Hal Manders, 1B Ray Sanders. Going to DET: 1B Wally Judnich)
Traded from New York (N) to Cincinnati on 7/31/1950 (Going to CIN: 1B Ray Sanders, P Butch Wensloff, 2B Ralph Lapointe, P Sal Maglie. Going to NYG: P Cy Buker, P Ralph Branca, P Fred Martin)
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1951 (Going to CIN: C Del Crandall, 2B Creepy Crespi, 3B Dario Lodigiani, RF George Case. Going to TAM: 1B Ray Sanders)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/10/1952 to a 4-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 3/3/1953 (Going to NYA: CF Wally Judnich, 1B Ray Sanders, P Jim Hearn. Going to DET: RF Ted Beard)
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/9/1956 to a 1-year deal worth $940,000 per year
3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Released by New York (A) on 10/13/1956
 
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