Ryne Sandberg

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: September 18, 1959 in Spokane, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Central HS (Spokane, WA).

High School: North Central HS (Spokane, WA)

Debut: September 2, 1981 (Age 21-349d, 14,497th in major league history)
vs. ATL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1997 (Age 38-010d)
vs. STL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2005. (Voted by BBWAA on 393/516 ballots)
View Ryne Sandberg's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Jim Turner, Richie Bry

Full Name: Ryne Dee Sandberg

Nicknames: Ryno, Kid Natural or Gabby

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Relatives: Uncle of Jared Sandberg

Hall of Fame
MVP
10x All-Star
HR Derby Champ
9x Gold Glove
7x Silver Slugger
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

67.9

8385

2386

282

.285

1318

RBI

1061

344

OBP

.344

SLG

.452

OPS

.796

OPS+

114

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 10)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	CHC	@	FLA	L,2-4	GS	31	6.0	3	3	2	8	1	2B
2	2	Apr 2	CHC	@	FLA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
3	3	Apr 3	CHC	@	FLA	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
4	4	Apr 4	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 5 susp	CHC	@	ATL	L,5-11	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
6	6	Apr 6	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
7	7	Apr 8	CHC		FLA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
8	8	Apr 10	CHC		FLA	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
9	9	Apr 12	CHC		ATL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
10	10	Apr 13	CHC		ATL	L,4-6	GS	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
11	17 (6)	Apr 22	CHC	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
12	18	Apr 23	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
13	19	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS	28	7.2	0	4	0	4	1	2B
14	20	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
15	21	Apr 26	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
16	22	Apr 27	CHC		PIT	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
17	23	Apr 28	CHC		MON	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
18	24	Apr 29	CHC		MON	W,14-8	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
19	25	Apr 30	CHC	@	COL	L,5-11	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	26	May 1	CHC	@	COL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
21	27	May 2	CHC	@	LAD	L,7-8	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
22	28	May 3	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
23	29	May 4	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
24	30	May 6	CHC	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
25	31	May 7	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
26	32	May 8	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-2	GS	26	6.2	2	0	0	2	0	2B
27	33	May 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	57	14.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
28	34	May 10	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
29	36 (1)	May 13	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
30	37	May 14	CHC		LAD	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
31	38	May 15	CHC		SDP	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
32	39	May 16	CHC		SDP	W,16-7	GS	17	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	2B
33	44 (4)	May 21	CHC		PHI	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
34	45	May 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
35	46	May 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	GF	11	2.1	2	3	0	5	1	2B
36	47	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
37	50 (2)	May 28	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
38	52 (1)	May 30	CHC		CIN	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
39	53	May 31	CHC		CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	54	Jun 1	CHC		CIN	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
41	55	Jun 2	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
42	56	Jun 3	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
43	57	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
44	58	Jun 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	49	9.1	2	2	0	4	0	2B
45	59	Jun 6	CHC	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
46	60	Jun 7	CHC	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
47	61	Jun 8	CHC	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	2B
48	62	Jun 9	CHC	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
49	63	Jun 10	CHC		NYM	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
50	64	Jun 11	CHC		NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
51	65	Jun 13	CHC		MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	2B
52	66	Jun 14	CHC		MIL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
53	67	Jun 15	CHC		MIL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
54	68	Jun 16	CHC	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
55	69	Jun 17	CHC	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
56	71 (1)	Jun 20	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
57	72	Jun 21	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
58	73	Jun 22	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
59	74	Jun 23	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
60	76 (1)	Jun 25	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	2B
61	77	Jun 26	CHC		HOU	L,6-7	CG	48	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
62	78	Jun 27	CHC		HOU	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
63	79	Jun 28	CHC		HOU	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
64	81 (1)	Jun 30	CHC		KCR	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	82	Jul 1	CHC		KCR	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
66	83	Jul 2	CHC		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
67	84	Jul 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
68	85	Jul 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
69	86	Jul 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-9	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	4	2B
70	87	Jul 6	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
71	88	Jul 10	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
72	89	Jul 11	CHC		STL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
73	90	Jul 12	CHC		STL	L,1-2	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
74	91	Jul 13	CHC		STL	L,5-11	CG	49	9.0	1	7	0	8	3	2B
75	92	Jul 14	CHC		HOU	L,7-9	CG	65	15.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
76	93	Jul 15	CHC		HOU	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
77	94	Jul 16	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 2B
78	95	Jul 17	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	3	2	0	5	0	2B
79	96	Jul 19 (1)	CHC		COL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
80	97	Jul 19 (2)	CHC		COL	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
81	98	Jul 20	CHC		COL	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
82	99	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		ATL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
83	100	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
84	101	Jul 23	CHC		ATL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
85	102	Jul 24	CHC	@	COL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
86	103	Jul 25	CHC	@	COL	L,3-9	GS	19	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
87	109 (5)	Jul 31	CHC		LAD	L,1-4	GF	15	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	110	Aug 1	CHC		LAD	L,9-13	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
89	111	Aug 2	CHC		LAD	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
90	112	Aug 3	CHC		LAD	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
91	113	Aug 5	CHC		SFG	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	2B
92	115 (1)	Aug 7	CHC		SFG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
93	116	Aug 8	CHC		SDP	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
94	117	Aug 9	CHC		SDP	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
95	118	Aug 10	CHC		SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
96	119	Aug 11	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
97	120	Aug 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-2	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
98	121	Aug 13	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	27	6.1	1	2	0	3	1	2B
99	122	Aug 14	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
100	123	Aug 15	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
101	124	Aug 16	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	9.1	1	4	0	5	0	2B
102	127 (2)	Aug 20	CHC	@	FLA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
103	129 (1)	Aug 23	CHC		MON	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
104	130	Aug 24	CHC		MON	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
105	131	Aug 25	CHC		FLA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
106	133 (1)	Aug 27	CHC		FLA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
107	134	Aug 28	CHC		FLA	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
108	135	Aug 29	CHC	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	25	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	138 (2)	Sep 1	CHC		MIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
110	139	Sep 2	CHC		MIN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
111	140	Sep 3	CHC		MIN	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
112	141	Sep 5	CHC		NYM	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
113	142	Sep 6	CHC		NYM	W,7-5	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
114	148 (5)	Sep 13	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
115	149	Sep 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
116	150	Sep 15	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
117	151	Sep 16	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
118	152	Sep 17	CHC		STL	L,9-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
119	154 (1)	Sep 19	CHC		PHI	L,5-10	CG	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
120	155	Sep 20	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
121	156	Sep 21	CHC		PHI	W,11-3	GS	18	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
122	158 (1)	Sep 24	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
123	159	Sep 25	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-9	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
124	160	Sep 26	CHC	@	STL	W,5-2	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
125	161	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	L,4-12	GS	17	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
126	162	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	10	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
							126gm		991.2	203	297	8	508	58