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Anibal Sánchez

Anibal Alejandro Sanchez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 27, 1984 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
High School: U.E. San Pedro Alesandrino (Maracay, VE)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 2006
Team: Marlins 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.7M (11), 1 yr/$8M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.099, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #922. Bob Bruce… #923. Monty Stratton… #924. Bill Wight… #925. ANIBAL SANCHEZ… #926. Bert Cunningham… #927. George Hemming… #928. Jason Marquis…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #922. Bob Bruce… #923. Monty Stratton… #924. Bill Wight… #925. ANIBAL SANCHEZ… #926. Bert Cunningham… #927. George Hemming… #928. Jason Marquis…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2004	20	BOS-min	A-	4	4	.500	1.77	15	15	0	0	76.1	43	24	15	3	29	0	101	6	1	2	310		0.943	5.1	0.4	3.4	11.9	3.48	LOW · NYPL
2005	21	BOS-min	A+,AA	9	6	.600	2.85	25	25	0	0	136.0	106	53	43	12	40	2	158	8	1	9	557		1.074	7.0	0.8	2.6	10.5	3.95	WMT,PRT · CARL,EL
2006	22	FLA-min	AA	3	6	.333	3.15	15	15	2	1	85.2	82	41	30	7	27	1	92	2	0	4	366		1.272	8.6	0.7	2.8	9.7	3.41	CAR · SOUL
2006	22	FLA	NL	10	3	.769	2.83	18	17	2	1	114.1	90	39	36	9	46	1	72	4	1	4	469	153	1.190	7.1	0.7	3.6	5.7	1.57	RoY-9
2007	23	FLA	NL	2	1	.667	4.80	6	6	0	0	30.0	43	17	16	3	19	1	14	2	0	3	151	92	2.067	12.9	0.9	5.7	4.2	0.74
2008	24	FLA-min	AA,A+,Rk	2	0	1.000	2.89	5	5	1	0	28.0	23	9	9	0	10	0	25	0	0	1	110		1.179	7.4	0.0	3.2	8.0	2.50	CAR,JUP,JUM · SOUL,FLOR,GULF
2008	24	FLA	NL	2	5	.286	5.57	10	10	0	0	51.2	54	35	32	7	27	2	50	6	0	1	241	78	1.568	9.4	1.2	4.7	8.7	1.85
2009	25	FLA-min	A+,AA,Rk	2	0	1.000	1.71	6	6	0	0	26.1	15	6	5	1	8	0	20	0	0	2	101		0.873	5.1	0.3	2.7	6.8	2.50	JUP,JCK,JUM · FLOR,SOUL,GULF
2009	25	FLA	NL	4	8	.333	3.87	16	16	0	0	86.0	84	39	37	10	46	5	71	1	1	0	383	111	1.512	8.8	1.0	4.8	7.4	1.54
2010	26	FLA	NL	13	12	.520	3.55	32	32	1	1	195.0	192	89	77	10	70	5	157	7	0	7	841	117	1.344	8.9	0.5	3.2	7.2	2.24
2011	27	FLA	NL	8	9	.471	3.67	32	32	3	2	196.1	187	85	80	20	64	8	202	5	5	4	830	106	1.278	8.6	0.9	2.9	9.3	3.16
6 Seasons				39	38	.506	3.72	114	113	6	4	673.1	650	304	278	59	272	22	566	25	7	19	2915	112	1.369	8.7	0.8	3.6	7.6	2.08
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.506	3.72	34	34	2	1	202	195	91	83	18	81	7	170	7	2	6	873	112	1.369	8.7	0.8	3.6	7.6	2.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2006	22	FLA	NL	114.1	17	39	71	0	1.1	32	3.4	$	RoY-9
2007	23	FLA	NL	30.0	6	17	19	-1	1.3	2	0.3	$381,000
2008	24	FLA	NL	51.2	10	35	32	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$390,000
2009	25	FLA	NL	86.0	16	39	51	0	1.0	12	1.2	$400,000
2010	26	FLA	NL	195.0	32	89	118	-2	.9	29	2.9	$1,250,000
2011	27	FLA	NL	196.1	32	85	118	-1	1.0	33	3.4	$3,700,000
6 Seasons				673.1	113	304	409	-4	1.0	105	10.9	$6,121,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	Pos	Awards
2004	20	BOS-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	LOW · NYPL
2005	21	BOS-min	AA,A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	PRT,WMT · EL,CARL
2006	22	FLA-min	AA	15	28	27	1	4	0	1	8	.148	.179	.148	.327		4	0	0	CAR · SOUL
2006	22	FLA	NL	18	38	35	1	4	2	0	14	.114	.114	.114	.229	-40	4	1	3	1	RoY-9
2007	23	FLA	NL	6	14	11	1	1	0	2	7	.091	.231	.091	.322	-11	1	0	1	/1
2008	24	FLA-min	AA,Rk,A+	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	1	0	CAR,JUM,JUP · SOUL,GULF,FLOR
2008	24	FLA	NL	10	19	17	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.056	.000	.056	-84	0	0	1	1
2009	25	FLA-min	AA,Rk,A+	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	JCK,JUM,JUP · SOUL,GULF,FLOR
2009	25	FLA	NL	16	31	23	0	0	0	3	8	.000	.115	.000	.115	-66	0	0	5	1
2010	26	FLA	NL	33	69	59	3	6	1	4	28	.102	.159	.102	.260	-28	6	0	6	1
2011	27	FLA	NL	31	70	57	1	7	3	4	23	.123	.180	.123	.303	-15	7	0	9	1
6 Seasons				114	241	202	6	18	6	14	87	.089	.148	.089	.237	-35	18	1	25
162 Game Avg.				162	342	287	9	26	9	20	124	.089	.148	.089	.237	-35	26	1	36

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2006	22	FLA	NL	38	-7	-1	0	0	4	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1	RoY-9
2007	23	FLA	NL	14	-2	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$381,000	/1
2008	24	FLA	NL	19	-5	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$390,000	1
2009	25	FLA	NL	31	-6	0	-0	0	3	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$400,000	1
2010	26	FLA	NL	69	-11	0	-1	0	7	2	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$1,250,000	1
2011	27	FLA	NL	70	-9	-0	0	1	7	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$3,700,000	1
6 Seasons				241	-40	-1	-1	1	24	7	-11	-1.2	-11	-1.1	-0.1	$6,121,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2006	FLA	NL	22	P	18			114.1	29	15	13	1	2	.966	2	3	2.20	1.56	.958	1.72	1.71					RoY-9
2007	FLA	NL	23	P	6			30.0	12	2	8	2	0	.833	0	0	3.00	1.67	.965	1.68	1.67
2008	FLA	NL	24	P	10			51.2	11	2	5	4	0	.636	-2	-8	1.22	0.70	.959	1.72	1.72
2009	FLA	NL	25	P	16			86.0	18	6	10	2	2	.889	0	0	1.67	1.00	.955	1.72	1.70
2010	FLA	NL	26	P	32			195.0	44	14	25	5	2	.886	-5	-5	1.80	1.22	.954	1.73	1.72
2011	FLA	NL	27	P	32	32	3	196.1	45	18	26	1	1	.978	2	2	2.02	1.38	.955	1.80	1.79	15	2	12%	2
	6 Seasons			P	114	32	3	673.1	159	57	87	15	7	.906	-3	0	1.92	1.26	.956	1.74	1.73	15	2	12%	2
	6 Seasons			TOT	114	32	3	673.1	159	57	87	15	7	.906	-3	-5	1.92	1.26	.956	1.74	1.73	15	2	12%	2

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 NL 9.260 (3rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2011 NL 202 (6th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2011 NL 3 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2006 NL 1 (7th) 2010 NL 1 (8th) 2011 NL 2 (2nd) Active 4 (35th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 NL 0.462 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 2010 NL 12 (9th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2006 NL 2.3 (10th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 2008 NL 4 (2nd) 2010 NL 5 (1st)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1531), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Tommy Hanson (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tim Hudson (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ray Washburn (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Moskau (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Milacki (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
A.J. Burnett (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January 3, 2001: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
November 24, 2005: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Jesus Delgado, Harvey Garcia and Hanley Ramirez to the Florida Marlins for Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and Guillermo Mota.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2007	23	Florida Marlins	$381,000
2008	24	Florida Marlins	$390,000
2009	25	Florida Marlins	$400,000
2010	26	Florida Marlins	$1,250,000
2011	27	Florida Marlins	$3,700,000

2012	28	Florida Marlins	$8,000,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$6,121,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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