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Ryne Sandberg
Ryne Dee Sandberg (Ryno)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 18, 1959 in Spokane, WA
High School: North Central (Spokane, WA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1981
Final Game: September 28, 1997
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2005 (393/516 ballots).
Relatives: Uncle of Jared Sandberg
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 21 PHI NL 13 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -6 1 0 0 0 0 0 /64
1982 22 CHC NL 156 687 635 103 172 33 5 7 54 32 12 36 90 .271 .312 .372 .683 90 236 7 4 7 5 3 *54 RoY-6
1983 23 CHC NL 158 699 633 94 165 25 4 8 48 37 11 51 79 .261 .316 .351 .667 82 222 8 3 7 5 3 *4/6 GG
1984 24 CHC NL 156 700 636 114 200 36 19 19 84 32 7 52 101 .314 .367 .520 .887 140 331 7 3 5 4 3 *4 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1985 25 CHC NL 153 673 609 113 186 31 6 26 83 54 11 57 97 .305 .364 .504 .868 132 307 10 1 2 4 5 *4/6 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1986 26 CHC NL 154 682 627 68 178 28 5 14 76 34 11 46 79 .284 .330 .411 .741 98 258 11 0 3 6 6 *4 AS,GG
1987 27 CHC NL 132 587 523 81 154 25 2 16 59 21 2 59 79 .294 .367 .442 .809 111 231 11 2 1 2 4 *4 AS,GG
1988 28 CHC NL 155 679 618 77 163 23 8 19 69 25 10 54 91 .264 .322 .419 .741 108 259 14 1 1 5 3 *4 AS,GG,SS
1989 29 CHC NL 157 672 606 104 176 25 5 30 76 15 5 59 85 .290 .356 .497 .853 134 301 9 4 1 2 8 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1990 30 CHC NL 155 675 615 116 188 30 3 40 100 25 7 50 84 .306 .354 .559 .913 140 344 8 1 0 9 8 *4 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1991 31 CHC NL 158 684 585 104 170 32 2 26 100 22 8 87 89 .291 .379 .485 .865 138 284 9 2 1 9 4 *4 AS,MVP-17,GG,SS
1992 32 CHC NL 158 687 612 100 186 32 8 26 87 17 6 68 73 .304 .371 .510 .881 146 312 13 1 0 6 4 *4 AS,MVP-12,SS
1993 33 CHC NL 117 503 456 67 141 20 0 9 45 9 2 37 62 .309 .359 .412 .772 108 188 12 2 2 6 1 *4 AS
1994 34 CHC NL 57 247 223 36 53 9 5 5 24 2 3 23 40 .238 .312 .390 .702 83 87 6 1 0 0 0 4
1996 36 CHC NL 150 621 554 85 135 28 4 25 92 12 8 54 116 .244 .316 .444 .760 96 246 9 7 1 5 4 *4
1997 37 CHC NL 135 480 447 54 118 26 0 12 64 7 4 28 94 .264 .308 .403 .711 83 180 5 2 0 3 3 *4/D
16 Seasons 2164 9282 8385 1318 2386 403 76 282 1061 344 107 761 1260 .285 .344 .452 .795 114 3787 139 34 31 71 59
162 Game Avg. 162 695 628 99 179 30 6 21 79 26 8 57 94 .285 .344 .452 .795 114 284 10 3 2 5 4
CHC (15 yrs) 2151 9276 8379 1316 2385 403 76 282 1061 344 107 761 1259 .285 .344 .452 .796 114 3786 139 34 31 71 59
PHI (1 yr) 13 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -6 1 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 24 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 5 22 19 3 7 2 0 0 2 3 1 3 2 .368 .455 .474 .928 9 0 0 0 0 0
1989 29 CHC NL NLCS SFG L 5 25 20 6 8 3 1 1 4 0 0 3 4 .400 .458 .800 1.258 16 0 0 1 1 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 10 47 39 9 15 5 1 1 6 3 1 6 6 .385 .457 .641 1.098 25 0 0 1 1 0
2 NLCS 10 47 39 9 15 5 1 1 6 3 1 6 6 .385 .457 .641 1.098 25 0 0 1 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 PHI NL 21 SS 5 0 16.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -30.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.3 0 6.19 2.20 .955 5.12 4.44
1981 PHI NL 21 2B 1 0 4.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 6.75 3.00 .967 5.62 4.70
1982 CHC NL 22 3B 133 131 1172.1 368 79 278 11 19 .970 3.1 3.2 3.1 0.0 3.0 0 2.74 2.68 .950 2.77 2.43 RoY-6
1982 CHC NL 22 2B 24 24 205.0 153 57 95 1 9 .993 2.8 16.4 3.8 1.7 2.1 -1 6.67 6.33 .978 5.42 4.75 RoY-6
1983 CHC NL 23 2B 157 153 1348.1 914 330 571 13 126 .986 12.3 10.9 10.3 2.3 8.0 2 6.01 5.74 .978 5.34 4.46 GG
1983 CHC NL 23 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.20 GG
1984 CHC NL 24 2B 156 156 1363.2 870 314 550 6 102 .993 12.2 10.7 13.2 2.9 10.3 -1 5.70 5.54 .979 5.41 4.71 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1985 CHC NL 25 2B 153 152 1334.1 865 353 500 12 99 .986 -4.3 -3.9 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -4 5.75 5.58 .982 5.47 4.82 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1985 CHC NL 25 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.30 AS,MVP-13,GG,SS
1986 CHC NL 26 2B 153 153 1370.0 806 309 492 5 86 .994 2.9 2.5 3.9 2.4 1.5 -1 5.26 5.24 .980 5.21 4.54 AS,GG
1987 CHC NL 27 2B 131 130 1134.1 679 294 375 10 84 .985 -13.3 -14.1 -10.3 -11.6 1.3 -3 5.31 5.11 .982 5.19 4.44 AS,GG
1988 CHC NL 28 2B 153 151 1357.1 824 291 522 11 79 .987 7.8 6.9 9.8 2.3 7.6 -2 5.39 5.31 .980 5.22 4.58 AS,GG,SS
1989 CHC NL 29 2B 155 154 1341.1 766 294 466 6 80 .992 -1.6 -1.4 -0.6 -5.5 4.9 -1 5.10 4.90 .981 5.12 4.43 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1990 CHC NL 30 2B 154 152 1316.0 755 278 469 8 81 .989 0.4 0.4 1.4 -3.5 4.9 -1 5.11 4.85 .983 5.01 4.28 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1991 CHC NL 31 2B 157 154 1374.2 786 267 515 4 66 .995 5.5 4.8 8.5 4.9 3.6 -3 5.12 4.98 .982 5.14 4.28 AS,MVP-17,GG,SS
1992 CHC NL 32 2B 157 157 1379.1 830 283 539 8 94 .990 8.8 7.7 9.8 5.0 4.8 -1 5.36 5.24 .981 5.18 4.27 AS,MVP-12,SS
1993 CHC NL 33 2B 115 114 989.0 563 209 347 7 76 .988 -0.8 -1.0 -1.8 -6.2 4.4 1 5.06 4.83 .980 5.16 4.49 AS
1994 CHC NL 34 2B 57 56 489.2 302 96 202 4 35 .987 6.2 15.2 5.2 -1.1 6.3 1 5.48 5.23 .981 5.26 4.56
1996 CHC NL 36 2B 146 144 1234.0 655 228 421 6 82 .991 15.0 14.6 14.0 9.5 4.5 1 4.73 4.45 .981 5.09 4.40
1997 CHC NL 37 2B 126 115 991.2 508 203 297 8 58 .984 2.9 3.5 3.9 1.2 2.7 -1 4.54 3.97 .980 5.07 4.31
1997 CHC NL 37 DH 1
16 Seasons 2B 1995 1965 17232.2 10279 3807 6363 109 1158 .989 56.6 3.9 70.6 4.1 66.6 -14 5.31 5.10 .980 5.21 4.47
1 Season 3B 133 131 1172.1 368 79 278 11 19 .970 3.1 3.2 3.1 0.0 3.0 0 2.74 2.68 .950 2.77 2.43
3 Seasons SS 7 0 18.0 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0 6.50 1.86 .962 5.05 4.39
1 Season DH 1
16 Seasons TOT 2135 2096 18423.0 10660 3892 6648 120 1177 .989 59.9 3.9 73.9 4.1 69.9 -14 5.15 4.94 .968 5.05 4.34
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1984 (2B)
1985 *
1986 (2B)
1987 (2B)
1988 (2B)
1989 (2B)
1990 (2B)
1991 (2B)
1992 (2B)
1993 (2B)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1984-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1984-NL-MVP

Gold Gloves
1983-NL-2B
1984-NL-2B
1985-NL-2B
1986-NL-2B
1987-NL-2B
1988-NL-2B
1989-NL-2B
1990-NL-2B
1991-NL-2B
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1984-NL-2B
1985-NL-2B
1988-NL-2B
1989-NL-2B
1990-NL-2B
1991-NL-2B
1992-NL-2B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1984-NL-1-97%
1985-NL-13-4%
1989-NL-4-47%
1990-NL-4-45%
1991-NL-17-1%
1992-NL-12-4%
1 MVP
1.98 Career Shares (87th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1984 NL--.314--4th
1985 NL--.305--8th
1989 NL--.290--10th
1990 NL--.306--10th

On-Base% s c a p y
1991 NL--.379--7th

Slugging % s c a p y
1984 NL--.520--3rd
1985 NL--.504--7th
1989 NL--.497--6th
1990 NL--.559--2nd
1992 NL--.510--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1984 NL--.887--3rd
1985 NL--.868--9th
1989 NL--.853--9th
1990 NL--.913--4th
1991 NL--.865--8th
1992 NL--.881--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1983 NL--158--8th
1984 NL--156--10th
1990 NL--155--10th
1991 NL--158--4th
1992 NL--158--7th
Career--2164--138th

At Bats s c a p y
1982 NL--635--8th
1983 NL--633--2nd
1984 NL--636--3rd
1985 NL--609--8th
1986 NL--627--4th
1988 NL--618--3rd
1989 NL--606--5th
1990 NL--615--6th
1991 NL--585--8th
1992 NL--612--7th
Career--8385--103rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1983 NL--699--2nd
1984 NL--700--4th
1985 NL--673--8th
1986 NL--682--6th
1988 NL--679--5th
1989 NL--672--8th
1990 NL--675--9th
1991 NL--684--4th
1992 NL--687--8th
Career--9282--122nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1982 NL--103--5th
1983 NL--94--5th
1984 NL--114--1st
1985 NL--113--4th
1989 NL--104--1st
1990 NL--116--1st
1991 NL--104--3rd
1992 NL--100--4th
Career--1318--111th

Hits s c a p y
1984 NL--200--2nd
1985 NL--186--4th
1986 NL--178--6th
1988 NL--163--10th
1989 NL--176--5th
1990 NL--188--3rd
1991 NL--170--6th
1992 NL--186--3rd
Career--2386--114th

Total Bases s c a p y
1984 NL--331--2nd
1985 NL--307--4th
1989 NL--301--5th
1990 NL--344--1st
1991 NL--284--6th
1992 NL--312--2nd
Career--3787--101st

Doubles s c a p y
1982 NL--33--9th
1984 NL--36--3rd
Career--403--154th

Triples s c a p y
1984 NL--19--1st
1988 NL--8--6th
1992 NL--8--6th
1994 NL--5--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 NL--26--9th
1989 NL--30--5th
1990 NL--40--1st
1991 NL--26--10th
1992 NL--26--6th
Career--282--147th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1990 NL--100--6th
1991 NL--100--7th
Career--1061--223rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1991 NL--87--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1260--117th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1985 NL--54--4th
Career--344--111th

Singles s c a p y
1983 NL--128--8th
1984 NL--126--9th
1985 NL--123--10th
1986 NL--131--5th
Career--1625--134th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1984 NL--140--8th
1990 NL--140--7th
1992 NL--146--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1984 NL--126--1st
1985 NL--117--5th
1989 NL--109--5th
1990 NL--124--2nd
1991 NL--114--2nd
1992 NL--117--4th
Career--1342--127th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1984 NL--32--8th
1990 NL--32--7th
1991 NL--33--6th
1992 NL--37--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1984 NL--3.2--8th
1990 NL--3.2--7th
1991 NL--3.4--6th
1992 NL--3.8--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1984 NL--74--2nd
1985 NL--63--4th
1989 NL--60--6th
1990 NL--73--2nd
1991 NL--60--9th
1992 NL--66--5th
Career--761--124th

Times On Base s c a p y
1984 NL--255--6th
1985 NL--244--9th
1990 NL--239--8th
1991 NL--259--4th
1992 NL--255--8th
Career--3181--149th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1984 NL--.739--1st
1985 NL--.718--7th
1990 NL--.720--7th
1991 NL--.715--6th
1992 NL--.725--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1990 NL--9--8th
1991 NL--9--7th
Career--71--124th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Career--107--88th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1984 NL--23.8--5th
1985 NL--35.1--1st
1986 NL--19.8--8th
1988 NL--21.6--8th
1989 NL--20.0--6th
1990 NL--30.8--3rd
1991 NL--23.8--4th
1992 NL--20.6--5th
Career--309.9--16th

AB per HR s c a p y
1989 NL--20.200--7th
1990 NL--15.375--3rd
1992 NL--23.538--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 NL--494--6th
1983 NL--499--1st
1984 NL--459--8th
1986 NL--480--3rd
1988 NL--485--5th
1990 NL--451--10th
1992 NL--451--10th
Career--6347--99th

Salary s c a p y
1993 NL--$5,975,000--2nd
1994 NL--$5,975,000--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 14 (128), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 103 (119), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 158 (69), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (129), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Lou Whitaker (901)
  3. Alan Trammell (890)
  4. Joe Torre (881)
  5. Miguel Tejada (855)
  6. Ray Durham (855)
  7. Ken Boyer (854)
  8. Carlton Fisk (854) *
  9. Derek Jeter (852)
  10. Ivan Rodriguez (849)
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  5. Jose Reyes (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jimmy Rollins (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rafael Furcal (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jimmy Rollins (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Alan Trammell (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Alan Trammell (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Joe Torre (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Torre (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Alan Trammell (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Lou Whitaker (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 1978 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1978.

January 27, 1982: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Larry Bowa to the Chicago Cubs for Ivan DeJesus.

November 5, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

November 27, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago Cubs$505,000
1986Chicago Cubs$665,000
1987Chicago Cubs$760,000
1988Chicago Cubs$840,000
1989Chicago Cubs$950,000
1990Chicago Cubs$1,550,000
1992Chicago Cubs$2,150,000
1993Chicago Cubs$5,975,000
1994Chicago Cubs$5,975,000
1996Chicago Cubs$2,300,000
1997Chicago Cubs$3,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$24,920,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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