Deion Sanders
Deion Luwynn Sanders (Neon Deion and Prime Time)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 9, 1967 in Fort Myers, FL
High School: North (Fort Myers, FL)
School: Florida State University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1989
Final Game: June 14, 2001
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 NYY AL 21 OF 14 12 109.0 32 30 1 1 0 .969 1.5 16.5 2.5 2.9 -0.4 -1 2.56 2.21 .981 2.42 2.12
1989 NYY AL 21 CF 11 9 86.0 24 22 1 1 0 .958 0.7 9.8 1.7 2.2 -0.5 -1 2.41 2.09 .983 2.78 2.46
1989 NYY AL 21 LF 3 3 23.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 41.7 0.8 0.7 0.1 0 3.13 2.67 .975 2.15 1.83
1990 NYY AL 22 OF 42 35 319.0 73 69 2 2 1 .973 -1.7 -6.4 -0.7 -1.3 0.6 -1 2.00 1.69 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 NYY AL 22 LF 29 20 195.2 41 39 1 1 1 .976 -0.2 -1.2 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0 1.84 1.38 .978 2.19 1.74
1990 NYY AL 22 CF 15 15 123.1 32 30 1 1 0 .969 -1.5 -14.6 -0.5 -0.8 0.3 -1 2.26 2.07 .984 2.74 2.42
1990 NYY AL 22 DH 4
1991 ATL NL 23 OF 44 26 266.0 63 57 3 3 0 .952 -8.2 -37.0 -9.2 -0.7 -8.5 1 2.03 1.36 .984 2.28 1.88
1991 ATL NL 23 LF 41 23 236.2 58 52 3 3 0 .948 -6.4 -32.5 -7.4 -0.8 -6.6 1 2.09 1.34 .983 2.18 1.67
1991 ATL NL 23 CF 5 2 20.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -53.1 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 0 2.21 1.00 .980 2.57 2.12
1991 ATL NL 23 RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 -120.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.60
1992 ATL NL 24 OF 75 70 617.2 181 174 4 3 0 .983 6.2 12.0 4.2 1.4 2.8 2 2.59 2.37 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 ATL NL 24 CF 60 55 477.2 141 137 2 2 0 .986 5.7 14.3 4.7 1.0 3.7 1 2.62 2.32 .989 2.80 2.44
1992 ATL NL 24 LF 12 9 87.2 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 -1.1 0 2.57 2.08 .980 2.16 1.65
1992 ATL NL 24 RF 9 6 52.1 15 12 2 1 0 .933 0.5 11.5 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 1 2.41 1.56 .980 2.08 1.66
1993 ATL NL 25 OF 60 55 498.1 140 137 1 2 1 .986 3.2 7.7 3.2 0.9 2.3 0 2.49 2.30 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 ATL NL 25 CF 55 51 460.1 134 131 1 2 1 .985 5.4 14.1 5.4 3.1 2.3 0 2.58 2.40 .985 2.75 2.37
1993 ATL NL 25 LF 5 4 38.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -69.5 -2.2 -2.2 0.0 0 1.42 1.20 .967 2.11 1.68
1994 TOT NL 26 CF 91 88 787.0 214 210 2 2 0 .991 6.3 9.6 6.3 2.2 4.1 0 2.42 2.33 .982 2.63 2.40
1994 TOT NL 26 OF 91 88 787.0 213 209 2 2 0 .991 6.3 9.6 6.3 2.2 4.1 0 2.41 2.32 .980 2.24 1.90
1994 ATL NL 26 CF 46 45 407.0 102 100 0 2 0 .980 5.0 14.7 5.0 1.8 3.2 0 2.21 2.17 .982 2.63 2.40
1994 ATL NL 26 OF 46 45 407.0 101 99 0 2 0 .980 5.0 14.7 5.0 1.8 3.2 0 2.19 2.15 .980 2.24 1.90
1994 CIN NL 26 CF 45 43 380.0 112 110 2 0 0 1.000 1.3 4.1 1.3 0.4 0.9 0 2.65 2.49 .981 2.63 2.40
1994 CIN NL 26 OF 45 43 380.0 112 110 2 0 0 1.000 1.3 4.1 1.3 0.4 0.9 0 2.65 2.49 .979 2.24 1.90
1995 TOT NL 27 CF 85 81 716.1 224 217 2 5 1 .978 -0.6 -1.0 4.4 -3.3 7.7 -5 2.75 2.58 .984 2.48 2.16
1995 TOT NL 27 OF 85 81 716.1 222 215 2 5 1 .977 -0.6 -1.0 4.4 -3.3 7.7 -5 2.73 2.55 .979 2.15 1.82
1995 CIN NL 27 CF 33 29 274.1 97 92 2 3 1 .969 -3.1 -13.6 -1.1 0.8 -1.9 -2 3.08 2.85 .985 2.48 2.16
1995 CIN NL 27 OF 33 29 274.1 93 88 2 3 1 .968 -3.1 -13.6 -1.1 0.8 -1.9 -2 2.95 2.73 .980 2.15 1.82
1995 SFG NL 27 CF 52 52 442.0 127 125 0 2 0 .984 2.5 6.8 5.5 -4.1 9.6 -3 2.55 2.40 .984 2.48 2.16
1995 SFG NL 27 OF 52 52 442.0 129 127 0 2 0 .984 2.5 6.8 5.5 -4.1 9.6 -3 2.59 2.44 .979 2.15 1.82
1997 CIN NL 29 OF 113 111 958.0 242 235 3 4 1 .983 -4.2 -5.3 -3.2 -1.8 -1.4 -1 2.24 2.11 .980 2.13 1.77
1997 CIN NL 29 CF 77 77 654.2 173 168 2 3 1 .983 -5.9 -10.8 -4.9 -2.8 -2.1 -1 2.34 2.21 .983 2.40 2.03
1997 CIN NL 29 LF 37 34 303.1 68 66 1 1 0 .985 1.7 6.7 1.7 1.0 0.7 0 1.99 1.81 .979 1.95 1.48
2001 CIN NL 33 OF 16 16 129.2 38 34 4 0 1 1.000 0.4 3.7 0.4 -1.4 1.8 0 2.64 2.38 .982 2.20 1.86
2001 CIN NL 33 LF 12 12 94.1 24 21 3 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -2.5 -0.2 -1.4 1.2 0 2.29 2.00 .979 1.91 1.48
2001 CIN NL 33 CF 4 4 35.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 20.6 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 3.60 3.50 .986 2.60 2.17
2001 CIN NL 33 DH 2
2001 CIN NL 33 RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70
9 Seasons OF 540 494 4401.0 1204 1160 22 22 5 .982 2.9 0.8 7.9 -1.1 9.0 -5 2.42 2.19 .980 2.24 1.89
9 Seasons CF 403 382 3360.2 961 933 12 16 3 .983 9.8 3.5 16.8 1.7 15.1 -7 2.53 2.34 .984 2.60 2.28
7 Seasons LF 139 105 978.2 230 217 8 5 2 .978 -6.5 -8.0 -7.5 -2.1 -5.4 1 2.07 1.62 .980 2.08 1.62
3 Seasons RF 11 7 61.2 15 12 2 1 0 .933 -0.4 -7.8 -1.4 -0.7 -0.7 1 2.04 1.27 .980 2.09 1.65
2 Seasons DH 6
9 Seasons TOT 542 494 4401.0 1205 1161 22 22 5 .982 2.9 0.8 7.9 -1.1 9.0 -5 2.42 2.18 .964 2.32 1.96
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 NYY AL 21 14 12 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 14 0 1 0
1990 NYY AL 22 57 35 57 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 15 0 42 0 5 14
1991 ATL NL 23 54 26 54 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 5 1 44 0 4 13
1992 ATL NL 24 97 70 97 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 60 9 75 0 16 8
1993 ATL NL 25 95 55 95 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 55 0 60 0 34 5
1994 CIN NL 26 46 43 46 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 45 0 2 1
1994 ATL NL 26 46 45 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 46 0 1 0
1995 SFG NL 27 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 52 0 0 0
1995 CIN NL 27 33 29 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 33 0 1 1
1997 CIN NL 29 115 111 115 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 77 0 113 0 4 0
2001 CIN NL 33 32 18 32 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 1 16 2 14 0
9 Seasons 641 496 641 540 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 403 11 540 2 82 42
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 NYY AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 4 33.3% 8 0 0.0% 1 397 59% 81% 41% 45 51%
1990 NYY AL 22 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 8 1 0 4 1 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 22 5 22.7% 17 0 0.0% 1 572 59% 79% 37% 69 45%
1991 ATL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 85 53% 80% 39% 8 63%
1992 ATL NL 24 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 11 9 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 8 0 34 19 55.9% 15 0 0.0% 2 2067 59% 77% 39% 187 74%
1993 ATL NL 25 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 11 0 19 3 0 6 2 0 5 0 0 14 9 0 62 25 40.3% 37 0 0.0% 1 1992 64% 75% 37% 249 53%
1994 ATL NL 26 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 0 10 0 0 5 4 0 6 0 0 8 5 0 43 20 46.5% 23 0 0.0% 0 1749 63% 70% 34% 206 49%
1994 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 20 12 0 14 1 0 5 2 0 3 1 0 9 5 0 51 21 41.2% 30 0 0.0% 2 1677 60% 74% 36% 222 50%
1995 SFG NL 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 9 0 20 3 0 7 1 0 7 2 0 9 4 0 59 19 32.2% 40 0 0.0% 0 1974 58% 76% 40% 245 51%
1995 CIN NL 27 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 11 1 0 5 0 1 8 0 0 9 6 0 39 10 25.6% 28 1 2.6% 1 1202 60% 76% 39% 159 58%
1997 CIN NL 29 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 28 19 0 23 2 0 10 3 0 9 0 1 10 6 0 80 30 37.5% 49 1 1.3% 1 3003 59% 72% 35% 343 50%
2001 CIN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 28.6% 4 1 14.3% 0 160 58% 80% 46% 24 58%
9 Seasons 16 0 11 5 4 12 0 4 2 3 122 80 0 120 13 0 47 13 2 46 3 1 76 46 0 411 155 37.7% 253 3 0.7% 9 14878 60% 75% 37% 1757 54%
MLB Averages 41.5% 1.9% 56% 75% 39% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 NYY AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 93 41% 84% 49% 15 53%
1990 NYY AL 22 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 7 0 6 1 0 10 6 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 29 18 62.1% 10 1 3.4% 0 890 60% 77% 37% 98 40%
1991 ATL NL 23 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 6 6 0 7 0 1 4 4 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 23 14 60.9% 8 1 4.3% 2 1052 60% 76% 37% 108 51%
1992 ATL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 398 63% 78% 41% 43 58%
1993 ATL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 169 58% 76% 35% 14 43%
1997 CIN NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11 9 0 6 2 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 29 19 65.5% 10 0 0.0% 1 1326 60% 73% 35% 132 50%
2001 CIN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 7 58.3% 3 2 16.7% 1 427 50% 75% 38% 42 55%
7 Seasons 5 0 4 1 2 8 1 3 1 3 34 28 1 23 3 1 30 24 1 13 4 1 15 14 0 115 73 63.5% 38 4 3.5% 4 4355 59% 75% 37% 452 49%
MLB Averages 60.4% 2.4% 56% 75% 39% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 ATL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 41 29% 83% 37% 2 0%
1992 ATL NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 2 250 61% 76% 38% 22 64%
2001 CIN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 50% 50% 0
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 2 293 57% 76% 38% 24 58%
MLB Averages 45.1% 2.4% 56% 75% 39% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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