Ken Sanders
Kenneth George Sanders (Daffy and Bulldog)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 8, 1941 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1964
Final Game: September 27, 1976
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 KCA AL 22 P 21 0 27.0 10 2 7 1 2 .900 3.00 0.43 .960 1.90 0.72
1966 TOT AL 24 P 62 1 112.2 31 8 20 3 2 .903 2.24 0.45 .955 1.99 0.75
1966 BOS AL 24 P 24 0 47.1 12 2 8 2 0 .833 1.90 0.42 .958 2.00 0.75
1966 KCA AL 24 P 38 1 65.1 19 6 12 1 2 .947 2.48 0.47 .953 1.98 0.75
1968 OAK AL 26 P 7 0 10.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.29 .950 1.86 0.73
1970 MIL AL 28 P 50 0 92.1 25 5 19 1 1 .960 2.34 0.48 .952 1.86 0.67
1971 MIL AL 29 P 83 0 136.1 43 12 30 1 1 .977 2.77 0.51 .958 1.98 0.77 MVP-16
1972 MIL AL 30 P 62 0 92.1 26 7 18 1 1 .962 2.44 0.40 .950 1.86 0.75
1973 TOT AL 31 P 42 0 71.2 19 5 13 1 1 .947 2.26 0.43 .947 1.86 0.86
1973 MIN AL 31 P 27 0 44.1 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.23 0.41 .945 1.87 0.86
1973 CLE AL 31 P 15 0 27.1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 2.30 0.47 .950 1.84 0.86
1974 TOT AL 32 P 18 0 20.2 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.05 0.39 .943 1.83 0.83
1974 CLE AL 32 P 9 0 11.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.22 .950 1.80 0.83
1974 CAL AL 32 P 9 0 9.2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.66 0.56 .940 1.86 0.83
1975 NYM NL 33 P 29 0 43.0 12 7 5 0 0 1.000 2.51 0.41 .942 1.86 0.72
1976 TOT MLB 34 P 34 0 50.0 16 8 8 0 0 1.000 2.88 0.47 .950 1.87 0.73
1976 NYM NL 34 P 31 0 47.0 16 8 8 0 0 1.000 3.06 0.52 .950 1.88 0.72
1976 KCR AL 34 P 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.87
10 Seasons P 408 1 656.2 191 54 129 8 8 .958 2.51 0.45 .952 1.91 0.75
10 Seasons TOT 408 1 656.2 191 54 129 8 8 .958 2.51 0.45 .910 1.91 0.75
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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
1964 KCA AL 22 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 24 38 1 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BOS AL 24 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 OAK AL 26 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MIL AL 28 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MIL AL 29 83 0 83 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 MIL AL 30 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIN AL 31 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CLE AL 31 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CAL AL 32 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 32 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYM NL 33 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYM NL 34 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 KCR AL 34 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 409 1 346 409 409 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 KCA AL 22 124 71% 29% 8 88% 0 2 0 2 7 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1966 KCA AL 24 309 71% 21% 10 100% 1 7 2 3 9 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1966 BOS AL 24 208 70% 28% 8 88% 0 2 0 2 7 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 OAK AL 26 47 70% 21% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 MIL AL 28 369 75% 28% 18 100% 1 6 2 4 20 13 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1971 MIL AL 29 556 79% 31% 35 97% 1 11 1 6 32 25 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1972 MIL AL 30 403 79% 29% 17 100% 0 7 0 4 16 13 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1973 MIN AL 31 212 80% 27% 8 100% 0 2 0 2 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1973 CLE AL 31 110 79% 29% 5 80% 0 3 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 CAL AL 32 48 85% 29% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 CLE AL 32 58 84% 29% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 NYM NL 33 176 88% 36% 7 100% 0 7 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 NYM NL 34 195 85% 33% 13 85% 1 7 2 5 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1976 KCR AL 34 14 64% 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 2829 78% 29% 138 96% 4 54 8 35 127 93 15 8 0 2 6 3 8 4 7 1 24 96%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* 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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