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Ray Sanders

Raymond Floyd Sanders

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 4, 1916 in Bonne Terre, MO(All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves 1942-1949

Final Game: September 21, 1949
Died: October 28, 1983 in Washington, MO
Buried: Mount Hope Mausoleum, St. Louis, MO
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Standard Batting

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
1942 25 STL NL 95 328 282 37 71 17 2 5 39 2 42 31 .252 .351 .379 .730 107 107 7 1 3 3
1943 26 STL NL 144 572 478 69 134 21 5 11 73 1 77 33 .280 .381 .414 .796 124 198 10 1 15 *3
1944 27 STL NL 154 682 601 87 177 34 9 12 102 2 71 50 .295 .371 .441 .812 125 265 12 2 9 *3 MVP-15
1945 28 STL NL 143 631 537 85 148 29 3 8 78 3 83 55 .276 .375 .385 .760 109 207 6 2 9 *3
1946 29 BSN NL 80 314 259 43 63 12 0 6 35 0 50 38 .243 .368 .359 .727 106 93 3 1 4 3
1948 31 BSN NL 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 80 1 1 0 0
1949 32 BSN NL 9 25 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 .143 .280 .190 .470 31 4 0 0 0 /3
7 Yrs 630 2557 2182 321 597 114 19 42 329 8 328 216 .274 .370 .401 .771 115 875 39 7 40
162 Game Avg. 162 658 561 83 154 29 5 11 85 2 84 56 .274 .370 .401 .771 115 225 10 2 10
STL (4 yrs) 536 2213 1898 278 530 101 19 36 292 8 273 169 .279 .372 .409 .781 118 777 35 6 36
BSN (3 yrs) 94 344 284 43 67 13 0 6 37 0 55 47 .236 .362 .345 .707 100 98 4 1 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 25 STL NL 95 328 3 -0 0 -2 -4 -3 -0.4 10 7 0.6 .497 .498 0.9 -0.7 9 $ 3
1943 26 STL NL 144 572 17 0 0 -1 -7 9 1.0 17 27 2.8 .507 .507 2.9 -0.9 28 $ *3
1944 27 STL NL 154 682 20 0 0 1 -7 14 1.5 20 35 3.5 .510 .509 3.4 -0.7 34 $ *3 MVP-15
1945 28 STL NL 143 631 8 -0 0 0 -7 2 0.2 19 20 2.1 .501 .501 2.1 -0.6 20 $ *3
1946 29 BSN NL 80 314 3 0 0 3 -4 3 0.3 11 14 1.4 .504 .502 1.1 -0.1 11 $ 3
1948 31 BSN NL 5 5 0 0 -0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1949 32 BSN NL 9 25 -2 -0 0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .485 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /3
7 Seasons 630 2557 49 0 0 2 -28 24 2.5 79 103 10.4 .504 .502 10.3 -2.9 101 $
STL (4 yrs) 536 2213 48 0 0 -2 -24 22 2.3 67 89 9.0 .505 .504 9.3 -2.9 91 $
BSN (3 yrs) 94 344 1 0 0 4 -4 1 0.2 12 13 1.4 .502 .500 1.0 0.0 10 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1942 25 STL NL 328 221 37 4.5 93 .268 .252 .265 .351 .338 .379 .368 .730 .706 107 .577 3.7 0.4 .697 .284 .128 2.9
1943 26 STL NL 572 369 75 5.5 94 .283 .280 .272 .381 .341 .414 .368 .796 .710 124 .646 17.4 1.8 .782 .297 .134 1.8
1944 27 STL NL 682 445 98 5.9 97 .306 .295 .272 .371 .339 .441 .381 .812 .720 125 .651 20.9 2.1 .780 .268 .146 3.4
1945 28 STL NL 631 404 77 5.1 99 .295 .276 .277 .375 .347 .385 .382 .760 .729 109 .580 9.6 1.0 .747 .270 .110 4.4
1946 29 BSN NL 314 203 34 4.5 94 .265 .243 .264 .368 .339 .359 .369 .727 .709 106 .547 4.2 0.4 .724 .309 .116 .0
1948 31 BSN NL 5 4 0 0.0 101 .250 .250 .268 .400 .342 .250 .396 .650 .738 80 .000 -0.0 0.0 .500 .250 .000
1949 32 BSN NL 25 18 1 1.5 100 .250 .143 .264 .280 .337 .190 .396 .470 .733 31 .114 -1.9 -0.2 .444 .238 .048
7 Yrs 2557 1664 322 5.2 96 .288 .274 .271 .370 .341 .401 .376 .771 .717 115 .607 54.0 5.6 .750 .281 .127 13.4
162 Game Avg. 658 428 83 5.2 96 .288 .274 .271 .370 .341 .401 .376 .771 .717 115 .607 14 1 .750 .281 .127 3
STL (4 yrs) 2213 1439 287 5.4 96 .292 .279 .272 .372 .342 .409 .376 .781 .718 118 .620 51.7 5.4 .758 .278 .130 13.1
BSN (3 yrs) 344 225 35 4.2 94 .264 .236 .264 .362 .339 .345 .372 .707 .711 100 .509 2.3 0.3 .697 .303 .109 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1942 25 STL NL WS NYY W 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 26 STL NL WS NYY L 5 20 17 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 4 .294 .400 .471 .871 8 0 0 0 0 1
1944 27 STL NL WS SLB W 6 26 21 5 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 8 .286 .423 .429 .852 9 0 0 0 0 1
1948 31 BSN NL WS CLE L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 14 49 40 9 11 0 0 2 3 0 0 9 12 .275 .408 .425 .833 17 0 0 0 0 2
4 WS 14 49 40 9 11 0 0 2 3 0 0 9 12 .275 .408 .425 .833 17 0 0 0 0 2

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 25 STL NL 328 1.5% 9.5% 12.8% 7.3% 34% 0.74 9.1 56.4 7.2 75%
1943 26 STL NL 572 1.9% 5.8% 13.5% 6.5% 28% 0.43 14.5 43.5 6.5 76%
1944 27 STL NL 682 1.8% 7.3% 10.4% 8.1% 31% 0.70 12.0 50.1 5.9 79%
1945 28 STL NL 631 1.3% 8.7% 13.2% 6.3% 27% 0.66 9.8 67.1 6.9 75%
1946 29 BSN NL 314 1.9% 12.1% 15.9% 5.7% 29% 0.76 6.8 43.2 7.4 68%
1948 31 BSN NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 2.0 80%
1949 32 BSN NL 25 0.0% 36.0% 16.0% 4.0% 33% 2.25 2.3 1.00 48%
7 Yrs 2557 1.6% 8.5% 12.8% 6.8% 29% 0.66 10.1 52.0 6.6 1.50 75%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.2% 9.3% 5.9% 26% 0.99 9.7 67.2 8.7 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 25 STL NL 3.7 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 26 STL NL 17.4 1.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 27 STL NL 20.9 2.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 28 STL NL 9.6 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 BSN NL 4.2 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 BSN NL -0.0 0.0 3 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 2.15 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.0 1.42 0.3 2.15 3
1949 32 BSN NL -1.9 -0.2 24 -0.4 0.3 -0.6 1.22 -0.2 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.95 -1.8 0.08 0
7 Yrs 54.0 5.6 27 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 1.32 -0.1 -0.2 -2.7 -0.3 1.01 -1.5 2.15 3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 31 BSN NL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 32 BSN NL 1 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 2 0 31% 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 31 BSN NL 5 100% 1 3 1 0 1 2.15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 6 2 33% 2 2 100% 2 2 100% 0
1949 32 BSN NL 25 46% 3 0 0 0 0 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 1 20% 15 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 30 52% 597 3 1 0 1 2.15 42 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 6 39 650% 6 2 33% 21 2 10% 6 2 33% 2 2 100% 0
MLB Averages 52% 533% 56% 34% 15% 51% 56%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 25 95 328 282 37 71 17 2 5 39 2 42 31 .252 .351 .379 .730 107 107 7 1 3
1943 26 239 900 760 106 205 38 7 16 112 3 119 64 .270 .370 .401 .771 118 305 17 2 18
1944 27 393 1582 1361 193 382 72 16 28 214 5 190 114 .281 .370 .419 .789 121 570 29 4 27
1945 28 536 2213 1898 278 530 101 19 36 292 8 273 169 .279 .372 .409 .781 118 777 35 6 36
1946 29 616 2527 2157 321 593 113 19 42 327 8 323 207 .275 .371 .403 .774 116 870 38 7 40
1947 30 616 2527 2157 321 593 113 19 42 327 8 323 207 .275 .371 .403 .774 116 870 38 7 40
1948 31 621 2532 2161 321 594 113 19 42 329 8 324 207 .275 .371 .403 .774 116 871 39 7 40
1949 32 630 2557 2182 321 597 114 19 42 329 8 328 216 .274 .370 .401 .771 115 875 39 7 40

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 25 101 350 300 41 77 18 2 5 43 2 46 33 .257 .357 .380 .737 41 95
1943 26 151 605 505 77 145 23 5 12 81 1 83 34 .287 .389 .424 .813 84 144
1944 27 160 710 625 91 185 36 9 13 107 2 74 52 .296 .372 .445 .817 103 154
1945 28 149 654 558 85 151 30 3 8 78 3 85 57 .271 .369 .378 .747 77 143
1946 29 84 336 275 50 70 13 0 7 41 0 56 40 .255 .383 .378 .761 40 80
1948 31 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 5
1949 32 9 26 22 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 .136 .269 .182 .451 1 9
7 Yrs 659 2686 2289 344 631 121 19 45 350 8 349 225 .276 .373 .404 .777 346 630
162 Game Avg. 162 660 563 85 155 30 5 11 86 2 86 55 .276 .373 .404 .777 85 630

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 NL (15, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1943 NL  .381 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1943 NL  .796 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1944 NL  154 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1944 NL  601 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1944 NL  682 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  177 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1944 NL  265 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1945 NL  29 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1944 NL  9 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  11 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1943 NL  73 (7th)
1944 NL  102 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1943 NL  77 (7th)
1944 NL  71 (10th)
1945 NL  83 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1945 NL  55 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1944 NL  122 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  55 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1944 NL  250 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1943 NL  15 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1943 NL  43.5 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1944 NL  445 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 26 (879), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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