Ray Sanders
Raymond Floyd Sanders
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 4, 1916 in Bonne Terre, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Final Game: September 21, 1949
Died: October 28, 1983 in Washington, MO
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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
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 144 571 478 69 134 21 5 11 73 1 77 33 .280 .381 .414 .796 125 198 10 1 15 *3
1944 27 STL NL 154 683 601 87 177 34 9 12 102 2 71 50 .295 .371 .441 .812 126 265 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 Seasons 630 2557 2182 321 597 114 19 42 329 8 328 216 .274 .370 .401 .771 116 875 39 7 40
162 Game Avg. 162 658 561 83 154 29 5 11 85 2 84 56 .274 .370 .401 .771 116 225 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

Advanced Batting

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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 571 369 75 5.5 93 .283 .280 .270 .381 .340 .414 .367 .796 .707 125 .646 17.9 1.9 .782 .297 .134 1.8
1944 27 STL NL 683 445 98 5.9 96 .306 .295 .270 .371 .338 .441 .380 .812 .718 126 .651 21.6 2.2 .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 93 .265 .243 .263 .368 .339 .359 .369 .727 .708 106 .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 Seasons 2557 1664 322 5.2 95 .288 .274 .270 .370 .341 .401 .375 .771 .716 116 .607 55.2 5.7 .750 .281 .127 13.4
162 Game Avg. 658 428 83 5.2 95 .288 .274 .270 .370 .341 .401 .375 .771 .716 116 .607 14 1 .750 .281 .127 3
STL (4 yrs) 2213 1439 287 5.4 96 .292 .279 .271 .372 .341 .409 .375 .781 .716 118 .620 52.9 5.5 .758 .278 .130 13.1
BSN (3 yrs) 344 225 35 4.2 94 .264 .236 .264 .362 .339 .345 .371 .707 .710 100 .509 2.3 0.2 .697 .303 .109 .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
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 Seasons (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

Cumulative Batting

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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 26 239 899 760 106 205 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 .789 122 570 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 .774 117 870 38 7 40
1947 30 616 2527 2157 321 593 113 19 42 327 8 323 207 .275 .371 .403 .774 117 870 38 7 40
1948 31 621 2532 2161 321 594 113 19 42 329 8 324 207 .275 .371 .403 .774 117 871 39 7 40
1949 32 630 2557 2182 321 597 114 19 42 329 8 328 216 .274 .370 .401 .771 116 875 39 7 40

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 25 101 347 300 41 77 18 2 5 43 2 46 33 .257 .357 .380 .737 41 95
1943 26 151 589 505 77 145 23 5 12 81 1 83 34 .287 .389 .424 .813 84 144
1944 27 160 703 626 92 186 36 9 13 108 2 75 52 .297 .374 .446 .820 104 154
1945 28 149 645 558 85 151 30 3 8 78 3 85 57 .271 .369 .378 .747 77 143
1946 29 84 332 275 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 Seasons 659 2647 2290 345 632 121 19 45 351 8 350 225 .276 .374 .404 .778 347 630
162 Game Avg. 162 651 563 85 155 30 5 11 86 2 86 55 .276 .374 .404 .778 85 630

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 (993rd)

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--683--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--43.455--9th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 26 (726), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1618), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1368), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Jim Whitney (937)
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  4. Ferris Fain (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ricky Jordan (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Norm Larker (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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