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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1417. Rich Dauer… #1418. Omar Infante… #1419. Arthur Irwin… #1420. RAY SANDERS… #1421. Ethan Allen… #1422. Rick Manning… #1423. Cody Ross… 

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 .796 124 198 10 1 15 *3
1944 27 STL NL 154 683 601 87 177 34 9 12 102 2 71 50 .295 .371 .441 .812 125 265 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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 25 STL NL 328 4 0 0 0 -2 -4 10 8 0.9 10 1.1 -0.2 $ 3
1943 26 STL NL 571 14 -1 0 0 -1 -6 18 24 2.6 25 2.7 -0.1 $ *3
1944 27 STL NL 683 19 0 0 0 1 -7 20 33 3.4 32 3.3 0.1 $ *3 MVP-15
1945 28 STL NL 631 12 0 0 0 0 -6 18 24 2.5 24 2.4 0.1 $ *3
1946 29 BSN NL 314 4 0 0 0 3 -4 11 14 1.5 11 1.1 0.4 $ 3
1948 31 BSN NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1949 32 BSN NL 25 -2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ /3
7 Seasons 2557 51 -1 0 0 2 -27 78 103 10.9 101 10.5 0.4 $
STL (4 yrs) 2213 49 -1 0 0 -2 -23 66 89 9.4 91 9.5 -0.1 $
BSN (3 yrs) 344 2 0 0 0 4 -4 12 14 1.5 10 1.0 0.5 $

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 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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 STL NL 25 1B 77 667 626 35 6 54 .991 8.58 .989 10.18
1943 STL NL 26 1B 141 1380 1302 71 7 142 .995 9.74 .992 10.48
1944 STL NL 27 1B 152 1442 1370 64 8 142 .994 9.43 .990 10.04 MVP-15
1945 STL NL 28 1B 142 1368 1259 90 19 113 .986 9.50 .990 10.17
1946 BSN NL 29 1B 77 729 659 61 9 57 .988 9.35 .991 9.98
1949 BSN NL 32 1B 7 62 52 9 1 2 .984 8.71 .991 9.61
6 Seasons 1B 596 5648 5268 330 50 510 .991 9.39 .991 10.18
7 Seasons TOT 596 5648 5268 330 50 510 .991 9.39 .991 10.18
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  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  43.5 (9th)

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

Putouts† s c a p y
1943 NL  1,302 (3rd)
1944 NL  1,370 (4th)
1945 NL  1,259 (3rd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1943 NL  141 (2nd)
1944 NL  152 (3rd)
1945 NL  142 (3rd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1943 NL  1,302 (2nd)
1944 NL  1,370 (4th)
1945 NL  1,259 (3rd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1943 NL  71 (3rd)
1945 NL  90 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1943 NL  7 (4th)
1945 NL  19 (1st)
1946 NL  9 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1945 NL  9.50 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1942 NL  .991 (5th)
1943 NL  .995 (4th)
1944 NL  .995 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 26 (872), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Casey Kotchman (946)
  6. Randy Milligan (938)
  7. Tony Horton (937)
  8. Jim Whitney (937)
  9. Frank Welch (936)
  10. Dick Sisler (935)
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  1. Dick Kryhoski (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Fournier (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ricky Jordan (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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 (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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