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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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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

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

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
1942 STL NL 25 1B 77 667 626 35 6 54 .991 8.58 .989 9.66
1943 STL NL 26 1B 141 1380 1302 71 7 142 .995 9.74 .992 7.09
1944 STL NL 27 1B 152 1442 1370 64 8 142 .994 9.43 .990 6.58 MVP-15
1945 STL NL 28 1B 142 1368 1259 90 19 113 .986 9.50 .990 7.04
1946 BSN NL 29 1B 77 729 659 61 9 57 .988 9.35 .991 9.28
1949 BSN NL 32 1B 7 62 52 9 1 2 .984 8.71 .990 8.99
6 Seasons 1B 596 5648 5268 330 50 510 .991 9.39 .990 7.59
7 Seasons TOT 596 5648 5268 330 50 510 .991 9.39 .982 7.59

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 (866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1630), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1338), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Jim Whitney (937)
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  1. Dick Kryhoski (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  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 (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

April 15, 1946: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals for $25,000.

March 6, 1948: Traded by the Boston Braves with a player to be named later, Bama Rowell and $40,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for a player to be named later and Eddie Stanky. The Boston Braves sent $60,000 (April 18, 1948) to the Brooklyn Dodgers to complete the trade. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Ray Sanders (April 18, 1948) to the Boston Braves to complete the trade.

April 18, 1948: Sent by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Boston Braves to complete an earlier deal made on March 6, 1948. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent a player to be named later and Eddie Stanky to the Boston Braves for a player to be named later, Bama Rowell, Ray Sanders and $40,000. The Boston Braves sent $60,000 (April 18, 1948) to the Brooklyn Dodgers to complete the trade. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Ray Sanders (April 18, 1948) to the Boston Braves to complete the trade.

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