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Scott Sanderson

Scott Douglas Sanderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 22, 1956 in Dearborn, MI
High Schools: Glenbrook North HS (Northbrook, IL), North HS (Glenbrook, IL)
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1978 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Expos/Yankees/Athletics/Angels/... 1978-1996
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: May 15, 1996 (Age 39)
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1978 MON NL 21 P 10 9 1 61.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 1.18 0.80 .951 1.90 1.89 7 2 22% 32% 0
1979 MON NL 22 P 34 24 5 168.0 23 9 13 1 1 .957 1.18 0.65 .951 1.80 1.80 17 10 37% 34% 0
1980 MON NL 23 P 33 33 7 211.1 36 14 21 1 0 .972 1.49 1.06 .952 1.91 1.91 16 16 50% 31% 3
1981 MON NL 24 P 22 22 4 137.1 20 6 14 0 0 1.000 1.31 0.91 .959 1.97 1.98 5 5 50% 33% 0
1982 MON NL 25 P 32 32 7 224.0 30 13 16 1 1 .967 1.17 0.91 .952 1.96 1.97 15 13 46% 32% 1
1983 MON NL 26 P 18 16 0 81.1 12 4 6 2 0 .833 1.11 0.56 .952 1.91 1.91 5 10 67% 33% 1
1984 CHC NL 27 P 24 24 3 140.2 36 11 24 1 0 .972 2.24 1.46 .954 1.88 1.87 11 10 48% 31% 1
1985 CHC NL 28 P 19 19 2 121.0 32 11 21 0 2 1.000 2.38 1.68 .953 1.92 1.92 6 7 54% 30% 0
1986 CHC NL 29 P 37 28 1 169.2 33 11 20 2 0 .939 1.64 0.84 .955 1.94 1.94 8 9 53% 32% 0
1987 CHC NL 30 P 32 22 0 144.2 26 10 14 2 3 .923 1.49 0.75 .955 1.91 1.90 16 6 27% 29% 0
1988 CHC NL 31 P 11 0 0 15.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.59 0.09 .960 1.94 1.96 2 0 0% 29% 0
1989 CHC NL 32 P 37 23 2 146.1 22 10 12 0 1 1.000 1.35 0.59 .947 1.87 1.87 15 5 25% 32% 0
1990 OAK AL 33 P 34 34 2 206.1 31 11 18 2 2 .935 1.26 0.85 .953 1.78 1.76 13 5 28% 34% 0
1991 NYY AL 34 P 34 34 2 208.0 29 15 13 1 0 .966 1.21 0.82 .956 1.80 1.80 16 7 30% 34% 0 AS
1992 NYY AL 35 P 33 33 2 193.1 24 4 18 2 1 .917 1.02 0.67 .953 1.72 1.71 18 8 31% 34% 1
1993 TOT MLB 36 P 32 29 4 184.0 38 13 23 2 1 .947 1.76 1.13 .953 1.80 1.80 7 6 46% 35% 0
1993 CAL AL 36 P 21 21 4 135.1 28 11 15 2 1 .929 1.73 1.24 .953 1.79 1.78 5 4 44% 36% 0
1993 SFG NL 36 P 11 8 0 48.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.85 0.91 .953 1.85 1.83 2 2 50% 32% 0
1994 CHW AL 37 P 18 14 1 92.0 21 4 17 0 1 1.000 2.05 1.17 .956 1.72 1.71 8 6 43% 31% 2
1995 CAL AL 38 P 7 7 0 39.1 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.60 1.00 .960 1.78 1.77 6 2 25% 31% 1
1996 CAL AL 39 P 5 4 0 18.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 1.00 .960 1.75 1.76 3 0 0% 30% 0
19 Seasons P 472 407 43 2561.2 435 153 264 18 14 .959 1.47 0.88 .953 1.86 1.86 194 127 40% 32% 10
19 Seasons TOT 472 407 43 2561.2 435 153 264 18 14 .959 1.47 0.88 .953 1.86 1.86 194 127 40% 32% 10
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1978 MON NL 21 P
1979 MON NL 22 P
1980 MON NL 23 P
1981 MON NL 24 P
1982 MON NL 25 P
1983 MON NL 26 P
1984 CHC NL 27 P
1985 CHC NL 28 P
1986 CHC NL 29 P
1987 CHC NL 30 P
1988 CHC NL 31 P
1989 CHC NL 32 P
1990 OAK AL 33 P
1991 NYY AL 34 P
1992 NYY AL 35 P
1993 CAL AL 36 P
1993 SFG NL 36 P
1994 CHW AL 37 P
1995 CAL AL 38 P
1996 CAL AL 39 P
19 Seasons P
19 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 MON NL 21 10 9 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MON NL 22 34 24 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MON NL 23 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MON NL 24 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MON NL 25 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MON NL 26 18 16 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHC NL 27 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHC NL 28 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHC NL 29 38 28 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 CHC NL 30 32 22 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CHC NL 31 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHC NL 32 37 23 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 OAK AL 33 34 34 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 NYY AL 34 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 NYY AL 35 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CAL AL 36 21 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 SFG NL 36 11 8 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CHW AL 37 18 14 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CAL AL 38 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CAL AL 39 5 4 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 473 407 322 472 472 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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%
1978 MON NL 21 251 76% 19% 8 88% 0 2 1 1 6 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1979 MON NL 22 695 77% 18% 19 89% 0 6 2 4 15 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1980 MON NL 23 875 83% 23% 24 92% 0 12 2 9 23 15 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1981 MON NL 24 560 83% 24% 16 88% 0 6 0 5 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1982 MON NL 25 922 80% 22% 21 81% 1 11 2 9 16 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1983 MON NL 26 346 82% 21% 6 67% 0 5 0 5 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1984 CHC NL 27 571 87% 26% 26 96% 1 9 0 7 24 20 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 CHC NL 28 480 81% 26% 25 100% 0 8 1 6 23 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1986 CHC NL 29 697 80% 24% 20 100% 0 11 1 9 20 16 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1987 CHC NL 30 631 79% 24% 22 73% 0 9 2 6 14 9 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 7 57%
1988 CHC NL 31 62 89% 29% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHC NL 32 611 84% 27% 16 81% 0 11 1 8 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 86%
1990 OAK AL 33 884 80% 28% 26 92% 0 11 4 5 19 15 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1991 NYY AL 34 837 84% 29% 15 100% 0 15 2 11 13 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1992 NYY AL 35 851 84% 28% 17 94% 0 4 1 3 17 11 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1993 CAL AL 36 576 85% 29% 18 94% 0 10 1 7 15 14 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1993 SFG NL 36 201 81% 28% 8 100% 0 2 0 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1994 CHW AL 37 389 92% 28% 19 89% 0 4 2 2 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1995 CAL AL 38 170 88% 25% 5 80% 0 3 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0%
1996 CAL AL 39 98 92% 34% 4 75% 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
19 Seasons 10707 82% 25% 316 90% 2 142 23 102 268 212 19 18 2 11 5 10 12 7 10 2 67 85%
MLB Averages 81% 30% 91% 87%
Lg PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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

Hall of Fame
2002 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1991

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1981 NL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1995 AL  born 1956-07-22 (8th)
1996 AL  born 1956-07-22 (3rd)

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