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Chance Sanford

Chance Steven Sanford

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 2, 1972 in Houston, TX
High School: Stratford HS (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 27th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1998
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers 1998-1999

Final Game: June 9, 1999
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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
1992	20	PIT-min	A-,A	73	302	260	39	66	12	3	5	23	13	6	38	49	.254	.348	.381	.728		99	2	1	0	3	4		WLD,AUG · NYPL,SALL
1993	21	PIT-min	A+	115	467	428	54	109	21	5	10	37	11	10	33	80	.255	.308	.397	.705		170	0	1	3	2	0		SAL · CARL
1994	22	PIT-min	A+	127	537	474	81	130	32	6	19	78	12	6	56	95	.274	.351	.487	.838		231	7	2	1	4	0		SAL · CARL
1995	23	PIT-min	A+,AA,Rk	38	137	121	16	36	7	1	7	25	4	1	14	22	.298	.372	.545	.918		66	1	1	0	1	1		LBG,CAR,PRA · CARL,SOUL,GULF
1996	24	PIT-min	AA	131	551	470	62	115	16	13	4	56	11	11	72	108	.245	.341	.360	.700		169	9	0	2	7	2		CAR · SOUL
1997	25	PIT-min	AAA,AA	133	550	474	88	134	37	11	15	96	12	8	59	121	.283	.362	.502	.864		238	6	5	3	9	1		CGY,CAR · PCL,SOUL
1998	26	PIT-min	AAA	27	97	81	17	21	7	1	4	21	0	1	16	12	.259	.381	.519	.900		42	1	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
1998	26	PIT	NL	14	29	28	3	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	6	.143	.172	.250	.422	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	/546
1999	27	LAD-min	AAA	77	261	227	37	56	14	1	8	29	6	3	31	55	.247	.340	.423	.763		96	5	1	2	0	1		ABQ · PCL
1999	27	LAD	NL	5	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2 Yrs				19	37	36	4	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	7	.167	.189	.250	.439	14	9	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	315	307	34	51	9	9	0	43	0	0	9	60	.167	.189	.250	.439	14	77	9	0	0	0	0

PIT (1 yr)				14	29	28	3	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	6	.143	.172	.250	.422	9	7	1	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				5	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	2	0	0	0	0	0

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
1998	26	PIT	NL	14	29	-4	0	0	-4	0	-7	-0.7	1	-6	-0.6	.449	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$	/546
1999	27	LAD	NL	5	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/4
2 Seasons				19	37	-5	0	0	-3	0	-8	-0.8	1	-6	-0.6	.460	.498	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$

PIT (1 yr)				14	29	-4	0	0	-4	0	-7	-0.7	1	-6	-0.6	.449	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$
LAD (1 yr)				5	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

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
1998	26	PIT	NL	29	25	1	1.1	109	.182	.143	.271	.172	.342	.250	.428	.422	.770	9	.059	-4.0	-0.4	.320	.143	.107
1999	27	LAD	NL	8	6	1	4.5	110	.286	.250	.268	.250	.343	.250	.432	.500	.774	31	.421	-0.8	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
2 Yrs				37	31	2	1.7	109	.207	.167	.271	.189	.342	.250	.429	.439	.771	14	.127	-4.8	-0.5	.323	.111	.083
162 Game Avg.				315	264	17	1.7	109	.207	.167	.271	.189	.342	.250	.429	.439	.771	14	.127	-4.8	-0.5	.323	.111	.083

PIT (1 yr)				29	25	1	1.1	109	.182	.143	.271	.172	.342	.250	.428	.422	.770	9	.059	-4.0	-0.4	.320	.143	.107
LAD (1 yr)				8	6	1	4.5	110	.286	.250	.268	.250	.343	.250	.432	.500	.774	31	.421	-0.8	-0.1	.333	.000	.000

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
1998	26	PIT	NL	29	0.0%	20.7%	3.5%	6.9%	50%	6.00	4.7		9.3	0.83	0.73	76%	5%	0.0%	50%
1999	27	LAD	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.0		4.0	0.40	0.67	88%	29%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				37	0.0%	18.9%	2.7%	5.4%	33%	7.00	5.1		7.2	0.71	0.71	78%	10%	0.0%	35%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	9.1%	7.9%	33%	1.84	5.3	31.6	7.3	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	26	PIT	NL	-4.0	-0.4	30	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.30	-0.3	0.2	-2.7	-0.3	1.05	-3.6	0.99	7
1999	27	LAD	NL	-0.9	-0.1	8	0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.20	-0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.87	-0.5	1.21	4
2 Yrs				-4.8	-0.5	38	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	1.28	-0.3	0.3	-2.4	-0.2	1.01	-4.1	1.07	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1998	26	PIT	NL	60%	4	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	1	1
1999	27	LAD	NL	50%	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				57%	6	1	20%	3	2	1	1	1	1	1

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
1998	26	PIT	NL	29	93%	4	3	0	7	0	0	0	0.99	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	5	1	20%	22	3	14%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
1999	27	LAD	NL	8	100%	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	1.21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	2	40%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				37	95%	6	3	0	11	1	0	0	1.07	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	6	1	17%	27	5	19%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			53%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1998	26	PIT	NL	30	118	3.93	76	64%	32%	13%	26%	29%	68%	0%	44%	81%	37%	3%	1	0	17%	5	2	7%	2	1	50%	-1	0	0
1999	27	LAD	NL	8	27	3.38	19	70%	16%	37%	11%	37%	84%	0%	59%	56%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				38	145	3.82	95	66%	28%	18%	23%	31%	72%	0%	47%	75%	39%	3%	1	0	13%	5	2	5%	2	1	43%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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
1998	26	14	29	28	3	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	6	.143	.172	.250	.422	9	7	1	0	0	0	0
1999	27	19	37	36	4	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	7	.167	.189	.250	.439	14	9	1	0	0	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1998	26	14	29	28	2	4	1	1	2	1	6	.143	.172	.250	.422	1	14
1999	27	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
2 Yrs		19	37	36	2	4	1	1	2	1	7	.111	.135	.194	.330	1	19
162 Game Avg.		162	315	307	17	34	9	9	17	9	60	.111	.135	.194	.330	9	19

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