Fred Sanford

John Frederick Sanford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 9, 1919 in Garfield, UT
High School: West HS (Salt Lake City, UT)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1943
Teams (by GP): Browns/Yankees/Senators 1943-1951

Final Game: September 14, 1951
Died: March 15, 2011 in Salt Lake City, UT
Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
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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	Pos	Awards
1938	18	SDG	AA	1	0	0		0	0	0	0											0					SDG · PCL
1939	19	BAL-min	C	42	73	73		7	1	0	0						.096	.096	.110	.205		8					YNG · MATL
1940	20	BAL-min	C	34	72	72		9	1	1	1						.125	.125	.208	.333		15					YNG · MATL
1941	21	BAL-min	A1	37	66	66		9	2	0	0						.136	.136	.167	.303		11					SAN · TL
1942	22	BAL-min	AA	35	50	35	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		8	14	.057	.233	.057	.290		2	1	0	7		TOL · AA
1943	23	BAL-min	AA	28	78	62	7	10	2	0	0	4	1		9	13	.161	.268	.194	.461		12	1	0	7		TOL · AA
1943	23	SLB	AL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	/1

1946	26	BAL-min	AAA	29	92	81	8	9	1	0	0	5	0		7	30	.111	.182	.123	.305		10	2	0	4		TOL · AA
1946	26	SLB	AL	3	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	119	3	0	0	0	/1
1947	27	SLB	AL	34	62	54	5	11	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	23	.204	.218	.241	.459	26	13	0	0	7	1
1948	28	SLB	AL	43	79	73	9	11	3	0	1	4	0	0	4	17	.151	.195	.233	.428	12	17	0	0	2	1
1949	29	NYY	AL	29	37	34	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.118	.143	.118	.261	-31	4	0	0	2	1
1950	30	NYY	AL	26	37	35	4	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.229	.250	.286	.536	39	10	1	0	1	1
1951	31	TOT	AL	27	31	26	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	.115	.233	.154	.387	7	4	0	0	1	1
1951	31	NYY	AL	11	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0	0	0	0	1
1951	31	WSH	AL	7	16	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.071	.133	.143	.276	-25	2	0	0	1	/1
1951	31	SLB	AL	9	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.286	.444	.286	.730	98	2	0	0	0	/1
1952	32	POR	Opn	35	89	83	4	10	2	0	0	8	0		5	31	.120	.170	.145	.315		12		0	1		POR · PCL
1953	33	POR	Opn	27	47	42	2	5	2	0	0	1	0		2	10	.119	.159	.167	.326		7	1	0	3		POR · PCL
7 Yrs				165	255	229	22	39	9	0	1	10	0	1	12	67	.170	.212	.223	.434	16	51	1	0	14
162 Game Avg.				162	250	225	22	38	9	0	1	10	0	1	12	66	.170	.212	.223	.434	16	50	1	0	14

SLB (5 yrs)				92	159	141	15	26	6	0	1	6	0	1	8	43	.184	.228	.248	.476	28	35	0	0	10
NYY (3 yrs)				66	80	74	5	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	16	.162	.195	.189	.384	1	14	1	0	3
WSH (1 yr)				7	16	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.071	.133	.143	.276	-25	2	0	0	1

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
1943	23	SLB	AL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1946	26	SLB	AL	3	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.536	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1947	27	SLB	AL	34	62	-6	-0	0	0	7	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$	1
1948	28	SLB	AL	43	79	-10	-0	0	0	8	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$	1
1949	29	NYY	AL	29	37	-7	-0	1	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	1
1950	30	NYY	AL	26	37	-3	-1	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1951	31	NYY	AL	11	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1951	31	WSH	AL	7	16	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1951	31	SLB	AL	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.511	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
7 Seasons				165	255	-30	-2	1	0	27	-3	-0.3	7	4	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	4	$

SLB (5 yrs)				92	159	-16	-1	0	0	17	0	0.0	4	5	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	5	$
NYY (3 yrs)				66	80	-11	-1	1	0	9	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
WSH (1 yr)				7	16	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

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	PwrSpd
1943	23	SLB	AL	1	1														.000	0.0	0.0

1946	26	SLB	AL	8	5	1	5.3	100	.286	.286	.269	.375	.345	.429	.387	.804	.732	119	.612	0.3	0.0	.800	.286	.143
1947	27	SLB	AL	62	51	3	1.6	98	.355	.204	.265	.218	.345	.241	.381	.459	.726	26	.143	-5.6	-0.6	.295	.037	.037
1948	28	SLB	AL	79	64	3	1.2	107	.182	.151	.275	.195	.361	.233	.398	.428	.759	12	.084	-9.7	-1.0	.339	.137	.082	.0
1949	29	NYY	AL	37	32	1	0.8	107	.160	.118	.271	.143	.363	.118	.393	.261	.756	-31	.042	-6.6	-0.7	.167	.029	.000
1950	30	NYY	AL	37	29	3	2.7	111	.276	.229	.275	.250	.361	.286	.412	.536	.773	39	.252	-3.3	-0.3	.393	.086	.057
1951	31	TOT	AL	31	24	1	1.1	101	.214	.115	.266	.233	.347	.154	.390	.387	.738	7	.072	-3.4	-0.4	.348	.192	.038
1951	31	NYY	AL	6	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.263	.167	.343	.000	.385	.167	.728	-51	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
1951	31	WSH	AL	16	14	0	0.0	100	.167	.071	.265	.133	.346	.143	.389	.276	.735	-25	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.231	.143	.071
1951	31	SLB	AL	9	5	1	5.4	105	.500	.286	.271	.444	.353	.286	.397	.730	.750	98	.579	0.2	0.0	.800	.286	.000
7 Yrs				255	206	12	1.6	105	.236	.170	.271	.212	.355	.223	.394	.434	.750	16	.124	-28.4	-2.8	.323	.100	.052	.0
162 Game Avg.				250	202	12	1.6	105	.236	.170	.271	.212	.355	.223	.394	.434	.750	16	.124	-28.4	-2.8	.323	.100	.052

SLB (5 yrs)				159	126	8	1.7	103	.258	.184	.271	.228	.354	.248	.391	.476	.745	28	.148	-14.9	-1.5	.362	.113	.064	.0
NYY (3 yrs)				80	66	4	1.6	108	.207	.162	.272	.195	.361	.189	.402	.384	.762	1	.121	-11.0	-1.1	.270	.068	.027
WSH (1 yr)				16	14	0	0.0	100	.167	.071	.265	.133	.346	.143	.389	.276	.735	-25	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.231	.143	.071

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	23	SLB	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0%

1946	26	SLB	AL	8	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	50%	0.00			7.0		88%
1947	27	SLB	AL	62	0.0%	37.1%	1.6%	3.2%	18%	23.00	2.3		54.0		50%
1948	28	SLB	AL	79	1.3%	21.5%	5.1%	5.1%	36%	4.25	4.3	73.0	18.3	0.33	70%
1949	29	NYY	AL	37	0.0%	24.3%	2.7%	0.0%	0%	9.00	3.8		34.0	1.22	68%
1950	30	NYY	AL	37	0.0%	16.2%	2.7%	5.4%	25%	6.00	5.8		11.7	2.33	78%
1951	31	TOT	AL	31	0.0%	38.7%	12.9%	3.2%	33%	3.00	2.2			1.00	45%
1951	31	NYY	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%		1.00	5.0			0.33	67%
1951	31	WSH	AL	16	0.0%	50.0%	6.3%	6.3%	100%	8.00	1.8			2.00	38%
1951	31	SLB	AL	9	0.0%	33.3%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	1.50	2.3				44%
7 Yrs				255	0.4%	26.3%	4.7%	3.9%	26%	5.58	3.4	229.0	22.9	1.23	63%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.4%	9.5%	6.1%	26%	0.99	9.5	59.0	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1943	23	SLB	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	26	SLB	AL	0.2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	SLB	AL	-5.6	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	SLB	AL	-9.8	-1.0	21	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	.98	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.88	-1.0	0
1949	29	NYY	AL	-6.6	-0.7	31	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	.88	-0.7	-0.0	-8.5	-0.8	1.07	-7.7	0
1950	30	NYY	AL	-3.3	-0.3	33	-0.1	0.5	-0.7	1.01	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.97	-2.8	0
1951	31	TOT	AL	-3.4	-0.4	22	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	.90	-0.3	0.1	-2.5	-0.3	0.92	-3.3	0
1951	31	NYY	AL	-1.1	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.01	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.74	-1.0	0
1951	31	WSH	AL	-2.5	-0.2	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.88	-0.2	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	1.03	-2.2	0
1951	31	SLB	AL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.66	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.68	-0.0	0
7 Yrs				-28.5	-2.9	107	-0.9	1.1	-2.0	.94	-1.2	0.3	-14.1	-1.4	0.97	-14.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	28	SLB	AL	2	57%	10	0		0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1949	29	NYY	AL	1	20%	11	0		0	0	25%	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
1950	30	NYY	AL	0	44%	11	0		1	2	40%	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	1
1951	31	TOT	AL	0	43%	2	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	31	NYY	AL	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	31	WSH	AL	0	100%	2	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	31	SLB	AL	0	25%	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				3	42%	34	1	0%	1	2	25%	5	4	1	3	2	1	4	3	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
1948	28	SLB	AL	79	100%	11			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2		4	0	0%	4	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	29	NYY	AL	37	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	0	0%	9	1	11%	28	1	4%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1950	30	NYY	AL	37	100%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	1	11%	7	0	0%	20	3	15%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	31	TOT	AL	31	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	6	1	17%	14	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1951	31	NYY	AL	6	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	31	WSH	AL	16	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	5	1	20%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1951	31	SLB	AL	9	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				184	100%	39			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	14	350%	27	1	4%	26	2	8%	69	4	6%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			269%			29%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1943	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	1
1944	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	1
1945	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	1
1946	26	6	9	7	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	119	3	0	1
1947	27	40	71	61	5	13	3	0	2	1	2	23	.213	.238	.262	.500	38	16	0	8
1948	28	83	150	134	14	24	6	1	6	1	6	40	.179	.214	.246	.461	24	33	0	10
1949	29	112	187	168	15	28	6	1	7	1	7	49	.167	.200	.220	.420	13	37	0	12
1950	30	138	224	203	19	36	8	1	10	1	8	55	.177	.209	.232	.440	17	47	1	13
1951	31	165	255	229	22	39	9	1	10	1	12	67	.170	.212	.223	.434	16	51	1	14

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	3

1946	26	3	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	1	3
1947	27	35	65	57	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	24	.211	.224	.246	.470	3	34
1948	28	45	82	76	9	11	3	0	1	4	0	4	18	.145	.188	.224	.411	3	43
1949	29	30	41	37	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	9	.162	.205	.162	.367	1	29
1950	30	27	37	35	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	1	6	.200	.222	.257	.479	2	26
1951	31	28	32	27	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	13	.111	.226	.148	.374	1	27
7 Yrs		171	266	239	22	41	9	0	1	11	0	13	70	.172	.214	.222	.436	11	165
162 Game Avg.		162	252	226	21	39	9	0	1	10	0	12	66	.172	.214	.222	.436	10	165

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