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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1943 23 SLB AL 0 0 1.93 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 37 183 1.179 6.8 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50
1946 26 SLB AL 2 1 .667 2.05 3 3 0 2 2 0 22.0 19 7 5 0 9 8 0 0 0 91 187 1.273 7.8 0.0 3.7 3.3 0.89
1947 27 SLB AL 7 16 .304 3.71 34 23 7 9 0 4 186.2 186 89 77 17 76 62 0 0 3 803 105 1.404 9.0 0.8 3.7 3.0 0.82
1948 28 SLB AL 12 21 .364 4.64 42 33 7 9 1 2 227.0 250 123 117 19 91 79 2 0 4 997 98 1.502 9.9 0.8 3.6 3.1 0.87
1949 29 NYY AL 7 3 .700 3.87 29 11 6 3 0 0 95.1 100 53 41 9 57 51 0 0 0 433 105 1.647 9.4 0.8 5.4 4.8 0.89
1950 30 NYY AL 5 4 .556 4.55 26 12 4 2 0 0 112.2 103 60 57 9 79 54 1 1 3 503 95 1.615 8.2 0.7 6.3 4.3 0.68
1951 31 TOT AL 4 10 .286 6.82 27 16 3 1 0 0 91.0 103 71 69 13 75 29 0 0 0 442 61 1.956 10.2 1.3 7.4 2.9 0.39
1951 31 NYY AL 0 3 .000 3.71 11 2 3 0 0 0 26.2 15 11 11 2 25 10 0 0 0 117 105 1.500 5.1 0.7 8.4 3.4 0.40
1951 31 WSH AL 2 3 .400 6.57 7 7 0 0 0 0 37.0 51 27 27 5 27 12 0 0 0 182 63 2.108 12.4 1.2 6.6 2.9 0.44
1951 31 SLB AL 2 4 .333 10.21 9 7 0 1 0 0 27.1 37 33 31 6 23 7 0 0 0 143 44 2.195 12.2 2.0 7.6 2.3 0.30
7 Yrs 37 55 .402 4.45 164 98 27 26 3 6 744.0 768 405 368 67 391 285 3 1 10 3306 94 1.558 9.3 0.8 4.7 3.4 0.73
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .402 4.45 43 25 7 7 1 2 193 199 105 96 17 101 74 1 0 3 858 94 1.558 9.3 0.8 4.7 3.4 0.73
SLB (5 yrs) 23 42 .354 4.42 91 66 14 21 3 6 472.1 499 254 232 42 203 158 2 0 7 2071 96 1.486 9.5 0.8 3.9 3.0 0.78
NYY (3 yrs) 12 10 .545 4.18 66 25 13 5 0 0 234.2 218 124 109 20 161 115 1 1 3 1053 99 1.615 8.4 0.8 6.2 4.4 0.71
WSH (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.57 7 7 0 0 0 0 37.0 51 27 27 5 27 12 0 0 0 182 63 2.108 12.4 1.2 6.6 2.9 0.44

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1943 23 SLB AL 9.1 3 0 2 1.93 3.86 -0.23 0.00 104.0 4.25 2 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .599 .502 $
1946 26 SLB AL 22.0 3 3 7 2.86 4.07 -0.18 0.00 109.2 4.64 4 0.5 -0.0 0.7 6 .679 .503 $
1947 27 SLB AL 186.2 34 23 89 4.29 4.29 -0.20 0.00 103.8 4.66 9 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.2 23 .528 .506 $
1948 28 SLB AL 227.0 42 33 123 4.88 4.83 -0.31 0.00 104.2 5.36 12 1.2 1.4 -0.1 2.7 33 .529 .507 $
1949 29 NYY AL 95.1 29 11 53 5.00 4.59 0.22 0.00 97.5 4.26 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.2 1 .474 .495 $
1950 30 NYY AL 112.2 26 12 60 4.79 4.66 0.12 0.00 94.9 4.31 -7 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 0.1 6 .476 .496 $
1951 31 NYY AL 26.2 11 2 11 3.71 4.49 0.17 0.00 94.5 4.09 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.3 4 .509 .501 $
1951 31 WSH AL 37.0 7 7 27 6.57 4.72 -0.22 0.00 99.7 4.93 -7 -0.7 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .407 .496 $
1951 31 SLB AL 27.1 9 7 33 10.87 4.52 -0.40 0.00 109.2 5.37 -17 -1.5 1.0 -0.0 -1.3 -14 .337 .491 $
7 Seasons 744.0 164 98 405 4.90 4.58 -0.13 0.00 101.6 4.78 -10 -0.4 1.1 -0.5 4.4 57 .497 .500 $
SLB (5 yrs) 472.1 91 66 254 4.84 4.55 -0.26 0.00 104.6 5.03 10 1.5 1.1 -0.2 4.6 50 .517 .502 $
NYY (3 yrs) 234.2 66 25 124 4.76 4.61 0.17 0.00 95.9 4.27 -14 -1.3 1.1 -0.3 0.2 10 .480 .497 $
WSH (1 yr) 37.0 7 7 27 6.57 4.72 -0.22 0.00 99.7 4.93 -7 -0.7 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .407 .496 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 28 SLB AL 42 295 895 123 250 22 10 19 5 0 91 79 .279 .347 .390 .737 .290 349 8 2 9 0 3
1949 29 NYY AL 29 340 371 53 100 14 3 9 2 3 57 51 .270 .367 .396 .763 .293 147 6 0 5 0 9
1950 30 NYY AL 26 424 409 60 103 19 7 9 4 1 79 54 .252 .374 .399 .773 .272 163 9 1 14 0 3
1951 31 NYY AL 11 113 88 11 15 2 0 2 0 2 25 10 .170 .354 .261 .615 .171 23 1 0 3 0 0
1951 31 SLB AL 9 47 120 33 37 6 1 6 0 0 23 7 .308 .420 .525 .945 .290 63 1 0 0 0 1
1951 31 TOT AL 27 312 363 71 103 21 1 13 1 3 75 29 .284 .406 .455 .861 .280 165 5 0 3 0 2
1951 31 WSH AL 7 152 155 27 51 13 0 5 1 1 27 12 .329 .429 .510 .938 .333 79 3 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 124 1371 2038 307 556 76 21 50 12 7 302 213 .273 .367 .404 .772 .285 824 28 3 31 0 17
162 Game Avg. 43 476 707 107 193 26 7 17 4 2 105 74 .273 .367 .404 .772 .285 286 10 1 11 0 6
MLB Averages .260 .334 .343 .677 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 28 SLB AL 1.1 0.1 310 -0.4 6.4 -6.8 1.17 -0.8 0.4 -5.5 -0.5 1.17 -8.8 2 1 0
1949 29 NYY AL -1.1 -0.1 344 0.2 6.3 -6.1 1.01 0.0 0.2 4.8 0.5 1.01 1.3 4 4 6
1950 30 NYY AL -1.3 -0.1 432 0.6 8.2 -7.6 1.05 0.0 0.5 6.5 0.6 1.05 1.3 4 2 7
1951 31 TOT AL -22.6 -2.0 317 -2.6 5.0 -7.6 1.12 -1.9 -0.4 -26.8 -2.3 1.12 -23.0 1 2 5
1951 31 NYY AL 1.2 0.1 115 -0.5 2.1 -2.6 1.36 0.3 -0.6 2.9 0.3 1.36 3.0 1 2 5
1951 31 WSH AL -8.4 -0.8 155 -0.9 2.5 -3.3 .98 -1.2 0.3 -11.1 -1.0 0.98 -13.4 0 0 0
1951 31 SLB AL -15.5 -1.4 47 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 1.00 -1.0 -0.2 -18.7 -1.6 1.00 -12.7 0 0 0
7 Yrs -15.6 -1.3 1403 -2.3 25.8 -28.0 1.08 -2.7 0.6 -20.9 -1.7 1.08 -29.2 11 9 18

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1946 26 SLB AL 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 2 2 2 67% 57.7 81 16 0 2 2.2 7.3
1947 27 SLB AL 34 23 7 14 2 0 7 8 15 .348 0 0 9 0 16 70% 51.4 73 26 10 8 2.9 7.2
1948 28 SLB AL 42 33 10 19 4 2 4 12 21 .364 0 3 9 1 13 39% 45.2 76 20 7 2 14 8 3.7 4.4 6.3
1949 29 NYY AL 29 11 5 3 3 1 0 7 4 .636 0 2 3 0 4 36% 44.7 68 23 16 7 4 6 5.8 6.3 5.2
1950 30 NYY AL 26 12 4 3 5 1 0 7 5 .583 2 1 2 0 4 33% 45.9 75 27 16 3 5 6 5.3 4.8 5.9
1951 31 TOT AL 27 16 4 9 3 1 2 6 10 .375 1 1 1 0 5 31% 36.0 68 11 21 8 1 8 5.6 5.1 4.6
1951 31 NYY AL 11 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45.0 48 42 3 2 1 1 2.5 2.5 6.2
1951 31 WSH AL 7 7 2 3 2 1 1 3 4 .429 1 1 0 0 2 29% 37.4 65 17 12 3 0 2 5.4 6.8 5.3
1951 31 SLB AL 9 7 2 4 1 0 0 3 4 .429 0 0 1 0 2 29% 32.0 68 11 6 3 0 5 6.8 0.0 3.5
6 Yrs 161 98 32 49 17 5 13 42 56 .429 3 7 26 3 44 45% 46 81 11 60 20 34 38 4.2 5.1 6.1
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.7 6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1943 23 SLB AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9.3
1947 27 SLB AL 34 11 7 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 5.8
1948 28 SLB AL 42 9 7 2 2 1 2 0 200% 1 0 0 0 1.166 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 0 1 5 6.8
1949 29 NYY AL 29 18 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 13 4 31% 1.014 4 4 6 3 1 10 7 7 11 4 9 3 6.3
1950 30 NYY AL 26 14 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 5 29% 1 1.053 4 2 7 4 0 10 9 5 10 3 10 0 9.0
1951 31 TOT AL 27 11 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 1.119 1 2 5 1 1 6 3 5 5 2 4 3 4.7
1951 31 NYY AL 11 9 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 5 1.357 1 2 5 1 1 6 3 5 4 2 4 2 4.8
1951 31 SLB AL 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4.5
6 Yrs 154 66 27 5 6 2 6 1 300% 5 1 33 10 30% 1.096 11 9 18 9 3 27 19 20 38 9 24 12 6.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1943 23 SLB AL 37 0.0% 5.4% 10.8% 81%
1946 26 SLB AL 91 0.0% 8.8% 9.9% 1.1% 5% 80%
1947 27 SLB AL 802 2.1% 7.7% 9.5% 3.4% 15% 79%
1948 28 SLB AL 997 55% 6.4% 26.8% 30.9% 17.3% 20% 0.94 270% 59 8 14%
1949 29 NYY AL 433 54% 2.7% 15.0% 16.8% 7.7% 26% 0.85 91% 68 6 9%
1950 30 NYY AL 503 58% 2.1% 12.7% 18.6% 8.3% 34% 0.88 82% 80 9 11%
1951 31 TOT AL 441 58% 4.2% 9.3% 24.0% 11.2% 34% 0.73 103% 80 5 6%
1951 31 NYY AL 116 55% 1.8% 8.9% 22.1% 3.5% 27% 0.65 67% 24 1 4%
1951 31 WSH AL 182 61% 3.3% 7.9% 17.8% 11.8% 35% 0.73 91% 36 3 8%
1951 31 SLB AL 143 53% 12.8% 14.9% 48.9% 27.7% 35% 1.14 228% 20 1 5%
7 Yrs 3304 56% 2.9% 12.4% 17.0% 7.6% 23% 0.85 109% 287 28 10%
MLB Averages 49% 1.7% 10.6% 10.7% 4.4% 17% 0.94 88% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1943 23 SLB AL 7 0 0
1946 26 SLB AL 19 0 0
1947 27 SLB AL 186 17 3
1948 28 SLB AL 295 250 19 0 8 1 5 2 4 23 9 2 39% 3 4 2 116 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 702
1949 29 NYY AL 340 100 9 1 10 3 4 2 5 17 5 4 29% 9 0 0 141 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93
1950 30 NYY AL 424 103 9 0 11 2 5 4 3 25 13 2 52% 3 3 0 174 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 79
1951 31 TOT AL 312 103 13 0 19 6 2 1 7 35 18 4 51% 2 0 1 121 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 129
1951 31 NYY AL 113 15 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 6 4 0 67% 0 0 0 43 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1951 31 WSH AL 152 51 5 0 6 4 1 0 5 18 7 2 39% 1 0 1 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30
1951 31 SLB AL 47 37 6 0 5 1 0 0 1 11 7 2 64% 1 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96
7 Yrs 1371 768 67 1 48 12 16 9 19 100 45 12 45% 17 10 3 552 12 7 63% 12 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1003
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1943 23 0 0 1.93 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 37 183 1.179 6.8 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50 183
1944 24 0 0 1.93 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 37 183 1.179 6.8 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50 183
1945 25 0 0 1.93 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 37 183 1.179 6.8 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50 183
1946 26 2 1 .667 2.01 6 3 0 2 2 0 31.1 26 9 7 0 13 10 0 0 0 128 186 1.245 7.5 0.0 3.7 2.9 0.77 186
1947 27 9 17 .346 3.47 40 26 7 11 2 4 218.0 212 98 84 17 89 72 0 0 3 931 112 1.381 8.8 0.7 3.7 3.0 0.81 112
1948 28 21 38 .356 4.07 82 59 14 20 3 6 445.0 462 221 201 36 180 151 2 0 7 1928 104 1.443 9.3 0.7 3.6 3.1 0.84 104
1949 29 28 41 .406 4.03 111 70 20 23 3 6 540.1 562 274 242 45 237 202 2 0 7 2361 104 1.479 9.4 0.7 3.9 3.4 0.85 104
1950 30 33 45 .423 4.12 137 82 24 25 3 6 653.0 665 334 299 54 316 256 3 1 10 2864 102 1.502 9.2 0.7 4.4 3.5 0.81 102
1951 31 37 55 .402 4.45 164 98 27 26 3 6 744.0 768 405 368 67 391 285 3 1 10 3306 94 1.558 9.3 0.8 4.7 3.4 0.73 94

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1943 23 0 0 2.00 9.0 8 2 2 0 5 2 0 1.444 8.0 5.0 2.0 0.40 0.0 3
1946 26 2 0 1.000 2.05 22.0 19 6 5 0 9 8 0 1.273 7.8 3.7 3.3 0.89 0.0 3
1947 27 10 10 .500 3.97 186.0 195 91 82 18 80 62 0 1.478 9.4 3.9 3.0 0.78 0.9 34
1948 28 12 14 .462 4.14 235.0 246 120 108 19 90 82 2 1.430 9.4 3.4 3.1 0.91 0.7 42
1949 29 5 5 .500 3.99 97.0 104 48 43 9 59 52 0 1.680 9.6 5.5 4.8 0.88 0.8 29
1950 30 5 7 .417 4.34 114.0 104 61 55 9 80 54 1 1.614 8.2 6.3 4.3 0.68 0.7 26
1951 31 3 7 .300 6.61 94.0 106 77 69 13 77 30 0 1.947 10.1 7.4 2.9 0.39 1.2 27
7 Yrs 37 43 .463 4.33 757.0 782 405 364 68 400 290 3 1.561 9.3 3.4 0.73 0.8 164

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1948 AL  227.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1948 AL  33 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  17 (2nd)
1948 AL  19 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1948 AL  250 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1947 AL  16 (2nd)
1948 AL  21 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  117 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1948 AL  997 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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