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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
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:35AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1943 23 SLB AL 9.1 0 2 4 0 1.0 2 0.3 $
1946 26 SLB AL 22.0 3 7 12 0 1.0 5 0.6 $
1947 27 SLB AL 186.2 23 89 101 -3 1.0 12 2.1 $
1948 28 SLB AL 227.0 33 123 140 -5 1.0 17 2.9 $
1949 29 NYY AL 95.1 11 53 59 2 1.0 6 0.2 $
1950 30 NYY AL 112.2 12 60 75 1 1.0 15 1.0 $
1951 31 NYY AL 26.2 2 11 16 0 1.0 5 0.4 $
1951 31 WSH AL 37.0 7 27 22 -1 1.0 -5 -0.4 $
1951 31 SLB AL 27.1 7 33 17 -1 1.0 -16 -1.4 $
7 Seasons 744.0 98 405 446 -7 1.0 41 5.7 $
SLB (5 yrs) 472.1 66 254 274 -9 1.0 20 4.5 $
NYY (3 yrs) 234.2 25 124 150 3 1.0 26 1.6 $
WSH (1 yr) 37.0 7 27 22 -1 1.0 -5 -0.4 $

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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
1943 23 SLB AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
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 6 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 -52 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
7 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1946 26 SLB AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1947 27 SLB AL 62 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1948 28 SLB AL 79 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1949 29 NYY AL 37 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1950 30 NYY AL 37 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1951 31 NYY AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1951 31 WSH AL 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
1951 31 SLB AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
6 Seasons 254 -30 0 0 0 0 19 6 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $
SLB (4 yrs) 158 -16 0 0 0 0 12 4 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $
NYY (3 yrs) 80 -11 0 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $
WSH (1 yr) 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

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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% PO Awards
1943 SLB AL 23 P 3 0 0 9.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.89 1.00 .963 2.22 2.30
1946 SLB AL 26 P 3 3 2 22.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.64 1.33 .950 2.00 2.00
1947 SLB AL 27 P 34 23 9 186.2 34 7 26 1 0 .971 1.59 0.97 .955 1.92 1.90
1948 SLB AL 28 P 42 33 9 227.0 59 9 46 4 1 .932 2.18 1.31 .963 2.02 1.99
1949 NYY AL 29 P 29 11 3 95.1 21 2 17 2 1 .905 1.79 0.66 .962 2.11 2.09
1950 NYY AL 30 P 26 12 2 112.2 39 9 30 0 5 1.000 3.12 1.50 .950 2.03 1.99 3 1 25% 0
1951 TOT AL 31 P 27 16 1 91.0 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.74 .952 2.07 2.06 1 3 75% 0
1951 NYY AL 31 P 11 2 0 26.2 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.91 .953 2.06 2.06 0 2 100% 0
1951 WSH AL 31 P 7 7 0 37.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.22 0.71 .952 2.07 2.06 1 1 50% 0
1951 SLB AL 31 P 9 7 1 27.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.56 .952 2.07 2.06 0 0 0
7 Seasons P 164 98 26 744.0 180 33 140 7 8 .961 2.09 1.05 .957 2.02 2.01 4 4 50% 0
7 Seasons TOT 164 98 26 744.0 180 33 140 7 8 .961 2.09 1.05 .957 2.02 2.01 4 4 50% 0
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1948 AL  4 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.12 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1950 AL  1.000 (1st)
1951 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1971), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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