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Fred Sanford
John Frederick Sanford

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
Final Game: September 14, 1951
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	173	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	182	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	94	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	60	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	103	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	62	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	43	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	95	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	62	2.108	12.4	1.2	6.6	2.9	0.44

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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	Pos
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	13	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
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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1943	SLB	AL	23	P	3	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.00	.967	1.27
1946	SLB	AL	26	P	3	4	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.33	.950	1.00
1947	SLB	AL	27	P	34	34	7	26	1	0	.971	0.97	.953	0.95
1948	SLB	AL	28	P	42	59	9	46	4	1	.932	1.31	.964	0.91
1949	NYY	AL	29	P	29	21	2	17	2	1	.905	0.66	.962	1.01
1950	NYY	AL	30	P	26	39	9	30	0	5	1.000	1.50	.946	0.96
1951	TOT	AL	31	P	27	20	5	15	0	0	1.000	0.74	.955	0.99
1951	NYY	AL	31	P	11	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	0.91	.950	0.99
1951	WSH	AL	31	P	7	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.71	.960	0.99
1951	SLB	AL	31	P	9	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.56	.960	0.99
7 Seasons				P	164	180	33	140	7	8	.961	1.05	.957	0.97
7 Seasons				TOT	164	180	33	140	7	8	.961	1.05	.918	0.97

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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 4 (2076), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 2 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Jim Bibby (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Black (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

December 13, 1948: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Roy Partee to the New York Yankees for Red Embree, Sherm Lollar, Dick Starr and $100,000.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the New York Yankees with Tom Ferrick and Bob Porterfield to the Washington Senators for Bob Kuzava.

July 30, 1951: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Dick Starr.

October 11, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Jack Maguire and cash to Portland (PCL) for Leo Thomas.

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Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: John Fred Frederick sandford Sanford

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (2076), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50