Jack Sanford
John Stanley Sanford
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 18, 1929 in Wellesley Hills, MA
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1956
Final Game: August 6, 1967
Died: March 7, 2000
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1956 PHI NL 27 P 3 1 13.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.38 0.67 .950 2.08 0.83
1957 PHI NL 28 P 33 33 236.2 47 15 30 2 2 .957 1.71 1.36 .962 2.06 0.82 AS,MVP-10,RoY-1
1958 PHI NL 29 P 38 27 186.1 37 12 23 2 0 .946 1.69 0.92 .957 1.97 0.77
1959 SFG NL 30 P 36 31 222.1 42 10 31 1 1 .976 1.66 1.14 .952 1.99 0.82
1960 SFG NL 31 P 37 34 219.0 47 13 33 1 3 .979 1.89 1.24 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 SFG NL 32 P 38 33 217.1 53 9 41 3 1 .943 2.07 1.32 .960 2.18 0.88
1962 SFG NL 33 P 39 38 265.1 77 21 52 4 4 .948 2.48 1.87 .948 2.07 0.82 CYA-2,MVP-7
1963 SFG NL 34 P 42 42 284.1 83 16 65 2 4 .976 2.56 1.93 .949 2.06 0.84
1964 SFG NL 35 P 18 17 106.1 32 8 22 2 0 .938 2.54 1.67 .953 2.14 0.84
1965 TOT MLB 36 P 32 21 120.1 32 7 23 2 1 .938 2.24 0.94 .953 2.06 0.79
1965 SFG NL 36 P 23 16 91.0 23 6 15 2 0 .913 2.08 0.91 .957 2.08 0.81
1965 CAL AL 36 P 9 5 29.1 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.76 1.00 .944 2.02 0.76
1966 CAL AL 37 P 50 6 108.0 32 7 23 2 1 .938 2.50 0.60 .953 1.99 0.75 MVP-21
1967 TOT AL 38 P 22 10 70.1 24 4 20 0 1 1.000 3.07 1.09 .954 1.96 0.74
1967 CAL AL 38 P 12 9 48.1 17 4 13 0 1 1.000 3.17 1.42 .953 1.96 0.74
1967 KCA AL 38 P 10 1 22.0 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.86 0.70 .957 1.96 0.74
12 Seasons P 388 293 2049.1 508 122 365 21 19 .959 2.14 1.26 .954 2.06 0.81
12 Seasons TOT 388 293 2049.1 508 122 365 21 19 .959 2.14 1.26 .913 2.06 0.81

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 PHI NL 27 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PHI NL 28 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PHI NL 29 38 27 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 SFG NL 30 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 SFG NL 31 37 34 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 SFG NL 32 39 33 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 SFG NL 33 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 SFG NL 34 45 42 45 45 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1964 SFG NL 35 19 17 19 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 SFG NL 36 23 16 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CAL AL 36 9 5 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CAL AL 37 50 6 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 38 12 9 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 KCA AL 38 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 393 293 393 393 388 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1956 PHI NL 27 55 64% 18% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1957 PHI NL 28 1017 72% 23% 36 83% 0 15 0 12 31 21 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 9 67%
1958 PHI NL 29 837 77% 27% 27 81% 0 11 0 11 23 21 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 60%
1959 SFG NL 30 959 78% 30% 36 89% 1 10 1 7 32 24 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 6 83%
1960 SFG NL 31 980 77% 26% 32 94% 0 13 1 10 33 22 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 67%
1961 SFG NL 32 955 79% 28% 36 94% 0 10 1 9 41 30 3 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1962 SFG NL 33 1125 79% 30% 52 90% 1 21 1 16 53 35 6 5 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 5 60%
1963 SFG NL 34 1218 80% 28% 59 98% 0 16 2 13 66 45 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 4 0 8 88%
1964 SFG NL 35 459 77% 34% 20 95% 0 9 0 8 22 18 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1965 SFG NL 36 412 80% 32% 19 89% 0 6 1 3 18 14 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1965 CAL AL 36 131 82% 26% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1966 CAL AL 37 469 82% 26% 21 81% 0 9 0 5 24 14 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1967 CAL AL 38 200 86% 26% 10 100% 0 4 1 2 12 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1967 KCA AL 38 107 73% 19% 8 100% 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
12 Seasons 8924 78% 28% 363 91% 2 125 8 97 374 263 31 22 1 10 11 11 18 13 17 1 63 79%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 89% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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