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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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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
1956 27 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 1.38 3 1 1 0 0 0 13.0 7 2 2 0 13 0 6 1 0 0 54 270 1.538 4.8 0.0 9.0 4.2 0.46
1957 28 PHI NL 19 8 .704 3.08 33 33 0 15 3 0 236.2 194 94 81 22 94 2 188 3 1 12 989 123 1.217 7.4 0.8 3.6 7.1 2.00 AS,MVP-10,RoY-1
1958 29 PHI NL 10 13 .435 4.44 38 27 4 7 2 0 186.1 197 103 92 15 81 6 106 3 0 3 819 89 1.492 9.5 0.7 3.9 5.1 1.31
1959 30 SFG NL 15 12 .556 3.16 36 31 2 10 0 1 222.1 198 90 78 22 70 4 132 7 2 7 933 120 1.205 8.0 0.9 2.8 5.3 1.89
1960 31 SFG NL 12 14 .462 3.82 37 34 2 11 6 0 219.0 199 111 93 11 99 6 125 2 3 15 940 92 1.361 8.2 0.5 4.1 5.1 1.26
1961 32 SFG NL 13 9 .591 4.22 38 33 1 6 0 0 217.1 203 114 102 22 87 7 112 5 4 3 923 91 1.334 8.4 0.9 3.6 4.6 1.29
1962 33 SFG NL 24 7 .774 3.43 39 38 1 13 2 0 265.1 233 110 101 23 92 4 147 3 2 4 1100 110 1.225 7.9 0.8 3.1 5.0 1.60 CYA-2,MVP-7
1963 34 SFG NL 16 13 .552 3.51 42 42 0 11 0 0 284.1 273 123 111 21 76 8 158 5 4 4 1184 91 1.227 8.6 0.7 2.4 5.0 2.08
1964 35 SFG NL 5 7 .417 3.30 18 17 1 3 1 1 106.1 91 44 39 7 37 3 64 4 1 1 447 108 1.204 7.7 0.6 3.1 5.4 1.73
1965 36 TOT MLB 5 7 .417 4.11 32 21 6 0 0 3 120.1 127 66 55 13 40 8 56 7 2 6 525 86 1.388 9.5 1.0 3.0 4.2 1.40
1965 36 SFG NL 4 5 .444 3.96 23 16 4 0 0 2 91.0 92 50 40 11 30 7 43 7 1 4 402 91 1.341 9.1 1.1 3.0 4.3 1.43
1965 36 CAL AL 1 2 .333 4.60 9 5 2 0 0 1 29.1 35 16 15 2 10 1 13 0 1 2 123 74 1.534 10.7 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.30
1966 37 CAL AL 13 7 .650 3.83 50 6 19 0 0 5 108.0 108 51 46 11 27 6 54 4 1 3 447 87 1.250 9.0 0.9 2.3 4.5 2.00 MVP-21
1967 38 TOT AL 4 4 .500 5.12 22 10 5 0 0 1 70.1 77 44 40 7 21 5 34 2 1 1 298 61 1.393 9.9 0.9 2.7 4.4 1.62
1967 38 CAL AL 3 2 .600 4.47 12 9 2 0 0 1 48.1 53 26 24 6 7 1 21 0 1 0 196 69 1.241 9.9 1.1 1.3 3.9 3.00
1967 38 KCA AL 1 2 .333 6.55 10 1 3 0 0 0 22.0 24 18 16 1 14 4 13 2 0 1 102 49 1.727 9.8 0.4 5.7 5.3 0.93
12 Seasons 137 101 .576 3.69 388 293 42 76 14 11 2049.1 1907 952 840 174 737 59 1182 46 21 59 8659 98 1.290 8.4 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.60
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .576 3.69 39 29 4 8 1 1 205 190 95 84 17 74 6 118 5 2 6 865 98 1.290 8.4 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.60
SFG (7 yrs) 89 67 .571 3.61 233 211 11 54 9 4 1405.2 1289 642 564 117 491 39 781 33 17 38 5929 100 1.266 8.3 0.7 3.1 5.0 1.59
PHI (3 yrs) 30 21 .588 3.61 74 61 5 22 5 0 436.0 398 199 175 37 188 8 300 7 1 15 1862 107 1.344 8.2 0.8 3.9 6.2 1.60
CAL (3 yrs) 17 11 .607 4.12 71 20 23 0 0 7 185.2 196 93 85 19 44 8 88 4 3 5 766 80 1.293 9.5 0.9 2.1 4.3 2.00
KCA (1 yr) 1 2 .333 6.55 10 1 3 0 0 0 22.0 24 18 16 1 14 4 13 2 0 1 102 49 1.727 9.8 0.4 5.7 5.3 0.93
NL (10 yrs) 119 88 .575 3.61 307 272 16 76 14 4 1841.2 1687 841 739 154 679 47 1081 40 18 53 7791 101 1.285 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.3 1.59
AL (3 yrs) 18 13 .581 4.38 81 21 26 0 0 7 207.2 220 111 101 20 58 12 101 6 3 6 868 75 1.339 9.5 0.9 2.5 4.4 1.74

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1962 33 SFG NL WS L NYY 1 2 .333 1.93 3 3 0 1 1 0 23.1 16 6 5 1 8 0 19 0 0 1 93 1.029 6.2 0.4 3.1 7.3 2.38
1 WS 1 2 .333 1.93 3 3 0 1 1 0 23.1 16 6 5 1 8 0 19 0 0 1 93 1.029 6.2 0.4 3.1 7.3 2.38

Standard Batting

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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
1956 27 PHI NL 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 28 PHI NL 33 93 89 3 15 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 .169 .169 .213 .382 3 19 2 0 4 0 0 1 AS,MVP-10,RoY-1
1958 29 PHI NL 38 67 59 3 10 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 17 .169 .234 .237 .472 26 14 1 0 3 0 0 1
1959 30 SFG NL 36 85 72 6 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 31 .111 .200 .111 .311 -13 8 1 2 5 0 0 1
1960 31 SFG NL 37 84 74 8 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 26 .176 .228 .189 .417 19 14 0 0 5 0 0 1
1961 32 SFG NL 39 85 74 13 16 2 0 3 6 0 0 5 22 .216 .263 .365 .627 67 27 2 0 5 1 0 1
1962 33 SFG NL 39 108 98 5 15 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 34 .153 .183 .184 .366 -1 18 4 0 4 2 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-7
1963 34 SFG NL 45 113 94 9 13 2 1 0 5 0 1 11 35 .138 .226 .181 .407 20 17 3 0 7 1 0 1
1964 35 SFG NL 19 36 30 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 12 .133 .212 .167 .379 8 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1965 36 TOT MLB 32 36 32 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .125 .176 .125 .301 -14 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1965 36 SFG NL 23 28 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .120 .185 .120 .305 -13 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1965 36 CAL AL 9 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1966 37 CAL AL 50 26 22 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .136 .200 .227 .427 24 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 MVP-21
1967 38 TOT AL 22 22 18 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 11 .167 .250 .278 .528 59 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1967 38 CAL AL 12 18 15 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 .200 .250 .333 .583 75 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1967 38 KCA AL 10 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 393 758 665 51 105 19 2 3 37 0 1 45 240 .158 .212 .206 .418 16 137 13 2 41 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 312 274 21 43 8 1 1 15 0 0 19 99 .158 .212 .206 .418 16 56 5 1 17 2 0
SFG (7 yrs) 238 539 467 44 72 9 1 3 27 0 1 36 167 .154 .216 .197 .413 15 92 10 2 30 4 0
PHI (3 yrs) 74 163 151 6 26 8 0 0 8 0 0 5 48 .172 .199 .225 .424 14 34 3 0 7 0 0
CAL (3 yrs) 71 52 44 1 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 23 .159 .208 .250 .458 35 11 0 0 4 1 0
KCA (1 yr) 10 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -19 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 312 702 618 50 98 17 1 3 35 0 1 41 215 .159 .212 .204 .416 15 126 13 2 37 4 0
AL (3 yrs) 81 56 47 1 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 25 .149 .212 .234 .446 32 11 0 0 4 1 0

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 33 SFG NL WS NYY L 3 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .429 .857 3 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .429 .857 3 0 0 1 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1957 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1957 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 NL (10, 12%)
1962 NL (7, 22%)
1966 AL (21, 1%)
0.35 Career Shares (542nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1962 ML (2, 20%)
0.20 Career Shares (148th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 NL  3.080 (6th)
1959 NL  3.157 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1957 NL  19 (2nd)
1959 NL  15 (9th)
1962 NL  24 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 NL  .704 (2nd)
1961 NL  .591 (9th)
1962 NL  .774 (2nd)
1966 AL  .650 (5th)
Career  .576 (197th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1957 NL  1.217 (8th)
1959 NL  1.205 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL  7.378 (1st)
1959 NL  8.015 (7th)
1960 NL  8.178 (8th)
1961 NL  8.406 (9th)
1962 NL  7.903 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL  7.149 (3rd)
1959 NL  5.343 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1957 NL  236.7 (8th)
1962 NL  265.3 (7th)
1963 NL  284.3 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 NL  188 (1st)

Games Started s c a p y
1957 NL  33 (4th)
1960 NL  34 (7th)
1962 NL  38 (5th)
1963 NL  42 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1957 NL  15 (4th)
1962 NL  13 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 NL  3 (5th)
1958 NL  2 (6th)
1960 NL  6 (1st)
1962 NL  2 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  94 (3rd)
1958 NL  81 (8th)
1960 NL  99 (5th)
1961 NL  87 (9th)
1962 NL  92 (7th)
1963 NL  76 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1963 NL  273 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  2.000 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL  .725 (7th)
1960 NL  .452 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1958 NL  13 (7th)
1960 NL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  92 (9th)
1960 NL  93 (9th)
1961 NL  102 (3rd)
1963 NL  111 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 NL  12 (1st)
1959 NL  7 (9th)
1960 NL  15 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 NL  7 (7th)
1965 NL  7 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1957 NL  989 (9th)
1962 NL  1100 (7th)
1963 NL  1184 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 NL  123 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1966 AL  born 1929-05-18 (10th)
1967 AL  born 1929-05-18 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 67 (363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 37 (356), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1958: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Ruben Gomez and Valmy Thomas.

August 18, 1965: Purchased by the California Angels from the San Francisco Giants.

June 15, 1967: Traded by the California Angels with Jackie Warner to the Kansas City Athletics for Roger Repoz.

August 15, 1967: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.

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