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Mo Sanford

Meredith Leroy Sanford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 24, 1966 in Americus, GA
High School: Starkville HS (Starkville, MS)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 32nd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1991
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rockies/Reds 1991-1995

Final Game: June 6, 1995
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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
1988	21	CIN-min	Rk	3	4	.429	3.23	14	11	1	0	0	1	53.0	34	24	19	6	25	1	64	0	4	3			1.113	5.8	1.0	4.2	10.9	2.56	RDL · GULF
1989	22	CIN-min	A	12	6	.667	2.81	25	25	0	3	1	0	153.2	112	52	48	8	64	0	160	2	3	6			1.145	6.6	0.5	3.7	9.4	2.50	GBO · SALL
1990	23	CIN-min	A	13	4	.765	2.74	25	25	0	2	1	0	157.2	112	50	48	15	55	1	180	4	1	8			1.059	6.4	0.9	3.1	10.3	3.27	CDR · MIDW
1991	24	CIN-min	AA,AAA	10	4	.714	2.44	21	21	0	3	1	0	129.0	88	44	35	7	77	2	162	2	0	4	535		1.279	6.1	0.5	5.4	11.3	2.10	CNG,NVL · SOUL,AA
1991	24	CIN	NL	1	2	.333	3.86	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	19	14	12	3	15	1	31	1	0	4	118	101	1.214	6.1	1.0	4.8	10.0	2.07

1992	25	CIN-min	AAA,AA	12	8	.600	4.90	29	29	0	1	1	0	148.2	141	86	81	24	71	1	157	5	0	3	650		1.426	8.5	1.5	4.3	9.5	2.21	NVL,CNG · AA,SOUL
1993	26	COL-min	AAA	3	6	.333	5.23	20	17	1	0	0	0	105.0	103	64	61	8	57	2	104	4	1	7	456		1.524	8.8	0.7	4.9	8.9	1.82	CSP · PCL
1993	26	COL	NL	1	2	.333	5.30	11	6	1	0	0	0	35.2	37	25	21	4	27	0	36	0	1	2	166	91	1.794	9.3	1.0	6.8	9.1	1.33

1994	27	MIN-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.87	37	11	9	0	0	4	125.2	121	74	68	21	52	0	141	8	1	5	553		1.377	8.7	1.5	3.7	10.1	2.71	SLK · PCL
1995	28	MIN-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.35	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	6	4	4	1	4	0	8	0	0	0	27		1.765	9.5	1.6	6.4	12.7	2.00	SLK · PCL
1995	28	MIN	AL	0	0		5.30	11	0	6	0	0	0	18.2	16	11	11	7	16	0	17	2	0	1	89	92	1.714	7.7	3.4	7.7	8.2	1.06
1996	29	TEX-min	AAA	6	10	.375	3.97	30	24	0	0	0	0	143.0	155	77	63	18	49	2	130	3	2	2	627		1.427	9.8	1.1	3.1	8.2	2.65	OKC · AA
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
3 Yrs				2	4	.333	4.81	27	11	7	0	0	0	82.1	72	50	44	14	58	1	84	3	1	7	373	94	1.579	7.9	1.5	6.3	9.2	1.45
162 Game Avg.				4	7	.333	4.81	48	20	13	0	0	0	147	129	89	79	25	104	2	150	5	2	13	667	94	1.579	7.9	1.5	6.3	9.2	1.45

MIN (1 yr)				0	0		5.30	11	0	6	0	0	0	18.2	16	11	11	7	16	0	17	2	0	1	89	92	1.714	7.7	3.4	7.7	8.2	1.06
COL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.30	11	6	1	0	0	0	35.2	37	25	21	4	27	0	36	0	1	2	166	91	1.794	9.3	1.0	6.8	9.1	1.33
CIN (1 yr)				1	2	.333	3.86	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	19	14	12	3	15	1	31	1	0	4	118	101	1.214	6.1	1.0	4.8	10.0	2.07

NL (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	4.66	16	11	1	0	0	0	63.2	56	39	33	7	42	1	67	1	1	6	284	95	1.539	7.9	1.0	5.9	9.5	1.60
AL (1 yr)				0	0		5.30	11	0	6	0	0	0	18.2	16	11	11	7	16	0	17	2	0	1	89	92	1.714	7.7	3.4	7.7	8.2	1.06

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
1991	24	CIN	NL	28.0	5	5	14	4.50	4.09	-0.05	0.15	104.4	4.47	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.2	2	.493	.500	$

1993	26	COL	NL	35.2	11	6	25	6.31	4.69	-0.12	0.07	112.5	5.50	-4	-0.4	.3	0.0	-0.1	0	.465	.498	$

1995	28	MIN	AL	18.2	11	0	11	5.30	5.23	0.03	-0.39	102.9	4.95	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.0	0.1	1	.494	.500	$
3 Seasons				82.1	27	11	50	5.47	4.61	-0.06	-0.01	107.5	5.02	-5	-0.5	.6	-0.0	0.2	4	.482	.499	$

MIN (1 yr)				18.2	11	0	11	5.30	5.23	0.03	-0.39	102.9	4.95	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.0	0.1	1	.494	.500	$
COL (1 yr)				35.2	11	6	25	6.31	4.69	-0.12	0.07	112.5	5.50	-4	-0.4	.3	0.0	-0.1	0	.465	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				28.0	5	5	14	4.50	4.09	-0.05	0.15	104.4	4.47	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.2	2	.493	.500	$

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
1991	24	CIN	NL	5	118	102	14	19	2	0	3	4	0	15	31	.186	.297	.294	.591	.235	30	1	1	0	0	1	0

1993	26	COL	NL	11	166	133	25	37	6	3	4	8	1	27	36	.278	.395	.459	.854	.347	61	3	0	4	2	0	2

1995	28	MIN	AL	11	89	71	11	16	4	0	7	2	1	16	17	.225	.382	.577	.959	.191	41	0	2	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				27	373	306	50	72	12	3	14	14	2	58	84	.235	.360	.431	.792	.276	132	4	3	4	2	1	2
162 Game Avg.				48	667	548	89	129	21	5	25	25	4	104	150	.235	.360	.431	.792	.276	236	7	5	7	4	2	4
MLB Averages																.262	.331	.400	.731	.292

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1991	24	CIN	NL	-0.2	-0.0	126	-0.2	1.9	-2.2	.97	0.3	-0.5	-0.9	-0.1	0.97	2.4	0	0	0

1993	26	COL	NL	-2.2	-0.2	181	-0.8	2.6	-3.4	.99	-0.6	-0.2	-6.5	-0.6	0.99	-6.7	0	0	5

1995	28	MIN	AL	-0.4	-0.0	93	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	.49	-0.6	0.3	-1.7	-0.2	0.49	-5.1	2	1	8
3 Yrs				-2.8	-0.3	400	-1.1	5.2	-6.4	.87	-0.9	-0.4	-9.1	-0.8	0.87	-9.4	2	1	13

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
1991	24	CIN	NL	5	5	1	2	2	0	1	2	3	.400	1	1	0	0	2	40%	55.2	78	40	0	0	0	3	3.8	5.4	5.6	95	0	3	2	0	107

1993	26	COL	NL	11	6	1	2	3	0	0	2	4	.333	0	3	0	0	1	17%	44.0	63	32	4	1	1	1	4.3	4.2	4.9	92	0	5	1	0	100
2 Yrs				16	11	2	4	5	0	1	4	7	.364	1	4	0	0	3	27%	49	78	32	4	1	1	4	4.1	4.8	5.2	93	0	8	3	0	107
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	101	-14					4.6	4.5	6.1	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1993	26	COL	NL	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	.989	0	0	5	0	0	5	1	4	2	1	2	0	3.8	20

1995	28	MIN	AL	11	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	44%	6	.490	2	1	8	0	2	9	6	5	5	2	6	2	5.1	31
2 Yrs				22	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	50%		.815	2	1	13	0	2	14	7	9	7	3	8	2	4.7	27

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%
1991	24	CIN	NL	118	39%	2.5%	26.3%	12.7%	4.2%	26%	0.37	0.56	58%	34%	6.5%	10%	21	1	5%

1993	26	COL	NL	166	51%	2.4%	21.7%	16.3%	7.8%	35%	0.65	0.73	57%	21%	7.7%	13%	33	3	9%

1995	28	MIN	AL	89	61%	7.9%	19.1%	18.0%	12.4%	69%	0.49	0.52	53%	13%	25.0%	20%	15	0	0%
3 Yrs				373	49%	3.8%	22.5%	15.6%	7.8%	40%	0.51	0.62	56%	23%	11.1%	14%	69	4	6%
MLB Averages					42%	2.3%	15.4%	8.8%	7.1%	31%	0.82	1.08	72%	21%	6.8%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	24	CIN	NL	118	474	4.02	288	61%	33%	19%	23%	25%	67%	2%	41%	71%	50%	7%	8	4	19%	23	14	1	29%	10	3	0	0	0

1993	26	COL	NL	166	651	3.92	367	56%	32%	16%	24%	28%	68%	0%	38%	76%	58%	10%	16	5	18%	30	6	0	28%	2	11	0	0	0

1995	28	MIN	AL	78	308	3.95	172	56%	34%	15%	23%	27%	66%	0%	37%	77%	51%	10%	8	1	17%	13	7	0	29%	4	7	11	0	0
3 Yrs				362	1433	3.96	827	58%	33%	17%	23%	27%	67%	1%	39%	74%	54%	9%	32	10	18%	66	27	1	28%	16	21	11	0	0
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			19%				27%

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
1991	24	CIN	NL	118	19	8	0	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	5	1	2	20%	0	4	0	43	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

1993	26	COL	NL	166	37	3	0	4	0	4	2	2	1	3	10	5	1	50%	2	2	1	79	8	1	89%	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0

1995	28	MIN	AL	89	16	3	0	7	0	6	5	2	6	1	6	3	0	50%	0	1	0	36	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				373	72	14	0	14	0	11	8	6	10	4	21	9	3	43%	2	7	1	158	14	2	88%	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1991	24	1	2	.333	3.86	5	5	0	28.0	19	14	12	3	15	1	31	1	0	4	118	101	1.214	6.1	1.0	4.8	10.0	2.07	101
1992	25	1	2	.333	3.86	5	5	0	28.0	19	14	12	3	15	1	31	1	0	4	118	101	1.214	6.1	1.0	4.8	10.0	2.07	101
1993	26	2	4	.333	4.66	16	11	1	63.2	56	39	33	7	42	1	67	1	1	6	284	95	1.539	7.9	1.0	5.9	9.5	1.60	95
1994	27	2	4	.333	4.66	16	11	1	63.2	56	39	33	7	42	1	67	1	1	6	284	95	1.539	7.9	1.0	5.9	9.5	1.60	95
1995	28	2	4	.333	4.81	27	11	7	82.1	72	50	44	14	58	1	84	3	1	7	373	94	1.579	7.9	1.5	6.3	9.2	1.45	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1991	24	1	2	.333	4.18	28.0	19	14	13	3	15	31	1	1.214	6.1	4.8	10.0	2.07	1.0	5

1993	26	2	2	.500	4.25	36.0	33	19	17	4	24	37	0	1.583	8.3	6.0	9.3	1.54	1.0	11

1995	28	1	1	.500	5.14	21.0	17	13	12	7	17	19	2	1.619	7.3	7.3	8.1	1.12	3.0	11
3 Yrs		4	5	.444	4.45	85.0	69	46	42	14	56	87	3	1.471	7.3		9.2	1.55	1.5	27

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