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Deion Sanders
Deion Luwynn Sanders (Neon Deion or Prime Time)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.
School Florida State University

Debut May 31, 1989
  vs. SEA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 14, 2001
Born August 9, 1967 in Fort Myers, FL

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 21 NYY AL  14   47    7   11   2  0   2    7   1  0   3   8  .234  .280  .404   92   19   0   0   1   0   0
 1990 22 NYY AL  57  133   24   21   2  2   3    9   8  2  13  27  .158  .236  .271   42   36   1   1   0   1   2
 1991 23 ATL NL  54  110   16   21   1  2   4   13  11  3  12  23  .191  .270  .345   68   38   0   0   0   0   1
 1992 24 ATL NL  97  303   54   92   6 14   8   28  26  9  18  52  .304  .346  .495  130  150   1   1   0   2   5
 1993 25 ATL NL  95  272   42   75  18  6   6   28  19  7  16  42  .276  .321  .452  104  123   1   2   3   3   3
 1994 26 TOT NL  92  375   58  106  17  4   4   28  38 16  32  63  .283  .342  .381   89  143   2   2   1   3   5
         ATL NL  46  191   32   55  10  0   4   21  19  7  16  28  .288  .343  .403   93   77   1   2   1   1   4
         CIN NL  46  184   26   51   7  4   0    7  19  9  16  35  .277  .342  .359   84   66   1   0   0   2   1
 1995 27 TOT NL  85  343   48   92  11  8   6   28  24  9  27  60  .268  .327  .399   93  137   3   2   0   4   1
         CIN NL  33  129   19   31   2  3   1   10  16  3   9  18  .240  .296  .326   64   42   2   2   0   2   0
         SFG NL  52  214   29   61   9  5   5   18   8  6  18  42  .285  .346  .444  111   95   1   0   0   2   1
 1997 29 CIN NL 115  465   53  127  13  7   5   23  56 13  34  67  .273  .329  .363   80  169   2   2   2   6   4
 2001 33 CIN NL  32   75    6   13   2  0   1    4   3  4   4  10  .173  .235  .240   21   18   2   0   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      641 2123  308  558  72 43  39  168 186 63 159 352  .263  .319  .392   89  833  12  10   7  21  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        537   78  141  18 11  10   42  47 16  40  89  .263  .319  .392   89  211   3   3   2   5   6
 Career High    115  465   58  127  18 14   8   28  56 16  34  67  .304  .346  .495  130  169   3   2   3   6   5
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 21 NYY AL   50   36    6   4.4    92| .234  .260| .280  .324| .404  .382| .684  .707|  92  .513  -0.7  -0.1 100%
 1990 22 NYY AL  149  118    9   2.0    95| .158  .259| .236  .327| .271  .388| .507  .715|  42  .198 -11.0  -1.1  80%
 1991 23 ATL NL  122   93   11   3.2    98| .191  .264| .270  .333| .345  .396| .615  .729|  68  .376  -5.5  -0.6  78%
 1992 24 ATL NL  325  227   51   6.1    98| .304  .267| .346  .334| .495  .393| .841  .726| 130  .669   9.1   0.9  74%
 1993 25 ATL NL  294  210   40   5.1   104| .276  .272| .321  .338| .452  .415| .773  .752| 104  .543   0.6   0.1  73%
 1994 26 TOT NL  414  294   51   4.6   110| .283  .275| .342  .342| .381  .430| .723  .772|  89  .474  -6.3  -0.6  70%
         ATL NL  211  150   27   4.8   111| .288  .277| .343  .344| .403  .433| .746  .777|  93  .492  -1.9  -0.2  73%
         CIN NL  203  144   24   4.5   108| .277  .273| .342  .340| .359  .427| .701  .768|  84  .456  -4.4  -0.4  67%
 1995 27 TOT NL  379  266   48   4.8   105| .268  .268| .327  .337| .399  .417| .726  .753|  93  .500  -4.4  -0.4  72%
         CIN NL  144  105   15   3.8   107| .240  .271| .296  .340| .326  .421| .622  .761|  64  .395  -7.1  -0.7  84%
         SFG NL  235  161   33   5.5   103| .285  .266| .346  .335| .444  .414| .790  .748| 111  .558   2.7   0.3  57%
 1997 29 CIN NL  509  359   62   4.6   110| .273  .273| .329  .345| .363  .428| .692  .773|  80  .477 -14.9  -1.4  81%
 2001 33 CIN NL   83   70    3   1.1   116| .173  .274| .235  .346| .240  .449| .475  .796|  21  .062  -9.4  -0.9  42%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2325 1673  281   4.5   105| .263  .270| .319  .338| .392  .415| .711  .754|  89  .484 -42.6  -4.1  74%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 21 NYY AL OF 14 30 1 1 0 .969 .981 2.21 2.12 2.56 2.42 12 109.0 CF 11 22 1 1 0 .958 .983 2.09 2.46 2.41 2.78 9 86.0 LF 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.67 1.83 3.13 2.15 3 23.0 1990 22 NYY AL OF 42 69 2 2 1 .973 .981 1.69 2.04 2.00 2.39 35 319.0 LF 29 39 1 1 1 .976 .978 1.38 1.74 1.84 2.19 20 195.7 CF 15 30 1 1 0 .969 .984 2.07 2.42 2.26 2.74 15 123.3 DH 4 1991 23 ATL NL OF 44 57 3 3 0 .952 .984 1.36 1.88 2.03 2.28 26 266.0 LF 41 52 3 3 0 .948 .982 1.34 1.67 2.09 2.18 23 236.7 CF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 2.12 2.22 2.57 2 20.3 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.10 1 9.0 1992 24 ATL NL OF 75 174 4 3 0 .983 .983 2.37 1.96 2.59 2.34 70 617.7 CF 60 137 2 2 0 .986 .989 2.32 2.44 2.62 2.80 55 477.7 LF 12 25 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.08 1.65 2.57 2.16 9 87.7 RF 9 12 2 1 0 .933 .979 1.56 1.66 2.41 2.08 6 52.3 1993 25 ATL NL OF 60 137 1 2 1 .986 .979 2.30 2.00 2.49 2.34 55 498.3 CF 55 131 1 2 1 .985 .985 2.40 2.37 2.58 2.75 51 460.3 LF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.20 1.68 1.42 2.11 4 38.0 1994 26 TOT NL CF 91 210 2 2 0 .991 .982 2.33 2.40 2.42 2.63 88 787.0 TOT NL OF 91 209 2 2 0 .991 .980 2.32 1.90 2.41 2.24 88 787.0 ATL NL CF 46 100 0 2 0 .980 .982 2.17 2.40 2.21 2.63 45 407.0 CIN NL CF 45 110 2 0 0 1.000 .982 2.49 2.40 2.65 2.63 43 380.0 1995 27 TOT NL CF 85 217 2 5 1 .978 .984 2.58 2.16 2.75 2.48 81 716.3 TOT NL OF 85 215 2 5 1 .977 .979 2.55 1.82 2.73 2.15 81 716.3 CIN NL CF 33 92 2 3 1 .969 .984 2.85 2.16 3.08 2.48 29 274.3 SFG NL CF 52 125 0 2 0 .984 .984 2.40 2.16 2.55 2.48 52 442.0 1997 29 CIN NL OF 113 235 3 4 1 .983 .980 2.11 1.77 2.24 2.13 111 958.0 CF 77 168 2 3 1 .983 .983 2.21 2.03 2.34 2.40 77 654.7 LF 37 66 1 1 0 .985 .980 1.81 1.48 1.99 1.95 34 303.3 2001 33 CIN NL OF 16 34 4 0 1 1.000 .982 2.38 1.86 2.64 2.20 16 129.7 LF 12 21 3 0 1 1.000 .980 2.00 1.48 2.29 1.91 12 94.3 CF 4 13 1 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 2.17 3.60 2.60 4 35.0 DH 2 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 3.00 0 0.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 21 NYY AL CF 11 22 1 1 0 .958 .983 2.09 2.46 2.41 2.78 9 86.0 1990 22 NYY AL CF 15 30 1 1 0 .969 .984 2.07 2.42 2.26 2.74 15 123.3 1991 23 ATL NL CF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 2.12 2.22 2.57 2 20.3 1992 24 ATL NL CF 60 137 2 2 0 .986 .989 2.32 2.44 2.62 2.80 55 477.7 1993 25 ATL NL CF 55 131 1 2 1 .985 .985 2.40 2.37 2.58 2.75 51 460.3 1994 26 TOT NL CF 91 210 2 2 0 .991 .982 2.33 2.40 2.42 2.63 88 787.0 ATL NL CF 46 100 0 2 0 .980 .982 2.17 2.40 2.21 2.63 45 407.0 CIN NL CF 45 110 2 0 0 1.000 .982 2.49 2.40 2.65 2.63 43 380.0 1995 27 TOT NL CF 85 217 2 5 1 .978 .984 2.58 2.16 2.75 2.48 81 716.3 CIN NL CF 33 92 2 3 1 .969 .984 2.85 2.16 3.08 2.48 29 274.3 SFG NL CF 52 125 0 2 0 .984 .984 2.40 2.16 2.55 2.48 52 442.0 1997 29 CIN NL CF 77 168 2 3 1 .983 .983 2.21 2.03 2.34 2.40 77 654.7 2001 33 CIN NL CF 4 13 1 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 2.17 3.60 2.60 4 35.0 1990 22 NYY AL DH 4 2001 33 CIN NL DH 2 1989 21 NYY AL LF 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.67 1.83 3.13 2.15 3 23.0 1990 22 NYY AL LF 29 39 1 1 1 .976 .978 1.38 1.74 1.84 2.19 20 195.7 1991 23 ATL NL LF 41 52 3 3 0 .948 .982 1.34 1.67 2.09 2.18 23 236.7 1992 24 ATL NL LF 12 25 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.08 1.65 2.57 2.16 9 87.7 1993 25 ATL NL LF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.20 1.68 1.42 2.11 4 38.0 1997 29 CIN NL LF 37 66 1 1 0 .985 .980 1.81 1.48 1.99 1.95 34 303.3 2001 33 CIN NL LF 12 21 3 0 1 1.000 .980 2.00 1.48 2.29 1.91 12 94.3 1989 21 NYY AL OF 14 30 1 1 0 .969 .981 2.21 2.12 2.56 2.42 12 109.0 1990 22 NYY AL OF 42 69 2 2 1 .973 .981 1.69 2.04 2.00 2.39 35 319.0 1991 23 ATL NL OF 44 57 3 3 0 .952 .984 1.36 1.88 2.03 2.28 26 266.0 1992 24 ATL NL OF 75 174 4 3 0 .983 .983 2.37 1.96 2.59 2.34 70 617.7 1993 25 ATL NL OF 60 137 1 2 1 .986 .979 2.30 2.00 2.49 2.34 55 498.3 1994 26 TOT NL OF 91 209 2 2 0 .991 .980 2.32 1.90 2.41 2.24 88 787.0 ATL NL OF 46 99 0 2 0 .980 .980 2.15 1.90 2.19 2.24 45 407.0 CIN NL OF 45 110 2 0 0 1.000 .980 2.49 1.90 2.65 2.24 43 380.0 1995 27 TOT NL OF 85 215 2 5 1 .977 .979 2.55 1.82 2.73 2.15 81 716.3 CIN NL OF 33 88 2 3 1 .968 .979 2.73 1.82 2.95 2.15 29 274.3 SFG NL OF 52 127 0 2 0 .984 .979 2.44 1.82 2.59 2.15 52 442.0 1997 29 CIN NL OF 113 235 3 4 1 .983 .980 2.11 1.77 2.24 2.13 111 958.0 2001 33 CIN NL OF 16 34 4 0 1 1.000 .982 2.38 1.86 2.64 2.20 16 129.7 1991 23 ATL NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.10 1 9.0 1992 24 ATL NL RF 9 12 2 1 0 .933 .979 1.56 1.66 2.41 2.08 6 52.3 2001 33 CIN NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 3.00 0 0.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 540 1160 22 22 5 .982 .980 2.19 1.89 2.42 2.24 494 4401.0 139 403 11# CF* 403 933 12 16 3 .983 .984 2.34 2.28 2.53 2.60 382 3360.7 LF* 139 217 8 5 2 .978 .980 1.62 1.62 2.07 2.08 105 978.7 RF* 11 12 2 1 0 .933 .979 1.27 1.65 2.04 2.09 7 61.7 DH 6 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 540 1160 22 22 5 .982 .980 2.19 1.89 2.42 2.24 494 4401
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1992   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   4   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL TOR     L   4  15   4   8  2  0  0   1   2   1  .533  .588  .667   5  0   0   0   0 
 1993   NLCS  ATL PHI     L   5   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   9   8   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2  13  23   4   8  2  0  0   1   2   5  .348  .400  .435   5  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1992 NL-14-1
1995 NL-8-3
1997 NL-7-10

Stolen Bases
1994 NL-38-2
1997 NL-56-2

Caught Stealing
1994 NL-16-1
1997 NL-13-6

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2137) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1988.

September 24, 1990: Released by the New York Yankees.

January 30, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

May 29, 1994: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Cincinnati Reds for Roberto Kelly and Roger Etheridge (minors).

July 21, 1995: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with David McCarty, Ricky Pickett, John Roper, and Scott Service to the San Francisco Giants for Mark Portugal, Darren Lewis, and Dave Burba.

December 20, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

February 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 5, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

February 3, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

December 21, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 10, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 24, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

January 26, 2001: Free agent signing by the Cincinnati Reds voided.

February 19, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

June 22, 2001: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

June 27, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

July 27, 2001: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1991Atlanta Braves$660,000
1992Atlanta Braves$600,000
1993Atlanta Braves$3,166,667
1994Atlanta Braves$3,632,513
1995Cincinnati Reds$3,666,667
1997Cincinnati Reds$1,200,000
2000Cincinnati Reds$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$13,225,847

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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