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Ray Sanders
Raymond Floyd Sanders

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 14, 1942
Final Game September 21, 1949
Born December 4, 1916 in Bonne Terre, MO
Died October 28, 1983 in Washington, MO

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 25 STL NL  95  282   37   71  17  2   5   39   2     42  31  .252  .351  .379  107  107   3           1   7
 1943 26 STL NL 144  478   69  134  21  5  11   73   1     77  33  .280  .381  .414  125  198  15           1  10
 1944 27 STL NL 154  601   87  177  34  9  12  102   2     71  50  .295  .371  .441  126  265   9           2  12 MVP-15
 1945 28 STL NL 143  537   85  148  29  3   8   78   3     83  55  .276  .375  .385  109  207   9           2   6
 1946 29 BSN NL  80  259   43   63  12  0   6   35   0     50  38  .243  .368  .359  106   93   4           1   3
 1948 31 BSN NL   5    4    0    1   0  0   0    2   0      1   0  .250  .400  .250   80    1   0           0   1
 1949 32 BSN NL   9   21    0    3   1  0   0    0   0      4   9  .143  .280  .190   31    4   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      630 2182  321  597 114 19  42  329   8  0 328 216  .274  .370  .401  116  875  40   0   0   7  39
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        561   83  154  29  5  11   85   2  0  84  56  .274  .370  .401  116  225  10   0   0   2  10
 Career High    154  601   87  177  34  9  12  102   3  0  83  55  .295  .381  .441  126  265  15   0   0   2  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 25 STL NL  328  221   37   4.5    93| .252  .265| .351  .338| .379  .368| .730  .706| 107  .577   3.7   0.4     
 1943 26 STL NL  571  369   75   5.5    93| .280  .270| .381  .340| .414  .367| .795  .707| 125  .646  17.9   1.9     
 1944 27 STL NL  683  445   98   5.9    96| .295  .270| .371  .338| .441  .380| .812  .718| 126  .651  21.6   2.2     
 1945 28 STL NL  631  404   77   5.1    99| .276  .277| .375  .347| .385  .382| .760  .729| 109  .580   9.6   1.0     
 1946 29 BSN NL  314  203   34   4.5    93| .243  .263| .368  .339| .359  .369| .727  .708| 106  .547   4.2   0.4     
 1948 31 BSN NL    5    4    0   0.0   101| .250  .268| .400  .342| .250  .396| .650  .738|  80  .000  -0.0   0.0     
 1949 32 BSN NL   25   18    1   1.5   100| .143  .264| .280  .337| .190  .396| .470  .733|  31  .114  -1.9  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2557 1664  322   5.2    95| .274  .270| .370  .341| .401  .375| .771  .716| 116  .607  55.2   5.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1942 25 STL NL 1B 77 626 35 6 54 .991 .989 8.58 9.66 1943 26 STL NL 1B 141 1302 71 7 142 .995 .992 9.74 7.09 1944 27 STL NL 1B 152 1370 64 8 142 .994 .990 9.43 6.58 1945 28 STL NL 1B 142 1259 90 19 113 .986 .990 9.50 7.04 1946 29 BSN NL 1B 77 659 61 9 57 .988 .991 9.35 9.28 1949 32 BSN NL 1B 7 52 9 1 2 .984 .990 8.71 8.99
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1942 25 STL NL 1B 77 626 35 6 54 .991 .989 8.58 9.66 1943 26 STL NL 1B 141 1302 71 7 142 .995 .992 9.74 7.09 1944 27 STL NL 1B 152 1370 64 8 142 .994 .990 9.43 6.58 1945 28 STL NL 1B 142 1259 90 19 113 .986 .990 9.50 7.04 1946 29 BSN NL 1B 77 659 61 9 57 .988 .991 9.35 9.28 1949 32 BSN NL 1B 7 52 9 1 2 .984 .990 8.71 8.99
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 596 5268 330 50 510 .991 .990 9.39 7.59 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 596 5268 330 50 510 .991 .990 9.39 7.59
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1942   WS    STL NYY     W   2   1   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   5  17   3   5  0  0  1   2   3   4  .294  .400  .471   0  0   0   0   0 
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   6  21   5   6  0  0  1   1   5   8  .286  .423  .429   0  0   0   0   0 
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2  14  40   9  11  0  0  2   3   9  12  .275  .408  .425   0  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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1944-NL-15-0.07
Car-983-0.07 shares

On-base %
1943 NL-.381-10

OPS
1943 NL-.796-10

Games
1944 NL-154-7

At Bats
1944 NL-601-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1944 NL-683-5

Hits
1944 NL-177-6

Total Bases
1944 NL-265-10

Doubles
1945 NL-29-7

Triples
1944 NL-9-6

Home Runs
1943 NL-11-9

RBI
1943 NL-73-7
1944 NL-102-4

Bases on Balls
1943 NL-77-7
1944 NL-71-10
1945 NL-83-5

Strikeouts
1945 NL-55-9

Singles
1944 NL-122-10

Extra-Base Hits
1944 NL-55-9

Times on Base
1944 NL-250-8

Sac. Hits
1943 NL-15-5

At Bats per Home Run
1943 NL-43.5-9

Outs
1944 NL-445-8

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 26 (858) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1324) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1579) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 15, 1946: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals for $25,000.

March 6, 1948: Traded by the Boston Braves with Bama Rowell and $40,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Eddie Stanky.

April 18, 1948: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Brooklyn Dodgers for $60,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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