Ken Sanders

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 168lb (180cm, 76kg)

Born: July 8, 1941 in St. Louis, MO us

School: St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO)

Last Game: September 27, 1976 (Age 35-081d)
vs. OAK 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Kenneth George Sanders

Nicknames: Daffy or Bulldog

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.2

ERA

2.97

409

656.2

360

WHIP

1.252

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1960	18	-1.9	Sanford	FLOR	D	KCA	19	10	.655	3.22	4.00	34	28		22	1		240.2	209	107	86	11	83	8	191	9	0	12		1.213	7.8	0.4	3.1	7.1	2.30
1961	19	-4.8	Portsmouth-Norfolk	SALL	A	KCA	13	8	.619	3.96	4.88	32	22		8	0		166.0	157	90	73	15	66	4	84	1	0	8		1.343	8.5	0.8	3.6	4.6	1.27
1962	20		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-AAA-AA	KCA	3	18	.143	5.26	6.57	38	21		8	0		159.0	198	116	93	18	56	4	79	4	1	11		1.597	11.2	1.0	3.2	4.5	1.41
1962	20	-6.0	Portland	PCL	AAA	KCA	0	4	.000	6.00	6.75	7	5		1	0		24.0	26	18	16	4	13	0	9	1	0	2		1.625	9.8	1.5	4.9	3.4	0.69
1962	20	-2.6	Albuquerque	TL	AA	KCA	0	3	.000	14.79	15.43	6	3		1	0		14.0	35	24	23	1	4	2	4	0	1	5		2.786	22.5	0.6	2.6	2.6	1.00
1962	20	-2.6	Binghamton	EL	A	KCA	3	11	.214	4.02	5.50	25	13		6	0		121.0	137	74	54	13	39	2	66	3	0	4		1.455	10.2	1.0	2.9	4.9	1.69
1963	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA	KCA	6	7	.462	3.65	4.62	35	15		7	0		148.0	151	76	60	17	55	1	87	4	1	8		1.392	9.2	1.0	3.3	5.3	1.58
1963	21	-1.6	Binghamton	EL	AA	KCA	5	6	.455	3.63	4.61	28	12		6	0		119.0	115	61	48	14	46	1	74	2	0	6		1.353	8.7	1.1	3.5	5.6	1.61
1963	21	-1.9	Nashville	SALL	AA	LAA	1	1	.500	3.72	4.66	7	3		1	0		29.0	36	15	12	3	9	0	13	2	1	2		1.552	11.2	0.9	2.8	4.0	1.44
1964	22	-0.4	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	KCA	9	1	.900	2.28	2.76	41	0		0	0		75.0	66	23	19	4	33	5	67	2	0	6		1.320	7.9	0.5	4.0	8.0	2.03
1964	22	-5.2	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	0	2	.000	3.67	4.00	21	0	11	0	0	1	27.0	23	12	11	2	17	4	18	1	0	1	120	1.481	7.7	0.7	5.7	6.0	1.06
1965	23	-2.1	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	KCA	8	6	.571	2.74	2.84	57	0		0	0		92.0	75	29	28	7	51	11	63	2	0	4		1.370	7.3	0.7	5.0	6.2	1.24
1966	24		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-KCA	6	10	.375	3.75	3.99	62	1	25	0	0	3	112.2	95	50	47	10	76	16	74	3	2	3	495	1.518	7.6	0.8	6.1	5.9	0.97
1966	24	-3.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	3	6	.333	3.80	4.18	24	0	12	0	0	2	47.1	36	22	20	2	28	9	33	2	1	1	203	1.352	6.8	0.4	5.3	6.3	1.18
1966	24	-3.0	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	3	4	.429	3.72	3.86	38	1	13	0	0	1	65.1	59	28	27	8	48	7	41	1	1	2	292	1.638	8.1	1.1	6.6	5.6	0.85
1967	25	-0.5	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	KCA	9	6	.600	2.04	2.68	50	0		0	0		84.0	75	25	19	4	14	1	68	2	0	3		1.060	8.0	0.4	1.5	7.3	4.86
1968	26	0.3	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	OAK	2	4	.333	3.41	3.72	35	0		0	0		58.0	53	24	22	6	16	1	43	1	0	1		1.190	8.2	0.9	2.5	6.7	2.69
1968	26	-1.0	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	1	.000	3.38	4.22	7	0	6	0	0	0	10.2	8	5	4	1	8	2	6	0	0	0	45	1.500	6.8	0.8	6.8	5.1	0.75
1969	27	1.7	Iowa	AA	AAA	OAK	6	7	.462	3.39	4.34	29	10		5	1	1	114.0	117	55	43	8	34	3	49	2	1	3		1.325	9.2	0.6	2.7	3.9	1.44
1970	28	2.8	Portland	PCL	AAA	MIL	4	1	.800	1.06	1.32	14	0		0	0	2	34.0	21	5	4	0	10	3	21	0	0	4		0.912	5.6	0.0	2.6	5.6	2.10
1970	28	0.8	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	5	2	.714	1.75	1.85	50	0	30	0	0	13	92.1	64	19	18	1	25	6	64	4	1	2	357	0.964	6.2	0.1	2.4	6.2	2.56
1971	29	2.1	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	7	12	.368	1.91	2.31	83	0	77	0	0	31	136.1	111	35	29	9	34	10	80	4	0	0	539	1.064	7.3	0.6	2.2	5.3	2.35
1972	30	2.8	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	2	9	.182	3.12	3.70	62	0	51	0	0	17	92.1	88	38	32	10	31	13	51	2	0	1	397	1.289	8.6	1.0	3.0	5.0	1.65
1973	31		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CLE-MIN	7	5	.583	4.40	4.65	42	0	34	0	0	13	71.2	71	37	35	6	30	3	33	2	0	1	314	1.409	8.9	0.8	3.8	4.1	1.10
1973	31	3.3	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	2	4	.333	6.09	6.29	27	0	21	0	0	8	44.1	53	31	30	4	21	1	19	2	0	1	207	1.669	10.8	0.8	4.3	3.9	0.90
1973	31	3.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	1	.833	1.65	1.98	15	0	13	0	0	5	27.1	18	6	5	2	9	2	14	0	0	0	107	0.988	5.9	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.56
1974	32		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CAL-CLE	0	1	.000	6.53	7.40	18	0	14	0	0	2	20.2	31	17	15	5	8	2	8	0	0	1	100	1.887	13.5	2.2	3.5	3.5	1.00
1974	32	7.7	Salt Lake City	PCL	AAA	CAL	3	1	.750	3.44	3.97	19	2		0	0	2	34.0	37	15	13	1	13	8	22	1	0	0		1.471	9.8	0.3	3.4	5.8	1.69
1974	32	3.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	9.82	9.82	9	0	7	0	0	1	11.0	21	12	12	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	58	2.364	17.2	4.1	4.1	3.3	0.80
1974	32	3.9	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	0	0		2.79	4.66	9	0	7	0	0	1	9.2	10	5	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	42	1.345	9.3	0.0	2.8	3.7	1.33
1975	33	8.4	Tidewater	IL	AAA	NYM	6	1	.857	1.34	1.72	27	0		0	0	9	47.0	39	9	7	1	8	2	29	2	0	2		1.000	7.5	0.2	1.5	5.6	3.63
1975	33	5.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	1	.500	2.30	2.30	30	0	18	0	0	5	43.0	31	11	11	2	14	7	8	0	0	0	172	1.047	6.5	0.4	2.9	1.7	0.57
1976	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	1	2	.333	2.70	2.88	34	0	19	0	0	1	50.0	42	16	15	4	15	4	18	1	1	0	202	1.140	7.6	0.7	2.7	3.2	1.20
1976	34	6.6	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	2	.333	2.87	3.06	31	0	18	0	0	1	47.0	39	16	15	4	12	4	16	1	1	0	188	1.085	7.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.33
1976	34	6.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	14	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
1977	35	10.3	Spokane	PCL	AAA	MIL	2	6	.250	4.50	4.73	30	0		0	0	4	40.0	47	21	20	5	17	3	22	0	1	2		1.600	10.6	1.1	3.8	5.0	1.29
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		29	45	.392	2.97	3.29	409	1	285	0	0	86	656.2	564	240	217	50	258	67	360	17	4	9	2741	1.252	7.7	0.7	3.5	4.9	1.40
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		90	76	.542	3.39	4.15	441	98		50	2	18	1291.2	1245	595	487	97	456	54	825	30	4	64		1.317	8.7	0.7	3.2	5.7	1.81
All Levels (18 Seasons)							119	121	.496	3.25	3.86	850	99	285	50	2	104	1948.1	1809	835	704	147	714	121	1185	47	8	73	2741	1.295	8.4	0.7	3.3	5.5	1.66

AAA (9 seasons)					Minors		40	36	.526	2.94	3.43	268	17		6	1	18	527.0	490	201	172	36	176	32	326	11	2	21		1.264	8.4	0.6	3.0	5.6	1.85
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		15	11	.577	3.87	4.67	82	18		8	0		237.0	252	123	102	22	92	8	158	6	2	19		1.451	9.6	0.8	3.5	6.0	1.72
A (2 seasons)					Minors		16	19	.457	3.98	5.14	57	35		14	0		287.0	294	164	127	28	105	6	150	4	0	12		1.390	9.2	0.9	3.3	4.7	1.43
D (1 season)					Minors		19	10	.655	3.22	4.00	34	28		22	1		240.2	209	107	86	11	83	8	191	9	0	12		1.213	7.8	0.4	3.1	7.1	2.30