Scott Sanderson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 195lb (196cm, 88kg)

Born: July 22, 1956 in Dearborn, MI us

Died: April 11, 2019 in Lake Forest, IL

Buried: Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, MI

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 11th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Glenbrook North HS (Northbrook, IL) and the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN).

High School: Glenbrook North HS (Northbrook, IL)

School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: August 6, 1978 (Age 22-015d, 14,072nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 15, 1996 (Age 39-298d)
vs. BOS 2.1 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Dick Moss

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Scott Douglas Sanderson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.6

163

143

ERA

3.84

472

407

2561.2

1611

WHIP

1.255

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-17 / in Starts: 13-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 4

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	11	3	Apr 8	MON	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS-6		99	5.2	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.18	2.73	24	3	11	0	2	5	52			1	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.024	1.70	-0.02%	0.53	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d1
2	12	9	Apr 17	MON		NYM	W,5-4	GS-7		8	6.1	5	4	3	2	4	1	0	3.75	3.65	26	5	10	0	0	5	51			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.146	2.55	-0.19%	-0.66	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out tie
3	13	13	Apr 22	MON	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	6.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	0	4.00	3.51	22	5	6	3	0	6	53			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.000	1.55	0.00%	0.48	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d2
4	14	17	Apr 28	MON		SFG	W,6-4	GS-7	W(1-1)	5	6.0	5	3	2	4	4	1	0	3.75	4.02	26	7	11	4	1	0	52			0	2	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.036	2.09	-0.04%	-0.58	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	15	21	May 3	MON	@	SDP	L,2-10	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	5.1	7	5	5	1	2	2	0	4.60	4.64	24	4	10	0	0	7	35			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.290	2.14	-0.37%	-1.22	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d1
6	16	25	May 8	MON	@	SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	4	9.0	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.52	3.80	29	4	14	0	0	1	93			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.603	2.12	0.77%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
7	17	29	May 12	MON	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.43	3.72	3	1	1	0	0	0	54			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.047	1.22	0.06%	0.47	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
8	18	37	May 21	MON		PIT	L,2-4	GS-5	L(2-3)	8	5.0	7	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.65	4.06	23	1	7	0	1	7	45			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.140	2.79	-0.21%	-0.67	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
9	19	40	May 27(1)	MON		STL	W,8-3	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.54	3.91	36	8	13	1	5	8	64			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.191	1.14	0.32%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
10	20	44	May 31	MON		PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.03	3.60	31	8	10	1	1	6	80			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.722	4.34	1.45%	4.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	21	49	Jun 5	MON	@	ATL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-4)	4	5.0	3	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.21	3.79	21	2	8	1	1	3	49			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.058	3.22	-0.09%	-0.48	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d3
12	22	53	Jun 10	MON	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.19	3.82	26	7	5	0	0	7	53			0	1	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	.79	0.008	1.97	0.01%	0.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
13	23	57	Jun 15	MON		HOU	L,1-2	GS-5		4	5.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	1	3.10	3.73	20	4	7	2	0	3	60			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.142	2.87	0.21%	1.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
14	24	62	Jun 20	MON		CIN	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.27	3.73	31	4	11	0	4	8	49			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.340	2.70	-0.53%	-1.12	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
15	25	70	Jun 30	MON	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-6	W(5-4)	9	6.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.25	3.73	26	7	8	1	0	4	55			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.01	0.094	3.28	0.18%	0.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	26	74	Jul 5	MON	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	6.1	6	3	2	3	2	0	1	3.23	3.75	28	5	11	1	4	6	50			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.08	-0.100	3.42	-0.19%	-0.31	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
17	27	79	Jul 10	MON		SFG	L,7-11	GS-5		4	4.1	7	5	4	1	7	1	0	3.44	3.72	22	4	6	3	0	4	37			3	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.281	2.25	-0.45%	-2.92	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out tie
18	28	85	Jul 15	MON		SDP	W,4-0	GS-5	W(6-5)	4	5.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.28	3.53	19	0	7	1	0	4	67			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.266	3.68	0.46%	2.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
19	29	90	Jul 22(2)	MON	@	SFG	W,15-5	GS-4		6	3.2	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.42	3.55	19	3	8	4	0	3	34			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.061	3.46	-0.11%	-1.66	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out a2
20	30	95	Jul 27(2)	MON		PIT	L,1-9	GS-3	L(6-6)	4	3.0	4	5	5	3	4	1	0	3.72	3.65	17	2	4	0	0	4	32			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	1	.77	-0.306	3.28	-0.79%	-3.60	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
21	31	98	Jul 30(1)	MON		STL	L,2-7	8-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	3.62	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.22	0.01%	0.49	8t 1-- 1 out d5	8t 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	32	101	Aug 1	MON		CHC	W,7-5	11-GF(12)	W(7-6)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	3.64	3.55	7	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.261	7.55	0.65%	0.93	11t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
23	33	103	Aug 3	MON		NYM	W,10-6	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	3.54	3	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.052	2.31	0.10%	0.47	7t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
24	34	105	Aug 5(1)	MON		NYM	L,2-4	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.54	3.49	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.040	.92	0.08%	0.93	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
25	35	107	Aug 7	MON	@	PHI	L,2-4	5-7	L(7-7)	1	3.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.68	3.57	14	0	7	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.38	0.004	4.91	0.01%	0.29	5b 123 0 out tie	7b 3 out d3
26	36	110	Aug 10(1)	MON	@	NYM	L,1-7	1-5		2	4.2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.61	3.51	18	7	5	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.019	.51	-0.04%	0.13	1b -23 1 out d4	5b 3 out d6
27	37	115	Aug 15	MON	@	HOU	W,3-0	6-GF	S(1)	4	4.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.50	3.46	14	5	4	0	2	3		0	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.172	2.39	0.29%	1.77	6b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
28	38	119	Aug 20	MON	@	CIN	W,5-2	6-9	H(1)	4	3.1	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.42	3.42	13	2	3	0	2	2		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.201	4.09	0.41%	1.88	6b 12- 1 out a3	9b 12- 2 out a3
29	39	123	Aug 27	MON		HOU	L,0-3	6-7		6	2.0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.43	3.41	9	1	3	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.165	2.96	-0.33%	-1.07	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	40	130	Sep 3(2)	MON		NYM	W,6-5	GS-7		6	6.2	6	3	3	4	6	0	0	3.46	3.38	30	11	5	0	1	4	52			3	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.226	2.64	0.45%	1.84	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a4
31	41	134	Sep 7	MON	@	STL	L,4-5	6-7		3	1.1	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.55	3.38	9	1	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.017	5.40	0.05%	0.07	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 1 out d1
32	42	144	Sep 16(2)	MON		STL	W,5-1	CG(10)	W(8-7)	8	10.0	7	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.38	3.31	39	11	12	1	2	6	78			2	1	0	34	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.38	0.682	6.55	1.94%	3.65	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
33	43	150	Sep 20(2)	MON	@	NYM	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-7)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.20	3.19	34	6	11	2	3	7	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.602	8.03	2.16%	4.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
34	44	156	Sep 25	MON	@	PIT	L,4-10	GS-5	L(9-8)	4	4.2	7	6	6	3	3	2	0	3.43	3.35	25	5	7	2	2	7	26			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.14	-0.405	19.01	-4.07%	-2.97	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
							17-17		W-L:9-8,Sv:1,Hld:1	4.2	168.0	148	69	64	54	138	16	3	3.43	3.35	696	0.58		8%	9%	133	54	8	25%	17	10	0	627	29	4	4	5	7	6	1.02	1.962	3.76	2.19%	15.43

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