Ken Sanders

Position: 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)

Debut: August 6, 1964 (Age 23-029d, 9,880th in MLB history)
vs. NYY 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

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

W

L

ERA

2.97

G

409

GS

SV

IP

656.2

SO

360

WHIP

1.252

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1960	18	KCA-min	D	19	10	.655	3.22	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	SNF FLOR
1961	19	KCA-min	A	13	8	.619	3.96	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	PNO SALL
1962	20	KCA-min	A,AAA,AA	3	18	.143	5.26	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	BNG,POR,ABQ EL,PCL,TL
1963	21	KCA-LAA-min	AA	6	7	.462	3.65	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	BNG,NVL EL,SALL
1964	22	KCA-min	AA	9	1	.900	2.28	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	BIR SOUL
1964	22	KCA	AL	0	2	.000	3.67	21	0	11	0	0	1	27.0	23	12	11	2	17	4	18	1	0	1	120	106	4.23	1.481	7.7	0.7	5.7	6.0	1.06

1965	23	KCA-min	AAA	8	6	.571	2.74	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	VAN PCL
1966	24	TOT	AL	6	10	.375	3.75	62	1	25	0	0	3	112.2	95	50	47	10	76	16	74	3	2	3	495	96	4.50	1.518	7.6	0.8	6.1	5.9	0.97
1966	24	BOS	AL	3	6	.333	3.80	24	0	12	0	0	2	47.1	36	22	20	2	28	9	33	2	1	1	203	101	3.61	1.352	6.8	0.4	5.3	6.3	1.18
1966	24	KCA	AL	3	4	.429	3.72	38	1	13	0	0	1	65.1	59	28	27	8	48	7	41	1	1	2	292	92	5.14	1.638	8.1	1.1	6.6	5.6	0.85

1967	25	KCA-min	AAA	9	6	.600	2.04	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	VAN PCL
1968	26	OAK-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.41	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	VAN PCL
1968	26	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	3.38	7	0	6	0	0	0	10.2	8	5	4	1	8	2	6	0	0	0	45	86	4.73	1.500	6.8	0.8	6.8	5.1	0.75

1969	27	OAK-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.39	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	IWA AA
1970	28	MIL-min	AAA	4	1	.800	1.06	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	POR PCL
1970	28	MIL	AL	5	2	.714	1.75	50	0	30	0	0	13	92.1	64	19	18	1	25	6	64	4	1	2	357	215	2.34	0.964	6.2	0.1	2.4	6.2	2.56
1971	29	MIL	AL	7	12	.368	1.91	83	0	77	0	0	31	136.1	111	35	29	9	34	10	80	4	0	0	539	180	2.97	1.064	7.3	0.6	2.2	5.3	2.35	MVP-16
1972	30	MIL	AL	2	9	.182	3.12	62	0	51	0	0	17	92.1	88	38	32	10	31	13	51	2	0	1	397	97	3.77	1.289	8.6	1.0	3.0	5.0	1.65
1973	31	TOT	AL	7	5	.583	4.40	42	0	34	0	0	13	71.2	71	37	35	6	30	3	33	2	0	1	314	91	4.07	1.409	8.9	0.8	3.8	4.1	1.10
1973	31	MIN	AL	2	4	.333	6.09	27	0	21	0	0	8	44.1	53	31	30	4	21	1	19	2	0	1	207	65	4.44	1.669	10.8	0.8	4.3	3.9	0.90
1973	31	CLE	AL	5	1	.833	1.65	15	0	13	0	0	5	27.1	18	6	5	2	9	2	14	0	0	0	107	243	3.48	0.988	5.9	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.56
1974	32	CAL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.44	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	SLC PCL
1974	32	TOT	AL	0	1	.000	6.53	18	0	14	0	0	2	20.2	31	17	15	5	8	2	8	0	0	1	100	56	6.11	1.887	13.5	2.2	3.5	3.5	1.00
1974	32	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	9.82	9	0	7	0	0	1	11.0	21	12	12	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	58	38	9.12	2.364	17.2	4.1	4.1	3.3	0.80
1974	32	CAL	AL	0	0		2.79	9	0	7	0	0	1	9.2	10	5	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	42	128	2.68	1.345	9.3	0.0	2.8	3.7	1.33
1975	33	NYM-min	AAA	6	1	.857	1.34	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	TID IL
1975	33	NYM	NL	1	1	.500	2.30	30	0	18	0	0	5	43.0	31	11	11	2	14	7	8	0	0	0	172	151	3.80	1.047	6.5	0.4	2.9	1.7	0.57
1976	34	TOT	MLB	1	2	.333	2.70	34	0	19	0	0	1	50.0	42	16	15	4	15	4	18	1	1	0	202	124	3.91	1.140	7.6	0.7	2.7	3.2	1.20
1976	34	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	2.87	31	0	18	0	0	1	47.0	39	16	15	4	12	4	16	1	1	0	188	115	3.89	1.085	7.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.33
1976	34	KCR	AL	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	14		4.30	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
1977	35	MIL-min	AAA	2	6	.250	4.50	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	SPO PCL
10 Yrs				29	45	.392	2.97	409	1	285	0	0	86	656.2	564	240	217	50	258	67	360	17	4	9	2741	119	3.68	1.252	7.7	0.7	3.5	4.9	1.40
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.392	2.97	68	0	47	0	0	14	109	94	40	36	8	43	11	60	3	1	1	455	119	3.68	1.252	7.7	0.7	3.5	4.9	1.40
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
OAK (3 yrs)				3	7	.300	3.67	66	1	30	0	0	2	103.0	90	45	42	11	73	13	65	2	1	3	457	95	4.86	1.583	7.9	1.0	6.4	5.7	0.89
MIL (3 yrs)				14	23	.378	2.21	195	0	158	0	0	61	321.0	263	92	79	20	90	29	195	10	1	3	1293	154	3.02	1.100	7.4	0.6	2.5	5.5	2.17
NYM (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	2.60	61	0	36	0	0	6	90.0	70	27	26	6	26	11	24	1	1	0	360	130	3.84	1.067	7.0	0.6	2.6	2.4	0.92
CLE (2 yrs)				5	2	.714	3.99	24	0	20	0	0	6	38.1	39	18	17	7	14	4	18	0	0	0	165	98	5.10	1.383	9.2	1.6	3.3	4.2	1.29
KCR (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	14		4.30	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
MIN (1 yr)				2	4	.333	6.09	27	0	21	0	0	8	44.1	53	31	30	4	21	1	19	2	0	1	207	65	4.44	1.669	10.8	0.8	4.3	3.9	0.90
BOS (1 yr)				3	6	.333	3.80	24	0	12	0	0	2	47.1	36	22	20	2	28	9	33	2	1	1	203	101	3.61	1.352	6.8	0.4	5.3	6.3	1.18
CAL (1 yr)				0	0		2.79	9	0	7	0	0	1	9.2	10	5	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	42	128	2.68	1.345	9.3	0.0	2.8	3.7	1.33

AL (9 yrs)				27	42	.391	3.03	348	1	249	0	0	80	566.2	494	213	191	44	232	56	336	16	3	9	2381	117	3.66	1.281	7.8	0.7	3.7	5.3	1.45
NL (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	2.60	61	0	36	0	0	6	90.0	70	27	26	6	26	11	24	1	1	0	360	130	3.84	1.067	7.0	0.6	2.6	2.4	0.92

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WHIP

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