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Sanderson
Roosevelt		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: September 19, 1942 in Honduras
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1977    1978   
All-Star Selections 1975    1976    1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 30 SLC FL $ 3,790,000 6 5 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 4 5 5
1974 31 SLC FL $ 3,790,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1975 32 SLC FL $ 3,790,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1976 33 SLC FL $ 3,790,000 6 5 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
1977 34 VAN JL $ 11,000,000 6 5 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1978 35 VAN JL $ 11,000,000 6 5 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1979 36 MRQ JL $ 10,250,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1980 37 BRK FL $ 460,000 4 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 460,000 4 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 38 PHX JL $ 900,000   6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 900,000   6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 900,000   6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 30 SLC FL 159 669 117 188 21 0 18 87 65 9 55 116 .281 .336 .393 .729 98.5 16.6
1974 31 SLC FL 156 623 102 167 28 15 16 70 58 16 64 105 .268 .341 .438 .780 98.6 18.5
1975 32 SLC FL 155 609 95 169 19 16 13 59 72 32 52 87 .278 .340 .425 .766 92.4 17.5
1976 33 SLC FL 154 643 122 185 28 17 21 68 37 18 50 97 .288 .343 .482 .825 106.3 23.7
1977 34 VAN JL 155 625 92 167 13 9 20 74 55 14 62 116 .267 .337 .413 .749 94.4 18.7
1978 35 VAN JL 152 585 108 166 26 10 26 78 37 16 60 107 .284 .349 .496 .845 104.4 20.6
1979 36 AUS FL 88 307 39 68 8 3 9 32 17 7 16 81 .221 .263 .355 .618 28.7 1.9
  MRQ JL 64 234 30 49 11 2 6 27 13 6 26 53 .209 .293 .350 .643 24.5 2.5
  TOT   152 541 69 117 19 5 15 59 30 13 42 134 .216 .276 .353 .629 53.2 4.4
1980 37 BRK FL 140 450 57 99 11 9 6 56 23 4 23 135 .220 .261 .324 .586 41.7 3.2
    AAA   7 7 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .429 .500 .571 1.071 1.7  
1981 38 AAA   96 264 51 64 10 0 16 55 10 4 38 52 .242 .338 .462 .800 43.5  
8 Years Sim 1223 4745 762 1258 165 81 135 551 377 122 408 897 .265 .326 .419 .746 689.3 123.2
2 Years AAA 103 271 51 67 11 0 16 58 10 4 39 53 .247 .338 .465 .803 45.2  
162 Game Average 628 100 166 21 10 17 72 49 16 54 118 .265 .326 .419 .746 91.3  
Career Highs 159 669 122 188 28 17 26 87 72 32 64 135 .288 .349 .496 .845 106.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3246 499 813 112 57 79 333 248 69 259 633 .250 .309 .393 .702 413.2
vs LH   1499 263 445 53 24 56 218 129 53 149 264 .297 .363 .476 .840 255.5
Home 607 2289 353 584 72 40 70 259 163 56 177 467 .255 .312 .413 .725 303.2
Away 616 2456 409 674 93 41 65 292 214 66 231 430 .274 .339 .425 .764 365.6
RISP   1002 0 285 38 19 37 414 0 0 91 193 .284 .336 .471 .807 158.0
Pinch Hitting   33 5 8 0 1 1 5 1 0 3 8 .242 .324 .394 .718 4.3
Close/Late   566 82 148 15 11 12 57 0 0 42 100 .261 .322 .390 .713 68.7
Mar/Apr 198 797 128 227 25 19 21 103 60 22 73 151 .285 .344 .443 .787 122.9
May 205 781 122 206 27 16 18 79 64 21 70 151 .264 .328 .408 .737 107.9
June 196 761 118 196 24 14 24 86 71 18 44 162 .258 .300 .420 .721 101.1
July 204 787 116 195 25 10 24 97 58 23 71 158 .248 .315 .396 .711 101.3
August 214 856 147 230 38 11 22 97 65 18 78 142 .269 .333 .416 .749 122.3
Sep/Oct 206 763 131 204 26 11 26 89 59 20 72 133 .267 .335 .433 .768 113.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 30 SLC FL SS 155 153 1376.7 175 440 14 78 .978 4.02   6.9
    2B 3 0 11.0 4 2 1 0 .857 4.91   0.0
1974 31 SLC FL SS 146 143 1296.0 197 419 19 76 .970 4.28   7.9
    3B 2 2 18.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 3.50   0.1
    2B 6 0 17.0 5 7 0 1 1.000 6.35   0.1
1975 32 SLC FL SS 152 147 1333.3 167 442 24 74 .962 4.11   8.8
    3B 1 0 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    2B 2 0 5.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1976 33 SLC FL SS 153 150 1366.7 180 448 15 79 .977 4.14   8.7
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
1977 34 VAN JL SS 153 147 1348.3 203 497 18 86 .975 4.67   7.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 35 VAN JL SS 149 143 1290.7 157 531 16 88 .977 4.80   8.7
    2B 2 1 9.3 4 6 0 3 1.000 9.65   0.1
1979 36 AUS FL SS 86 84 703.1 88 235 11 39 .967 4.13   5.3
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MRQ JL SS 62 61 564.2 71 189 8 32 .970 4.15   0.2
    2B 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 148 145 1267.3 159 424 19 71 .968 4.14   5.5
      2B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
      CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1980 37 BRK FL SS 135 135 1128.7 155 333 15 74 .970 3.89   5.3
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1191 1163 10407.6 1393 3534 140 626 .972 4.26   58.9
  2B 17 1 47.3 16 19 1 5 .972 6.66   0.4
  3B 4 2 32.0 5 8 0 1 1.000 3.66   0.2
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1213 1166 10488.9 1414 3561 141 632 .972 4.27   59.5
Career Highs   158 153 1387.7 206 537 24 91 .978 4.83    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 30 SLC FL 4 16 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .375 .412 .438 .849
1974 31 SLC FL 8 34 1 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 10 .147 .171 .235 .407
1975 32 SLC FL 12 49 6 13 2 1 1 4 1 3 6 13 .265 .345 .408 .754
1976 33 SLC FL 8 34 4 10 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 7 .294 .314 .412 .726
1977 34 VAN JL 3 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154
1978 35 VAN JL 4 17 2 6 1 1 1 6 0 1 1 3 .353 .389 .706 1.095
Career Post-Season Batting 39 163 14 41 5 2 4 18 2 7 10 38 .252 .295 .380 .675
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
OPS
1976-10-.825
 XR
1976-4-106.3
1978-7-104.4
 Games
1974-7-156
1975-9-155
1977-9-155
 At-Bats
1973-2-669
1974-1-623
1975-2-609
1976-1-643
1977-1-625
1978-9-585
 Runs
1973-2-117
1974-5-102
1975-7-95
1976-1-122
1978-4-108
 Hits
1974-7-167
1975-7-169
1976-2-185
Total Bases
1976-3-310
1978-5-290
 Singles
1973-5-149
1975-8-121
1976-8-119
 Triples
1974-1-15
1975-2-16
1976-1-17
1977-8-9
1978-8-10
1980-6-9
CAR-46-81
 Homeruns
1978-9-26
 Stolen Bases
1973-2-65
1974-3-58
1975-1-72
1976-7-37
1977-5-55
CAR-43-377
 Caught Stealing
1974-5-16
1975-1-32
1976-5-18
1977-6-14
1978-6-16
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 89th overall pick, by Salt Lake City in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1973, off Jamaal Jumboni (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1973, off Mike Milholm (LV)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Las Vegas on 8/25/1973
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Des Moines on 8/24/1975
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Las Vegas on 4/12/1976
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 5/15/1976
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/11/1977 to a 2-year deal worth $11,000,000 per year
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1977
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/1978, hitting .478 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1978
Signed as a free agent by Austin on 2/1/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $10,250,000 per year
Traded from Austin to Marquette on 7/21/1979 (Going to AUS: SS H. Sobah, P D. Cantoni. Going to MRQ: SS S. Roosevelt, P G. Ford, LF L. Silverio, SS A. Maya, RF A. Sandoval)
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 4/1/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $460,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/10/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $900,000 per year
Injured on 7/13/1981 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Traded from Brooklyn to Phoenix on 7/31/1981 (Going to PHX: SS Sanderson Roosevelt, 2B Rudy May, P George Crews. Going to BRK: 1B Shaker Calfo)
 
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