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Bulldog
Sanders		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: July 10, 1940 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1977   
All-Star Selections 1973    1975   
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 32 BRK FL $ 9,980,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 4 4 4
1974 33 BRK FL $ 9,980,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5
1975 34 BRK FL $ 9,980,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 4 4 4
1976 35 BRK FL $ 11,000,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 4 4 4
1977 36 BRK FL $ 11,000,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 9 9 3 3 3
1978 37 BRK FL $ 11,000,000 4 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 9 9 9 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 9,980,000 4 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 9 9 9 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5
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 32 BRK FL 162 568 103 163 28 11 36 106 5 2 122 108 .287 .411 .565 .976 127.7 26.2
1974 33 BRK FL 160 547 97 156 31 11 31 80 2 1 120 93 .285 .415 .552 .967 117.6 27.9
1975 34 BRK FL 155 553 92 146 31 3 28 89 5 0 109 108 .264 .386 .483 .869 105.4 26.4
1976 35 BRK FL 158 550 85 129 26 5 25 87 0 3 102 133 .235 .354 .436 .791 87.0 17.7
1977 36 BRK FL 151 513 61 123 23 7 13 58 0 1 81 121 .240 .342 .388 .730 69.8 12.3
1978 37 BRK FL 139 338 38 72 12 0 9 38 1 1 57 101 .213 .325 .328 .653 38.1 5.0
6 Years Sim 925 3069 476 789 151 37 142 458 13 8 591 664 .257 .377 .469 .846 545.6 115.5
162 Game Average 537 83 138 26 6 24 80 2 1 103 116 .257 .377 .469 .846 95.6  
Career Highs 162 568 103 163 31 11 36 106 5 3 122 133 .287 .415 .565 .976 127.7  
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   2054 305 530 102 21 99 312 8 6 369 444 .258 .370 .473 .843 370.5
vs LH   1015 171 259 49 16 43 146 5 2 222 220 .255 .389 .462 .851 192.5
Home 465 1487 212 375 71 16 66 222 8 4 309 313 .252 .380 .455 .834 272.3
Away 460 1582 264 414 80 21 76 236 5 4 282 351 .262 .374 .483 .857 290.8
RISP   760 0 189 36 8 45 310 0 0 170 192 .249 .381 .495 .876 152.0
Pinch Hitting   76 6 23 2 0 2 11 0 0 15 20 .303 .418 .408 .825 13.8
Close/Late   375 58 96 18 2 14 48 0 0 101 81 .256 .413 .427 .840 73.8
Mar/Apr 159 570 89 146 23 9 25 71 2 0 84 131 .256 .354 .460 .813 94.6
May 160 540 84 136 26 8 27 86 2 2 118 112 .252 .385 .480 .864 104.5
June 149 484 76 118 27 3 22 85 2 2 102 98 .244 .376 .448 .824 86.5
July 153 464 84 121 22 4 26 71 1 0 101 105 .261 .393 .494 .886 93.5
August 163 559 84 135 26 5 28 92 3 2 101 121 .242 .355 .456 .811 95.8
Sep/Oct 141 452 59 133 27 8 14 53 3 2 85 97 .294 .406 .482 .888 88.1
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 32 BRK FL LF 162 162 1424.7 345 9 6 1 .983 2.24 0 0 .000 0 3.5
1974 33 BRK FL LF 158 154 1341.0 286 15 4 5 .987 2.02 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1975 34 BRK FL LF 155 151 1357.3 317 3 7 1 .979 2.12 0 0 .000 0 2.6
1976 35 BRK FL LF 152 147 1337.0 340 6 7 1 .980 2.33 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    C 1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 36 BRK FL LF 146 138 1250.0 292 7 3 4 .990 2.15 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 37 BRK FL LF 122 76 750.0 164 5 4 1 .977 2.03 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  LF 895 828 7460.0 1744 45 31 13 .983 2.16 0 0 .000 0 19.3
  C 1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   898 828 7470.0 1746 45 31 13 .983 2.16 0 0 .000 0 19.3
Career Highs   162 162 1424.7 345 15 7 5 .990 2.33 0 0 .000 0  
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.
On-Base Pct
1973-2-.411
1974-4-.415
1975-8-.386
CAR-31-.377
 Slugging Pct
1973-5-.565
1974-4-.552
 OPS
1973-3-.976
1974-2-.967
1975-10-.869
CAR-49-.846
 XR
1973-3-127.7
1974-3-117.6
1975-7-105.4
 Games
1973-1-162
1974-2-160
1975-9-155
1976-3-158
 Runs
1974-9-97
1975-10-92
1976-8-85
Total Bases
1974-8-302
 Triples
1973-2-11
1974-6-11
 Homeruns
1974-10-31
1975-8-28
 RBIs
1975-10-89
1976-9-87
 Walks
1973-1-122
1974-2-120
1975-2-109
1976-2-102
1977-2-81
 Strikeouts
1976-8-133
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jack Elliott (960)
  2. J.J. Lowdermilk (958)
  3. Jack See (957)
  4. Frank Grant (953)
  5. Hernando Padillo (945)
  6. Tommy Hobbs (942)
  7. Larry Hisle (941)
  8. Patrick Casavant (935)
  9. Ramon Echague (931)
  10. Jim Betoni (930)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1973
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/1/1973, off Vernon Simpson (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1973, off Aaron Alfonso (MON)
Drove in 6 runs against Des Moines on 6/6/1973
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1974, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Injured on 9/19/1977 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks
Won Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield in 1977
 
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