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Ray Sanders

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: December 4, 1916 in Bonne Terre, MO us

Died: October 28, 1983 in Washington, MO

Buried: Mount Hope Mausoleum, St. Louis, MO

Debut: April 14, 1942 (Age 25-131d, 9,201st in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 1949 (Age 32-291d)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Raymond Floyd Sanders

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

2182

597

.274

321

RBI

329

OBP

.370

SLG

.401

OPS

.771

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 20	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
2	4	Apr 21 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	12	0	0	12	1
3	5	Apr 21 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	6	Apr 22	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	9	0	0	9	0
5	7	Apr 23	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	8	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	4
7	9	Apr 25	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
8	10	Apr 28 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
9	11	Apr 28 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	13 (1)	May 5 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
11	18 (4)	May 10	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	19	May 11	BSN		NYG	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
13	20	May 12 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	12	2	0	14	0
14	21	May 12 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
15	22	May 13	BSN		NYG	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	23	May 14	BSN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
17	24	May 16	BSN		STL	L,8-9	CG	46	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
18	25	May 17	BSN		STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
19	26	May 19 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
20	27	May 19 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
21	28	May 20	BSN		CHC	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
22	29	May 22	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
23	30	May 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	12	2	0	14	1
24	31	May 25	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
25	32	May 26 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-12	CG	40	8.0	9	2	0	11	2
26	33	May 26 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
27	34	May 29	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
28	35	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	13	1	1	15	3
29	36	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	37	Jun 1	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
31	38	Jun 2 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
32	39	Jun 2 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	40	Jun 4	BSN	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	2
34	41	Jun 5	BSN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	13	1	0	14	0
35	45 (3)	Jun 9 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	17	1	0	18	1
36	47 (1)	Jun 10	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
37	48	Jun 11	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
38	49	Jun 14	BSN		CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
39	50	Jun 15	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
40	51	Jun 16 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
41	52	Jun 16 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
42	53	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		STL	L,6-9	GS	28	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	62 (8)	Jun 25	BSN		CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
44	66 (3)	Jun 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
45	67	Jun 30	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	68	Jul 2	BSN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	72 (3)	Jul 6	BSN		BRO	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
48	73	Jul 7 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	GF	26	7.0	5	0	1	6	1
49	75 (1)	Jul 11	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
50	76	Jul 12	BSN	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
51	77	Jul 13 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
52	78	Jul 13 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
53	79	Jul 14 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
54	80	Jul 14 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
55	81	Jul 15	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
56	82	Jul 16	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
57	84 (1)	Jul 18	BSN	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
58	85	Jul 19	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	86	Jul 20	BSN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	7	3	0	10	1
60	87	Jul 21 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
61	88	Jul 21 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
62	89	Jul 24	BSN		CIN	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	96 (6)	Aug 4 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
64	97	Aug 4 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,6-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	99 (1)	Aug 6	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	46	12.0	8	1	0	9	1
66	100	Aug 8 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
67	101	Aug 8 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
68	102	Aug 9	BSN		NYG	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	103	Aug 11 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	16	0	1	17	2
70	104	Aug 11 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
71	105	Aug 14	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
72	106	Aug 15 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,11-15	CG	51	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
73	107	Aug 15 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
74	108	Aug 18 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
75	109	Aug 18 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
76	110	Aug 20	BSN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	111	Aug 21	BSN	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	32	6.0	3	0	1	4	0
							77gm		648.0	659	61	9	729	57