Ray Sanders

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Full Name: Raymond Floyd Sanders	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: April 14, 1942
Birthdate: December 4, 1916	Final Game: September 21, 1949
Birthplace: Bonne Terre, Missouri	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: October 28, 1983
Deathplace: Washington, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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Ray Sanders (Raymond Floyd Sanders) was born on December 4, 1916 in Bonne Terre, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1942 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1942, his rookie year, he hit .252 with 5 home runs and 39 RBI. Sanders played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Ray Sanders's best season was 1944, when he hit for a .295 average and knocked in 102 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1942	STL	N	95	282	37	71	5	39	.252	.351	.379	17	2	42	31	1	3	2	0	7
1943	STL	N	144	478	69	134	11	73	.280	.381	.414	21	5	77	33	1	15	1	0	10
1944	STL	N	154	601	87	177	12	102	.295	.371	.441	34	9	71	50	2	9	2	0	12
1945	STL	N	143	537	85	148	8	78	.276	.375	.385	29	3	83	55	2	9	3	0	6
1946	BOS	N	80	259	43	63	6	35	.243	.368	.359	12	0	50	38	1	4	0	0	3
1948	BOS	N	5	4	0	1	0	2	.250	.400	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1949	BOS	N	9	21	0	3	0	0	.143	.280	.190	1	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0
Total			630	2182	321	597	42	329	.274	.370	.401	114	19	328	216	7	40	8	0	39

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1942	STL	N	1B	77	0	0	626	35	6	54	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1943	STL	N	1B	141	0	0	1302	71	7	142	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1944	STL	N	1B	152	0	0	1370	64	8	142	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1945	STL	N	1B	142	0	0	1259	90	19	113	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1946	BOS	N	1B	77	0	0	659	61	9	57	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1949	BOS	N	1B	7	0	0	52	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.984
Total			1B	596	0	0	5268	330	50	510	0	0	0	0	0	.991

[edit] Transactions

Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves for $25000 (April 15, 1946).
Traded by Boston Braves with Bama Rowell and $40000 to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Eddie Stanky (March 6, 1948).
Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Boston Braves for $60000 (April 18, 1948).

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