Deion Sanders (baseball)

Full Name: Deion Luwynn Sanders	Primary Position: OF,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: May 31, 1989
Birthdate: August 9, 1967	Final Game: June 14, 2001
Birthplace: Fort Myers, Florida	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

For Deion Sanders's football career, see Deion Sanders (football)

Deion Sanders (Deion Luwynn Sanders) was born on August 9, 1967 in Fort Myers, Florida. He made his Major League debut on May 31, 1989 for the New York Yankees. In 1990, his rookie year, he hit .158 with 3 home runs and 9 RBI. Sanders played for the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Deion Sanders's best season was 1997, when he stole 56 bases.

Sanders, also known as Neon Deion and Prime Time, is considered one of the greatest and most versatile athletes in recent American sports history, much like Bo Jackson. In football, he is considered to be one of, if not the greatest cover cornerback of all time.

In his nine-year, part-time baseball career, Sanders played 641 games with 4 teams. During his most productive year, 1992, he hit .304 for the Braves, and stole 26 bases in 97 games. During the 1989 season, he hit a home run and scored a touchdown in the NFL in the same week, the first player to do so. Sanders is the only man to have played in a MLB and NFL game during the same day, and to play in both a Super Bowl and World Series.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1989	NY	A	14	47	7	11	2	7	.234	.280	.404	2	0	3	8	0	0	1	1	0
1990	NY	A	57	133	24	21	3	9	.158	.236	.271	2	2	13	27	1	1	8	0	2
1991	ATL	N	54	110	16	21	4	13	.191	.270	.345	1	2	12	23	0	0	11	0	1
1992	ATL	N	97	303	54	92	8	28	.304	.346	.495	6	14	18	52	2	1	26	0	5
1993	ATL	N	95	272	42	75	6	28	.276	.321	.452	18	6	16	42	3	1	19	3	3
1994	CIN	N	46	184	26	51	0	7	.277	.342	.359	7	4	16	35	2	1	19	0	1
1994	ATL	N	46	191	32	55	4	21	.288	.343	.403	10	0	16	28	1	1	19	1	4
1994	TOT	N	92	375	58	106	4	28	.283	.342	.381	17	4	32	63	3	2	38	1	5
1995	SF	N	52	214	29	61	5	18	.285	.346	.444	9	5	18	42	2	1	8	0	1
1995	CIN	N	33	129	19	31	1	10	.240	.296	.326	2	3	9	18	2	2	16	0	0
1995	TOT	N	85	343	48	92	6	28	.268	.327	.399	11	8	27	60	4	3	24	0	1
1997	CIN	N	115	465	53	127	5	23	.273	.329	.363	13	7	34	67	6	2	56	2	4
2001	CIN	N	32	75	6	13	1	4	.173	.235	.240	2	0	4	10	2	2	3	0	2
Total	NL		570	1943	277	526	34	152	.271	.326	.400	68	41	143	317	20	11	177	6	21
Total	AL		71	180	31	32	5	16	.178	.247	.306	4	2	16	35	1	1	9	1	2
Total			641	2123	308	558	39	168	.263	.319	.392	72	43	159	352	21	12	186	7	23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1989	NY	A	OF	14	12	109	30	1	1	0	.969
1989	NY	A	CF	11	9	86	22	1	1	0	.958
1989	NY	A	LF	3	3	23	8	0	0	0	1.000
1990	NY	A	OF	42	35	319	69	2	2	1	.973
1990	NY	A	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	NY	A	LF	29	20	195.2	39	1	1	1	.976
1990	NY	A	CF	15	15	123.1	30	1	1	0	.969
1991	ATL	N	CF	5	2	20.1	5	0	0	0	1.000
1991	ATL	N	OF	44	26	266	57	3	3	0	.952
1991	ATL	N	RF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	ATL	N	LF	41	23	236.2	52	3	3	0	.948
1992	ATL	N	RF	9	6	52.1	12	2	1	0	.933
1992	ATL	N	CF	60	55	477.2	137	2	2	0	.986
1992	ATL	N	LF	12	9	87.2	25	0	0	0	1.000
1992	ATL	N	OF	75	70	617.2	174	4	3	0	.983
1993	ATL	N	LF	5	4	38	6	0	0	0	1.000
1993	ATL	N	OF	60	55	498.1	137	1	2	1	.986
1993	ATL	N	CF	55	51	460.1	131	1	2	1	.985
1994	CIN	N	OF	45	43	380	110	2	0	0	1.000
1994	CIN	N	CF	45	43	380	110	2	0	0	1.000
1994	ATL	N	OF	46	45	407	99	0	2	0	.980
1994	ATL	N	CF	46	45	407	100	0	2	0	.980
1994	TOT	N	CF	91	88	787	210	2	2	0	.991
1994	TOT	N	OF	91	88	787	209	2	2	0	.991
1995	SF	N	OF	52	52	442	127	0	2	0	.984
1995	SF	N	CF	52	52	442	125	0	2	0	.984
1995	CIN	N	CF	33	29	274.1	92	2	3	1	.969
1995	CIN	N	OF	33	29	274.1	88	2	3	1	.968
1995	TOT	N	CF	85	81	716.1	217	2	5	1	.978
1995	TOT	N	OF	85	81	716.1	215	2	5	1	.977
1997	CIN	N	OF	113	111	958	236	3	4	1	.984
1997	CIN	N	CF	77	77	654.2	170	2	3	1	.983
1997	CIN	N	LF	37	34	303.1	65	1	1	0	.985
2001	CIN	N	OF	16	16	129.2	34	4	0	1	1.000
2001	CIN	N	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	CIN	N	LF	12	12	94.1	21	3	0	1	1.000
2001	CIN	N	RF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	CIN	N	CF	4	4	35	13	1	0	0	1.000
Total			DH	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	11	7	61.2	12	2	1	0	.933
Total			LF	139	105	978.2	216	8	5	2	.978
Total			CF	403	382	3360.2	935	12	16	3	.983
Total			OF	540	494	4401	1161	22	22	5	.982

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1985).
Selected by New York Yankees in the 30th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 22, 1988).
Released by New York Yankees (September 24, 1990).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (January 30, 1991).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Roberto Kelly and Roger Etheridge (May 29, 1994).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Ricky Pickett, John Roper, Scott Service and Dave McCarty to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Mark Portugal, Darren Lewis and Dave Burba (July 21, 1995).
Granted free agency (December 20, 1995).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (February 17, 1997).
Granted free agency (November 5, 1997).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (February 3, 1998).
Granted free agency (December 21, 1999).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (January 20, 2000).
Granted free agency (November 10, 2000).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (January 24, 2001).
Contract voided (January 26, 2001).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (February 19, 2001).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (June 22, 2001).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (June 27, 2001).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (July 27, 2001).