Fred Sanford

Full Name: John Frederick Sanford	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/200	First Game: May 5, 1943
Birthdate: August 9, 1919	Final Game: September 14, 1951
Birthplace: Garfield, Utah	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Born on August 9, 1919 in Garfield, Utah, Fred Sanford (John Frederick Sanford) played for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees and Washington Senators over the course of his 7 year career. Sanford broke into the bigs on May 5, 1943 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 3.71 ERA in 186.2 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Fred Sanford's best season was 1948, when he posted a 4.64 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 79 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1943	STL	A	3	0	0	0	1.93	2	2	2	0	0	0	9.1	7	0	4	0	0
1946	STL	A	3	3	2	1	2.05	8	7	5	2	2	0	22	19	0	9	0	0
1947	STL	A	34	23	7	16	3.71	62	89	77	9	0	4	186.2	186	17	76	3	0
1948	STL	A	42	33	12	21	4.64	79	123	117	9	1	2	227	250	19	91	4	2
1949	NY	A	29	11	7	3	3.87	51	53	41	3	0	0	95.1	100	9	57	0	0
1950	NY	A	26	12	5	4	4.55	54	60	57	2	0	0	112.2	103	9	79	3	1
1951	WAS	A	7	7	2	3	6.57	12	27	27	0	0	0	37	51	5	27	0	0
1951	STL	A	9	7	2	4	1.21	7	33	31	1	0	0	27.1	37	6	23	0	0
1951	NY	A	11	2	0	3	3.71	10	11	11	0	0	0	26.2	15	2	25	0	0
1951	TOT	A	27	16	4	10	6.82	29	71	69	1	0	0	91	103	13	75	0	0
Total			164	98	37	55	4.45	285	405	368	26	3	6	744	768	67	391	10	3

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1943	STL	A	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000
1946	STL	A	P	3	1	3	0	1	1.000
1947	STL	A	P	34	7	26	1	0	.971
1948	STL	A	P	42	9	46	4	1	.932
1949	NY	A	P	29	2	17	2	1	.905
1950	NY	A	P	26	9	30	0	5	1.000
1951	WAS	A	P	7	1	4	0	0	1.000
1951	STL	A	P	9	1	4	0	0	1.000
1951	NY	A	P	11	3	7	0	0	1.000
1951	TOT	A	P	27	5	15	0	0	1.000
Total			P	164	33	140	7	8	.961

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1943	STL	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
1946	STL	A	3	7	0	2	0	1	.286	.375	.429	1	1	0	0	0
1947	STL	A	34	54	5	11	0	1	.204	.218	.241	2	1	23	7	0
1948	STL	A	43	73	9	11	1	4	.151	.195	.233	3	4	17	2	0
1949	NY	A	29	34	1	4	0	1	.118	.143	.118	0	1	9	2	0
1950	NY	A	26	35	4	8	0	3	.229	.250	.286	2	1	6	1	1
1951	WAS	A	7	14	2	1	0	0	.071	.133	.143	1	1	8	1	0
1951	STL	A	9	7	1	2	0	0	.286	.444	.286	0	2	3	0	0
1951	NY	A	11	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	0	1	1	0	0
1951	TOT	A	27	26	3	3	0	0	.115	.233	.154	1	4	12	1	0
Total			165	229	22	39	1	10	.170	.212	.223	9	12	67	14	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1939).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Roy Partee to New York Yankees in exchange for Sherm Lollar, Red Embree, Dick Starr and $100000 (December 13, 1948).
Traded by New York Yankees with Tom Ferrick and Bob Porterfield to Washington Senators in exchange for Bob Kuzava (June 15, 1951).
Traded by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Dick Starr (July 30, 1951).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Jack Maguire and cash to Portland (PCL) in exchange for Leo Thomas (October 11, 1951).

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