Ken Sanders

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Full Name: Kenneth George Sanders	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/168	First Game: August 6, 1964
Birthdate: July 8, 1941	Final Game: September 27, 1976
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on July 8, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, Ken Sanders (Kenneth George Sanders) played for the Kansas City Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, California Angels, New York Mets and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 10 year career. Sanders broke into the bigs on August 6, 1964 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 3.75 ERA in 112.2 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ken Sanders's best season was 1971, when he posted a 1.91 ERA, notched 31 saves and struck out 80 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1964	KC	A	21	0	0	2	3.67	18	12	11	0	0	1	27	23	2	17	4	1	1
1966	KC	A	38	1	3	4	3.72	41	28	27	0	0	1	65.1	59	7	48	7	2	1
1966	BOS	A	24	0	3	6	3.80	33	22	20	0	0	2	47.1	36	2	28	9	1	2
1966	TOT	A	62	1	6	10	3.75	74	50	47	0	0	3	112.2	95	9	76	16	3	3
1968	OAK	A	7	0	0	1	3.38	6	5	4	0	0	0	10.2	8	1	8	2	0	0
1970	MIL	A	50	0	5	2	1.75	64	19	18	0	0	13	92.1	64	1	25	6	2	4
1971	MIL	A	83	0	7	12	1.91	80	35	29	0	0	31	136.1	111	9	34	10	0	4
1972	MIL	A	62	0	2	9	3.12	51	38	32	0	0	17	92.1	88	10	31	13	1	2
1973	MIN	A	27	0	2	4	6.09	19	31	30	0	0	8	44.1	53	4	21	1	1	2
1973	CLE	A	15	0	5	1	1.65	14	6	5	0	0	5	27.1	18	2	9	2	0	0
1973	TOT	A	42	0	7	5	4.40	33	37	35	0	0	13	71.2	71	6	30	3	1	2
1974	CLE	A	9	0	0	1	9.82	4	12	12	0	0	1	11	21	5	5	2	0	0
1974	CAL	A	9	0	0	0	2.79	4	5	3	0	0	1	9.2	10	0	3	0	1	0
1974	TOT	A	18	0	0	1	6.53	8	17	15	0	0	2	20.2	31	5	8	2	1	0
1975	NY	N	29	0	1	1	2.30	8	11	11	0	0	5	43	31	2	14	7	0	0
1976	NY	N	31	0	1	2	2.87	16	16	15	0	0	1	47	39	4	12	4	0	1
1976	KC	A	3	0	0	0	.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0
1976	Total		34	0	1	2	2.70	18	16	15	0	0	1	50	42	4	15	4	0	1
Total	NL		60	0	2	3	2.60	24	27	26	0	0	6	90	70	6	26	11	0	1
Total	AL		348	1	27	42	3.03	336	213	191	0	0	80	566.2	494	43	232	56	9	16
Total			408	1	29	45	2.97	360	240	217	0	0	86	656.2	564	49	258	67	9	17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1964	KC	A	P	21	0	27	2	7	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	.900
1966	KC	A	P	38	1	65.1	6	12	1	2	0	3	5	4	1	.947
1966	BOS	A	P	24	0	47.1	2	8	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	.833
1966	TOT	A	P	62	1	112.2	8	20	3	2	0	5	6	4	1	.903
1968	OAK	A	P	7	0	10.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1970	MIL	A	P	50	0	92.1	5	19	1	1	0	0	1	4	3	.960
1971	MIL	A	P	83	0	136.1	12	30	1	1	0	0	6	7	2	.977
1972	MIL	A	P	62	0	92.1	7	18	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	.962
1973	MIN	A	P	27	0	44.1	2	9	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1.000
1973	CLE	A	P	15	0	27.1	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.875
1973	TOT	A	P	42	0	71.2	5	13	1	1	0	1	3	1	1	.947
1974	CLE	A	P	9	0	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1974	CAL	A	P	9	0	9.2	0	5	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	1.000
1974	TOT	A	P	18	0	20.2	0	7	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	1.000
1975	NY	N	P	30	0	43	7	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1.000
1976	NY	N	P	31	0	47	8	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1.000
1976	KC	A	P	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	Total		P	34	0	50	8	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1.000
Total			P	409	1	656.2	54	129	8	8	0	9	27	26	8	.958

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1964	KC	A	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	KC	A	38	8	0	2	0	1	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1966	BOS	A	24	6	2	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0
1966	TOT	A	62	14	2	2	0	1	.143	.250	.143	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0
1968	OAK	A	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	MIL	A	50	13	3	3	0	0	.231	.375	.231	0	0	2	7	1	2	0	0	0
1971	MIL	A	83	14	1	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
1972	MIL	A	62	7	0	1	0	1	.143	.250	.143	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1973	MIN	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	CLE	A	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	TOT	A	42	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CLE	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CAL	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	TOT	A	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	NY	N	30	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1976	NY	N	31	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	KC	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	Total		34	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		61	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		348	48	6	6	0	2	.125	.236	.125	0	0	5	12	2	8	0	0	0
Total			409	52	6	6	0	2	.115	.220	.115	0	0	5	13	2	8	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (1960).
Selected by Boston Red Sox from Kansas City Athletics in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 29, 1965).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jim Gosger and Guido Grilli to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for John Wyatt, Rollie Sheldon and Jose Tartabull (June 13, 1966).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Phil Roof, Mike Hershberger and Lew Krausse to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Don Mincher and Ron Clark (January 15, 1970).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett and Earl Stephenson to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Don Money, John Vukovich and Bill Champion (October 31, 1972).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Ken Reynolds and Joe Lis to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Cesar Tovar (November 30, 1972).
Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from Minnesota Twins (August 3, 1973).
Released by Cleveland Indians (June 17, 1974).
Signed by California Angels (June 24, 1974).
Traded by California Angels to New York Mets in exchange for Ike Hampton (March 22, 1975).
Sold by New York Mets to Kansas City Royals (September 17, 1976).
Released by Kansas City Royals (December 13, 1976).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (January 4, 1977).

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