Jack Sanford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: May 18, 1929 in Wellesley Hills, MA us

Died: March 7, 2000 in Beckley, WV

Buried: Cremated

Debut: September 16, 1956 (Age 27-121d, 11,400th in major league history)
vs. CHC 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 8 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: August 6, 1967 (Age 38-080d)
vs. NYY 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: John Stanley Sanford

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Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.6

137

101

ERA

3.69

388

293

2049.1

1182

WHIP

1.290

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1948	19	PHI-min	D	3	15	.167	7.20	31	4					140.0	166	140	112		134									2.143	10.7		8.6			DOV,BDF ESHL,PONY
1949	20	PHI-min	D	15	9	.625	4.39	30			17	0		207.0	192	138	101		135		143	12	3	14				1.580	8.3		5.9	6.2	1.06	AMR GAFL
1950	21	PHI-min	B	12	4	.750	3.71	26	23					153.0	147	86	63		113									1.699	8.6		6.6			WMT ISLG
1951	22	PHI-min	A	15	11	.577	3.58	30	29					211.0	182	109	84		125									1.455	7.8		5.3			SDY EL
1952	23	PHI-min	A	16	8	.667	2.94	35	24					205.0	189	85	67		91									1.366	8.3		4.0			SDY EL
1953	24	PHI-min	AAA	14	13	.519	3.96	32	30		11	0		200.0	186	112	88	11	110		128	5	1	9				1.480	8.4	0.5	5.0	5.8	1.16	BLT IL
1954	25	PHI-min	AAA	8	14	.364	3.86	28	24		6	2		154.0	142	78	66	9	84		100	8	1	4				1.468	8.3	0.5	4.9	5.8	1.19	SYR IL
1955			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1956	27	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	1.38	3	1	1	0	0	0	13.0	7	2	2	0	13	0	6	1	0	0	54	275	4.68	1.538	4.8	0.0	9.0	4.2	0.46
1957	28	PHI	NL	19	8	.704	3.08	33	33	0	15	3	0	236.2	194	94	81	22	94	2	*188*	3	1	12	989	124	3.31	1.217	7.4	0.8	3.6	7.1	2.00	AS,MVP-10,RoY-1
1958	29	PHI	NL	10	13	.435	4.44	38	27	4	7	2	0	186.1	197	103	92	15	81	6	106	3	0	3	819	90	3.74	1.492	9.5	0.7	3.9	5.1	1.31
1959	30	SFG	NL	15	12	.556	3.16	36	31	2	10	0	1	222.1	198	90	78	22	70	4	132	7	2	7	933	120	3.68	1.205	8.0	0.9	2.8	5.3	1.89
1960	31	SFG	NL	12	14	.462	3.82	37	34	2	11	6	0	219.0	199	111	93	11	99	6	125	2	3	15	940	92	3.42	1.361	8.2	*0.5*	4.1	5.1	1.26
1961	32	SFG	NL	13	9	.591	4.22	38	33	1	6	0	0	217.1	203	114	102	22	87	7	112	5	4	3	923	90	4.13	1.334	8.4	0.9	3.6	4.6	1.29
1962	33	SFG	NL	24	7	.774	3.43	39	38	1	13	2	0	265.1	233	110	101	23	92	4	147	3	2	4	1100	112	3.71	1.225	7.9	0.8	3.1	5.0	1.60	CYA-2,MVP-7
1963	34	SFG	NL	16	13	.552	3.51	42	42	0	11	0	0	284.1	273	123	111	21	76	8	158	5	4	4	1184	91	3.18	1.227	8.6	0.7	2.4	5.0	2.08
1964	35	SFG-min	WRk	0	1	.000	72.00	1	1		0	0		1.0	4	8	8	0	5	0	1	0	0	1				9.000	36.0	0.0	45.0	9.0	0.20	GIA AZIL
1964	35	SFG	NL	5	7	.417	3.30	18	17	1	3	1	1	106.1	91	44	39	7	37	3	64	4	1	1	447	108	3.41	1.204	7.7	0.6	3.1	5.4	1.73
1965	36	TOT	MLB	5	7	.417	4.11	32	21	6	0	0	3	120.1	127	66	55	13	40	8	56	7	2	6	525	87	4.16	1.388	9.5	1.0	3.0	4.2	1.40
1965	36	SFG	NL	4	5	.444	3.96	23	16	4	0	0	2	91.0	92	50	40	11	30	7	43	7	1	4	402	92	4.36	1.341	9.1	1.1	3.0	4.3	1.43
1965	36	CAL	AL	1	2	.333	4.60	9	5	2	0	0	1	29.1	35	16	15	2	10	1	13	0	1	2	123	74	3.54	1.534	10.7	0.6	3.1	4.0	1.30
1966	37	CAL	AL	13	7	.650	3.83	50	6	19	0	0	5	108.0	108	51	46	11	27	6	54	4	1	3	447	87	3.74	1.250	9.0	0.9	2.3	4.5	2.00	MVP-21
1967	38	TOT	AL	4	4	.500	5.12	22	10	5	0	0	1	70.1	77	44	40	7	21	5	34	2	1	1	298	62	3.85	1.393	9.9	0.9	2.7	4.4	1.62
1967	38	CAL	AL	3	2	.600	4.47	12	9	2	0	0	1	48.1	53	26	24	6	7	1	21	0	1	0	196	70	3.72	1.241	9.9	1.1	1.3	3.9	3.00
1967	38	KCA	AL	1	2	.333	6.55	10	1	3	0	0	0	22.0	24	18	16	1	14	4	13	2	0	1	102	50	4.13	1.727	9.8	0.4	5.7	5.3	0.93
12 Yrs				137	101	.576	3.69	388	293	42	76	14	11	2049.1	1907	952	840	174	737	59	1182	46	21	59	8659	99	3.63	1.290	8.4	0.8	3.2	5.2	1.60
162 Game Avg.				14	10	.576	3.69	39	29	4	8	1	1	205	190	95	84	17	74	6	118	5	2	6	865	99	3.63	1.290	8.4	0.8	3.2	5.2	1.60

SFG (7 yrs)				89	67	.571	3.61	233	211	11	54	9	4	1405.2	1289	642	564	117	491	39	781	33	17	38	5929	100	3.64	1.266	8.3	0.7	3.1	5.0	1.59
PHI (3 yrs)				30	21	.588	3.61	74	61	5	22	5	0	436.0	398	199	175	37	188	8	300	7	1	15	1862	108	3.53	1.344	8.2	0.8	3.9	6.2	1.60
CAL (3 yrs)				17	11	.607	4.12	71	20	23	0	0	7	185.2	196	93	85	19	44	8	88	4	3	5	766	80	3.70	1.293	9.5	0.9	2.1	4.3	2.00
KCA (1 yr)				1	2	.333	6.55	10	1	3	0	0	0	22.0	24	18	16	1	14	4	13	2	0	1	102	50	4.13	1.727	9.8	0.4	5.7	5.3	0.93

NL (10 yrs)				119	88	.575	3.61	307	272	16	76	14	4	1841.2	1687	841	739	154	679	47	1081	40	18	53	7791	102	3.61	1.285	8.2	0.8	3.3	5.3	1.59
AL (3 yrs)				18	13	.581	4.38	81	21	26	0	0	7	207.2	220	111	101	20	58	12	101	6	3	6	868	75	3.75	1.339	9.5	0.9	2.5	4.4	1.74

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