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Ben Sanders
Alexander Bennett Sanders

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 210 lb.
School Roanoke College

Debut June 6, 1888
Final Game October 14, 1892
Born February 16, 1865 in Catharpin, VA
Died August 29, 1930 in Memphis, TN

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1888 23 PHI NL  19  10  31  29  28   8   2  0  275.3  240  100   58   3   33  121   3  14  1089       1  1.90  2.94  155 0.992
 1889 24 PHI NL  19  18  44  39  34   1   4  1  349.7  406  217  138   9   96  123   4   8  1539       0  3.55  4.35  122 1.436
 1890 25 PHQ PL  19  18  43  40  37   2   3  1  346.7  412  237  145  13   69  107  10   8  1504       0  3.76  4.27  113 1.388
 1891 26 PHA AA  11   5  19  18  15   0   1  0  145.0  157   85   61   3   37   40   0   2   592       0  3.79  3.83  101 1.338
 1892 27 LOU NL  12  19  31  31  30   3   0  0  268.3  281  150   96   6   62   77   0   5     0       0  3.22  3.05   95 1.278
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .533  80  70 168 157 144  14  10  2 1385.0 1496  789  498  34  297  468  17  37  4724       1  3.24  3.74  116 1.295
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  14  35  32  30   2   2  0  289.7  313  165  104   7   62   97   3   7   988   0   0  3.24  3.74  116 1.295
 Career High     19  19  44  40  37   8   4  1  349.7  412  237  145  13   96  123  10  14  1539   0   1  1.90  4.35  155 0.992

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 23 PHI NL  57  236   26   58  11  2   1   25  13      8  12  .246  .276  .322   86   76               2    
 1889 24 PHI NL  44  169   21   47   8  2   0   21   4      6  11  .278  .307  .349   77   59               1    
 1890 25 PHQ PL  52  189   31   59   6  6   0   30   2     10  10  .312  .347  .407   98   77               0    
 1891 26 PHA AA  40  156   24   39   6  4   1   19   2      7  12  .250  .291  .359   83   56               2    
 1892 27 LOU NL  54  198   30   54  12  2   3   18   6     16  17  .273  .330  .399  129   79               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      247  948  132  257  43 16   5  113  27  0  47  62  .271  .310  .366   95  347   0   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        622   87  169  28 10   3   74  18  0  31  41  .271  .310  .366   95  228   0   0   0   4   0
 Career High     57  236   31   59  12  6   3   30  13  0  16  17  .246  .276  .322   86   79   0   0   0   2   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 23 PHI NL  246  178   21   3.1    75| .246  .251| .276  .300| .322  .344| .598  .643|  86  .480  -3.8  -0.4     
 1889 24 PHI NL  176  122   18   3.9   103| .278  .283| .307  .356| .349  .387| .656  .742|  77  .453  -6.1  -0.6     
 1890 25 PHQ PL  199  130   27   5.5   108| .312  .285| .347  .364| .407  .396| .754  .760|  98  .555  -1.7  -0.2     
 1891 26 PHA AA  165  117   16   3.6    94| .250  .266| .291  .350| .359  .359| .650  .709|  83  .445  -4.8  -0.5     
 1892 27 LOU NL  215  144   26   4.7    74| .273  .241| .330  .313| .399  .323| .729  .636| 129  .619   6.5   0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1001  691  108   4.1    90| .271  .264| .310  .333| .366  .360| .676  .693|  95  .516  -9.8  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1888 23 PHI NL   P   31     17   74    7    1  .929  .895  2.94  2.23  2.97  2.36   29  275.3
                 OF   25     38    5    2    0  .956  .905  1.72  1.90                           13    6    7
                 3B    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  3.10                        
 1889 24 PHI NL   P   44     22   58   11    1  .879  .905  1.82  1.93  2.06  2.22   39  349.7
                 OF    3      2    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.67  1.97                            1    2    0
 1890 25 PHQ PL   P   43     17   93    9    5  .924  .912  2.56  2.42  2.86  2.80   40  346.7
                 OF   10     13    2    2    1  .882  .904  1.50  2.06                            0    3    7
 1891 26 PHA AA  OF   22     26    0    5    0  .839  .906  1.18  1.83                           10    0   13
                  P   19      6   31    3    1  .925  .909  1.95  2.14  2.30  2.58   18  145.0
 1892 27 LOU NL   P   31     12   54    5    3  .930  .900  2.13  2.17  2.21  2.49   31  268.3
                 1B   15    147    6    6    4  .962  .976 10.20 10.43                        
                 OF    9     13    1    1    0  .933  .909  1.56  1.86                            0    0    9
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1892 27 LOU NL  1B   15    147    6    6    4  .962  .976 10.20 10.43                        

 1888 23 PHI NL  3B    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  3.10                        

 1888 23 PHI NL  OF   25     38    5    2    0  .956  .905  1.72  1.90                           13    6    7
 1889 24 PHI NL  OF    3      2    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.67  1.97                            1    2    0
 1890 25 PHQ PL  OF   10     13    2    2    1  .882  .904  1.50  2.06                            0    3    7
 1891 26 PHA AA  OF   22     26    0    5    0  .839  .906  1.18  1.83                           10    0   13
 1892 27 LOU NL  OF    9     13    1    1    0  .933  .909  1.56  1.86                            0    0    9

 1888 23 PHI NL   P   31     17   74    7    1  .929  .895  2.94  2.23  2.97  2.36   29  275.3
 1889 24 PHI NL   P   44     22   58   11    1  .879  .905  1.82  1.93  2.06  2.22   39  349.7
 1890 25 PHQ PL   P   43     17   93    9    5  .924  .912  2.56  2.42  2.86  2.80   40  346.7
 1891 26 PHA AA   P   19      6   31    3    1  .925  .909  1.95  2.14  2.30  2.58   18  145.0
 1892 27 LOU NL   P   31     12   54    5    3  .930  .900  2.13  2.17  2.21  2.49   31  268.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 168     74  310   35   11  .916  .904  2.29  2.18              157 1385.0
                 OF   69     92    8   10    1  .909  .906  1.45  1.90                           24   11   36
                 1B   15    147    6    6    4  .962  .976 10.20 10.43                        
                 3B    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  3.10                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       253    313  324   52   16  .925  .921  2.52  2.60

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1888 NL-1.90-2
1889 NL-3.55-8
1890 PL-3.76-9

Wins
1888 NL-19-9
1890 PL-19-10

Won-Loss %
1888 NL-.655-3
1891 AA-.688-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1888 NL-.992-6
1890 PL-1.388-5
1891 AA-1.338-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1888 NL-7.85-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1888 NL-1.08-1
1889 NL-2.47-5
1890 PL-1.79-2
1891 AA-2.30-2
1892 NL-2.08-3
Car-1.93-73

Games
1889 NL-44-8
1890 PL-43-6

Saves
1889 NL-1-4
1890 PL-1-7

Innings
1889 NL-349.7-7
1890 PL-346.7-6

Strikeouts
1889 NL-123-10

Games Started
1889 NL-39-10
1890 PL-40-6

Comp. Games
1890 PL-37-6

Shutouts
1888 NL-8-1
1890 PL-2-4
1892 NL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1890 PL-13-5

Hits Allowed
1889 NL-406-4
1890 PL-412-5

SO to Walk
1888 NL-3.67-3
1889 NL-1.28-6
1890 PL-1.55-2
1892 NL-1.24-8

Losses
1889 NL-18-7
1890 PL-18-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1889 NL-138-7
1890 PL-145-9

Batters Faced
1889 NL-1539-9
1890 PL-1504-9

Games Finished
1888 NL-2-3
1889 NL-4-7

Adjusted ERA+
1888 NL-155-2
1889 NL-122-6
1890 PL-113-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (548) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 63 (386) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3088) Pitching - 11.0 (704) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 17.0 (660) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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ERA 1888 NL-1.90-2 1889 NL-3.55-8 1890 PL-3.76-9	Wins 1888 NL-19-9 1890 PL-19-10	Won-Loss % 1888 NL-.655-3 1891 AA-.688-4	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1888 NL-.992-6 1890 PL-1.388-5 1891 AA-1.338-7	Hits Allowed/9IP 1888 NL-7.85-9	Bases on Balls/9IP 1888 NL-1.08-1 1889 NL-2.47-5 1890 PL-1.79-2 1891 AA-2.30-2 1892 NL-2.08-3 Car-1.93-73
Games 1889 NL-44-8 1890 PL-43-6	Saves 1889 NL-1-4 1890 PL-1-7	Innings 1889 NL-349.7-7 1890 PL-346.7-6	Strikeouts 1889 NL-123-10	Games Started 1889 NL-39-10 1890 PL-40-6	Comp. Games 1890 PL-37-6
Shutouts 1888 NL-8-1 1890 PL-2-4 1892 NL-3-7	Home Runs Allow. 1890 PL-13-5	Hits Allowed 1889 NL-406-4 1890 PL-412-5	SO to Walk 1888 NL-3.67-3 1889 NL-1.28-6 1890 PL-1.55-2 1892 NL-1.24-8	Losses 1889 NL-18-7 1890 PL-18-9	Earned Runs Allow. 1889 NL-138-7 1890 PL-145-9
Batters Faced 1889 NL-1539-9 1890 PL-1504-9	Games Finished 1888 NL-2-3 1889 NL-4-7	Adjusted ERA+ 1888 NL-155-2 1889 NL-122-6 1890 PL-113-10