Ken Sanders stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1964
Bio
- Debut
- 1964
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 408
- W
- 29
- L
- 45
- ERA
- 2.97
- IP
- 656.2
- K
- 360
- BB
- 258
- WHIP
- 1.25
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ATH | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3.67 | 27.0 | 18 | 17 | 1.48 |
| 1966 |  BOS/ATH | 62 | 6 | 10 | 3.75 | 112.2 | 74 | 76 | 1.52 |
| 1968 | ATH | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 10.2 | 6 | 8 | 1.50 |
| 1970 | MIL | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1.75 | 92.1 | 64 | 25 | 0.96 |
| 1971 | MIL | 83 | 7 | 12 | 1.91 | 136.1 | 80 | 34 | 1.06 |
| 1972 | MIL | 62 | 2 | 9 | 3.12 | 92.1 | 51 | 31 | 1.29 |
| 1973 |  MIN/CLE | 42 | 7 | 5 | 4.40 | 71.2 | 33 | 30 | 1.41 |
| 1974 |  CLE/LAA | 18 | 0 | 1 | 6.53 | 20.2 | 8 | 8 | 1.89 |
| 1975 | NYM | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2.30 | 43.0 | 8 | 14 | 1.05 |
| 1976 |  NYM/KC | 34 | 1 | 2 | 2.70 | 50.0 | 18 | 15 | 1.14 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 4.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | BOS/ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | MIN/CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | CLE/LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | NYM/KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ken Sanders's career stats?
Ken Sanders played 10 seasons for the Athletics, the Brewers and the Mets. He had 29 wins and 360 strikeouts with a 2.97 ERA over 656.2 innings. His best season was 1971: 7 wins, a 1.91 ERA and 80 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1964 to 1976
Ken Sanders led MLB in saves (1971); finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.
All-time career rank
- 213th in saves (86)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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