Ray Sanders

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Raymond Floyd Sanders (born December 4, 1916) (died October 28, 1983). Ray was born in Bonne Terre, Missouri. He was 25 years old when he broke into the Major Leagues on April 14, 1942 for the St. Louis Cardinals. On April 15, 1946 he was purchased by the Boston Braves for $25,000. On March 6, 1948 he was traded with Bama Rowell and $40,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Eddie Stanky. On April 18, 1948 he was purchased by the Boston Braves for $60,000. His final game was September 1, 1949.

1 Teams
2 Quick Facts
- 2.1 Statistics
- 2.2 Hall of Fame Connections
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Teams

St. Louis Cardinals: 1942-1945
Boston Braves: 1946-1948
Brooklyn Dodgers: March 6^th to April 18^th 1948
Boston Braves: 1948-1949

[edit] Quick Facts

[edit] Statistics

Career Statistics:

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
630	2182	321	597	114	19	42	329	328	216	.274	.370	.401

162-game Averages

AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB
561	83	154	29	5	11	85	84

[edit] Hall of Fame Connections

Was traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves to make room for Stan Musial at first base.^[1]

Brooklyn Dodgers traded Eddie Stanky to Boston Braves for Ray Sanders to make room for Jackie Robinson, (but then was subsequently returned by Braves).^[2]

While playing 1^st base for the Cardinals he wore the jersey number 5^[3], which is currently worn by 1^st baseman Albert Pujols.