Reggie Sanders (outfielder)

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**Reggie Sanders**
Major League Baseball debut
Kansas City Royals — No. 16
Right field
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
August 22, 1991 for the Cincinnati Reds
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Batting average	.266
Home runs	303
RBIs	972
Former teams
Cincinnati Reds (1991-1998) San Diego Padres (1999) Atlanta Braves (2000) Arizona Diamondbacks (2001) San Francisco Giants (2002) Pittsburgh Pirates (2003) St. Louis Cardinals (2004-2005) Kansas City Royals (2006-present)

Reginald Laverne "Reggie" Sanders (born December 1, 1967) is currently the starting right fielder for the Kansas City Royals baseball team. Reggie was born in Florence, South Carolina. His father was well-known barber in Florence, nicknamed 'Junction Jones' after the part of town his shop resided in, near the intersection of two rail lines. Reggie's mother was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, and the two married and gave birth to Reggie in the same year (1967). He was the eldest of 4 children.

Reggie was 24 years old when he broke into the major leagues on August 22, 1991, after being drafted in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft by the Cincinnati Reds. He attended Spartanburg Methodist College.^{[citation needed]} He also played professionally with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, and was a member of the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks World Series Champions. With the Cardinals in 2005, Sanders had a breakout of sorts during the 2005 National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres. In a three-game sweep of the Padres, Sanders hit 10 RBIs, a new record for a division series. He is 6'1" and 186 lbs. He bats and throws right-handed. On 10 June 2006, as a member of the Kansas City Royals, Reggie hit his 300th HR. This made him the fifth member of Major League Baseball's 300-300 club, as he had stolen the 300th base of his career on 1 May 2006, and had gotten his 302nd career stolen base just a day earlier. Steve Finley of the San Francisco Giants joined the 300-300 club as its sixth member on 14 June 2006, four days after Sanders achieved the feat.

Going into 2007, he was 4th of all active players in career strikeouts (1,599), 9th in caught stealing (114), 11th in stolen bases (304), 13th in triples (60), and 26th in home runs (303).