Reggie Sanders

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**Reggie Sanders**
Born: December 1, 1967 (1967-12-01) (age 40)
Free Agent — No. --
Right fielder
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
August 22, 1991 for the Cincinnati Reds
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Batting Average	.267
Home Runs	304
Runs Batted In	974
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 (2006-2007)

Reginald Laverne Sanders (born December 1, 1967) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. He is currently a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks television broadcast team for the 2008 season. Born in Florence, South Carolina, he was 24 years old when he broke into the major leagues on August 22, 1991, after being selected in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft by the Cincinnati Reds. He attended Spartanburg Methodist College.^{[citation needed]} Before beginning his pro career with the rookie class Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League in 1988. He also played professionally with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals, and was a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2001 World Series champions. With the Cardinals, 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 runs batted in, a new record for a division series. He is 6'1" and 186 lbs. He bats and throws right-handed.

On April 13, 1994, Pedro Martínez lost a perfect game with one out in the eighth inning when he hit Cincinnati's Sanders with a pitch. An angered Sanders charged the mound, and was later ridiculed in the press for assuming that a pitcher would abandon a perfect game in order to hit a batter intentionally.

On June 10, 2006, as a member of the Royals, Reggie hit his 300th home run. 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 May 1, 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 June 14, four days after Sanders achieved the feat. He is the only player in major league history to hit 20 or more home runs in one season for six different teams. He has hit at least 10 home runs in a season for every team he has played for (eight in all).

Going into 2007, he was 4th among all active players in career strikeouts (1,599), 9th in caught stealing (114), 11th in stolen bases (304), 13th in triples (60), and 20th in home runs (303). Sanders missed the majority of the 2007 season due to an injury and became a free agent after the season.