Fred Sanford
1943–1951 · bats B / throws R · New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
165G
.170AVG
.212OBP
.223SLG
More career statistics
39H
1HR
10RBI
0SB
37–55W–L
744.0IP
285K
4.45ERA
98GS
6SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,306 | 3,300 |
| Pitching · p er | 368 | 371 |
| Pitching · p k | 285 | 286 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165 | 255 | 229 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | .170 | .212 | .223 | .435 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 744.0 | 164 | 98 | 26 | 37 | 55 | 6 | 768 | 405 | 368 | 67 | 391 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 4.45 | 1.558 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1948-05-19 to 1948-06-06
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1948-06-24 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1948-09-01 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1948-09-01 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 82 | 107 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 | .182 | .196 | .242 |
| Away | 83 | 148 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 45 | .162 | .203 | .208 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .500 |
| May | 30 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .152 | .205 | .242 |
| June | 32 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | .120 | .132 | .160 |
| July | 27 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | .213 | .236 | .277 |
| August | 36 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .206 | .231 | .235 |
| September | 29 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 | .135 | .179 | .154 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 30 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | .108 | .182 | .135 |
| chicago-white-sox | 26 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .167 | .236 | .188 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 25 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .286 | .310 | .357 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .115 | .103 | .154 |
| boston-red-sox | 20 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .125 | .115 | .125 |
| new-york-yankees | 17 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | .212 | .222 | .273 |
| st-louis-browns | 14 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .105 | .100 | .105 |
| cleveland-guardians | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .312 | .643 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  St. Louis Browns | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .286 | 22 | 8 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 34 | 54 | 11 | – | 1 | – | .204 | 186 | 62 |
| 1948 | St. Louis Browns | 43 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 4 | – | .151 | 227 | 80 |
| 1949 |  New York Yankees | 29 | 34 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .118 | 95 | 51 |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | 26 | 35 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .229 | 112 | 54 |
| 1951 | New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 27 | 26 | 3 | – | – | – | .115 | 91 | 29 |