Ken Sanders
1964–1976 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets
346G
.115AVG
.220OBP
.115SLG
More career statistics
6H
0HR
2RBI
0SB
29–45W–L
656.2IP
360K
2.97ERA
1GS
86SV
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 346 | 409 |
| Pitching · Games | 408 | 409 |
| Pitching · p k | 360 | 359 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 346 | 67 | 52 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .115 | .220 | .115 | .335 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 656.7 | 408 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 45 | 86 | 564 | 240 | 217 | 50 | 258 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 2.97 | 1.252 |
Streaks
1longest hitting streak · 1966-06-28 to 1966-06-28
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1974-05-11 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 13 | 7 scoreless innings | 1970-06-28 | 1 in 41 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 8 strikeouts | 1966-04-13 | 1 in 35 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 |  Kansas City Athletics | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 18 |
| 1966 | Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics | 62 | 14 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 112 | 74 |
| 1968 |  Athletics | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 |
| 1970 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 50 | 13 | 3 | – | – | – | .231 | 92 | 63 |
| 1971 | Milwaukee Brewers | 83 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 136 | 80 |
| 1972 | Milwaukee Brewers | 62 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 92 | 51 |
| 1973 | Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 71 | 33 |
| 1974 | California Angels, Cleveland Guardians | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 8 |
| 1975 |  New York Mets | 30 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 43 | 8 |
| 1976 | Kansas City Royals, New York Mets | 34 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 50 | 18 |