Ray Sanders

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Raymond Floyd Sanders (December 4, 1916 – October 28, 1983) 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.

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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

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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]

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  1. ^ Ray Sanders | BaseballLibrary.com
  2. ^ Ray Sanders | BaseballLibrary.com

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St. Louis Cardinals 1942 World Series roster
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St. Louis Cardinals 1944 World Series roster
1 Whitey Kurowski | 3 Emil Verban | 4 Marty Marion | 5 Ray Sanders | 6 Stan Musial | 7 George Fallon | 8 Danny Litwhiler | 9 Debs Garms | 11 Freddy Schmidt | 12 Johnny Hopp | 13 Mort Cooper | 15 Walker Cooper | 16 Ken O'Dea | 17 Augie Bergamo | 20 Blix Donnelly | 21 Max Lanier | 27 Bud Byerly | 28 Ted Wilks | 29 Al Jurisich | 31 Harry Brecheen
Manager: 30 Billy Southworth