Fred Sanford (baseball)
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Sanford's 1949 Bowman Gum baseball card
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Born: August 9, 1919 Garfield, Utah |
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Died: March 15, 2011 (aged 91) Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 5, 1943, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
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| September 14, 1951, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 37–55 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.45 | ||
| Strikeouts | 285 | ||
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John Frederick Sanford (August 9, 1919 – March 15, 2011) was a Major League Baseball pitcher.
Sanford signed with the St. Louis Browns in 1939. Despite having made three appearances with the Browns in 1943, he was essentially a career minor leaguer with a 55–61 record and 3.74 earned run average in the Browns' farm system when his career was interrupted by service in World War II. He returned to the Browns in 1946, and went 15–10 with a 2.74 ERA for the Toledo Mud Hens to earn a September call up to St. Louis. He pitched shutouts in his first two major league starts against the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox.
His success against the Yankees was fleeting, as he allowed successive home runs to Charlie Keller, Joe DiMaggio and Johnny Lindell during a relief appearance against the Yanks during the 1947 season. Still, he pitched well enough against them to catch the eye of Yankees General Manager George Weiss. At the 1948 Winter meetings, he and Roy Partee were dealt to the Yankees for Red Embree, Sherm Lollar and Dick Starr plus $100,000.
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