Reggie Sanders | |||
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Outfielder | |||
Born: Florence, South Carolina |
December 1, 1967 |||
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MLB debut | |||
August 22, 1991, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
July 29, 2007, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .267 | ||
Home runs | 305 | ||
Runs batted in | 983 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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Reginald Laverne Sanders (born December 1, 1967) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. Sanders was 24 years old when he made his major league debut 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 before beginning his pro career with the Rookie-level 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 championship over the New York Yankees. 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 had 10 runs batted in, a new record for a division series.
Sanders gained some notoriety during the 1994 season when Pedro Martinez hit him with a pitch to end his bid for a perfect game with one out in the eighth inning. Sanders responded by charging the mound and igniting a bench-clearing brawl. He was ridiculed by some in the press for believing that a pitcher would abandon an attempt at a perfect game to intentionally hit a batter.