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Position P
Bats -
Throws -
Age 97
Born May 18, 1929

Key Insights

1967
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Don Zimmer is 1 for 23 against Sanford, a .043 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

26 career plate appearances.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Johnny Temple has hit .579/.652/.684 against Sanford over 23 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

11 for 19 with 0 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .747 OPS median across his matchups.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Sanford throws than John Roseboro: 40.6% of the swings between them come up empty.

15 plate appearances between them. 92nd percentile of the 9 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Sanford has faced Don Blasingame more than any other hitter: 41 plate appearances, and Don Blasingame has hit .306/.390/.333 in them.

11 hits, 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts across 41 plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Ernie Banks has taken Sanford deep 3 times, once every 11.3 plate appearances between them.

34 career plate appearances against him.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Sanford has walked Hank Foiles 7 times in 23 plate appearances, 30.4% of them.

7 walks in 23 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 18, 1929