MLB Today
Loading scoreboard…

← Legends · Lahman ID sandebe01 · Baseball Reference ↗

Historical player · 1888–1892

Ben Sanders

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 210 · Born 2/16/1865 · From Catharpin, VA USA · Debut 1888-06-06 · Final 1892-10-14

Career · batting

G
247
 
 
AB
948
 
 
H
257
 
 
HR
5
 
 
RBI
113
 
 
SB
27
 
 
BB
47
 
 
AVG/OPS
0.271 · 0.676
 
 

Career · pitching

G
168
 
 
GS
157
 
 
IP
1,385.0
 
 
W-L
80-70
 
 
SV
2
 
 
SO
468
 
 
ERA
3.24
 
 
WHIP
1.30
 
 

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Louisville Colonels · 1892–1892

HR
3
#33 on the Colonels
1 W. Nance
1 C. Zimmer
Hits
54
#86 on the Colonels
1 W. Preston
1 W. Nance
RBI
18
#92 on the Colonels
1 P. Knell
1 L. Sylvester
SB
6
#75 on the Colonels
1 O. Beard
1 W. Andrews
Runs
30
#85 on the Colonels
4 E. Daily
1 J. Warner
BB
16
#92 on the Colonels
1 W. Andrews
1 C. Bassett

Career with the Philadelphia Quakers · 1888–1889

Team page →
HR
1
#594 on the Quakers
1 B. Adams
Hits
105
#389 on the Quakers
1 R. Freed
1 S. Anderson
RBI
46
#377 on the Quakers
1 C. Fraser
1 P. Weintraub
SB
17
#176 on the Quakers
1 A. Bohm
1 M. Byrd
Runs
47
#401 on the Quakers
1 E. Burns
1 E. Browne
BB
14
#607 on the Quakers
1 D. Barrett
1 P. Bako

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1890–1891

HR
1
#15 on the Athletics
1 I. Chamberlain
Hits
98
#12 on the Athletics
16 J. Pickett
15 J. Fogarty
RBI
49
#13 on the Athletics
5 M. Griffin
18 J. Corkhill
SB
4
#15 on the Athletics
3 E. Beecher
1 I. Chamberlain
Runs
55
#14 on the Athletics
2 J. McTamany
5 J. Corkhill
BB
17
#16 on the Athletics
4 I. Chamberlain
8 C. Buffinton

MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever
HR
5
#5,291 all-time MLB
1 T. Abreu
1 C. Zomphier
Hits
257
#4,145 all-time MLB
1 J. Carney
1 H. Wheeler
RBI
113
#4,079 all-time MLB
1 J. Allensworth
1 T. Zachary
SB
27
#2,702 all-time MLB
1 T. Barber
1 G. Baker

Batting · year by year

YearTeamLgGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBSOAVGOBPSLG
1888 Quakers NL 572362658 112 1 25 13812 0.2460.322
1889 Quakers NL 441692147 82 0 21 4611 0.2780.349
1890 Philadelphia Athletics PL 521893159 66 0 30 21010 0.3120.407
1891 Philadelphia Athletics AA 401562439 64 1 19 2712 0.2500.359
1892 Louisville Colonels NL 541983054 122 3 18 61617 0.2730.399
Career 247 948 132 257 43 16 5 113 27 47 62 0.271 0.310 0.366

Pitching · year by year

YearTeamLgWLGGSSVIPHERBBSOERAWHIP
1888 Quakers NL 191031290 275.32405833121 1.900.99
1889 Quakers NL 191844391 349.740613896123 3.551.44
1890 Philadelphia Athletics PL 191843401 346.741214569107 3.761.39
1891 Philadelphia Athletics AA 11519180 145.0157613740 3.791.34
1892 Louisville Colonels NL 121931310 268.3281966277 3.221.28
Career 80 70 168 157 2 1,385.0 1,496 498 297 468 3.24 1.30

Fielding by position

PosGGSInnPOAEDP
P16801,385.0743103511
OF690512.0928101
1B150125.0147664
3B104.00010
Scout Pack Keep digging
Today scoreboard, games, lineups Teams all 30 club hubs Venues parks by city Trend Lab pitch-by-pitch charts Compare player vs player Site Atlas pages, APIs, feeds