Ryne
Sandberg
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 18, 1959 in Spokane, WA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1988    1991   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 24 BAL AL 39 61 5 14 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 10 .230 .242 .279 .521 3.1 0.2
1985 25 BAL AL 147 476 56 123 21 9 6 52 0 3 38 120 .258 .311 .378 .689 51.6 12.7
1986 26 BAL AL 85 297 29 86 13 10 5 43 0 2 19 68 .290 .330 .451 .781 41.1 8.9
  PHI NL 67 237 25 55 12 3 4 27 0 2 19 60 .232 .287 .359 .645 23.7 4.5
  TOT   152 534 54 141 25 13 9 70 0 4 38 128 .264 .311 .410 .721 64.9 13.4
1987 27 PHI NL 91 161 15 43 5 5 3 21 0 2 9 41 .267 .302 .416 .718 18.9 3.1
1988 28 PHI NL 56 130 11 28 4 1 3 17 0 2 5 35 .215 .243 .331 .573 8.4 0.0
  SFG NL 84 264 28 66 10 1 7 30 0 3 11 74 .250 .278 .375 .653 24.1 3.3
  TOT   140 394 39 94 14 2 10 47 0 5 16 109 .239 .266 .360 .627 32.5 3.3
1989 29 SFG NL 116 269 36 74 14 2 5 35 0 1 14 50 .275 .310 .398 .708 30.9 5.8
1990 30 SFG NL 138 506 57 132 22 6 10 67 1 5 28 117 .261 .297 .387 .685 54.4 8.9
1991 31 LAD NL 140 428 44 109 10 2 10 49 0 2 21 108 .255 .288 .357 .646 39.3 4.8
1992 32 LAD NL 142 489 57 139 22 2 10 57 1 6 21 113 .284 .313 .399 .712 51.3 8.7
1993 33 LAD NL 113 212 24 49 8 3 7 37 0 2 15 44 .231 .277 .396 .673 22.9 2.6
1994 34 SEA AL 95 354 44 88 16 2 2 36 1 0 17 102 .249 .282 .322 .604 29.5 2.9
  MIN AL 29 76 8 19 4 0 1 9 0 0 2 12 .250 .269 .342 .611 6.4 0.8
  TOT   124 430 52 107 20 2 3 45 1 0 19 114 .249 .280 .326 .606 35.9 3.7
1995 35 MIN AL 38 60 11 14 3 0 1 4 0 2 4 20 .233 .281 .333 .615 5.1 0.1
12 Years Sim 1380 4020 450 1039 165 47 74 490 3 32 224 974 .258 .296 .378 .674 410.8 67.3
162 Game Average 471 52 121 19 5 8 57 0 3 26 114 .258 .296 .378 .674 48.2  
Career Highs 152 534 57 141 25 13 10 70 1 6 38 128 .284 .313 .416 .721 64.9  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1984 24 BAL AL SS 15 7 70.0 10 30 0 4 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 14 4 52.7 12 26 1 6 .974 6.49 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 10 5 48.0 3 9 0 2 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1985 25 BAL AL 2B 76 74 653.0 158 278 5 69 .989 6.01 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    SS 35 33 287.7 59 136 3 23 .985 6.10 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    3B 33 30 253.0 20 65 0 7 1.000 3.02 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 26 BAL AL SS 48 47 409.9 60 182 4 31 .984 5.31 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    2B 37 37 317.6 73 115 4 30 .979 5.33 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  PHI NL SS 38 37 332.5 49 148 3 25 .985 5.33 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    2B 29 29 257.7 59 93 3 24 .981 5.31 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  TOT   SS 86 84 742.4 109 330 7 56 .984 5.32   7.2
      2B 66 66 575.3 132 208 7 54 .980 5.32   3.9
1987 27 PHI NL 3B 44 27 272.3 23 74 4 3 .960 3.21 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    SS 17 9 105.0 13 41 3 4 .947 4.63 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 7 0 13.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 28 PHI NL 3B 37 34 221.3 14 48 3 2 .954 2.52 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 8 6 49.2 10 14 1 3 .960 4.39 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 8 0 11.3 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.78 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SFG NL 3B 56 52 452.4 28 97 5 3 .962 2.49 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    SS 11 10 100.5 20 28 1 7 .980 4.30 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 12 0 23.1 5 7 0 1 1.000 4.68 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   3B 93 86 673.7 42 145 8 5 .959 2.50   2.1
      SS 19 16 149.7 30 42 2 10 .973 4.33   0.8
      2B 20 0 34.4 8 10 0 2 1.000 4.71   0.1
1989 29 SFG NL 3B 57 46 386.3 27 103 5 10 .963 3.03 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    SS 22 13 145.7 18 56 2 11 .974 4.57 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    2B 13 6 79.0 13 25 0 5 1.000 4.33 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1990 30 SFG NL 3B 132 131 1141.3 76 296 6 31 .984 2.93 0 0 .000 0 6.5
    SS 2 2 15.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 4.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 2 1 10.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 31 LAD NL 3B 125 111 1003.3 65 224 8 15 .973 2.59 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    2B 4 1 13.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1992 32 LAD NL 3B 135 131 1135.3 83 280 14 26 .963 2.88 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    2B 5 0 9.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 33 LAD NL 3B 63 46 436.7 29 93 3 4 .976 2.51 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    2B 10 0 24.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 4.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1994 34 SEA AL 3B 12 9 87.7 7 12 1 0 .950 1.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 3 26.5 6 9 0 2 1.000 5.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 5 2 25.4 4 9 0 1 1.000 4.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  MIN AL 3B 4 3 18.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.48 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 1 5.5 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 5.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 16 12 106.0 8 14 1 0 .957 1.87   0.2
      SS 4 4 32.0 7 11 0 2 1.000 5.06   0.1
      2B 6 3 30.7 5 11 0 1 1.000 4.69   0.1
1995 35 MIN AL 2B 8 5 51.0 12 12 0 5 1.000 4.24 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 5 43.3 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 13 3 43.0 4 10 1 2 .933 2.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 4.0 1 1 1 0 .667 4.50 1 1 1.000 1 0.0
  3B 721 628 5499.0 380 1313 50 105 .971 2.77 0 0 .000 0 23.1
  SS 200 168 1547.4 249 650 17 110 .981 5.23 0 0 .000 0 12.4
  2B 231 160 1545.7 349 593 13 147 .986 5.48 0 0 .000 0 9.6
  LF 6 5 45.3 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 2 0 7.0 3 1 1 0 .800 5.14 1 1 1.000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1160 961 8644.5 992 2558 81 362 .978 3.70 1 1 1.000 1 45.2
Career Highs   152 150 1317.7 241 538 14 110 .989 5.40 1 1 1.000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1986 26 PHI NL 9 30 1 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .300 .300 .400 .700
1987 27 PHI NL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1988 28 SFG NL 12 29 4 7 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 10 .241 .241 .379 .621
1989 29 SFG NL 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500
1991 31 LAD NL 16 59 10 21 4 0 3 11 0 0 0 16 .356 .350 .576 .926
1992 32 LAD NL 3 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Batting 44 133 15 42 8 0 4 18 0 1 0 36 .316 .313 .466 .780
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 103rd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1981
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1981
Injured on 6/22/1983 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/30/1984, off Joe Hesketh (MIL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1985, off Pat Underwood (MIL)
Traded from Baltimore to Philadelphia on 7/16/1986 (Going to BAL: P F. Youmans, RF D. White, P B. Johnson. Going to PHI: SS R. Sandberg)
Traded from Philadelphia to San Francisco on 6/16/1988 (Going to PHI: 2B Rob Andrews, 1B Sid Bream. Going to SFG: LF Paul O'neill, SS Ryne Sandberg, 2B Jeff Cox, RF Henry Cotto, P Neil Allen)
Won World Championship with San Francisco in 1988
Injured on 9/8/1990 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/3/1991 to a 3-year deal worth $5,600,001 per year
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 4/3/1991
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1991
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/8/1994 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Traded from Seattle to Minnesota on 7/31/1994 (Going to MIN: 3B Terry Pendleton, 3B Ryne Sandberg. Going to SEA: P Mike Kinnunen)
Injured on 5/21/1995 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 8-9 weeks
Injured on 7/19/1996 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week