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Deion
Sanders		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 9, 1967 in Usa, FL, FORT MYERS
 
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
1991 23 TOR AL 104 277 33 69 10 3 5 23 10 10 11 47 .249 .278 .361 .639 23.8 2.1
1992 24 TOR AL 68 160 20 42 5 1 0 19 8 10 7 26 .263 .293 .306 .600 11.4 0.0
1993 25 TOR AL 149 560 77 168 18 8 6 54 2 9 22 105 .300 .328 .393 .721 65.3 11.9
1994 26 TOR AL 75 92 14 28 3 2 2 15 2 1 6 13 .304 .350 .446 .796 13.4 2.4
1995 27 TOR AL 137 456 72 135 18 7 11 62 3 3 30 83 .296 .337 .439 .776 63.0 10.3
1996 28 TOR AL 152 569 95 162 32 12 9 74 5 8 48 90 .285 .342 .431 .773 78.5 12.6
1997 29 TOR AL 138 485 93 142 19 9 18 61 0 6 47 96 .293 .356 .480 .837 76.0 12.8
1998 30 TOR AL 141 520 85 167 29 12 11 63 3 7 47 86 .321 .379 .487 .865 85.7 14.1
1999 31 TOR AL 120 366 47 95 18 9 10 54 6 15 30 93 .260 .315 .440 .755 43.9 3.0
2000 32 TOR AL 66 149 22 42 13 2 3 26 5 8 14 30 .282 .348 .456 .804 19.5 1.8
2001 33 TOR AL 46 66 16 15 5 3 1 9 1 2 5 20 .227 .282 .439 .721 7.3 0.3
11 Years Sim 1196 3700 574 1065 170 68 76 460 45 79 267 689 .288 .337 .432 .769 487.7 71.3
162 Game Average 501 77 144 23 9 10 62 6 10 36 93 .288 .337 .432 .769 66.1  
Career Highs 152 569 95 168 32 12 18 74 10 15 48 105 .321 .379 .487 .865 85.7  
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
1991 23 TOR AL LF 12 12 105.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 8 6 57.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 24 TOR AL LF 20 20 175.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 12 9 91.7 18 0 2 0 .900 1.77 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 9.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 25 TOR AL LF 114 107 946.0 178 2 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    CF 31 27 246.3 56 0 2 0 .966 2.05 0 0 .000 0  
1994 26 TOR AL LF 10 5 55.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 5 3 25.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.88 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1995 27 TOR AL LF 126 107 973.3 180 3 1 0 .995 1.69 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 3 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1996 28 TOR AL LF 145 140 1243.3 222 6 2 1 .991 1.65 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1997 29 TOR AL LF 108 103 918.7 151 1 0 0 1.000 1.49 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    CF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1998 30 TOR AL LF 123 117 1038.7 176 4 1 1 .994 1.56 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    CF 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1999 31 TOR AL LF 90 82 729.7 127 2 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 18 4 66.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2000 32 TOR AL LF 24 17 160.0 28 1 0 1 1.000 1.63 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 30 9 130.3 30 0 1 0 .968 2.07 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
2001 33 TOR AL LF 10 5 56.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 13 3 48.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 8 3 34.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.52 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 782 715 6401.0 1127 20 4 3 .997 1.61 0 0 .000 0 19.1
  CF 131 62 695.0 161 0 8 0 .953 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 16 4 60.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.19 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 5 0 16.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   938 781 7180.3 1300 25 12 4 .991 1.66 0 0 .000 0 19.2
Career Highs   148 140 1254.3 234 6 2 1 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
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
1992 24 TOR AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1996 28 TOR AL 3 12 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .308 .417 .724
1997 29 TOR AL 2 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .667 1.167
1998 30 TOR AL 4 19 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .421 .421 .474 .895
Career Post-Season Batting 11 39 6 15 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 .385 .400 .487 .887
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1998-10-.321
 Singles
1993-9-136
 Triples
1996-3-12
1997-10-9
1998-8-12
1999-8-9
 Caught Stealing
1999-6-15
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Gene Larkin (954)
  2. Glenn Davis (915)
  3. Hal McRae (908)
  4. Willie Aikens (904)
  5. Ricky Jordan (902)
  6. Roy Howell (900)
  7. Cecil Cooper (899)
  8. Dwight Smith (898)
  9. Kenny Lofton (898)
  10. Carl Everett (895)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 68th overall pick, by Toronto in 1989
Traded from Toronto to Minnesota on 3/2/1989 (Going to TOR: C Ammy Pick. Going to MIN: P Steve Olin, CF Deion Sanders)
Traded from Minnesota to Philadelphia on 7/31/1989 (Going to MIN: P Larry White. Going to PHI: CF Deion Sanders)
Injured on 4/26/1990 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days
Traded from Philadelphia to Toronto on 6/18/1990 (Going to PHI: CF Brett Butler. Going to TOR: LF Deion Sanders)
Had first career hit on 4/1/1991, off Mike Stanton (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1991, off Dorn Taylor (CLE)
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $428,571 through salary arbitration
1/31/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,414,286 through salary arbitration
5/16/1996: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland on 8/5/1998
5/16/2000: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 3/17/2002 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Toronto on 9/17/2002
 
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