Reggie Sanders (first baseman)
Appearance
Reggie Sanders | |
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First baseman | |
Born: Birmingham, Alabama | September 9, 1949|
Died: January 27, 2002 Los Angeles, California | (aged 52)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 1, 1974, for the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 2, 1974, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .273 |
Home runs | 3 |
Runs batted in | 10 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
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Reginald Jerome Sanders (September 9, 1949 in Birmingham, Alabama - January 27, 2002), was a Major League Baseball player. He played 26 games, mostly at first base, for the Detroit Tigers in 1974. He hit a home run (off Catfish Hunter) in his first major league at bat.[1][2]
Sanders died on January 27, 2002.
See also
List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat
References
- ^ "A's 5, Tigers 3", UPI in St. Petersburg Times, September 2, 1974.
- ^ Scott Ferkovich, "Six Tigers hit homers in their first big league at-bat", Detroit Athletic Co., April 3, 2014.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
Categories:
- 1949 births
- 2002 deaths
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Detroit Tigers players
- Iowa Oaks players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Evansville Triplets players
- Lodi Crushers players
- Birmingham A's players
- Montgomery Rebels players
- Richmond Braves players
- Charlotte O's players
- Burlington Bees players
- Baseball players from Alabama
- Sportspeople from Birmingham, Alabama
- American baseball first baseman stubs