Anthony Sanders

Anthony Marcus Sanders

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
• High School Santa Rita High School
• Debut April 26, 1999
• Final Game April 18, 2001
• Born March 2, 1974 in Tucson, AZ USA

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Anthony Sanders had a long minor league career, played briefly in the majors, and won an Olympic gold medal. In 2020, he joined the Baltimore Orioles coaching staff.

Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the seventh round of the 1992 amateur draft, Sanders began his pro career with the Medicine Hat Blue Jays the following summer. After steadily progressing through their minor league system, he reached the majors with Toronto briefly in 1999, going 2-for-7 in 3 games. The following spring, he was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners. After winning an Olympic gold medal for the United States in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he appeared in one September game for the Mariners, singling and scoring a run in his only at-bat in a 21-9 rout of the Anaheim Angels. He made Seattle's Opening Day roster in 2001 but hit just .176 in 9 games before being released. He spent the remainder of that year in Japan with the Yokohama Bay Stars.

He later played in the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, and Colorado Rockies organizations, as well as being back in the Blue Jays system between 2003 and 2005. He split the 2006 season, his final one as a player, between the Mexican League and the independent Atlantic League. Overall, he hit 148 minor league home runs and stole 134 bases in the minors.

Following his playing days, Sanders was hitting coach for the Tri-City Dust Devils from 2007 to 2012. He became a manager with the Grand Junction Rockies in 2013 and held that role for three seasons. He was named Pioneer League Manager of the Year in 2014. Sanders spent two years as a development supervisor with the Modesto Nuts (2016) and Lancaster JetHawks (2017). He also served as the hitting coach for the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League following the 2017 season. In 2018, he was named the Rockies' minor league outfield and baserunning coordinator. Two years later, he received his first major league coaching assignment as first base coach of the Baltimore Orioles, a role he continued to hold through the 2023 season.

Sanders' wife was killed in a skiing accident in 1997.

Year-By-Year Minor League Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
2013	Grand Junction Rockies	Pioneer League	35-41	6th	Colorado Rockies	Lost in 1st round
2014	Grand Junction Rockies	Pioneer League	43-33	1st	Colorado Rockies
2015	Grand Junction Rockies	Pioneer League	33-43	7th	Colorado Rockies