Deion Sanders

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 9, 1967 in Fort Myers, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Fort Myers HS (North Fort Myers, FL) and the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL).

High School: North Fort Myers HS (North Fort Myers, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: May 31, 1989 (Age 21-295d, 15,613th in major league history)
vs. SEA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 14, 2001 (Age 33-309d)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Barry Axelrod

Full Name: Deion Luwynn Sanders

Nicknames: Neon Deion or Prime Time

Pronunciation: \DEE-onn\

Twitter: @DeionSanders

Instagram: @deionsanders

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.5

2123

558

.263

308

RBI

168

186

OBP

.319

SLG

.392

OPS

.712

OPS+

Summary of 39 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

7 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 16 go ahead

4 Tms
ATL	22
CIN	7
SFG	5
NYY	5

Platoon
vs RHP	35
vs LHP	4

Home/Road
Away	24
Home	15

Outs
0	17
1	15
2	7

16 Opps
CIN	5
LAD	5
SDP	4
NYM	4
SFG	3
STL	3
CHC	3
PIT	3
PHI	2
MIN	1
COL	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
CLE	1
HOU	1
MIL	1

37 Pitchers
Jeff Brantley	2
Orel Hershiser	2
Dave Telgheder	1
Joey Hamilton	1
Curt Leskanic	1
Curt Schilling	1
David Cone	1
Tim Pugh	1
Jeff Juden	1
Mike Morgan	1
Bryan Clutterbuck	1
Rick Reed	1
Bobby Jones	1
Allen Watson	1
Dave Mlicki	1
José Bautista	1
Francisco Córdova	1
Omar Olivares	1
Mike Hampton	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Bob Scanlan	1
Mel Stottlemyre	1
Chris Hammond	1
Jerry Reed	1
John Roper	1
Cecilio Guante	1
Tim Belcher	1
Matt Morris	1
Jack Armstrong	1
Mike Maddux	1
Bob Walk	1
Pat Rapp	1
Andy Benes	1
Éric Gagné	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Tim Drummond	1
Kevin Foster	1

17 Parks
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	10
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
3Com Park (SFO)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
MileHigh Std (DEN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	22
89	11
8	5
7	1

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	11
1	10
4	5
3	5
5	4
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	4
12-	2
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

52 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	30
1 on	5
2 on	4
Any on	9

Inning
1	8
2	1
3	10
4	5
5	6
6	1
7	2
8	6

1-3	19
4-6	12
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	1
+1	5
Tied	14
-1	7
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	12
Tied	14
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	10
0-1	6
1-2	5
1-0	5
3-2	4
2-0	3
1-1	2
3-1	2
2-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	28
LF	7
PH	2
RF	2

OrderPos
1st	32
9th	4
2nd	3

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1989-06-04	NYY	@	MIL	Bryan Clutterbuck	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.121	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2	2	2	1	1989-09-05	NYY	@	SEA	Jerry Reed	ahead 5-0	t 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	7	0.039	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Blowers Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1990-05-23	NYY	@	MIN	Tim Drummond	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	12-	2,(0-1) SX	3	1	7	0.134	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Velarde Scores; Á. Espinoza Scores
4	4	2	1	1990-07-17	NYY		KCR	Mel Stottlemyre	behind 5-8	b 6	2	--3	7,(3-2) BBBSCFX	2	1	8	0.185	32%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Á. Espinoza Scores
5	5	3	1	1990-07-29 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	Cecilio Guante	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	9	8	0.118	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1991-04-19	ATL		CIN	Jack Armstrong	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	7	0.101	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Sanders Scores
7	7	2	1	1991-04-24	ATL	@	LAD	Mike Morgan	behind 3-8	t 8	1	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	1	7	0.010	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Sanders Scores
8	8	3	1	1991-07-21	ATL	@	STL	Omar Olivares	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	2	7	0.107	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Sanders Scores
9	9	4	1	1991-07-31	ATL		PIT	Rick Reed	behind 2-6	b 5	1	12-	4,(1-2) SFBX	3	2	8	0.223	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Olson Scores; O. Nixon Scores; D. Sanders Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1992-04-15	ATL	@	CIN	Chris Hammond	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	1	9	0.106	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Sanders Scores
11	11	2	1	1992-04-22	ATL	@	SDP	Bruce Hurst	behind 2-9	t 8	0	---	6,(3-2) .FBSBBX	1	1	9	0.003	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Sanders Scores
12	12	3	1	1992-06-12	ATL		SDP	Mike Maddux	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	9	PH	0.314	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Sanders Scores
13	13	4	1	1992-06-15	ATL		LAD	Orel Hershiser	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	1	8	0.106	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Sanders Scores
14	14	5	1	1992-06-18	ATL		CIN	Tim Belcher	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.143	56%		Home Run (Line Drive); D. Sanders Scores
15	15	6	1	1992-06-23	ATL		SFG	Jeff Brantley	ahead 6-0	b 7	1	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	1	8	0.003	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); D. Sanders Scores
16	16	7	1	1992-07-06	ATL		NYM	David Cone	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.105	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); D. Sanders Scores
17	17	8	1	1992-07-11	ATL	@	CHC	Bob Scanlan	behind 0-1	t 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	0.439	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); O. Nixon Scores; D. Sanders Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1993-04-15	ATL	@	SFG	Jeff Brantley	behind 0-6	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	9	PH	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	2	1	1993-07-24	ATL	@	PIT	Bob Walk	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	8	0.064	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
20	20	3	1	1993-07-26	ATL	@	COL	Curt Leskanic	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.106	58%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball)
21	21	4	1	1993-08-13	ATL	@	CIN	Tim Pugh	ahead 5-0	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.031	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
22	22	5	1	1993-08-14	ATL	@	CIN	John Roper	behind 0-1	t 3	1	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	8	0.209	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Berryhill Scores; M. Lemke Scores
23	23	6	1	1993-08-18	ATL		LAD	Orel Hershiser	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	5,(2-2) CBBFX	1	1	8	0.110	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1994-04-04	ATL	@	SDP	Andy Benes	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	---	5,(3-1) LBBBX	1	1	8	0.125	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	1994-04-15	ATL	@	CHC	José Bautista	ahead 15-4	t 8	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	1	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Pecota Scores
26	26	3	1	1994-04-19	ATL		STL	Allen Watson	ahead 3-2	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	0.110	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
27	27	4	1	1994-05-11	ATL		PHI	Curt Schilling	tied 1-1	b 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	8	0.252	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Maddux Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1995-05-06	CIN		NYM	Dave Mlicki	behind 1-2	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.119	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
29	29	2	1	1995-08-02	SFG	@	SDP	Joey Hamilton	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	1	8	0.085	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
30	30	3	1	1995-08-13	SFG		CHC	Kevin Foster	behind 0-1	b 3	2	---	6,(3-2) BFSBBX	1	1	8	0.127	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
31	31	4	1	1995-08-20	SFG	@	PHI	Jeff Juden	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive)
32	32	5	1	1995-08-23	SFG	@	NYM	Dave Telgheder	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	0.099	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
33	33	6	1	1995-09-03	SFG		NYM	Bobby Jones	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	1	8	0.101	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1997-04-18	CIN	@	PIT	Francisco Córdova	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) BBCSX	1	1	8	0.103	69%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball)
35	35	2	1	1997-05-06	CIN	@	LAD	Pedro Astacio	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.157	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Sanders Scores
36	36	3	1	1997-06-20	CIN	@	STL	Matt Morris	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	7	0.116	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	4	1	1997-07-06	CIN	@	HOU	Mike Hampton	behind 4-5	t 4	1	---	7,(3-2) BBCBFFX	1	1	8	0.128	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Sanders Scores
38	38	5	1	1997-08-11	CIN	@	SFG	Pat Rapp	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.098	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2001-05-01	CIN		LAD	Éric Gagné	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	2	7	0.202	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Reese Scores; B. Larkin Scores