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James
Sanches		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 27, 1986 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 20 CLE AL     0 0 1 0 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7
2008 21 CLE AL     0 3 4 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9
2009 22 CLE AL     1 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4 4 4 4 10 9 10
2010 23 CLE AL $ 100,000   6 7 8 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 11 12
2011 24 CLE AL $ 100,000   7 8 9 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 12 12
2012 25 CLE AL $ 100,000   7 8 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 14 13 13
2013 26 CLE AL $ 3,721,429   8 8 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 4 4 14 13 14
2014 27 CLE AL $ 3,721,429   8 8 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 4 4 14 13 14
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,721,429   8 8 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 4 4 14 13 14
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 28 STL NL $ 3,721,429 9 10 10 10 3 4 4 7 7 7
2016 29 STL NL $ 3,721,429 9 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7
2017 30 STL NL $ 3,637,500 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 7 7 7
2018 31 STL NL $ 3,637,500 7 10 10 10 4 5 5 6 7 7
2019 32 STL NL $ 3,637,500 7 10 10 10 4 5 5 7 7 7
2020 33 STL NL $ 3,637,500 7 10 10 10 4 5 5 6 7 7
2021 34 CLE AL $ 3,637,501 7 10 10 10 4 5 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,637,500 7 10 10 10 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,721,429 9 10 10 10 5 5 5 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 20 CLE AL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 21 CLE AL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2009 22 CLE AL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 23 CLE AL $ 100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 24 CLE AL $ 100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 25 CLE AL $ 100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 26 CLE AL $ 3,721,429 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 27 CLE AL $ 3,721,429 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,721,429 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 28 STL NL $ 3,721,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 29 STL NL $ 3,721,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 30 STL NL $ 3,637,500   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 31 STL NL $ 3,637,500   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2019 32 STL NL $ 3,637,500   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2020 33 STL NL $ 3,637,500   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2021 34 CLE AL $ 3,637,501   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,637,500   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,721,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2007 20 AA   1 3 .250 6 6 0 0 0 41.0 49 30 3 25 46 6.59 .301 .394 .429 .823  
    A   3 5 .375 12 12 5 1 0 77.7 56 17 5 24 66 1.97 .200 .263 .304 .567  
2008 21 AA   6 12 .333 22 22 7 1 0 161.3 147 78 27 76 254 4.35 .239 .322 .422 .744  
2009 22 AA   6 11 .353 18 18 4 0 0 132.0 118 59 17 53 213 4.02 .235 .308 .390 .699  
2010 23 CLE AL 2 3 .400 6 6 0 0 0 41.7 35 17 5 22 55 3.67 .219 .328 .388 .715 2.2
    AAA   13 4 .765 19 19 6 1 0 156.7 116 53 14 49 218 3.04 .201 .264 .331 .595  
    AA   4 0 1.000 4 4 1 0 0 33.7 25 7 2 8 60 1.87 .202 .250 .339 .589  
2011 24 CLE AL 11 12 .478 35 35 0 0 0 218.0 175 118 30 130 227 4.87 .221 .335 .417 .753 9.6
2012 25 CLE AL 15 6 .714 30 30 0 0 0 194.3 139 75 23 77 241 3.47 .197 .282 .366 .648 14.1
2013 26 CLE AL 9 13 .409 35 35 0 0 0 211.3 179 106 28 113 234 4.51 .227 .327 .417 .744 9.9
2014 27 CLE AL 16 12 .571 38 38 0 0 0 223.3 165 121 28 127 253 4.88 .202 .316 .392 .708 10.3
2015 28 CLE AL 4 5 .444 22 15 0 0 1 85.7 74 50 14 56 112 5.25 .226 .344 .430 .774 3.2
  STL NL 6 3 .667 12 8 0 0 0 66.7 50 28 10 36 89 3.78 .202 .309 .391 .700 5.0
  TOT   10 8 .556 34 23 0 0 1 152.3 124 78 24 92 201 4.61 .215 .329 .413 .743 8.1
    AAA   1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 12.0 6 5 1 4 23 3.75 .140 .213 .233 .445  
2016 29 STL NL 10 11 .476 32 31 0 0 0 181.0 136 101 24 120 243 5.02 .205 .330 .376 .705 4.0
2017 30 STL NL 12 6 .667 30 30 1 1 0 180.7 99 64 18 73 249 3.19 .158 .251 .297 .548 13.7
2018 31 STL NL 11 6 .647 25 25 0 0 0 168.0 89 40 13 74 244 2.14 .157 .263 .268 .531 16.3
2019 32 STL NL 14 9 .609 34 34 2 2 0 205.3 145 98 36 120 279 4.30 .197 .313 .396 .709 9.7
2020 33 STL NL 13 9 .591 29 29 0 0 0 158.3 117 79 28 100 212 4.49 .206 .326 .409 .736 7.6
2021 34 CGY NL 6 4 .600 13 12 0 0 0 67.7 60 43 12 37 92 5.72 .234 .332 .445 .778 2.0
  CLE AL 4 5 .444 14 13 0 0 0 71.7 62 35 12 43 108 4.40 .230 .335 .433 .769 4.5
  TOT   10 9 .526 27 25 0 0 0 139.3 122 78 24 80 200 5.04 .232 .334 .439 .773 6.5
12 Years Sim 133 104 .561 355 341 3 3 1 2073.6 1525 975 281 1128 2638 4.23 .203 .311 .383 .694 111.9
2 Years AAA 14 4 .778 25 19 6 1 0 168.7 122 58 15 53 241 3.09 .197 .260 .324 .584  
4 Years AA 17 26 .395 50 50 12 1 0 368.0 339 174 49 162 573 4.26 .241 .320 .404 .724  
1 Years A 3 5 .375 12 12 5 1 0 77.7 56 17 5 24 66 1.97 .200 .263 .304 .567  
7 Years Minors 34 35 .493 87 81 23 3 0 614.3 517 249 69 239 880 3.65 .224 .297 .370 .668  
Season Average 11 8 .579 29 28 0 0 0 172.8 127 81 23 94 219 4.23 .203 .311 .383 .694  
Career Highs 16 13 .714 38 38 2 2 1 223.3 179 121 36 130 279 5.04 .232 .335 .439 .773  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   859 536 147 635 1557   .194 .295 .360 .655
vs LH   666 439 134 493 1081   .215 .323 .415 .738
Home 63 63 .500 178 174 1 1 0 1035.3 807 524 159 590 1302 4.56 .212 .318 .404 .722
Away 70 41 .631 177 167 2 2 1 1038.3 718 451 122 538 1336 3.91 .193 .295 .361 .655
Mar/Apr 21 20 .512 55 55 1 1 0 323.3 235 153 47 175 417 4.26 .201 .305 .395 .700
May 21 14 .600 61 61 1 1 0 357.6 280 184 47 200 424 4.63 .211 .315 .386 .701
June 18 13 .581 55 47 1 1 1 309.0 227 135 39 151 397 3.93 .202 .296 .370 .666
July 16 20 .444 51 48 0 0 0 275.3 229 153 38 181 346 5.00 .225 .342 .424 .766
August 31 20 .608 66 66 0 0 0 393.0 285 183 54 239 489 4.19 .201 .316 .380 .696
Sep/Oct 26 17 .605 67 64 1 0 0 415.3 269 167 56 182 565 3.62 .182 .272 .353 .626
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player 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
2007 20 A   3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2010 23 AAA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
2011 24 CLE AL 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.8 0.2
2012 25 CLE AL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
2013 26 CLE AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2014 27 CLE AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2015 28 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  STL NL 11 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .091 .091 .136 .227 -0.5 0.0
  TOT   13 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .091 .091 .136 .227 -0.5 0.0
2016 29 STL NL 31 60 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 23 .067 .109 .083 .193 -1.5 0.0
2017 30 STL NL 29 58 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 .086 .131 .103 .235 -0.9 0.0
2018 31 STL NL 24 54 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 29 .074 .123 .093 .215 -1.6 0.0
2019 32 STL NL 33 73 5 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 26 .068 .093 .096 .189 -2.9 0.0
2020 33 STL NL 28 50 4 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 19 .120 .135 .200 .335 0.9 0.0
2021 34 CGY NL 13 21 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .095 .174 .095 .269 0.0 0.0
11 Years Sim 177 350 17 30 9 1 0 13 0 0 15 144 .086 .123 .117 .240 -5.9 0.2
1 Years AAA 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1 Years A 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2 Years Minors 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6  
162 Game Average 320 15 27 8 0 0 11 0 0 13 131 .086 .123 .117 .240 -5.4  
Career Highs 33 73 5 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 29 .333 .400 .500 .900 0.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   253 15 20 7 1 0 10 0 0 10 107 .079 .113 .115 .228 -6.9
vs LH   97 2 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 37 .103 .147 .124 .271 -1.2
Home 83 151 5 9 3 0 0 8 0 0 8 66 .060 .106 .079 .186 -5.8
Away 94 199 12 21 6 1 0 5 0 0 7 78 .106 .135 .146 .281 -2.3
RISP   97 0 7 0 0 0 13 0 0 6 43 .072 .124 .072 .196 -3.1
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
Mar/Apr 30 59 4 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 23 .102 .141 .153 .293 -0.3
May 31 56 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 24 .089 .150 .107 .257 -0.8
June 28 57 1 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 27 .105 .121 .158 .279 -0.9
July 26 49 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .061 .080 .082 .162 -2.4
August 29 62 6 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 28 .081 .123 .097 .220 -1.7
Sep/Oct 31 67 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 23 .075 .114 .104 .219 -2.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2010 23 CLE AL P 6 6 41.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.22    
2011 24 CLE AL P 35 35 218.0 10 27 0 2 1.000 1.53    
2012 25 CLE AL P 30 30 194.3 6 15 2 2 .913 0.97    
2013 26 CLE AL P 35 35 211.3 6 20 0 0 1.000 1.11    
2014 27 CLE AL P 38 38 223.3 10 28 1 0 .974 1.53    
2015 28 CLE AL P 22 15 85.7 3 10 1 0 .929 1.37    
  STL NL P 12 8 66.7 3 8 1 0 .917 1.48    
  TOT   P 34 23 152.3 6 18 2 0 .923 1.42    
2016 29 STL NL P 32 31 181.0 6 24 1 4 .968 1.49    
2017 30 STL NL P 30 30 180.7 9 17 0 1 1.000 1.30    
2018 31 STL NL P 25 25 168.0 8 15 0 1 1.000 1.23    
2019 32 STL NL P 34 34 205.3 11 19 1 0 .968 1.31    
2020 33 STL NL P 29 29 158.3 5 12 2 1 .895 0.97    
2021 34 CGY NL P 13 12 67.7 1 12 0 1 1.000 1.73    
  CLE AL P 14 13 71.7 2 12 1 1 .933 1.76    
Career Totals   355 341 2073.6 80 220 10 13 .968 1.30    
Career Highs   38 38 223.3 11 28 2 4 1.000 1.74    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2010 23 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 11 6 3 2 5 7.71 .367 .406 .667 1.073
2011 24 CLE AL 0 2 .000 2 2 1 0 0 12.7 10 5 0 5 8 3.55 .208 .283 .333 .616
2017 30 STL NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 8 3 2 6 14 2.25 .174 .269 .326 .595
2018 31 STL NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 4 5 0 5 7 8.44 .200 .360 .300 .660
2019 32 STL NL 0 0 .000 3 3 0 0 0 16.7 14 6 1 10 27 3.24 .219 .324 .344 .668
2020 33 STL NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 11 8 3 0 4 16.63 .458 .458 .958 1.417
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 4 .200 10 10 1 0 0 58.0 58 33 9 28 65 5.12 .250 .331 .440 .770
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 30 STL NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2018 31 STL NL 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
2019 32 STL NL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2020 33 STL NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2018-1-2.14
 Wins
2012-7-15
2014-8-16
CAR-47-133
 Winning Pct
2012-4-.714
2017-7-.667
 Games Started
2011-9-35
2013-5-35
2014-1-38
 Shutouts
2017-7-1
2019-3-2
 Innings Pitched
2014-10-223.3
Homeruns Allowed
2011-6-30
2014-8-28
2019-4-36
CAR-36-281
 Strikeouts
2011-1-227
2012-2-241
2013-1-234
2014-1-253
2016-5-243
2017-5-249
2018-6-244
2019-3-279
2020-3-212
CAR-6-2638
 Walks Allowed
2011-2-130
2012-9-77
2013-1-113
2014-1-127
2016-1-120
2019-1-120
2020-5-100
CAR-10-1128
 Hits per 9IP
2011-5-7.2
2012-2-6.4
2013-8-7.6
2014-2-6.6
2016-2-6.8
2017-1-4.9
2018-1-4.8
2019-1-6.4
CAR-2-6.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2011-1-9.4
2012-1-11.2
2013-1-10.0
2014-1-10.2
2016-1-12.1
2017-1-12.4
2018-2-13.1
2019-1-12.2
CAR-1-11.4
 WHiP
2012-6-1.11
2017-3-0.95
2018-2-0.97
OAVG
2011-6-.221
2012-2-.197
2013-8-.227
2014-2-.202
2016-2-.205
2017-1-.158
2018-1-.157
2019-1-.197
CAR-2-.203
 OOBP
2012-6-.282
2017-3-.251
2018-6-.263
 OSLG
2012-10-.366
2017-2-.297
2018-1-.268
 OOPS
2012-10-.648
2017-2-.548
2018-1-.531
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 37    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 34)
   Gray Ink Test: 94    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 134)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  7. Jerry Piggott (878)
  8. Ray Gorby (873)
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  1. Brad Lidge (996)
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  3. Eric Milton (993)
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  6. Jeff McClary (991)
  7. Brian Lawrence (991)
  8. Kyle Farnsworth (990)
  9. Fred Brandy (990)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by San Francisco in 2007
Injured on 5/12/2007 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/31/2007 with a Broken Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/30/2007 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Traded from San Francisco to Cleveland on 7/31/2007 (Going to SFN: SS L. Mckittrick. Going to CLE: P J. Sanches)
Injured on 4/20/2008 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 4/14/2009 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/18/2009 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/9/2010
Had first career hit (double) on 7/9/2011, off Bartolo Colon (MON)
Injured on 6/27/2012 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
 
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