Scott Sanderson
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Scott Douglas Sanderson (born July 22, 1956 in Dearborn, Michigan) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, California Angels, San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox.
Sanderson was a member of the 1991 American League All-Star Team.
Sanderson became an agent after retirement from baseball. Sanderson's agency has offices in Atlanta and in his hometown of Chicago, where he spends most of his time.
His clients have included Frank Thomas, Josh Beckett, and Lance Berkman.
Sanderson attended Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois and Vanderbilt University.
He is married with two children, a son and a daughter.
Cubs Career
Sanderson was acquired by the Cubs prior to the 1984 season in a three-team trade involving Montreal and San Diego. The Cubs, in affect, dealt Carmelo Martinez, Craig Lefferts, and Fritzie Connallly for Sanderson's services.
Before coming to the Cubs, Sanderson had hit his sole career homerun against them in 1982, a grand slam at Wrigley Field. A career .096 hitter, Sanderson would collect his second career homerun for them in 1987.
Sanderson would go 8-5 in '84, as the Cubs clinched a postseason berth for the first time in 39 years. Sanderson finished the season as the Cubs' fourth starter and started Game 4 of the NLCS vs. San Diego.
Sanderson's Cub career was marked by injury. In no season in his entire Cub career--between 1984 and 1989--did Sanderson throw 200 innings. Ironically, in his first season away from Chicago, Sanderson hurled 206 1/3 innings and won 17 games for Oakland. The following season, in 1991, Sanderson made his sole All-Star appearance while pitching for the Yankees. He was named to the team by his Oakland manager--Tony LaRussa -- and Sanderson made it a point to personally thank LaRussa for having turned his career around the previous season and putting him in position to make the team.
Cub fans recall Sanderson for being a laboriously slow worker on the mound. When runners would get on base with Sanderson on the mound, the game would practically grind to a halt. When Steve Trachsel pitched for the Cubs beginning in 1994, his deliberate style would remind fans of Sanderson.
External link
- Sanderson's second career
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
| 1984 National League East Champion Chicago Cubs Starting Lineup: 1. Bobby Dernier CF | 2. Ryne Sandberg 2B | 3. Gary Matthews LF | 4. Leon Durham 1B | 5. Keith Moreland RF | 6. Ron Cey 3B | 7. Jody Davis C | 8. Larry Bowa SS Starting Pitchers: Rick Sutcliffe | Steve Trout | Dennis Eckersley | Scott Sanderson | Dick Ruthven | Rick Reuschel |
| 1989 National League East Champion Chicago Cubs Starting Lineup: 1. Jerome Walton CF | 2. Ryne Sandberg 2B | 3. Andre Dawson RF | 4. Mark Grace 1B | 5. Dwight Smith/Lloyd McClendon LF | 6. Luis Salazar/Vance Law 3B | 7. Shawon Dunston SS | 8. Joe Girardi/Damon Berryhill/Rick Wrona C Starting Pitchers: Greg Maddux | Mike Bielecki | Rick Sutcliffe | Scott Sanderson | Paul Kilgus |
| 1994 American League Central Champion Chicago White Sox Starting Lineup: 1. Joey Cora 2B | 2. Tim Raines LF | 3. Frank Thomas 1B | 4. Julio Franco DH | 5. Robin Ventura 3B | 6. Darrin Jackson RF | 7. Lance Johnson CF | 8. Ron Karkovice/Mike LaValliere C | 9. Ozzie Guillén SS Starting Pitchers: Jack McDowell | Wilson Alvarez | Alex Fernandez | Jason Bere | Scott Sanderson |
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