Fred Sanford Trades and Transactions

The Fred Sanford trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Fred Sanford has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Fred Sanford

Fred Sanford Autograph on a 1951 Bowman Reprint (#145)

Fred Sanford Autograph on a 1951 Bowman Reprint (#145)
 

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Birth Name:   John Frederick Sanford
Nickname:   Fred
Born On:   08-09-1919  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Garfield, Utah
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-15-2011
Place of Death Data Died In:   Salt Lake City, Utah
Cemetery:   Undetermined
High School:   West High School (Salt Lake City, UT)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   05-05-1943 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-14-1951
Draft:   Not Applicable
Fred Sanford

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1939: Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns.
12-13-1948: Traded by St. Louis Browns (with Roy Partee) to New York Yankees for Sherm Lollar, Red Embree and Dick Starr.
06-15-1951: Traded by New York Yankees (with Tom Ferrick and Bob Porterfield) to Washington Senators for Bob Kuzava.
07-30-1951: Traded by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns for Dick Starr.
10-11-1951: Traded by St. Louis Browns (with Jack Maguire) to Portland (PCL) for Leo Thomas.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Fred Sanford trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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