Reggie Sanders (first baseman)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1949–2002)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Reggie Sanders

|position=First baseman

|image=Reggie Sanders Tigers.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1949|9|9}}

|birth_place=Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|2002|1|27|1949|9|9}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/reggie-sanders-121672|title=Reggie Sanders|work=MLB.com|accessdate=October 24, 2024}}

|death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 1

|debutyear=1974

|debutteam=Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 2

|finalyear=1974

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.273

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=10

|teams=

• Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1974}})

}}

Reginald Jerome Sanders (September 9, 1949 – January 27, 2002), was an American Major League Baseball player. He played 26 games, mostly at first base, for the Detroit Tigers in 1974. He hit a home run (off Catfish Hunter) in his first major league at bat.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AUBSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TXkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5396%2C1673348 "A's 5, Tigers 3"], UPI in St. Petersburg Times, September 2, 1974.Scott Ferkovich, [https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/2014/04/03/six-tigers-hit-homers-first-big-league-bats/ "Six Tigers hit homers in their first big league at-bat"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024315/https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/2014/04/03/six-tigers-hit-homers-first-big-league-bats/ |date=2018-06-20 }}, Detroit Athletic Co., April 3, 2014.

Sanders was traded from the Oakland Athletics to the Tigers for Mike Kilkenny and cash on May 9, 1972.[http://www.mlb.com/det/downloads/mediaguides/mediaguide_74.pdf Detroit Tigers 1974 Press-TV-Radio Guide (scroll down to page 47).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606221703/http://www.mlb.com/det/downloads/mediaguides/mediaguide_74.pdf |date=2020-06-06 }} Retrieved June 6, 2020 He was dealt from the Tigers to the Atlanta Braves for Jack Pierce in an exchange of minor-league first basemen on March 30, 1975.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33849639/tigers-swap-for-brave/ "Tigers Swap For Brave," The Associated Press (AP), Monday, March 31, 1975.] Retrieved June 6, 2020[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33849992/minor-trade-becomes-a-major-triumph/ Hawkins, Jim. "'Minor' Trade Becomes a Major Triumph for the Tigers," Detroit Free Press, Tuesday, June 10, 1975.] Retrieved June 6, 2020 He was selected by the Chicago White Sox from the Braves in the Rule 5 draft on December 5, 1977.[https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/06/archives/angels-bonds-is-acquired-by-white-sox-white-sox-acquire-bonds-in.html Durso, Joseph. "Angels’ Bonds Is Acquired By White Sox," The New York Times, Tuesday, December 6, 1977.] Retrieved June 6, 2020

Sanders died on January 27, 2002.