How Ray Sanders's Runs Compares to Similar Players

Ray Sanders totaled 321 career Runs, well above the league average of 234.1 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Runs season came in 1944, posting 87, well above the league average of 25.6 that year. The lowest point came in 1948 at 0, well below the league average of 24.5 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Runs total went from 43 in 1946 to 0 in 1948 and 0 in 1949, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs profile — ranging from 0 to 87 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Ray Sanders Lifetime Runs and Similar Stats

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Ray Sanders Runs Per Season

Ray Sanders's Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ray Sanders Runs per season line chart

Ray Sanders Runs by Team

Ray Sanders's career Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ray Sanders career Runs by team bar chart

Ray Sanders Cumulative Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Ray Sanders's career Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Ray Sanders Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Ray Sanders Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ray Sanders's seasonal Runs alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ray Sanders Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ray Sanders Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ray Sanders's MLB career with Runs alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ray Sanders Runs season-by-season breakdown table