Deion Sanders

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 195 lb

BornAugust 9, 1967 · Fort Myers, FL, USA

MLB debutMay 31, 1989

Final gameJune 14, 2001

Seasons9 (1989–2001)

New York Yankees 1989–1990; Atlanta Braves 1991–1994; Cincinnati Reds 1994–1995; San Francisco Giants 1995; Cincinnati Reds 1997; Cincinnati Reds 2001

Percentile snapshot

1997 season — qualified batters

115

509

2.1

465

9.1

2.1

127

14.7

0.7

90.2

7.7

RBI

13.3

97.2

5.6

.273

38.5

OBP

.329

25.9

SLG

.363

10.5

OPS

.693

12.6

wRC+

81.1

12.6

OPS+

80.8

11.2

wOBA

.316

14.7

sWAR

0.4

7.7

of 144 qualified 1997 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

4.8

78.7

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1989	14	50	47	7	11	2	0	2	7	3	8	1	0	.234	.280	.404	.684	84.3	91.7	.302	0.1
1990	57	149	133	24	21	2	2	3	9	13	27	8	2	.158	.236	.271	.507	39.0	41.2	.241	-0.7
1991	54	122	110	16	21	1	2	4	13	12	23	11	3	.191	.270	.345	.616	68.9	68.7	.287	-0.3
1992	97	325	303	54	92	6	14	8	28	18	52	26	9	.304	.346	.495	.841	136.7	131.5	.381	2.5
1993	95	294	272	42	75	18	6	6	28	16	42	19	7	.276	.321	.452	.773	103.7	106.0	.340	1.2
1994	92	414	375	58	106	17	4	4	28	32	63	38	16	.283	.342	.381	.724	92.1	89.7	.329	1.1
1995	85	379	343	48	92	11	8	6	28	27	60	24	9	.268	.327	.399	.727	94.2	92.7	.329	1.1
1997	115	509	465	53	127	13	7	5	23	34	67	56	13	.273	.329	.363	.693	81.1	80.8	.316	0.4
2001	32	83	75	6	13	2	0	1	4	4	10	3	4	.173	.235	.240	.475	17.4	21.4	.220	-0.7

Career totals

641

2,325

2,123

308

558

RBI

168

159

352

186

412th-most career SB

.2628

OBP

.3191

SLG

.3924

OPS

.7115

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1992-04-13	ATL @ CIN Gameday	4	2	4	1	2	0	0	9
1989-09-05	NYY @ SEA Gameday	5	2	3	2	0	1	4	8
1993-07-24	ATL @ PIT Gameday	6	2	4	0	0	1	3	7
1993-07-03	MIA @ ATL Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	0	1	7
1994-04-15	ATL @ CHC Gameday	6	2	3	1	0	1	4	7

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.