MLB / Players

Ryne Sandberg

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 175 lb

BornSeptember 18, 1959 · Spokane, WA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 2, 1981

Final gameSeptember 28, 1997

Seasons16 (1981–1997)

Philadelphia Phillies 1981; Chicago Cubs 1982–1994; Chicago Cubs 1996–1997

Percentile snapshot

1996 season — qualified batters

150

621

48.3

554

59.9

46.9

135

19.7

40.8

61.9

63.3

RBI

57.1

40.1

116

23.1

61.9

.244

4.8

OBP

.316

10.9

SLG

.444

41.5

OPS

.760

27.2

wRC+

95.3

27.9

OPS+

96.4

29.3

wOBA

.335

23.8

sWAR

1.9

of 148 qualified 1996 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

115.1

71.9

OPS+

114.1

70.3

sWAR

52.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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
1981	13	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-23.8	-6.0	.157	0.0
1982	156	687	635	103	172	33	5	7	54	36	90	32	12	.271	.312	.372	.683	88.2	88.5	.316	1.6
1983	158	699	633	94	165	25	4	8	48	51	79	37	11	.261	.316	.351	.667	81.9	81.6	.311	1.1
1984	156	700	636	114	200	36	19	19	84	52	101	32	7	.314	.367	.520	.887	142.9	138.8	.401	6.3
1985	153	673	609	113	186	31	6	26	83	57	97	54	11	.305	.364	.504	.868	133.9	130.3	.391	5.4
1986	154	682	627	68	178	28	5	14	76	46	79	34	11	.284	.330	.411	.741	96.1	97.1	.336	2.2
1987	132	587	523	81	154	25	2	16	59	59	79	21	2	.294	.367	.442	.809	112.8	109.5	.364	3.1
1988	155	679	618	77	163	23	8	19	69	54	91	25	10	.264	.322	.419	.741	109.9	108.0	.339	3.4
1989	157	672	606	104	176	25	5	30	76	59	85	15	5	.290	.356	.497	.853	138.0	134.7	.384	5.6
1990	155	675	615	116	188	30	3	40	100	50	84	25	7	.306	.354	.559	.913	140.5	140.2	.400	5.9
1991	158	684	585	104	170	32	2	26	100	87	89	22	8	.291	.379	.485	.865	140.5	136.8	.391	6.0
1992	158	687	612	100	186	32	8	26	87	68	73	17	6	.304	.371	.510	.881	149.8	144.3	.398	6.8
1993	117	503	456	67	141	20	0	9	45	37	62	9	2	.309	.359	.412	.772	110.2	107.9	.350	2.5
1994	57	247	223	36	53	9	5	5	24	23	40	2	3	.238	.312	.390	.702	85.1	82.9	.318	0.5
1996	150	621	554	85	135	28	4	25	92	54	116	12	8	.244	.316	.444	.760	95.3	96.4	.335	1.9
1997	135	480	447	54	118	26	0	12	64	28	94	7	4	.264	.308	.403	.711	80.0	83.0	.315	0.6

Career totals

2,164

165th-most career G

9,282

138th-most career PA

8,385

118th-most career AB

1,318

124th-most career R

2,386

130th-most career H

403

192nd-most career 2B

319th-most career 3B

282

196th-most career HR

RBI

1,061

258th-most career RBI

761

308th-most career BB

1,260

191st-most career SO

344

118th-most career SB

.2846

OBP

.3439

SLG

.4516

466th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.7955

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	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1984-06-23	STL @ CHC Gameday	6	2	5	0	2	7	0	11
1989-08-10	PHI @ CHC Gameday	5	4	4	1	2	4	1	11
1985-08-21	CHC @ ATL Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	6	0	10
1990-05-27	HOU @ CHC Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	4	0	10
1989-09-08	STL @ CHC Gameday	5	3	4	0	2	3	0	10

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.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2005 (BBWAA)

9× Gold Glove7× Silver Slugger1× Most Valuable Player10× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.