Anthony Sanders Explained

Anthony Sanders
Team:Baltimore Orioles
Number:9
Position:Outfielder / Coach
Birth Date:2 March 1974
Birth Place:Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 26
Debutyear:1999
Debutteam:Toronto Blue Jays
Debut2league:NPB
Debut2date:May 29
Debut2year:2001
Debut2team:Yokohama BayStars
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:April 18
Finalyear:2001
Finalteam:Seattle Mariners
Final2league:NPB
Final2date:August 16
Final2year:2001
Final2team:Yokohama BayStars
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.240
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:4
Stat2league:NPB
Stat21label:Batting average
Stat21value:.114
Stat22label:Home runs
Stat22value:1
Stat23label:Runs batted in
Stat23value:1
Teams:As player

As coach

Anthony Marcus Sanders (born March 2, 1974) is an American professional baseball former outfielder and current coach. He is the first base coach for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (MLB) for the Yokohama BayStars.

Career

As a member of the United States national baseball team, Sanders won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1997, Sanders' wife was killed in a skiing accident.[1] He joined the Colorado Rockies organization as the Tri-City ValleyCats hitting coach in 2007, and served in that role through 2012. In 2013, Sanders was promoted to manager of the Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, and was named the circuit's 2014 manager of the year.[2] [3] He spent the 2013 through 2015 seasons as the Grand Junction manager. He served as the supervisor with the Class A Advanced Lancaster JetHawks in 2016 and 2017.[4] In the latter of those two seasons, the JetHawks achieved 326 stolen bases, with at least 30 each from six of its players including Garrett Hampson, Sam Hilliard and Yonathan Daza.[5] In 2018 and 2019, Sanders served as the Rockies outfield and baserunning coordinator.[6] [7]

He was named the Baltimore Orioles first base coach following the 2019 season.[8]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Team USA Who's Who. Baseball America. August 23, 2000. July 7, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091636/http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/leagues/international/0823usacaps1.html. September 29, 2007 . live .
  2. News: Former Santa Rita multi-sport star continues to excel in pro baseball . Paul Cicala . . September 2, 2014 . October 3, 2014 . 2014-10-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141003190314/http://www.kvoa.com/news/former-santa-rita-multi-sport-star-continues-to-excel-in-pro-baseball/ .
  3. Web site: Sanders named PL Manager of the Year . . August 30, 2014 . October 3, 2014 . October 3, 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141003191512/http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140830&content_id=92286016&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t4364&sid=t4364 .
  4. Web site: Cal notes: Sanders settles into unique role. Josh Jackson. MiLB.com. June 8, 2016. November 26, 2019.
  5. Web site: Castrovince . Anthony . MLB teams stealing the most early in 2023 season . MLB.com . 2023-04-25 . 2024-08-02.
  6. Web site: Rockies announce 2018 Minor League staff. Chad Thornburg. MLB.com. January 9, 2018. November 26, 2019.
  7. Web site: Colorado Rockies announce 2019 Minor League staff. MLB.com. January 23, 2019. November 26, 2019.
  8. Web site: O's close to hiring Sanders as coach. MLB.com. Joe Trezza. November 21, 2019. November 26, 2019.