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Kenneth George Sanders (born July 8, 1941) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The right hander was nicknamed "Bulldog" by Milwaukee Brewers manager Dave Bristol in because he was "so mean, tough and stubborn out on the mound." ==Early years== Sanders attended St. Louis University High School in St. Louis, Missouri, and was a standout in soccer, football and baseball. After a month at St. Louis University, he signed with the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in . He went 19-10 with a 3.21 earned run average as a starting pitcher his first professional season with the Florida State League's Sanford Greyhounds. He split his time between starts and relief appearances until , when he was converted to a full-time reliever with the Birmingham Barons. He made his major league debut against the New York Yankees later that season, pitching 1.2 innings without giving up a run.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Yankees 5, Kansas City A's 3 )〕 For the season, Sanders went 0-2 with a 3.67 ERA and one save. After spending all of in triple A, Sanders was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 1965 rule 5 draft. In , he went 3-6 with two saves and a 3.80 ERA for the Bosox before being dealt back to Kansas City with Jim Gosger and Guido Grilli for Rollie Sheldon, Jose Tartabull and John Wyatt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=After Cleveland Rainout Sox Ship Gosger, Grilli, Sanders to KC in Exchange for Sheldon, Wyatt, Tartabull )〕 He made his only major league start upon his return to the A's, pitching four innings of one run ball against the California Angels before giving way to the bullpen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=California Angels 6, Kansas City A's 5 )〕 With the exception of a brief one month call-up in by the Oakland Athletics, Sanders spent the next three seasons in the minors. Just prior to Spring training 1970, he, Mike Hershberger, Lew Krausse and Phil Roof were traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for Don Mincher and Ron Clark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pilots Send Don Mincher to A's in Six-Man Deal )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ken Sanders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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