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Duke Snider League
3-5-2079
Flip Saunders Right Field
Retired (1973, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .214 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .549 Status Deceased (2021) Option Years 0  
H 671 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 12-13-1939
HR 35 Drafted Round 4, Pick 58
(1961)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(151 games)
RBI 272
SB 139
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity F    Mentor vR A-
Speed A  Bunt D+ Control D    Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * D  (19.4%) SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF B- (53.3%) Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B F  (2.9%) CF ---   Health A+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1961 NYN
159
647
37
111
8
6
3
33
22
 146 2 0
13
 8 18
.418
.201
.216
.045
.172
1962 NYN-MIL
112
309
28
73
12
5
4
24
13
 61 1 2
11
 6 11
.614
.268
.346
.110
.236
1963 MIL
162
422
24
85
8
0
7
37
27
 96 2 3
26
 13 27
.521
.251
.270
.069
.201
1964 MIL
162
477
33
92
11
9
2
44
24
 103 3 1
32
 6 28
.502
.236
.266
.073
.193
1965 MIL
162
409
36
96
12
9
3
33
21
 83 0 1
23
 11 22
.602
.271
.330
.095
.235
1966 MIL
146
462
48
123
22
6
9
53
17
 94 0 5
24
 8 25
.688
.289
.398
.132
.266
1967 MIL
63
111
9
25
4
0
3
15
7
 24 0 0
5
 3 1
.614
.271
.342
.117
.225
1968 MIL
53
73
9
20
6
0
1
8
5
 12 0 1
1
 2 1
.714
.316
.397
.123
.274
1969 MIL
29
40
1
6
1
0
1
5
2
 13 0 1
1
 0 0
.436
.186
.250
.100
.150
1970 MIL
6
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1971 NYA
69
119
14
25
3
2
1
12
8
 15 0 1
1
 2 1
.552
.258
.294
.084
.210
1972 NYA
72
67
6
15
1
0
1
8
6
 11 0 0
2
 0 0
.571
.288
.284
.060
.224
1973 NYA-MIL
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
Total
1197
3140
245
671
88
37
35
272
152
 659 8 15
139
 59 134
.549
.251
.299
.085
.214
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Flip Saunders has retired from the Milwaukee Braves
1973-07-26The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Wanton Walker to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have designated Flip Saunders for assignment.
1973-07-26The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Flip Saunders to the major league team.
1973-07-26The Milwaukee Braves have acquired Flip Saunders from the waiver wire.
1973-04-09The New York Metropolitans have waived Flip Saunders.
1973-04-05The New York Metropolitans have designated Flip Saunders for assignment.
1971-04-05The New York Metropolitans have promoted Jack Schaller to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have promoted Pat Richardson to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have promoted Flip Saunders to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent John Taylor to the minors. The New York Metropolitans have designated Jack White for assignment. The New York Metropolitans have sent Jeff Lock to the minors.
1971-04-05The New York Metropolitans have acquired Flip Saunders from the waiver wire.
1971-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have waived Flip Saunders.
1970-06-25The Milwaukee Braves have designated Flip Saunders for assignment.
1970-05-29The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Flip Saunders to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have designated Moose Schwartz for assignment.
1970-04-01The Milwaukee Bucs have promoted Wilson Drake to the major league team. The Milwaukee Bucs have promoted Eric Stremmel to the major league team. The Milwaukee Bucs have designated Darko Millicheck for assignment. The Milwaukee Bucs have designated Flip Saunders for assignment.
1963-03-01The Milwaukee Braves have renamed Tony Saunders to Flip Saunders.
1962-06-08The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Tony Saunders to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Gil Tyree to the minors.
1962-06-08The Milwaukee Braves have acquired Tony Saunders from the waiver wire.
1962-06-01The New York Spikes have waived Tony Saunders.
1962-05-01The New York Spikes have promoted Cap McClusky to the major league team. The New York Spikes have promoted Frank Throop to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent Tony Saunders to the minors. The New York Spikes have sent Mike Hawblitzel to the minors.
1961-04-02The New York Spikes have promoted Tom Burke to the major league team. The New York Spikes have promoted Tony Saunders to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent Leo Calderone to the minors. The New York Spikes have designated Mickey Rivers for assignment.