Dennis Saunders
Dennis Saunders | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Alhambra, California |
January 4, 1949 |||
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MLB debut | |||
May 21, 1970, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
June 12, 1970, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 1–1 | ||
Earned run average | 3.21 | ||
Innings | 14 | ||
Teams | |||
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Dennis James Saunders (born January 4, 1949, at Alhambra, California) is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who worked in eight Major League games for the 1970 Detroit Tigers, strictly in relief. He stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg) as an active player.
Saunders allowed 16 hits, five bases on balls and one home run — with eight strikeouts — in 14 innings pitched for Detroit. In his finest performance, his second Major League game on May 24, he relieved starter Mickey Lolich in the third inning and hurled 5⅔ innings of scoreless ball, allowing only three hits, against the Washington Senators.[1] He earned his only Major League save (on May 29) and victory (on June 10) against the Milwaukee Brewers.[2]
His professional career concluded after the 1972 season, his sixth year in minor league baseball, where he appeared in 142 games, 63 as a starting pitcher.[3]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from California
- Detroit Tigers players
- Lakeland Tigers players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Memphis Blues players
- Montgomery Rebels players
- Rocky Mount Leafs players
- Statesville Tigers players
- Tacoma Twins players
- Tidewater Tides players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Sportspeople from Alhambra, California
- American baseball pitcher, 1940s births stubs