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This article is about the Kansas City Royals outfielder. See Reggie Sanders (first baseman) for the 1974 Detroit Tigers player.

Reggie Sanders

Kansas City Royals — No. 16
Right field
Born: December 1, 1967 (1967-12-01) (age 40)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
August 22, 1991 for the Cincinnati Reds
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Batting average	.267
Home runs	304
RBIs	974
Former teams
Cincinnati Reds (1991-1998) San Diego Padres (1999) Atlanta Braves (2000) Arizona Diamondbacks (2001) San Francisco Giants (2002) Pittsburgh Pirates (2003) St. Louis Cardinals (2004-2005) Kansas City Royals (2006-present)

Reginald Laverne "Reggie" Sanders (born December 1, 1967) is currently the starting right fielder for the Kansas City Royals baseball team. Reggie was born in Florence, South Carolina. He was 24 years old when he broke into the major leagues on August 22, 1991, after being drafted in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft by the Cincinnati Reds. He attended Spartanburg Methodist College.^{[citation needed]} Before beginning his pro career with the rookie class Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League in 1988. He also played professionally with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, and was a member of the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks World Series Champions. With the Cardinals in 2005, Sanders had a breakout of sorts during the 2005 National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres. In a three-game sweep of the Padres, Sanders hit 10 RBIs, a new record for a division series. He is 6'1" and 186 lbs. He bats and throws right-handed.

On April 13, 1994, Pedro Martinez lost a perfect game with one out in the eighth inning when he hit Cincinnati's Reggie Sanders with a pitch. An angered Sanders charged the mound, and was later ridiculed in the press for assuming that a pitcher would abandon a perfect game in order to hit a batter intentionally.

On 10 June 2006, as a member of the Kansas City Royals, Reggie hit his 300th HR. This made him the fifth member of Major League Baseball's 300-300 club, as he had stolen the 300th base of his career on 1 May 2006, and had gotten his 302nd career stolen base just a day earlier. Steve Finley of the San Francisco Giants joined the 300-300 club as its sixth member on 14 June 2006, four days after Sanders achieved the feat. He is the only player in MLB history to hit 20 or more home runs in one season for six different teams. He has hit at least 10 home runs in a season for every team he has played for (eight in all).

Going into 2007, he was 4th of all active players in career strikeouts (1,599), 9th in caught stealing (114), 11th in stolen bases (304), 13th in triples (60), and 110th in home runs (303).

• Top 500 home run hitters of all time
• 300-300 club
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
• Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game
• Arizona Diamondbacks all-time roster
• Kansas City Royals all-time roster

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Stats at ESPN.com
• Stats at Yahoo! Sports
• Stats and info at CBS SportsLine