John Stanley Sanford was an American professional baseball player.
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15 Facts About Jack Sanford
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Jack Sanford played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1956 through 1967.
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Jack Sanford was notable for the meteoric start to his career when, he led the National League with 188 strikeouts as a 28-year-old rookie for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1957.
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Jack Sanford later became a 20-game-winner and made his only World Series appearance as a member of the San Francisco Giants.
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Jack Sanford played for the California Angels and the Kansas City Athletics.
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Jack Sanford had 15 complete games on the season, including three shutouts.
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Jack Sanford led the Giants to the 1962 National League pennant with 24 victories, second only to the 25 victories by Don Drysdale.
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Jack Sanford pitched better in Game 7, allowing just one run in seven innings against the Yankees when Bill Skowron scored as Tony Kubek hit into a double play in the fifth inning.
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Jack Sanford finished second to Don Drysdale in the voting for the 1962 Cy Young Award.
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Jack Sanford ended his playing career with the Kansas City Athletics on August 6,1967 at the age of 38.
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Jack Sanford accumulated 1,182 strikeouts and gave up only 840 earned runs.
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Jack Sanford finished in the Top 10 in MVP Award voting twice in his career.
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Jack Sanford finished second in the league in wins twice, losing in 1957 to only Warren Spahn and in 1962 to Cy Young Award winner Don Drysdale.
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Jack Sanford died of a brain tumor at age 70 in Beckley, West Virginia.
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