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American baseball player (1947-2016)
Baseball player
Charlie Sands
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Catcher
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Born:
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1947-12-17
)
December 17, 1947
Newport News, Virginia
, U.S.
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Died:
August 22, 2016
(2016-08-22)
(aged 68)
Naples, Florida
, U.S.
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Batted:
Left
Threw:
Right
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June 21, 1967, for the New York Yankees
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May 8, 1975, for the Oakland Athletics
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Batting average
| .214
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Home runs
| 6
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Runs batted in
| 23
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Charles Duane Sands
(December 17, 1947 ? August 22, 2016) was an American professional
baseball
player. He played in
Major League Baseball
as a
catcher
,
pinch hitter
and
designated hitter
for the
New York Yankees
(1967),
Pittsburgh Pirates
(1971?72),
California Angels
(1973?74) and
Oakland Athletics
(1975). Sands stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall, weighed 200 pounds (91 kg), batted
left-handed
and threw
right-handed
.
Sands was a member of the Pirates'
1971
National League
and
World Series
champions, and batted one time in the Fall Classic, pinch hitting for
Bob Veale
in the sixth
inning
of Game 2 and
striking out
against eventual
Hall of Famer
Jim Palmer
.
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Over six seasons he played in 93 games and had 145 at-bats, 15 runs, 31 hits, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 6 home runs, 23 RBI, 36 walks, .214 batting average, .372 on-base percentage, .393 slugging percentage, 57 total bases, 1 sacrifice fly and 4 intentional walks. He died on August 22, 2016, at the age of 68.
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