| Reggie Sanders | |
| Position: | First baseman |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 9 September 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 1 |
| Debutyear: | 1974 |
| Debutteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | October 2 |
| Finalyear: | 1974 |
| Finalteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .273 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 3 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 10 |
| Teams: | |
Reginald Jerome Sanders (September 9, 1949 – January 27, 2002), was an American Major League Baseball player. He played 26 games, mostly at first base, for the Detroit Tigers in 1974. He hit a home run (off Catfish Hunter) in his first major league at bat.[2] [3]
Sanders was traded from the Oakland Athletics to the Tigers for Mike Kilkenny and cash on May 9, 1972.[4] He was dealt from the Tigers to the Atlanta Braves for Jack Pierce in an exchange of minor-league first basemen on March 30, 1975.[5] [6] He was selected by the Chicago White Sox from the Braves in the Rule 5 draft on December 5, 1977.[7]
Sanders died on January 27, 2002.
List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat