Rufus
Sandlin
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 2, 1988 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2022   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 20 WA GE     6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
2010 21 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
2011 22 WA GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2012 23 WA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
2013 24 WA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
2014 25 DC FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2015 26 MA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5
2016 27 MA FF $ 300,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
2017 28 MA FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
2018 29 MA FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
2019 30 MA FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
2020 31 MA FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
2021 32 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
2022 33 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
2023 34 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
2024 35 MA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
2025 36 MA FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2009 20 AAA   108 408 53 121 13 0 12 64 1 2 23 33 .297 .334 .417 .751 54.4  
    AA   17 59 8 17 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 7 .288 .288 .356 .644 5.6  
    A   9 38 4 14 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 2 .368 .400 .526 .926 7.0  
2010 21 WA GE 26 97 12 30 5 0 2 9 0 0 4 6 .309 .337 .423 .759 11.8 3.2
    AAA   122 441 48 128 22 0 15 51 0 1 30 35 .290 .335 .442 .778 62.8  
2011 22 WA GE 29 105 4 27 3 0 1 9 1 0 7 18 .257 .298 .314 .613 10.0 1.7
    AAA   125 490 71 147 20 2 20 70 1 1 24 38 .300 .333 .471 .804 72.9  
2012 23 WA GE 140 488 39 129 26 0 7 59 1 0 23 73 .264 .301 .361 .662 48.1 8.5
2013 24 WA GE 131 409 29 91 18 0 6 42 0 0 25 83 .222 .267 .311 .578 33.2 3.3
2014 25 WA GE 78 206 13 37 2 0 3 14 0 0 14 45 .180 .238 .233 .471 9.7 0.0
  DC FF 33 69 10 19 4 1 3 6 0 0 6 12 .275 .342 .493 .835 10.8 2.9
  TOT   111 275 23 56 6 1 6 20 0 0 20 57 .204 .264 .298 .562 20.5 2.9
2015 26 MA FF 64 177 26 44 5 0 10 26 0 0 13 31 .249 .304 .446 .750 22.8 4.1
2016 27 MA FF 113 286 17 63 10 0 6 40 0 0 21 48 .220 .268 .318 .586 25.6 2.2
2017 28 MA FF 134 267 37 86 19 1 12 53 0 0 25 32 .322 .382 .536 .917 49.4 14.3
2018 29 MA FF 137 294 42 89 12 1 15 59 1 1 30 41 .303 .373 .503 .876 50.6 11.4
2019 30 MA FF 136 331 58 98 11 1 15 56 1 0 45 42 .296 .378 .471 .849 57.1 12.4
2020 31 MA FF 135 313 38 82 21 0 10 45 1 0 28 48 .262 .322 .425 .747 42.3 7.6
2021 32 MA FF 143 358 54 116 22 2 17 51 1 0 44 45 .324 .399 .539 .938 67.7 15.6
2022 33 MA FF 151 493 67 134 19 0 23 80 0 0 50 59 .272 .338 .450 .789 72.0 15.4
2023 34 MA FF 150 464 46 124 22 1 11 69 0 0 38 49 .267 .323 .390 .713 56.4 8.8
2024 35 MA FF 136 220 19 45 6 0 4 23 0 0 24 34 .205 .289 .286 .576 19.8 1.4
2025 36 MA FF 141 335 49 103 17 0 15 71 0 0 20 39 .307 .344 .493 .836 52.7 11.0
16 Years Sim 1877 4912 560 1317 222 7 160 712 6 1 417 705 .268 .326 .414 .740 640.0 124.0
3 Years AAA 355 1339 172 396 55 2 47 185 2 4 77 106 .296 .335 .445 .780 190.1  
1 Years AA 17 59 8 17 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 7 .288 .297 .356 .653 5.6  
1 Years A 9 38 4 14 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 2 .368 .400 .526 .926 7.0  
5 Years Minors 381 1436 184 427 59 2 49 198 2 4 79 115 .297 .335 .444 .778 202.7  
162 Game Average 423 48 113 19 0 13 61 0 0 35 60 .268 .326 .414 .740 55.2  
Career Highs 151 493 67 134 26 2 23 80 1 1 50 83 .324 .399 .539 .938 72.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3304 363 880 156 5 89 454 4 1 267 464 .266 .322 .397 .720 419.2
vs LH   1608 197 437 66 2 71 258 2 0 150 241 .272 .333 .448 .781 239.8
Home 940 2435 263 636 110 5 81 361 2 0 196 344 .261 .317 .410 .727 315.3
Away 937 2477 297 681 112 2 79 351 4 1 221 361 .275 .335 .417 .752 343.6
RISP   1267 0 347 48 2 49 524 0 0 158 177 .274 .348 .431 .779 196.6
Pinch Hitting   695 78 185 31 1 21 98 2 0 70 109 .266 .335 .404 .739 94.8
Close/Late   904 94 254 40 0 34 132 0 0 88 141 .281 .346 .438 .784 135.3
Mar/Apr 265 678 79 180 30 0 19 88 1 0 74 94 .265 .338 .394 .732 92.0
May 318 828 91 207 27 2 28 123 2 0 65 119 .250 .306 .389 .695 99.7
June 320 845 101 221 35 1 27 117 0 0 76 113 .262 .321 .401 .722 110.1
July 276 697 85 191 39 1 25 112 0 0 55 99 .274 .328 .440 .769 98.2
August 297 750 89 204 32 0 31 117 0 1 70 128 .272 .337 .439 .776 109.2
Sep/Oct 401 1114 115 314 59 3 30 155 3 0 77 152 .282 .328 .421 .749 149.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2010 21 WA GE C 26 25 222.0 75 16 3 1 .968 3.69 43 8 .186 0 1.1
2011 22 WA GE C 26 26 235.7 88 10 4 0 .961 3.74 30 5 .167 1 0.9
2012 23 WA GE C 132 125 1122.3 380 66 17 3 .963 3.58 164 46 .280 4 4.5
2013 24 WA GE C 118 105 952.7 346 38 8 2 .980 3.63 112 26 .232 2 4.7
2014 25 WA GE C 57 48 456.9 173 26 5 0 .975 3.92 69 19 .275 2 2.4
  DC FF C 24 20 155.7 59 9 2 0 .971 3.93 24 6 .250 1 0.3
  TOT   C 81 68 612.6 232 35 7 0 .974 3.92 93 25 .269 3 2.8
2015 26 MA FF C 57 45 424.3 202 11 4 0 .982 4.52 49 6 .122 0 1.2
2016 27 MA FF C 93 68 662.3 361 27 6 1 .985 5.27 63 16 .254 2 2.7
2017 28 MA FF C 93 43 503.3 336 16 6 0 .983 6.29 38 9 .237 0 1.8
2018 29 MA FF C 90 49 549.7 392 24 1 1 .998 6.81 37 9 .243 2 3.3
2019 30 MA FF C 105 66 681.7 471 24 8 0 .984 6.54 63 12 .190 1 3.0
2020 31 MA FF C 105 60 640.7 459 23 3 0 .994 6.77 78 15 .192 4 2.8
2021 32 MA FF C 88 59 603.7 356 21 7 0 .982 5.62 52 10 .192 0 1.7
    1B 15 15 134.0 145 5 2 12 .987 10.07 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2022 33 MA FF C 119 104 981.0 589 47 11 0 .983 5.83 101 30 .297 2 5.7
    1B 16 16 142.3 142 2 0 13 1.000 9.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2023 34 MA FF C 75 67 617.3 385 21 7 2 .983 5.92 72 11 .153 3 3.5
    1B 51 41 377.3 439 13 4 37 .991 10.78 0 0 .000 0 0.5
2024 35 MA FF 1B 59 29 329.7 348 21 4 30 .989 10.07 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 8 0 15.0 5 3 0 0 1.000 4.80 5 2 .400 0 0.1
2025 36 MA FF C 56 35 342.7 182 10 6 0 .970 5.04 48 5 .104 3 0.9
    1B 44 35 329.0 352 26 4 45 .990 10.34 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1272 945 9166.9 4859 392 98 10 .982 5.16 1048 235 .224 27 40.6
  1B 185 136 1312.3 1426 67 14 137 .991 10.24 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  RF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1458 1081 10481.5 6285 459 112 147 .984 5.79 1048 235 .224 27 42.4
Career Highs   135 125 1123.3 824 66 17 45 .998 9.84 164 46 .400 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 25 DC FF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
2016 27 MA FF 6 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
2017 28 MA FF 12 21 3 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .381 .409 .619 1.028
2018 29 MA FF 12 31 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .226 .250 .290 .540
2019 30 MA FF 6 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .214 .313 .286 .598
2020 31 MA FF 8 31 6 8 0 0 2 6 0 0 3 7 .258 .314 .452 .766
2021 32 MA FF 17 60 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .167 .203 .183 .386
2022 33 MA FF 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .125 .300 .125 .425
Career Post-Season Batting 68 176 17 40 7 0 3 16 0 0 12 25 .227 .274 .318 .592
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns
2022-10-23
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Washington in 2009
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/1/2010, off Donald Wilks (Ore)
Injured on 5/6/2011 with a Bruised Hip, out for 5 days
Traded from Washington to D.C. on 7/21/2014 (Going to Was: 3B Michael Hadlock. Going to DC: C Rufus Sandlin)
Traded from D.C. to Massachusetts on 3/3/2015 (Going to DC: P Aaron Hightower. Going to Mas: C Rufus Sandlin)
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/10/2025, hitting .421 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/2025, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI