Charles Duane Sands (December 17, 1947 – August 22, 2016) was an American professional

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player. He played in

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as a

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and

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for the

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(1967),

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(1971–72),

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(1973–74) and

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(1975). Sands stood tall, weighed , batted

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and threw

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. Sands was a member of the Pirates'

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and

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champions, and batted one time in the Fall Classic, pinch hitting for Bob Veale in the sixth

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of Game 2 and

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against eventual Hall of Famer

Jim Palmer James Alvin Palmer (born October 15, 1945) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1965–1967, 1969–1984). Palmer was the winningest MLB pitcher in the ...

. 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.Sands, Charles Duane
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