John Stanley Sanford (May 18, 1929 – March 7, 2000) was an American professional baseball player.
He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1956 through 1967.
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.
He later became a 20-game-winner and made his only World Series appearance as a member of the San Francisco Giants.
He also played for the California Angels and the Kansas City Athletics.