#29 Sammy White, Catcher, 31 yrs, Philadelphia (N) Phillies Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sammy White
7/7/1928 31 USA,WA,WENATCHEE 6"3 195
Catcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Loyal Some ability 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 1.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 2,500,000 1961 6 Year(s), 136 Days (1168 total Days) 170 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 170 Days (1202 total Days) 8 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Talent | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 2 1 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings C : 2 (Range), .981 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 8 Infield Arm : 8 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/7 | CHN | L 3-22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/9 | @MIL | W 8-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/13 | SF | L 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/14 | SF | L 2-9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/15 | MIL | L 3-7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/16 | MIL | L 5-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/17 | MIL | L 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/19 | @STL | L 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/20 | @STL | L 0-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/21 | @STL | L 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 76 | 221 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 27 | .249 | .295 | .335 | .630 | .509 | .086 |
Projected | 80 | 232 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 28 | .249 | .295 | .335 | .630 | .509 | .086 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 52 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 1 | .0 | 21.0 | 3.2 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 109 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .257 | .297 | .349 | .645 |
vs. RHP | 112 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .292 | .321 | .613 |
Close/Late | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .240 | .333 | .573 |
Scoring Position | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .260 | .326 | .586 |
Pinch Hitting | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .316 | .474 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 39 | 111 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 14 | .216 | .273 | .288 | .561 |
Road | 37 | 110 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 13 | .282 | .316 | .382 | .698 |
March/April | 13 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .136 | .200 | .159 | .359 |
May | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .375 | .444 | .583 | 1.028 |
June | 13 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .314 | .351 | .314 | .666 |
July | 11 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .282 | .300 | .385 | .685 |
August | 16 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .214 | .267 | .321 | .588 |
Sept/Oct | 12 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .261 | .292 | .391 | .683 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1953 | 58 | 152 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .299 | .454 | .753 | BOS CHN |
1954 | 58 | 134 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .281 | .336 | .616 | CHN |
1955 | 87 | 187 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .289 | .364 | .653 | CHN |
1956 | 29 | 107 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .288 | .411 | .700 | CHN |
1957 | 75 | 254 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | .303 | .335 | .398 | .732 | CHN WS1 |
1958 | 93 | 297 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 0 | .266 | .305 | .377 | .682 | WS1 |
1959 | 76 | 221 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | .249 | .295 | .335 | .630 | WS1 NYY PHI |
Total | 476 | 1352 | 363 | 62 | 5 | 26 | 169 | 140 | 68 | 1 | 8 | 137 | 3 | 2 | .268 | .302 | .379 | .682 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1951, AA | 138 | 466 | 138 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 78 | 58 | 48 | 29 | 6 | 6 | .296 | .358 | .496 | .853 |
1952, AAA | 138 | 499 | 153 | 32 | 2 | 20 | 98 | 64 | 39 | 61 | 2 | 9 | .307 | .350 | .499 | .849 |
1957, A | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
1957, AA | 14 | 48 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .417 | .491 | .688 | 1.179 |
1957, AAA | 17 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .160 | .214 | .240 | .454 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Catcher | 56 | 52 | 282 | 23 | 0 | 307 | 2 | .993 | 458.1 | 6.03 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 |
Second Base | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 3.00 | | | | |
Third Base | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
Leftfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1951... Injuries Injured on 8/29/1952 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week... Traded from Boston to Chicago (N) on 2/27/1953 (Going to CHN: C Sammy White. Going to BOS: 2B Pete Runnels)... Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/8/1953, off Johnny Sain (CIN)... Traded from Chicago (N) to Washington on 5/13/1957 (Going to CHN: SS Billy Klaus. Going to WS1: C Sammy White)... 7/22/1957: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years. Traded from Washington to New York (A) on 5/21/1959 (Going to NYY: C Sammy White. Going to WS1: P Rudy Arias)... Traded from New York (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 7/30/1959 (Going to PHI: 3B George Kell, 1B Al Rosen, C Sammy White, P Hal Newhouser, P Art Fowler. Going to NYY: 3B Gene Baker, RF Stan Hollmig, SS Fred Marsh)...
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