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Dolly Gray
Samuel David Gray (Sad Sam)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 19, 1924
Final Game September 18, 1933
Born October 15, 1897 in Van Alstyne, TX
Died April 16, 1953 in McKinney, TX

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1924 26 PHA AL   8   7  34  19   8   2   9  2  151.7  169   95   67   5   89   54   6   3   710       0  3.98  4.27  107 1.701
 1925 27 PHA AL  16   8  32  28  14   4   4  3  203.7  199   90   74  11   63   80   3   5   851       0  3.27  4.65  142 1.286
 1926 28 PHA AL  11  12  38  18   5   0   7  0  150.7  164   81   61   9   50   82   4   3   657       1  3.64  4.18  115 1.420
 1927 29 PHA AL   9   6  37  13   3   1  13  3  133.3  153   78   68   4   51   49   4   3   586       0  4.59  4.26   93 1.530
 1928 30 SLB AL  20  12  35  31  21   2   4  3  262.7  256  119   93  11   86  102   1   1  1133       0  3.19  4.20  132 1.302
 1929 31 SLB AL  18  15  43  37  23   4   2  1  305.0  336  142  126  18   96  109   1   7  1310       0  3.72  4.41  119 1.416
 1930 32 SLB AL   4  15  27  24   7   0   1  0  167.7  215  143  117  17   52   51   4   2   756       0  6.28  4.88   78 1.592
 1931 33 SLB AL  11  24  43  37  13   0   5  2  258.0  323  187  146  20   54   88   4   4  1158       0  5.09  4.64   91 1.461
 1932 34 SLB AL   7  12  52  18   7   3  18  4  206.7  250  126  104   9   53   79   1   6   919       1  4.53  4.84  107 1.466
 1933 35 SLB AL   7   4  38   6   0   0  21  4  112.0  131   55   51   7   45   36   1   3   490       0  4.10  4.62  113 1.571
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .491 111 115 379 231 101  16  84 22 1951.3 2196 1116  907 111  639  730  29  37  8570       2  4.18  4.50  107 1.453
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  42  25  11   1   9  2  217.3  244  124  101  12   71   81   3   4   955   0   0  4.18  4.50  107 1.453
 Career High     20  24  52  37  23   4  21  4  305.0  336  187  146  20   96  109   6   7  1310   0   1  3.19  4.88  142 1.286

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1924 26 PHA AL  34   57    1   10   1  1   0    4   0  0   1  11  .175  .190  .228    7   13   0           0    
 1925 27 PHA AL  32   67    4   12   1  0   0    5   0  0   6  17  .179  .257  .194   12   13   2           1    
 1926 28 PHA AL  38   51    6   11   3  0   0    2   0  0   5  10  .216  .286  .275   43   14   5           0    
 1927 29 PHA AL  37   42    6    8   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  11  .190  .244  .190   11    8   3           0    
 1928 30 SLB AL  35  101    6   19   3  0   1    9   0  0   4  24  .188  .219  .248   21   25   4           0    
 1929 31 SLB AL  43  103    8   19   4  1   0   13   0  0   6  18  .184  .229  .243   20   25   9           0    
 1930 32 SLB AL  27   54    3   11   3  0   0    5   0  0   2  17  .204  .232  .259   23   14   1           0    
 1931 33 SLB AL  43   79    9   14   0  0   1    6   0  0   8  16  .177  .253  .215   23   17   5           0    
 1932 34 SLB AL  52   62    2   13   3  0   0    3   0  0   3  17  .210  .246  .258   28   16   1           0    
 1933 35 SLB AL  38   32    4    7   2  1   0    0   1  0   3   5  .219  .286  .344   62   11   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     379  648   49  124  20  3   2   49   1  0  41 146  .191  .241  .241   23  156  31   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        277   21   53   9  1   1   21   0  0  18  62  .191  .241  .241   23   67  13   0   0   0   0
 Career High     52  103    9   19   4  1   1   13   1  0   8  24                          25   9   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1924 26 PHA AL   58   47    2   1.1   113| .175  .299| .190  .369| .228  .411| .418  .780|   7  .065  -8.4  -0.8   0%
 1925 27 PHA AL   76   57    3   1.4   121| .179  .308| .257  .380| .194  .432| .451  .812|  12  .087  -9.4  -0.9   0%
 1926 28 PHA AL   61   45    4   2.4   115| .216  .297| .286  .370| .275  .417| .561  .787|  43  .223  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1927 29 PHA AL   48   37    2   1.4   116| .190  .300| .244  .369| .190  .422| .434  .791|  11  .098  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1928 30 SLB AL  109   86    5   1.6   111| .188  .292| .219  .358| .248  .415| .467  .773|  21  .115 -12.2  -1.2   0%
 1929 31 SLB AL  118   93    6   1.7   116| .184  .297| .229  .364| .243  .429| .472  .793|  20  .126 -13.1  -1.3   0%
 1930 32 SLB AL   57   44    3   1.8   118| .204  .299| .232  .363| .259  .439| .491  .803|  23  .125  -6.5  -0.6   0%
 1931 33 SLB AL   92   70    4   1.5   110| .177  .290| .253  .358| .215  .415| .468  .772|  23  .106  -9.3  -0.9   0%
 1932 34 SLB AL   66   50    4   2.2   116| .210  .293| .246  .364| .258  .430| .504  .794|  28  .175  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1933 35 SLB AL   36   26    3   3.1   111| .219  .288| .286  .360| .344  .415| .630  .775|  62  .313  -1.9  -0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      721  555   36   1.7   115| .191  .296| .241  .365| .241  .423| .482  .788|  23  .129 -78.1  -7.6 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1924 26 PHA AL   P   34      5   31    1    2  .973  .960  1.06  1.32  2.14  2.53   19  151.7
 1925 27 PHA AL   P   32      8   37    3    1  .938  .959  1.41  1.40  1.99  2.66   28  203.7
 1926 28 PHA AL   P   38      5   29    7    2  .829  .958  0.89  1.39  2.03  2.66   18  150.7
 1927 29 PHA AL   P   37      8   32    3    2  .930  .959  1.08  1.40  2.70  2.62   13  133.3
 1928 30 SLB AL   P   35     20   67    2    6  .978  .957  2.49  1.37  2.98  2.44   31  262.7
 1929 31 SLB AL   P   43      9   61    3    4  .959  .958  1.63  1.29  2.07  2.34   37  305.0
 1930 32 SLB AL   P   27      3   33    5    2  .878  .945  1.33  1.18  1.93  2.20   24  167.7
 1931 33 SLB AL   P   43     11   49    8    0  .882  .954  1.40  1.19  2.09  2.21   37  258.0
 1932 34 SLB AL   P   52      9   39    4    1  .923  .958  0.92  1.21  2.09  2.24   18  206.7
 1933 35 SLB AL   P   38      3   21    2    2  .923  .960  0.63  1.18  1.93  2.28    6  112.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1924 26 PHA AL   P   34      5   31    1    2  .973  .960  1.06  1.32  2.14  2.53   19  151.7
 1925 27 PHA AL   P   32      8   37    3    1  .938  .959  1.41  1.40  1.99  2.66   28  203.7
 1926 28 PHA AL   P   38      5   29    7    2  .829  .958  0.89  1.39  2.03  2.66   18  150.7
 1927 29 PHA AL   P   37      8   32    3    2  .930  .959  1.08  1.40  2.70  2.62   13  133.3
 1928 30 SLB AL   P   35     20   67    2    6  .978  .957  2.49  1.37  2.98  2.44   31  262.7
 1929 31 SLB AL   P   43      9   61    3    4  .959  .958  1.63  1.29  2.07  2.34   37  305.0
 1930 32 SLB AL   P   27      3   33    5    2  .878  .945  1.33  1.18  1.93  2.20   24  167.7
 1931 33 SLB AL   P   43     11   49    8    0  .882  .954  1.40  1.19  2.09  2.21   37  258.0
 1932 34 SLB AL   P   52      9   39    4    1  .923  .958  0.92  1.21  2.09  2.24   18  206.7
 1933 35 SLB AL   P   38      3   21    2    2  .923  .960  0.63  1.18  1.93  2.28    6  112.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 379     81  399   38   22  .927  .957  1.27  1.29  2.21  2.40  231 1951.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       379     81  399   38   22  .927  .957  1.27  1.29  2.21  2.40  231   1951
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1925 AL-3.27-7
1928 AL-3.19-8

Wins
1925 AL-16-8
1928 AL-20-5
1929 AL-18-5

Won-Loss %
1925 AL-.667-8
1928 AL-.625-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1925 AL-1.286-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1925 AL-8.79-5
1928 AL-8.77-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1925 AL-2.78-9
1931 AL-1.88-2
1932 AL-2.31-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1925 AL-3.54-5

Games
1929 AL-43-3
1932 AL-52-2

Saves
1925 AL-3-8
1928 AL-3-10
1932 AL-4-9
1933 AL-4-8

Innings
1928 AL-262.7-5
1929 AL-305.0-1
1931 AL-258.0-7

Strikeouts
1926 AL-82-7
1928 AL-102-9
1929 AL-109-5

Games Started
1928 AL-31-4
1929 AL-37-1
1931 AL-37-1

Comp. Games
1928 AL-21-5
1929 AL-23-2

Shutouts
1924 AL-2-10
1925 AL-4-2
1929 AL-4-1
1932 AL-3-3

Home Runs Allow.
1925 AL-11-10
1928 AL-11-10
1929 AL-18-4
1930 AL-17-6
1931 AL-20-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1924 AL-89-4
1928 AL-86-10
1929 AL-96-6

Hits Allowed
1928 AL-256-8
1929 AL-336-1
1931 AL-323-1

SO to Walk
1925 AL-1.27-3
1929 AL-1.14-10
1931 AL-1.63-5
1932 AL-1.49-4

Losses
1929 AL-15-9
1930 AL-15-8
1931 AL-24-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1929 AL-126-3
1930 AL-117-8
1931 AL-146-2

Wild Pitches
1925 AL-5-4
1929 AL-7-6
1931 AL-4-5
1932 AL-6-4

Batters Faced
1928 AL-1133-5
1929 AL-1310-1
1931 AL-1158-6

Games Finished
1932 AL-18-7
1933 AL-21-6

Adjusted ERA+
1925 AL-142-3
1928 AL-132-6
1929 AL-119-8

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (366) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 82 (285) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1467) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 14.0 (747) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 13, 1927: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Bing Miller.

April 13, 1934: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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Name and misspellings: Sad Samuel sammy Sam dave Dolly David samuel grey Gray

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