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Sammy Hale
Samuel Douglas Hale

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 20, 1920
Final Game August 23, 1930
Born September 10, 1896 in Glen Rose, TX
Died September 6, 1974 in Wheeler, TX

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 23 DET AL  76  116   13   34   3  3   1   14   2  0   5  15  .293  .322  .397   91   46   3           0    
 1921 24 DET AL   9    2    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1923 26 PHA AL 115  434   68  125  22  8   3   51   8  3  17  31  .288  .327  .396   89  172  14           8    
 1924 27 PHA AL  80  261   41   83  14  2   2   17   3  2  17  19  .318  .367  .410   99  107   6           3    
 1925 28 PHA AL 110  391   62  135  30 11   8   63   7  4  17  27  .345  .376  .540  124  211  16           2    
 1926 29 PHA AL 111  327   49   92  22  9   4   43   1  4  13  36  .281  .311  .440   90  144  12           1    
 1927 30 PHA AL 131  501   77  157  24  8   5   81  11  3  32  32  .313  .358  .423   97  212  28           3    
 1928 31 PHA AL  88  314   38   97  20  9   4   58   2  0   9  21  .309  .334  .468  106  147  10           3    
 1929 32 PHA AL 101  379   51  105  14  3   1   40   6  2  12  18  .277  .303  .338   62  128  23           2    
 1930 33 SLB AL  62  190   21   52   8  1   2   25   1  1   8  18  .274  .303  .358   65   68   6           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     883 2915  422  880 157 54  30  392  41 20 130 218  .302  .336  .424   93 1235 118   0   0  22   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        535   77  161  29 10   6   72   8  4  24  40  .302  .336  .424   93  227  22   0   0   4   0
 Career High    131  501   77  157  30 11   8   81  11  4  32  36  .345  .376  .540  124  212  28   0   0   8   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 23 DET AL  124   85   15   4.7   105| .293  .289| .322  .353| .397  .397| .719  .750|  91  .514  -2.2  -0.2 100%
 1921 24 DET AL    2    3    0   0.0   113| .000  .298| .000  .364| .000  .419| .000  .783|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1923 26 PHA AL  473  326   54   4.4   109| .288  .291| .327  .361| .396  .403| .723  .764|  89  .475  -9.2  -0.9  72%
 1924 27 PHA AL  287  186   38   5.4   113| .318  .299| .367  .369| .410  .411| .777  .780|  99  .550  -0.6  -0.1  60%
 1925 28 PHA AL  426  276   78   7.6   121| .345  .308| .376  .380| .540  .432| .916  .812| 124  .671  11.2   1.0  63%
 1926 29 PHA AL  353  251   43   4.6   115| .281  .297| .311  .370| .440  .417| .751  .787|  90  .488  -7.9  -0.8  20%
 1927 30 PHA AL  564  375   76   5.4   116| .313  .300| .358  .369| .423  .422| .781  .791|  97  .549  -4.0  -0.4  78%
 1928 31 PHA AL  336  227   49   5.8   111| .309  .292| .334  .358| .468  .415| .802  .773| 106  .588   0.8   0.1 100%
 1929 32 PHA AL  416  299   39   3.5   116| .277  .297| .303  .364| .338  .429| .641  .793|  62  .343 -23.2  -2.2  75%
 1930 33 SLB AL  204  145   20   3.7   118| .274  .299| .303  .363| .358  .439| .661  .803|  65  .341 -10.9  -1.0  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3185 2173  412   5.1   114| .302  .298| .336  .367| .424  .419| .760  .786|  93  .518 -46.5  -4.6  67%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1920 23 DET AL 3B 16 8 31 5 2 .886 .947 2.44 3.45 OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 2.15 0 4 0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50 1923 26 PHA AL 3B 107 85 222 28 17 .916 .945 2.87 3.27 1924 27 PHA AL 3B 55 39 108 8 10 .948 .951 2.67 3.01 OF 5 3 3 1 0 .857 .968 1.20 2.28 4 0 1 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1925 28 PHA AL 3B 96 98 173 24 19 .919 .947 2.82 3.02 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.30 1926 29 PHA AL 3B 77 82 152 13 16 .947 .951 3.04 3.14 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1927 30 PHA AL 3B 128 152 247 16 46 .961 .952 3.12 3.07 1928 31 PHA AL 3B 79 86 189 20 17 .932 .951 3.48 3.05 1929 32 PHA AL 3B 99 90 171 12 13 .956 .952 2.64 2.90 2B 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 5.50 1930 33 SLB AL 3B 47 46 80 7 5 .947 .945 2.68 2.84
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1920 23 DET AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50 1925 28 PHA AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.30 1929 32 PHA AL 2B 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 5.50 1920 23 DET AL 3B 16 8 31 5 2 .886 .947 2.44 3.45 1923 26 PHA AL 3B 107 85 222 28 17 .916 .945 2.87 3.27 1924 27 PHA AL 3B 55 39 108 8 10 .948 .951 2.67 3.01 1925 28 PHA AL 3B 96 98 173 24 19 .919 .947 2.82 3.02 1926 29 PHA AL 3B 77 82 152 13 16 .947 .951 3.04 3.14 1927 30 PHA AL 3B 128 152 247 16 46 .961 .952 3.12 3.07 1928 31 PHA AL 3B 79 86 189 20 17 .932 .951 3.48 3.05 1929 32 PHA AL 3B 99 90 171 12 13 .956 .952 2.64 2.90 1930 33 SLB AL 3B 47 46 80 7 5 .947 .945 2.68 2.84 1920 23 DET AL OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 2.15 0 4 0 1924 27 PHA AL OF 5 3 3 1 0 .857 .968 1.20 2.28 4 0 1 1926 29 PHA AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1924 27 PHA AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 704 686 1373 133 145 .939 .949 2.92 3.06 OF 10 9 4 1 0 .929 .963 1.30 2.22 4 4 2 2B 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 .968 2.00 5.43 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 718 699 1379 134 146 .939 .950 2.89 3.06
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.

Batting Average
1925 AL-.345-10

Slugging %
1925 AL-.540-10

OPS
1925 AL-.915-10

Triples
1925 AL-11-10

Hit By Pitch
1923 AL-8-6

Sac. Hits
1927 AL-28-2
1929 AL-23-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1485) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1177) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 16.0 (883) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  8. Joe Stripp (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December, 1921: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Roy Crumpler, Jim Middleton, Joe Sargent, Suds Sutherland, and $30,000 to the Portland (PCL) for Syl Johnson and Herman Pillette.

December 6, 1922: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Portland (PCL) for $40,000.

December 11, 1929: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Wally Schang.


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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