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Sam Jethroe
Samuel Jethroe (Jet)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 178 lb.

Debut April 18, 1950
Final Game April 15, 1954
Born January 20, 1918 in East St. Louis, IL
Died June 18, 2001 in Erie, PA

Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 32 BSN NL 141  582  100  159  28  8  18   58  35     52  93  .273  .338  .442  109  257   3           5   8 MVP-27,RoY-1
 1951 33 BSN NL 148  572  101  160  29 10  18   65  35  5  57  88  .280  .356  .460  125  263   4          11   7
 1952 34 BSN NL 151  608   79  141  23  7  13   58  28  9  68 112  .232  .318  .357   89  217   3           9   8
 1954 36 PIT NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      442 1763  280  460  80 25  49  181  98 14 177 293  .261  .337  .418  107  737  10   0   0  25  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        646  103  169  29  9  18   66  36  5  65 107  .261  .337  .418  107  270   4   0   0   9   8
 Career High    151  608  101  160  29 10  18   65  35  9  68 112  .280  .356  .460  125  263   4   0   0  11   8
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 32 BSN NL  642  434   86   5.3   103| .273  .262| .338  .338| .442  .407| .780  .745| 109  .551   6.4   0.6     
 1951 33 BSN NL  644  428   95   6.0    97| .280  .259| .356  .332| .460  .392| .816  .724| 125  .625  19.8   2.0  87%
 1952 34 BSN NL  688  487   69   3.8    95| .232  .258| .318  .330| .357  .384| .675  .714|  89  .459  -8.3  -0.9  75%
 1954 36 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .272| .000  .343| .000  .420| .000  .763|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1975 1350  250   5.0    98| .261  .260| .337  .333| .418  .394| .755  .728| 107  .548  17.6   1.7     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 32 BSN NL OF 141 355 17 12 6 .969 .978 2.64 2.14 0 141 0 1951 33 BSN NL OF 140 356 18 10 4 .974 .981 2.67 2.23 13 127 2 1952 34 BSN NL OF 151 413 10 13 3 .970 .981 2.80 2.10 1 150 0 1954 36 PIT NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 32 BSN NL OF 141 355 17 12 6 .969 .978 2.64 2.14 0 141 0 1951 33 BSN NL OF 140 356 18 10 4 .974 .981 2.67 2.23 13 127 2 1952 34 BSN NL OF 151 413 10 13 3 .970 .981 2.80 2.10 1 150 0 1954 36 PIT NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 433 1125 45 35 13 .971 .980 2.70 2.16 14 418 3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 433 1125 45 35 13 .971 .980 2.70 2.16
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.

Awards
1950-NL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-NL-27-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Games
1952 NL-151-10

At Bats
1950 NL-582-10
1952 NL-608-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1952 NL-688-4

Runs
1950 NL-100-7
1951 NL-101-6

Triples
1950 NL-8-6
1951 NL-10-4
1952 NL-7-9

Strikeouts
1950 NL-93-2
1951 NL-88-4
1952 NL-112-2

Stolen Bases
1950 NL-35-1
1951 NL-35-1
1952 NL-28-2

Adjusted OPS+
1951 NL-125-10

Batting Wins
1951 NL-2.0-10

Extra-Base Hits
1951 NL-57-10

Offensive Win%
1951 NL-.625-10

Hit By Pitch
1950 NL-5-7
1951 NL-11-2
1952 NL-9-3

Caught Stealing
1952 NL-9-4

Power/Speed Number
1950 NL-23.8-1
1951 NL-23.8-1
1952 NL-17.8-2

Outs
1952 NL-487-2

 

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (406) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1047) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1907) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.0 (1058) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

July 11, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

October 4, 1949: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Bob Addis to the Boston Braves for Don Thompson, Damon Phillips, and Al Epperly.

December 26, 1953: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Larry Lasalle (minors), Sid Gordon, Curt Raydon, Max Surkont, Fred Waters, and $100,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny O'Connell.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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