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Sam Leslie
Samuel Andrew Leslie (Sambo)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 192 lb.

Debut October 6, 1929
Final Game September 27, 1938
Born July 26, 1905 in Moss Point, MS
Died January 21, 1979 in Pascagoula, MS

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 23 NYG NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    1   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
 1930 24 NYG NL   2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .500  .500  .500  145    1   0           0    
 1931 25 NYG NL  53   53   11   16   4  0   3    5   3      1   2  .302  .315  .547  129   29   0           0    
 1932 26 NYG NL  77   75    5   22   4  0   1   15   0      2   5  .293  .329  .387   93   29   0           2    
 1933 27 TOT NL 136  501   62  148  23  7   8   73   1     35  23  .295  .351  .417  122  209   1           8  20
         NYG NL  40  137   21   44  12  3   3   27   0     12   9  .321  .380  .518  155   71   0           1   4
         BRO NL  96  364   41  104  11  4   5   46   1     23  14  .286  .340  .379  109  138   1           7  16
 1934 28 BRO NL 146  546   75  181  29  6   9  102   5     69  34  .332  .409  .456  136  249   3           3  10
 1935 29 BRO NL 142  520   72  160  30  7   5   93   4     55  19  .308  .379  .421  117  219   1           5  11
 1936 30 NYG NL 117  417   49  123  19  5   6   54   0     23  16  .295  .335  .408  100  170   6           2  15
 1937 31 NYG NL  72  191   25   59   7  2   3   30   1     20  12  .309  .380  .414  115   79   0           2   8
 1938 32 NYG NL  76  154   12   39   7  1   1   16   0     11   6  .253  .307  .331   75   51   0           1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     822 2460  311  749 123 28  36  389  14  0 216 118  .304  .366  .421  116 1036  12   0   0  23  68
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        485   61  148  24  6   7   77   3  0  43  23  .304  .366  .421  116  204   2   0   0   5  13
 Career High    146  546   75  181  30  7   9  102   5  0  69  34  .332  .409  .456  136  249   6   0   0   8  20

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 23 NYG NL    2    2    0   0.0   121| .000  .304| .000  .368| .000  .443| .000  .811|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1930 24 NYG NL    2    1    1  26.6   125| .500  .309| .500  .368| .500  .460|1.000  .828| 145  .941   0.2   0.0     
 1931 25 NYG NL   54   37    9   6.5   102| .302  .283| .315  .341| .547  .399| .862  .741| 129  .651   1.8   0.2     
 1932 26 NYG NL   79   53    9   4.6   102| .293  .282| .329  .334| .387  .408| .716  .742|  93  .487  -0.7  -0.1     
 1933 27 TOT NL  545  374   72   5.1    89| .295  .270| .351  .323| .417  .370| .768  .693| 122  .606  14.0   1.4     
         NYG NL  150   97   27   7.4    91| .321  .273| .380  .326| .518  .374| .898  .699| 155  .751  10.0   1.0     
         BRO NL  395  277   45   4.3    88| .286  .270| .340  .322| .379  .369| .719  .690| 109  .530   4.1   0.4     
 1934 28 BRO NL  621  378  101   7.1   100| .332  .281| .409  .335| .456  .399| .865  .735| 136  .678  31.6   3.0     
 1935 29 BRO NL  581  372   82   5.9   102| .308  .283| .379  .338| .421  .403| .800  .742| 117  .604  14.5   1.4     
 1936 30 NYG NL  448  315   56   4.8   102| .295  .285| .335  .344| .408  .398| .743  .742| 100  .509  -1.1  -0.1     
 1937 31 NYG NL  213  140   30   5.7   102| .309  .281| .380  .343| .414  .399| .794  .742| 115  .607   4.4   0.4     
 1938 32 NYG NL  166  119   15   3.4   100| .253  .276| .307  .340| .331  .393| .638  .733|  75  .382  -5.4  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2711 1791  375   5.6    99| .304  .280| .366  .336| .421  .394| .787  .730| 116  .594  59.0   5.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
 1929 23 NYG NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.40                1    0    0
 1931 25 NYG NL  1B    6     16    1    0    0 1.000  .988  2.83  9.63            
 1932 26 NYG NL  1B    2      7    0    0    0 1.000  .986  3.50  9.90            
 1933 27 TOT NL  1B  130   1226   70   21   72  .984  .990  9.97 10.20            
         NYG NL  1B   35    371   21    4   28  .990  .990 11.20 10.20            
         BRO NL  1B   95    855   49   17   44  .982  .990  9.52 10.20            
 1934 28 BRO NL  1B  138   1262   93    9  104  .993  .991  9.82  7.25            
 1935 29 BRO NL  1B  138   1233   81   14  106  .989  .989  9.52  7.25            
 1936 30 NYG NL  1B   99   1030   68   10   81  .991  .990 11.09  9.91            
 1937 31 NYG NL  1B   44    444   38    5   45  .990  .989 10.95 10.10            
 1938 32 NYG NL  1B   32    304   15    4   21  .988  .992  9.97 10.16            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1931 25 NYG NL  1B    6     16    1    0    0 1.000  .988  2.83  9.63            
 1932 26 NYG NL  1B    2      7    0    0    0 1.000  .986  3.50  9.90            
 1933 27 TOT NL  1B  130   1226   70   21   72  .984  .990  9.97 10.20            
         NYG NL  1B   35    371   21    4   28  .990  .990 11.20 10.20            
         BRO NL  1B   95    855   49   17   44  .982  .990  9.52 10.20            
 1934 28 BRO NL  1B  138   1262   93    9  104  .993  .991  9.82  7.25            
 1935 29 BRO NL  1B  138   1233   81   14  106  .989  .989  9.52  7.25            
 1936 30 NYG NL  1B   99   1030   68   10   81  .991  .990 11.09  9.91            
 1937 31 NYG NL  1B   44    444   38    5   45  .990  .989 10.95 10.10            
 1938 32 NYG NL  1B   32    304   15    4   21  .988  .992  9.97 10.16            

 1929 23 NYG NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.40                1    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B  589   5522  366   63  429  .989  .990 10.00  8.75            
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.40                1    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       590   5523  366   63  429  .989  .990  9.98  8.74

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYG NYY     L   3   3   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0  .667  .667  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   5   4   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   0  .500  .600  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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
1934 NL-.332-6

On-base %
1934 NL-.409-6

Games
1934 NL-146-10

RBI
1934 NL-102-6
1935 NL-93-7

Bases on Balls
1934 NL-69-4

Singles
1934 NL-137-6

Adjusted OPS+
1934 NL-136-8

Runs Created
1934 NL-101-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1934 NL-32-8

Batting Wins
1934 NL-3.0-8

Times on Base
1934 NL-253-7

Offensive Win%
1934 NL-.678-8

Hit By Pitch
1933 NL-8-2
1935 NL-5-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1933 NL-20-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1935 NL-27.4-8
1936 NL-26.1-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1155) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (889) (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.

Transactions
June 16, 1933: Traded by the New York Giants to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Lefty O'Doul and Watty Clark.
February 20, 1936: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Sam Leslie's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Batting Average 1934 NL-.332-6	On-base % 1934 NL-.409-6	Games 1934 NL-146-10	RBI 1934 NL-102-6 1935 NL-93-7	Bases on Balls 1934 NL-69-4	Singles 1934 NL-137-6
Adjusted OPS+ 1934 NL-136-8	Runs Created 1934 NL-101-9	Adjusted Batting Runs 1934 NL-32-8	Batting Wins 1934 NL-3.0-8	Times on Base 1934 NL-253-7	Offensive Win% 1934 NL-.678-8
Hit By Pitch 1933 NL-8-2 1935 NL-5-7	Grounded into Double Plays 1933 NL-20-5	At Bats per Strikeout 1935 NL-27.4-8 1936 NL-26.1-7