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Sam Agnew

Samuel Lester Agnew (Slam)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 12, 1887 in Farmington, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1913
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedSox/Senators 1913-1919

Final Game: September 28, 1919
Died: July 19, 1951 in Sonoma, CA
Buried: Chapel of the Chimes, Santa Rosa, CA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1913 26 SLB AL 105 344 307 27 64 9 5 2 24 11 20 49 .208 .272 .290 .562 67 89 7 10 *2
1914 27 SLB AL 115 346 311 22 66 5 4 0 16 10 8 24 63 .212 .279 .254 .533 63 79 5 6 *2 MVP-23
1915 28 SLB AL 104 319 295 18 60 4 2 0 19 5 2 12 36 .203 .247 .231 .477 45 68 5 7 2
1916 29 BOS AL 40 78 67 4 14 2 1 0 7 0 0 6 4 .209 .293 .269 .562 68 18 2 3 2
1917 30 BOS AL 85 287 260 17 54 6 2 0 16 2 19 30 .208 .267 .246 .513 57 64 2 6 2
1918 31 BOS AL 72 219 199 11 33 8 0 0 6 0 11 26 .166 .221 .206 .427 30 41 3 6 2
1919 32 WSH AL 42 118 98 6 23 7 0 0 10 1 10 8 .235 .312 .306 .618 74 30 1 9 2
7 Seasons 563 1711 1537 105 314 41 14 2 98 29 10 102 216 .204 .265 .253 .518 56 389 25 47
162 Game Avg. 162 492 442 30 90 12 4 1 28 8 29 62 .204 .265 .253 .518 56 112 7 14
BOS (3 yrs) 197 584 526 32 101 16 3 0 29 2 0 36 60 .192 .253 .234 .487 48 123 7 15
SLB (3 yrs) 324 1009 913 67 190 18 11 2 59 26 10 56 148 .208 .267 .258 .525 59 236 17 23
WSH (1 yr) 42 118 98 6 23 7 0 0 10 1 10 8 .235 .312 .306 .618 74 30 1 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 26 SLB AL 344 -13 0 0 0 0 7 12 6 0.4 6 0.7 -0.3 $ *2
1914 27 SLB AL 346 -14 0 0 0 -2 7 12 3 0.0 5 0.5 -0.5 $ *2 MVP-23
1915 28 SLB AL 319 -21 0 0 0 -4 7 11 -7 -1.0 -3 -0.3 -0.7 $ 2
1916 29 BOS AL 78 -2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ 2
1917 30 BOS AL 287 -13 -1 0 0 -1 6 10 1 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $ 2
1918 31 BOS AL 219 -15 -1 0 0 0 5 8 -4 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $4,000 2
1919 32 WSH AL 118 -3 -1 0 0 0 2 4 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 2
7 Seasons 1711 -81 -3 0 0 -8 36 60 3 -1.3 12 1.3 -2.6 $4,000
SLB (3 yrs) 1009 -48 0 0 0 -6 21 35 2 -0.6 8 0.9 -1.5 $
BOS (3 yrs) 584 -30 -2 0 0 -2 13 21 -1 -0.8 2 0.2 -1.0 $4,000
WSH (1 yr) 118 -3 -1 0 0 0 2 4 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1918 31 BOS AL WS CHC W 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1913 SLB AL 26 C 103 581 383 170 28 17 .952 5.37 .967 6.56 11 118 113 49%
1914 SLB AL 27 C 115 639 451 163 25 10 .961 5.34 .967 6.69 18 129 114 47% MVP-23
1915 SLB AL 28 C 102 590 398 153 39 16 .934 5.40 .965 6.46 17 107 94 47%
1916 BOS AL 29 C 38 165 110 47 8 4 .952 4.13 .974 6.33 2 18 31 63%
1917 BOS AL 30 C 85 399 297 88 14 5 .965 4.53 .971 5.71 6 68 58 46%
1918 BOS AL 31 C 72 371 254 104 13 11 .965 4.97 .970 5.51 6 53 55 51%
1919 WSH AL 32 C 36 31 21 194 141 48 5 5 .974 5.25 .974 5.57 2 16 24 60%
7 Seasons C 551 31 21 2939 2034 773 132 68 .955 5.09 .968 6.22 62 509 489 49%
7 Seasons TOT 551 31 21 2939 2034 773 132 68 .955 5.09 .968 6.22 62 509 489 49%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1914 AL (23, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 AL  63 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1913 AL  7 (10th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1913 AL  103 (3rd)
1914 AL  115 (3rd)
1915 AL  102 (3rd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1914 AL  451 (5th)
1915 AL  398 (4th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1913 AL  170 (2nd)
1914 AL  163 (3rd)
1915 AL  153 (3rd)
Career  773 (80th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1913 AL  28 (1st)
1914 AL  25 (3rd)
1915 AL  39 (1st)
1917 AL  14 (5th)
1918 AL  13 (4th)
Career  132 (99th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1913 AL  11 (4th)
1914 AL  18 (1st)
1915 AL  17 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1913 AL  118 (3rd)
1914 AL  129 (3rd)
1915 AL  107 (3rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1913 AL  113 (2nd)
1914 AL  114 (3rd)
1915 AL  94 (2nd)
Career  489 (67th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1913 AL  48.9 (4th)
1915 AL  46.8 (5th)
1916 AL  63.3 (1st)
1918 AL  50.9 (1st)
1919 AL  51.1 (3rd)
Career  49.0 (21st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1914 AL  .961 (5th)

Similarity Scores

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  3. Tubby Spencer (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gabby Street (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gabby Street (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gabby Street (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
191831Boston Red Sox$4,000Allan Wood, 1918, at 10
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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