Sammy Drake
Samuel Harrison Drake
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 7, 1934 in Little Rock, AR
High School: Dunbar (Little Rock, AR)
School: Philander Smith College
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1960
Final Game: September 30, 1962
Relatives: Brother of Solly Drake
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 CHC NL 25 3B 6 1 16.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -44.1 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 1.65 0.50 .933 2.98 2.62
1960 CHC NL 25 2B 2 2 12.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -40.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.25 1.50 .967 5.18 4.50
1961 CHC NL 26 OF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.90
1961 CHC NL 26 RF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.95 1.60
1962 NYM NL 27 2B 10 7 66.0 43 21 21 1 6 .977 -0.3 -5.5 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 0 5.73 4.20 .974 5.30 4.68
1962 NYM NL 27 3B 6 4 47.0 9 3 5 1 0 .889 -2.2 -56.2 -2.2 -0.1 -2.1 0 1.53 1.33 .956 2.95 2.57
2 Seasons 2B 12 9 78.0 46 23 22 1 6 .978 -0.7 -10.8 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 0 5.19 3.75 .974 5.28 4.65
2 Seasons 3B 12 5 63.1 12 4 7 1 0 .917 -2.8 -53.1 -2.8 -0.8 -2.0 0 1.56 0.92 .950 2.96 2.59
1 Season OF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.90
1 Season RF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.95 1.60
3 Seasons TOT 25 15 147.1 59 28 29 2 6 .966 -3.7 -30.1 -3.7 -0.7 -3.0 0 0 3.48 2.28 .936 4.15 3.55

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 CHC NL 25 15 3 15 15 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 8
1961 CHC NL 26 13 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 10
1962 NYM NL 27 25 11 25 25 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
3 Seasons 53 15 53 53 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 1 1 15 21
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1960 CHC NL 25 60 62% 75% 28% 3 100% 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYM NL 27 301 59% 78% 25% 27 96% 0 20 9 5 6 20 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 3 0 6 3 2 0 0 0
2 Seasons 361 59% 78% 25% 30 97% 0 22 11 5 6 21 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 3 0 6 3 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1960 CHC NL 25 77 74% 81% 19% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYM NL 27 212 65% 76% 24% 8 75% 0 3 1 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 289 67% 77% 22% 10 80% 0 4 1 2 1 7 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 33 79% 79% 33% 5 20%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 33 79% 79% 33% 5 20%
MLB Averages 41.6% 3.1% 61% 77% 28% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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