Solly Drake

Solomon Louis Drake

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 23, 1930 in Little Rock, AR
High School: Dunbar HS (Little Rock, AR)
School: Philander Smith College (Little Rock, AR)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/Dodgers 1956-1959

Final Game: September 27, 1959
Relatives: Brother of Sammy Drake
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Our primary support comes from users like you. Sponsor this page for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Batting

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
1951	20	CHC-min	C	85	339	339		110	14	9	6						.324	.324	.472	.796		160							TPK · WA
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	23	CHC-min	A	106	351	351		99	13	7	7						.282	.282	.419	.701		147							DMO · WL
1955	24	CHC-min	Opn	44	180	161	22	42	5	0	1	11	1		14	29	.261	.322	.311	.633		50	1	1	3	1			LOS · PCL
1956	25	LAD-min	AAA	55	221	195	35	65	13	6	9	27	6		23	26	.333	.400	.600	1.000		117	2	0	1	2			STP · AA
1956	25	CHC	NL	65	241	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	9	5	23	35	.256	.331	.335	.665	81	72	0	1	3	0	0	8

1957	26	CHC-min	Opn	168	733	624	84	181	34	6	4	41	36		88	78	.290	.378	.383	.761		239	7	4	10	7			POR · PCL
1958	27	LAD-min	AAA	155	685	607	105	183	35	16	9	68	20		68	82	.301	.375	.456	.832		277		5	3	2	7		MTL · IL
1959	28	TOT	NL	76	79	70	12	11	1	0	0	3	6	5	9	18	.157	.253	.171	.425	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	789
1959	28	LAD	NL	9	9	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	55	2	0	0	0	0	0	/98
1959	28	PHI	NL	67	70	62	10	9	1	0	0	3	5	5	8	15	.145	.243	.161	.404	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	78/9
1960	29	PHI-min	AAA	124	482	407	68	99	21	3	5	36	16	2	63	69	.243	.347	.346	.693		141		4	3	5			BFL · IL
1961	30	OAK-PHI-min	A,AAA	105	459	384	71	104	17	4	9	35	16		75	52	.271	.390	.406	.796		156							PNO,BFL · SALL,IL
2 Yrs				141	320	285	41	66	10	1	2	18	15	10	32	53	.232	.311	.295	.606	65	84	0	1	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	368	327	47	76	11	1	2	21	17	11	37	61	.232	.311	.295	.606	65	97	0	1	3	0	0

PHI (1 yr)				67	70	62	10	9	1	0	0	3	5	5	8	15	.145	.243	.161	.404	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				9	9	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	55	2	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				65	241	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	9	5	23	35	.256	.331	.335	.665	81	72	0	1	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1956	25	CHC	NL	65	241	-5	0	1	2	-0	-3	-0.5	8	5	0.3	.495	.498	0.3	0.0	3	$	8

1959	28	LAD	NL	9	9	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/98
1959	28	PHI	NL	67	70	-7	-1	1	-2	-1	-10	-1.1	2	-8	-0.9	.484	.493	-0.6	-0.3	-6	$	78/9
2 Seasons				141	320	-13	-0	2	-1	-2	-14	-1.6	11	-3	-0.6	.490	.497	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$

PHI (1 yr)				67	70	-7	-1	1	-2	-1	-10	-1.1	2	-8	-0.9	.484	.493	-0.6	-0.3	-6	$
LAD (1 yr)				9	9	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
CHC (1 yr)				65	241	-5	0	1	2	-0	-3	-0.5	8	5	0.3	.495	.498	0.3	0.0	3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1956	25	CHC	NL	241	168	26	4.1	102	.298	.256	.263	.331	.330	.335	.415	.665	.745	81	.465	-5.3	-0.5	.606	.205	.079	3.3

1959	28	TOT	NL	79	64	4	1.7	106	.212	.157	.272	.253	.339	.171	.421	.425	.760	15	.134	-8.6	-0.8	.344	.157	.014	.0
1959	28	LAD	NL	9	6	1	4.5	111	.400	.250	.278	.333	.345	.250	.431	.583	.776	55	.483	-0.5	-0.1	.667	.250	.000	.0
1959	28	PHI	NL	70	58	3	1.4	106	.191	.145	.271	.243	.338	.161	.420	.404	.758	10	.099	-8.0	-0.8	.310	.145	.016	.0
2 Yrs				320	232	30	3.5	103	.278	.232	.265	.311	.332	.295	.417	.606	.749	65	.381	-13.9	-1.4	.533	.193	.063	3.5
162 Game Avg.				368	267	34	3.5	103	.278	.232	.265	.311	.332	.295	.417	.606	.749	65	.381	-13.9	-1.4	.533	.193	.063	4

PHI (1 yr)				70	58	3	1.4	106	.191	.145	.271	.243	.338	.161	.420	.404	.758	10	.099	-8.0	-0.8	.310	.145	.016	.0
LAD (1 yr)				9	6	1	4.5	111	.400	.250	.278	.333	.345	.250	.431	.583	.776	55	.483	-0.5	-0.1	.667	.250	.000	.0
CHC (1 yr)				241	168	26	4.1	102	.298	.256	.263	.331	.330	.335	.415	.665	.745	81	.464	-5.3	-0.5	.606	.205	.079	3.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	25	CHC	NL	241	0.8%	14.5%	9.5%	5.0%	22%	1.52	6.1	107.5	14.3	1.22	74%

1959	28	TOT	NL	79	0.0%	22.8%	11.4%	1.3%	9%	2.00	3.9		23.3	1.29	66%
1959	28	LAD	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.7				56%
1959	28	PHI	NL	70	0.0%	21.4%	11.4%	1.4%	11%	1.88	4.1		20.7	1.12	67%
2 Yrs				320	0.6%	16.6%	10.0%	4.1%	20%	1.66	5.4	142.5	15.8	1.24	72%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.7%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.44	7.0	37.5	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	25	CHC	NL	-5.3	-0.5	233	-0.3	4.0	-4.3	1.04	-0.4	0.2	-0.5	-0.0	0.90	-3.4	0.94	7

1959	28	TOT	NL	-8.6	-0.8	94	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	.97	-0.7	0.2	-8.3	-0.8	0.93	-7.9	0.78	22
1959	28	LAD	NL	-0.5	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.99	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.88	-0.5	0.59	3
1959	28	PHI	NL	-8.0	-0.8	84	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	.96	-0.7	0.3	-7.8	-0.8	0.94	-7.4	0.81	19
2 Yrs				-13.9	-1.4	327	-0.8	5.0	-5.8	1.02	-1.2	0.4	-8.7	-0.9	0.91	-11.3	0.82	29

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	25	CHC	NL	1	0	35%	85	9	5	64%	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	43%	10	5	5	5	4	1	6	3	3

1959	28	TOT	NL	1	0	60%	63	6	5	55%	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	77%	8	2	6	1	0	1	4	1	3
1959	28	LAD	NL	0	0	67%	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	28	PHI	NL	1	0	59%	49	5	5	50%	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	75%	7	2	5	1	0	1	4	1	3
2 Yrs				2	0	40%	148	15	10	60%	12	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	11	56%	18	7	11	6	4	2	10	4	6

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1956	25	CHC	NL	241	100%	55			7	2	0	1	0.94	2	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	2	3	150%	19	0	0%	8	3	38%	87	13	15%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	0

1959	28	TOT	NL	79	100%	11			22	0	0	0	0.78	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	0	0%	7	1	14%	33	3	9%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1959	28	LAD	NL	9	100%	2			3	0	0	0	0.59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	28	PHI	NL	70	100%	9			19	0	0	0	0.81	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	0	0%	6	1	17%	31	3	10%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				320	100%	66			29	2	0	1	0.82	2	0	7	2	0	2	0	0	2	3	150%	33	0	0%	15	4	27%	120	16	13%	7	4	57%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			75%			11%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1956	25	65	241	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	9	5	23	35	.256	.331	.335	.665	81	72	1	3
1957	26	65	241	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	9	5	23	35	.256	.331	.335	.665	81	72	1	3
1958	27	65	241	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	9	5	23	35	.256	.331	.335	.665	81	72	1	3
1959	28	141	320	285	41	66	10	1	2	18	15	10	32	53	.232	.311	.295	.606	65	84	1	3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	25	68	256	227	32	60	10	1	2	17	10	25	37	.264	.340	.344	.684	26	65

1959	28	79	82	73	12	11	1	0	0	3	6	9	19	.151	.244	.164	.408	3	76
2 Yrs		147	338	300	44	71	11	1	2	20	16	34	56	.237	.316	.300	.616	29	141
162 Game Avg.		162	372	331	48	78	12	1	2	22	18	37	62	.237	.316	.300	.616	32	141

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y 1956 NL 9 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1956 NL 9 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink

Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Solly Drake

Viewed 4,488 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Solomon Louis Solly Drake

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.