Sam Agnew

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: April 12, 1887 in Farmington, MO us

Died: July 19, 1951 in Sonoma, CA

Buried: Chapel of the Chimes, Santa Rosa, CA

School: Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, MO)

Debut: April 10, 1913 (Age 25-363d, 3,852nd in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1919 (Age 32-169d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Samuel Lester Agnew

Nicknames: Slam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.3

1537

314

.204

105

RBI

OBP

.265

SLG

.253

OPS

.518

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	12	Apr 28	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	16 (3)	May 9 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	18 (1)	May 10	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
5	19	May 11	BOS	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
6	21 (1)	May 13	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	39	11.1	2	2	0	4	0
7	23 (1)	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
8	25 (1)	May 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
9	26	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	27	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
11	28	May 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	31	8.1	4	2	0	6	0
12	29	May 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	32 (2)	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-7	GF	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	33	May 27	BOS	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG	40	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	34	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	GF	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	35	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
17	36	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	37	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	GF	19	4.0	5	1	0	6	0
19	38	May 31	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	41 (2)	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
21	42	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	W,11-4		15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	49 (6)	Jun 15	BOS		CHW	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
23	51 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	GS	33	7.0	5	2	0	7	0
24	53 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	28	7.1	3	1	0	4	0
25	55 (1)	Jun 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	57 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	GF	26	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	59 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	GS	33	7.0	2	1	3	6	0
28	62 (2)	Jun 27	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	CG	46	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
29	64 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	65	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	66	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	GF	20	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	67	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	T,4-4	CG	51	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	69 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
34	70	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	73 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
36	75 (1)	Jul 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	76	Jul 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	77	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	78	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
40	79	Jul 13	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	80	Jul 14	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	82 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	84 (1)	Jul 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	7	0	0	7	0
44	85	Jul 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
45	86	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	88 (1)	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	T,5-5	GF	0	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
47	89	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
48	90	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	92 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	93	Jul 26 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	94	Jul 28 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
52	95	Jul 28 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
53	96	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	98 (1)	Aug 1	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	99	Aug 2	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	101 (1)	Aug 4	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	11	1	0	12	0
57	103 (1)	Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
58	106 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	108 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-5	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	112 (3)	Aug 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	113	Aug 18 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
62	117 (3)	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	118	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
64	119	Aug 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	121 (1)	Aug 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
66	122	Aug 26	BOS	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	124 (1)	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	T,1-1	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	126 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	127	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
70	129 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	130	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	132 (1)	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	133	Sep 6	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	134	Sep 7	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	135	Sep 10 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS	27	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
76	136	Sep 10 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	137	Sep 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	3	0	1	4	0
78	140 (2)	Sep 14	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
79	144 (3)	Sep 19 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	145	Sep 20	BOS		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
81	147 (1)	Sep 22	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	148	Sep 24	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	149	Sep 25	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	8	1	0	9	0
84	150	Sep 26	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
85	155 (4)	Oct 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
							85gm		692.0	297	88	14	399	5