Ron Samford

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 156lb (180cm, 70kg)

Born: February 28, 1930 in Dallas, TX us

Died: January 14, 2021 in Dallas, TX

Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX

High School: W. H. Adamson HS (Dallas, TX)

Debut: April 15, 1954 (Age 24-046d, 11,097th in major league history)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1959 (Age 29-207d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Ronald Edward Samford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

334

.219

RBI

OBP

.261

SLG

.317

OPS

.579

OPS+

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

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,3-8	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	W,7-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
3	9 (4)	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	GF	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
4	10	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	15	4.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
5	11	Apr 28 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
6	12	Apr 28 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
7	13	Apr 30	DET		NYY	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15 (1)	May 2	DET		BOS	W,7-5	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
9	16	May 3	DET		BOS	W,6-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
10	17	May 4	DET		BAL	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
11	25 (7)	May 14	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
12	32 (6)	May 21	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1		28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
13	39 (6)	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	48 (8)	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	50 (1)	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
16	64 (13)	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
17	65	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
18	66	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
19	67	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
20	69 (1)	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,4-12	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	70	Jun 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	71	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
23	72	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
24	73	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
25	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
26	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
27	76	Jul 5	DET		KCA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
28	77	Jul 6	DET		KCA	L,1-3	CG	49	12.0	5	8	0	13	3	SS
29	78	Jul 7	DET		KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
30	79	Jul 11	DET		BOS	L,7-9	GS	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
31	80	Jul 12	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
32	81	Jul 13	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
33	82	Jul 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
34	83	Jul 14 (2)	DET		BAL	W,7-6	GS	34	7.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
35	84	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,4-10	GS	30	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
36	85	Jul 17	DET		NYY	L,1-5	GS	33	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
37	95 (9)	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
38	96	Jul 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	101 (4)	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	35	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
40	106 (4)	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
41	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
42	108	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B SS
43	109	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
44	112 (2)	Aug 14	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	PR SS
45	121 (8)	Aug 23	DET		WSH	W,13-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	138 (16)	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-2	GF	11	3.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
47	139	Sep 12	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
48	145 (5)	Sep 18	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
49	148 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
							50gm		268.2	53	95	6	154	23