Sammy White

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: July 7, 1927 in Wenatchee, WA us

Died: August 4, 1991 in Princeville, HI

Buried: Cremated

High School: Lincoln HS (Seattle, WA)

School: University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

Debut: September 26, 1951 (Age 24-081d, 10,861st in major league history)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 23, 1962 (Age 35-047d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Sammy Charles White

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

3502

916

.262

324

RBI

421

OBP

.305

SLG

.377

OPS

.682

OPS+

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

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 17	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5	GS	34	7.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
5	5	Apr 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
7	7	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	9	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	11	Apr 28	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	14	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
15	15	May 3 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	16	May 3 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	17	May 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
18	18	May 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	19	May 8	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
20	20	May 9	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
21	21	May 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	22	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	CG	48	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
23	23	May 13	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	24	May 14	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
25	25	May 16	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
26	26	May 18 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	27	May 18 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
28	28	May 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	29	May 20	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	55	14.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	30	May 21	BOS		PHA	L,0-9	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	31	May 22 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
32	32	May 22 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	33	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	34	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
35	37 (2)	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	38	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	41 (2)	May 31 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	42	May 31 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	43	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	44	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	45	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS	32	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	46	Jun 6 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	47	Jun 6 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	48	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
45	49	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
46	50	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	52 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
48	53	Jun 11	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	54	Jun 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	55	Jun 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
51	57 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
52	58	Jun 16	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	59	Jun 17	BOS		DET	W,17-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	60	Jun 18	BOS		DET	W,23-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	61	Jun 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	62	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
57	64 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	65	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	66	Jun 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	67	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	L,9-13	GS	21	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	68	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	L,4-15	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	69	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	70	Jun 27	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
64	71	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	L,4-13	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
65	72	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	73	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	74	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	75	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	L,4-9	GS	39	8.0	4	0	2	6	0	C
69	82 (6)	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	83	Jul 10	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
71	84	Jul 11	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	87 (2)	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	88	Jul 17	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
74	89	Jul 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
75	90	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	91	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
77	92	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
78	93	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	95 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
80	96	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
81	97	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
82	98	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
83	99	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	100	Jul 29	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
85	101	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,1-17	GS	37	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
86	102	Jul 31	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	104 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
88	105	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
89	106	Aug 4	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
90	107	Aug 5	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
91	108	Aug 6	BOS		SLB	L,7-8	GS	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	109	Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	110	Aug 8	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	111	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
95	112	Aug 10	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	113	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
97	114	Aug 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	2	7	0	C
98	115	Aug 12	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	116	Aug 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
100	118 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
101	119	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
102	120	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
103	121	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
104	122	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
105	123	Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
106	125 (1)	Aug 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
107	126	Aug 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH C
108	127	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
109	128	Aug 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	29	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
110	129	Aug 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	GF	13	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
111	130	Aug 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
112	131	Aug 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	GF	18	3.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
113	132	Aug 31	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	133	Sep 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-13	CG	47	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
115	134	Sep 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
116	135	Sep 3	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	136	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
118	138 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
119	139	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
120	140	Sep 9	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
121	141	Sep 10	BOS		CLE	W,14-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
122	142	Sep 11	BOS		SLB	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
123	143	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	51	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
124	144	Sep 13	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
125	145	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-10	GS	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
126	146	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
127	148 (1)	Sep 17	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
128	149	Sep 19	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	150	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,8-10	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
130	151	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
131	153 (1)	Sep 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							131gm		1088.2	588	68	9	665	9