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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 23)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 18 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-6	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
4	4	Apr 18 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	GF	3	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	6	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
8	8	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
9	9	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	10	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 29	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	12	Apr 30	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
14	14	May 7	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
15	15	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
16	16	May 12	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	17	May 13	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	18	May 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
19	19	May 15	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	20	May 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
21	21	May 16 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	GF	29	7.2	8	0	0	8	0	PR C
22	22	May 17	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
23	23	May 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	24	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
25	25	May 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
26	26	May 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	27	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	48	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
28	28	May 25	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	29	May 26	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	30	May 28	BOS		NYY	L,9-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	31	May 29	BOS		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
32	32	May 30	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	33	May 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,20-10	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	35 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		PHA	L,6-16	CG	52	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	36	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
36	37	Jun 3	BOS		CHW	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
37	38	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	40 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	41	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
40	42	Jun 7 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	43	Jun 7 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	14	2	0	16	0	C
42	44	Jun 8	BOS		BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
43	45	Jun 9	BOS		BAL	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
44	46	Jun 10 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	47	Jun 10 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
46	48	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	49	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	50	Jun 13 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	51	Jun 13 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	53 (1)	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
51	54	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	55	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
53	56	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
54	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
55	58	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	60 (1)	Jun 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	51	12.0	6	2	1	9	1	C
57	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS	38	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	62	Jun 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	63	Jun 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	64	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	65	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-9	GS	31	6.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
62	66	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	L,5-14	CG	51	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
63	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	68	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
65	69	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	70	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
67	71	Jul 4	BOS		PHA	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	72	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	73	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	C
70	74	Jul 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	75	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,9-17	GS	36	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	76	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-9	GS	13	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
73	78 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,18-0	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	79	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	80	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
76	81	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
77	82	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	83	Jul 17	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	84	Jul 18 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	85	Jul 18 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
81	86	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,9-7	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	87	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-5	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	88	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	T,5-5	CG	64	16.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
84	90 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	92 (1)	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
86	96 (3)	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
87	97	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	99 (1)	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	102 (2)	Aug 3	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
90	106 (3)	Aug 7	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
91	107	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	GF	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	108	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
93	112 (3)	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
94	114 (1)	Aug 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	116 (1)	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,9-14	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
96	117	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	118	Aug 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	54	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	120	Aug 20	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
100	121	Aug 21	BOS		NYY	W,10-9	CG	54	12.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
101	122	Aug 22	BOS		NYY	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
102	123	Aug 24	BOS		DET	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
103	124	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
104	125	Aug 26	BOS		BAL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
105	126	Aug 27	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
106	127	Aug 28	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	GS	39	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
107	128	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
108	129	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	130	Aug 30	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	131	Sep 1 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
111	132	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
112	133	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
113	134	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	C
114	136 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
115	137	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	5	1	0	6	0
116	138	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
117	139	Sep 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
118	140	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
119	141	Sep 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
120	142	Sep 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
121	143	Sep 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	6	1	2	9	0	C
122	144	Sep 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
123	145	Sep 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
124	146	Sep 15	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
125	147	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
126	148	Sep 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-8	GF	41	8.1	10	0	0	10	0	C
127	150 (1)	Sep 20	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
128	151	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
129	152	Sep 21 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
130	153	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	45	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
131	154	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
132	155	Sep 25	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
133	156	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
							133gm		1112.2	677	80	16	773	11