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Sammy Hale

Samuel Douglas Hale

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 10, 1896 in Glen Rose, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1920
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers/Browns 1920-1930

Final Game: August 23, 1930
Died: September 6, 1974 in Wheeler, TX
Buried: Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, TX
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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
1920 23 DET AL 76 124 116 13 34 3 3 1 14 2 0 5 15 .293 .322 .397 .719 92 46 0 3 5/8O4
1921 24 DET AL 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1923 26 PHA AL 115 473 434 68 125 22 8 3 51 8 3 17 31 .288 .327 .396 .723 89 172 8 14 *5
1924 27 PHA AL 80 287 261 41 83 14 2 2 17 3 2 17 19 .318 .367 .410 .777 99 107 3 6 5/O796
1925 28 PHA AL 110 426 391 62 135 30 11 8 63 7 4 17 27 .345 .376 .540 .915 124 211 2 16 5/4
1926 29 PHA AL 111 353 327 49 92 22 9 4 43 1 4 13 36 .281 .311 .440 .751 90 144 1 12 5/O9
1927 30 PHA AL 131 564 501 77 157 24 8 5 81 11 3 32 32 .313 .358 .423 .781 98 212 3 28 *5
1928 31 PHA AL 88 336 314 38 97 20 9 4 58 2 0 9 21 .309 .334 .468 .803 106 147 3 10 5
1929 32 PHA AL 101 416 379 51 105 14 3 1 40 6 2 12 18 .277 .303 .338 .641 62 128 2 23 5/4
1930 33 SLB AL 62 204 190 21 52 8 1 2 25 1 1 8 18 .274 .303 .358 .661 65 68 0 6 5
10 Seasons 883 3185 2915 422 880 157 54 30 392 41 20 130 218 .302 .336 .424 .760 93 1235 22 118
162 Game Avg. 162 584 535 77 161 29 10 6 72 8 4 24 40 .302 .336 .424 .760 93 227 4 22
PHA (7 yrs) 736 2855 2607 386 794 146 50 27 353 38 18 117 184 .305 .340 .430 .770 95 1121 22 109
DET (2 yrs) 85 126 118 15 34 3 3 1 14 2 1 5 16 .288 .317 .390 .707 89 46 0 3
SLB (1 yr) 62 204 190 21 52 8 1 2 25 1 1 8 18 .274 .303 .358 .661 65 68 0 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1920 23 DET AL 124 -2 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ 5/8O4
1921 24 DET AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
1923 26 PHA AL 473 -9 3 0 0 1 3 15 13 1.4 12 1.2 0.2 $ *5
1924 27 PHA AL 287 0 1 0 0 2 2 9 14 1.4 12 1.2 0.2 $ 5/O796
1925 28 PHA AL 426 8 1 0 0 1 3 14 27 2.6 26 2.5 0.1 $ 5/4
1926 29 PHA AL 353 -8 0 0 0 3 2 11 8 0.8 5 0.5 0.3 $ 5/O9
1927 30 PHA AL 564 -4 3 0 0 2 4 18 23 2.3 21 2.1 0.2 $ *5
1928 31 PHA AL 336 0 1 0 0 5 3 11 20 2.0 15 1.5 0.5 $ 5
1929 32 PHA AL 416 -21 2 0 0 3 3 13 0 0.1 -3 -0.3 0.4 $ 5/4
1930 33 SLB AL 204 -10 0 0 0 1 1 7 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 5
10 Seasons 3185 -47 12 0 0 19 21 102 107 10.8 88 8.7 2.1 $
PHA (7 yrs) 2855 -34 11 0 0 17 20 91 105 10.6 88 8.7 1.9 $
DET (2 yrs) 126 -3 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $
SLB (1 yr) 204 -10 0 0 0 1 1 7 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $

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
1920 23 DET AL 124 85 15 4.7 104 .330 .293 .288 .322 .352 .397 .395 .719 .747 92 .515 -2.0 -0.2 .646 .164 .103 1.3
1921 24 DET AL 2 3 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .298 .000 .364 .000 .419 .000 .783 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 -.333 -.500 .000
1923 26 PHA AL 473 326 54 4.4 109 .305 .288 .291 .327 .361 .396 .403 .723 .764 89 .475 -9.2 -0.9 .647 .159 .108 4.4
1924 27 PHA AL 287 186 38 5.4 113 .338 .318 .299 .367 .369 .410 .411 .777 .780 99 .550 -0.6 -0.1 .711 .161 .092 2.4
1925 28 PHA AL 426 276 78 7.6 121 .357 .345 .308 .376 .380 .540 .432 .915 .812 124 .671 11.3 1.0 .896 .246 .194 7.5
1926 29 PHA AL 353 251 43 4.6 115 .307 .281 .297 .311 .370 .440 .417 .751 .786 90 .488 -7.8 -0.8 .649 .190 .159 1.6
1927 30 PHA AL 564 375 76 5.4 115 .328 .313 .299 .358 .368 .423 .420 .781 .788 98 .549 -3.3 -0.3 .735 .190 .110 6.9
1928 31 PHA AL 336 227 49 5.8 111 .322 .309 .292 .334 .358 .468 .415 .803 .773 106 .588 0.7 0.1 .742 .194 .159 2.7
1929 32 PHA AL 416 299 39 3.5 116 .289 .277 .297 .303 .364 .338 .429 .641 .793 62 .344 -23.2 -2.2 .529 .103 .061 1.7
1930 33 SLB AL 204 145 20 3.7 118 .294 .274 .299 .303 .364 .358 .439 .661 .803 65 .342 -10.9 -1.0 .547 .126 .084 1.3
10 Seasons 3185 2173 412 5.1 114 .319 .302 .298 .336 .366 .424 .419 .760 .785 93 .518 -45.7 -4.4 .685 .174 .122 34.6
162 Game Avg. 584 399 76 5.1 114 .319 .302 .298 .336 .366 .424 .419 .760 .785 93 .518 -45.7 -4.4 .685 .174 .122 6
PHA (7 yrs) 2855 1940 377 5.2 114 .320 .305 .298 .340 .367 .430 .418 .770 .786 95 .531 -32.1 -3.2 .699 .178 .125 31.6
DET (2 yrs) 126 88 15 4.6 104 .327 .288 .288 .317 .352 .390 .395 .707 .747 89 .498 -2.6 -0.3 .612 .153 .102 1.3
SLB (1 yr) 204 145 20 3.7 118 .294 .274 .299 .303 .364 .358 .439 .661 .803 65 .341 -10.9 -1.0 .547 .126 .084 1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1920 23 DET AL 124 0.8% 12.1% 4.0% 5.7% 21% 3.00 7.7 116.0 8.3 81%
1921 24 DET AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1923 26 PHA AL 473 0.6% 6.6% 3.6% 7.0% 26% 1.82 14.0 144.7 8.5 85%
1924 27 PHA AL 287 0.7% 6.6% 5.9% 6.3% 22% 1.12 13.7 130.5 15.4 84%
1925 28 PHA AL 426 1.9% 6.3% 4.0% 11.5% 36% 1.59 14.5 48.9 6.2 84%
1926 29 PHA AL 353 1.1% 10.2% 3.7% 9.9% 38% 2.77 9.1 81.8 7.6 81%
1927 30 PHA AL 564 0.9% 5.7% 5.7% 6.6% 24% 1.00 15.7 100.2 6.2 82%
1928 31 PHA AL 336 1.2% 6.3% 2.7% 9.8% 34% 2.33 15.0 78.5 5.4 86%
1929 32 PHA AL 416 0.2% 4.3% 2.9% 4.3% 17% 1.50 21.1 379.0 9.5 87%
1930 33 SLB AL 204 1.0% 8.8% 3.9% 5.4% 21% 2.25 10.6 95.0 7.6 83%
10 Seasons 3185 0.9% 6.8% 4.1% 7.6% 27% 1.68 13.4 97.2 7.4 84%
MLB Averages 1.1% 7.3% 7.8% 6.7% 26% 0.94 12.1 81.6 7.8 80%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1920 23 76 124 116 13 34 3 3 1 14 2 0 5 15 .293 .322 .397 .719 92 46 0 3
1921 24 85 126 118 15 34 3 3 1 14 2 1 5 16 .288 .317 .390 .707 89 46 0 3
1922 25 85 126 118 15 34 3 3 1 14 2 1 5 16 .288 .317 .390 .707 89 46 0 3
1923 26 200 599 552 83 159 25 11 4 65 10 4 22 47 .288 .325 .395 .720 89 218 8 17
1924 27 280 886 813 124 242 39 13 6 82 13 6 39 66 .298 .338 .400 .738 92 325 11 23
1925 28 390 1312 1204 186 377 69 24 14 145 20 10 56 93 .313 .350 .445 .796 103 536 13 39
1926 29 501 1665 1531 235 469 91 33 18 188 21 14 69 129 .306 .342 .444 .786 100 680 14 51
1927 30 632 2229 2032 312 626 115 41 23 269 32 17 101 161 .308 .346 .439 .785 100 892 17 79
1928 31 720 2565 2346 350 723 135 50 27 327 34 17 110 182 .308 .345 .443 .787 100 1039 20 89
1929 32 821 2981 2725 401 828 149 53 28 367 40 19 122 200 .304 .339 .428 .767 95 1167 22 112
1930 33 883 3185 2915 422 880 157 54 30 392 41 20 130 218 .302 .336 .424 .760 93 1235 22 118

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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
1920 23 80 126 121 13 35 3 3 1 14 2 5 16 .289 .317 .388 .706 15 76
1921 24 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1923 26 121 475 450 66 125 22 8 3 50 8 17 33 .278 .316 .382 .698 53 115
1924 27 84 288 268 38 81 14 2 2 16 3 17 20 .302 .351 .392 .742 36 80
1925 28 116 409 392 51 123 27 10 7 52 6 15 28 .314 .342 .487 .830 65 110
1926 29 117 351 337 45 90 22 9 4 40 1 13 38 .267 .296 .421 .718 41 111
1927 30 137 542 509 69 149 23 8 5 72 10 30 33 .293 .336 .399 .735 67 131
1928 31 93 335 323 36 95 20 9 4 54 2 9 22 .294 .319 .449 .768 45 88
1929 32 107 406 392 47 102 14 3 1 36 6 12 19 .260 .286 .319 .605 35 101
1930 33 65 199 192 17 47 7 1 2 20 1 7 19 .245 .271 .323 .594 17 62
10 Seasons 929 3133 2986 384 847 152 53 29 354 39 125 229 .284 .317 .399 .716 374 883
162 Game Avg. 162 546 521 67 148 27 9 5 62 7 22 40 .284 .317 .399 .716 65 883

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1928 AL  0.5 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1925 AL  .345 (10th)
Career  .302 (187th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1925 AL  .540 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1925 AL  .915 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1925 AL  11 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1923 AL  8 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1927 AL  28 (2nd)
1929 AL  23 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (930), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Les Bell (921)
  7. Happy Felsch (921)
  8. Clyde Barnhart (919)
  9. Tony Boeckel (918)
  10. Pat Duncan (918)
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  3. Edgar Martinez (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Don Padgett (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Edgar Martinez (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Kreevich (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Kreevich (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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