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Sammy Hale
Samuel Douglas Hale
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 10, 1896 in Glen Rose, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1920
Final Game: August 23, 1930
Died: September 6, 1974 in Wheeler, TX
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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 91 46 0 3 5/O4
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/O6
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/O
1927 30 PHA AL 131 564 501 77 157 24 8 5 81 11 3 32 32 .313 .358 .423 .781 97 212 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 88 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1920 DET AL 23 3B 16 44 8 31 5 2 .886 2.44 .950 3.45
1920 DET AL 23 OF 4 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 .957 2.15 0-4-0
1920 DET AL 23 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50
1923 PHA AL 26 3B 107 335 85 222 28 17 .916 2.87 .947 3.27
1924 PHA AL 27 3B 55 155 39 108 8 10 .948 2.67 .951 3.01
1924 PHA AL 27 OF 5 7 3 3 1 0 .857 1.20 .971 2.28 4-0-1
1924 PHA AL 27 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
1925 PHA AL 28 3B 96 295 98 173 24 19 .919 2.82 .948 3.02
1925 PHA AL 28 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.30
1926 PHA AL 29 3B 77 247 82 152 13 16 .947 3.04 .951 3.14
1926 PHA AL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
1927 PHA AL 30 3B 128 415 152 247 16 46 .961 3.12 .952 3.07
1928 PHA AL 31 3B 79 295 86 189 20 17 .932 3.48 .952 3.05
1929 PHA AL 32 3B 99 273 90 171 12 13 .956 2.64 .952 2.90
1929 PHA AL 32 2B 1 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.00 .960 5.50
1930 SLB AL 33 3B 47 133 46 80 7 5 .947 2.68 .945 2.84
9 Seasons 3B 704 2192 686 1373 133 145 .939 2.92 .950 3.06
3 Seasons OF 10 14 9 4 1 0 .929 1.30 .964 2.22 4-4-2
3 Seasons 2B 3 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 .967 5.43
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
10 Seasons TOT 718 2212 699 1379 134 146 .939 2.89 .889 3.06 4-4-2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1925 AL--.345--10th
Career--.302--184th

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 (1508), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (900), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Russ Wrightstone (946)
  2. Johnny Hodapp (938)
  3. Homer Summa (926)
  4. Clyde Barnhart (925)
  5. Bob Dillinger (925)
  6. Mike Grady (924)
  7. Pat Duncan (923)
  8. Les Bell (922)
  9. Eddie Brown (920)
  10. Tony Boeckel (920)
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  1. Clyde Barnhart (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ira Flagstead (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Edgar Martinez (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Cliff Lee (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pepper Martin (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Kreevich (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Stripp (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Stripp (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December, 1921: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Roy Crumpler, Jim Middleton, Joe Sargent, Suds Sutherland and $30,000 to Portland (PCL) for Syl Johnson and Herman Pillette.

December 6, 1922: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from Portland (PCL) for $40,000.

December 11, 1929: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Wally Schang.

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