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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:07PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1500. Ossie Vitt… #1501. George Hall… #1502. Art Howe… #1503. SAMMY HALE… #1504. Levi Meyerle… #1505. Al Martin… #1506. Mike Matheny… 

Standard Batting

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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 92 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 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/O4
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/O6
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/O
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 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1920 DET AL 23 3B 16 44 8 31 5 2 .886 2.44 .946 3.59
1920 DET AL 23 OF 4 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 .961 2.25
1920 DET AL 23 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70
1920 DET AL 23 CF 5 4 3 10 8 1 1 0 .900 1.80 .966 2.56
1923 PHA AL 26 3B 107 335 85 222 28 17 .916 2.87 .945 3.45
1924 PHA AL 27 3B 55 155 39 108 8 10 .948 2.67 .951 3.26
1924 PHA AL 27 OF 5 7 3 3 1 0 .857 1.20 .970 2.40
1924 PHA AL 27 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
1924 PHA AL 27 LF 4 3 3 6 3 2 1 0 .833 1.25 .963 2.35
1924 PHA AL 27 RF 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.00
1925 PHA AL 28 3B 96 295 98 173 24 19 .919 2.82 .947 3.21
1925 PHA AL 28 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 5.80
1926 PHA AL 29 3B 77 247 82 152 13 16 .947 3.04 .951 3.37
1926 PHA AL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1926 PHA AL 29 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1927 PHA AL 30 3B 128 415 152 247 16 46 .961 3.12 .952 3.33
1928 PHA AL 31 3B 79 295 86 189 20 17 .932 3.48 .951 3.27
1929 PHA AL 32 3B 99 273 90 171 12 13 .956 2.64 .952 3.10
1929 PHA AL 32 2B 1 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.00 .968 5.90
1930 SLB AL 33 3B 47 133 46 80 7 5 .947 2.68 .945 3.04
9 Seasons 3B 704 2192 686 1373 133 145 .939 2.92 .949 3.28
3 Seasons OF 10 14 9 4 1 0 .929 1.30 .966 2.33
1 Season CF 5 4 3 10 8 1 1 0 .900 1.80 .966 2.56
1 Season LF 4 3 3 6 3 2 1 0 .833 1.25 .963 2.35
3 Seasons 2B 3 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 .967 5.80
2 Seasons RF 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .970 2.00
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
10 Seasons TOT 718 2212 699 1379 134 146 .939 2.89 .950 3.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1923 AL  107 (4th)
1927 AL  128 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1927 AL  152 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1927 AL  247 (4th)
1928 AL  189 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1923 AL  28 (2nd)
1925 AL  24 (2nd)
1928 AL  20 (1st)
1929 AL  12 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1928 AL  3.48 (1st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1927 AL  .961 (2nd)
1929 AL  .956 (5th)

                                         

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

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  6. Les Bell (921)
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  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
  8. Joe Stripp (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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