Sammy Holbrook

James Marbury Holbrook

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 189 lb.

Born: July 17, 1910 in Meridian, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1935
Team: Senators 1935

Final Game: September 29, 1935
Died: April 10, 1991 in Jackson, MS
Buried: Memorial Park, Meridian, MS
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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	Pos	Awards
1929	18	TLD	D	81	290	290		80	8	10	4						.276	.276	.414	.690		120					TLD · GAAL
1930	19	CBS	B	26	71	71		15	1	0	0						.211	.211	.225	.437		16					CBS · SEAL
1934	23	MIN-min	A	103	322	322		93	16	3	10						.289	.289	.450	.739		145					CNG · SOUA
1935	24	WSH	AL	52	169	135	20	35	2	2	2	25	0	0	30	16	.259	.408	.348	.756	100	47		4	0	2
1936	25	MIN-min	A1	118	351	351		96	25	11	2						.274	.274	.425	.698		149					CNG · SOUA
1937	26	MIN-min	A,D,A1	70	201	201		45	9	8	1						.224	.224	.363	.587		73					TRE,SNF,CNG · NYPL,FLOR,SOUA
1938	27	OAK-BAL-min	D,AA,B	50	165	165		56	12	3	5						.339	.339	.539	.879		89					FED,LOU,MRD · ESHL,AA,SEAL
1939	28	OAK-min	D	98	305	305		110	17	2	20						.361	.361	.626	.987		191					FED · ESHL
1941	30	DET-min	A	128	413	413		100	18	5	2						.242	.242	.324	.567		134					ELM · EL
1942	31	DET-min	A,AA,A1	53	173	163	5	37	3	0	3	5	0	1	10	9	.227	.272	.301	.572		49	2	0	0		ELM,BFL,LRK · EL,IL,SOUA
1 Yr				52	169	135	20	35	2	2	2	25	0	0	30	16	.259	.408	.348	.756	100	47		4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	527	421	62	109	6	6	6	78	0	0	93	50	.259	.408	.348	.756	100	146		12	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1935	24	WSH	AL	52	169	2	0	0	-2	1	2	0.1	5	7	0.7	.503	.501	0.9	-0.1	9	$	2
1 Season				52	169	2	0	0	-2	1	2	0.1	5	7	0.7	.503	.501	0.9	-0.1	9	$

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
1935	24	WSH	AL	169	100	19	5.1	109	.282	.259	.284	.408	.356	.348	.410	.756	.766	100	.505	1.9	0.2	.810	.311	.089	.0
1 Yr				169	100	19	5.1	109	.282	.259	.284	.408	.356	.348	.410	.756	.766	100	.505	1.9	0.2	.810	.311	.089	.0
162 Game Avg.				527	312	59	5.1	109	.282	.259	.284	.408	.356	.348	.410	.756	.766	100	.505	6	1	.810	.311	.089

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1935	24	WSH	AL	169	1.2%	9.5%	17.8%	3.6%	17%	0.53	8.4	67.5	5.4	69%
1 Yr				169	1.2%	9.5%	17.8%	3.6%	17%	0.53	8.4	67.5	5.4	69%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.3%	8.1%	6.8%	27%	1.02	10.8	65.2	7.7	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
1935	24	52	169	135	20	35	2	2	2	25	0	0	30	16	.259	.408	.348	.756	100	47		4	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1935	24	55	175	141	19	35	2	2	2	24	30	17	.248	.394	.333	.728	18	52
1 Yr		55	175	141	19	35	2	2	2	24	30	17	.248	.394	.333	.728	18	52
162 Game Avg.		162	515	415	56	103	6	6	6	71	88	50	.248	.394	.333	.728	53	52

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1935 AL 4 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL 4 (7th)

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