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Sam Jethroe

Samuel Jethroe (Jet)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 23, 1917 in Lowndes County, MS
High School: Lincoln HS (East St. Louis, IL)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1950
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates 1950-1954

Final Game: April 15, 1954
Died: June 16, 2001 in Erie, PA
Buried: Erie Cemetery, Erie, PA
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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
1948	31	LAD-min	AAA	76	323	292	52	94	19	11	1	25	18		27	34	.322	.385	.473	.858		138		3	1				MTL · IL
1949	32	LAD-min	AAA	153	721	635	154	207	34	19	17	83	89		79	89	.326	.403	.520	.923		330		3	4				MTL · IL
1950	33	BSN	NL	141	641	582	100	159	28	8	18	58	35		52	93	.273	.338	.442	.780	109	257	8	5	3			*8O	MVP-27,RoY-1
1951	34	BSN	NL	148	645	572	101	160	29	10	18	65	35	5	57	88	.280	.356	.460	.816	125	263	7	11	4			*O87/9
1952	35	BSN	NL	151	687	608	79	141	23	7	13	58	28	9	68	112	.232	.318	.357	.675	89	217	8	9	3			*8O

1953	36	ATL-min	AAA	145	665	543	137	168	32	10	28	74	27		109	120	.309	.434	.560	.994		304	5	11	2				TOL · AA
1954	37	TTO	AAA	154	678	593	113	181	36	8	21	84	23		70	98	.305	.383	.499	.883		296		7	5	3			TTO · IL
1954	37	PIT	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		/9
1955	38	TTO	AAA	145	580	485	88	127	16	4	16	66	24		72	88	.262	.365	.410	.775		199		9	10	4			TTO · IL
1956	39	TTO	AAA	149	684	567	105	163	25	4	19	68	22		91	105	.287	.397	.446	.843		253		14	9	3			TTO · IL
1957	40	TTO	AAA	130	512	451	83	125	16	6	15	39	24		53	66	.277	.360	.439	.799		198		5	3	0			TTO · IL
1958	41	TTO	AAA	68	206	184	20	43	11	0	2	18	5		14	40	.234	.304	.326	.630		60		5	2	1	3		TTO · IL
4 Yrs				442	1974	1763	280	460	80	25	49	181	98	14	177	293	.261	.337	.418	.755	107	737	23	25	10	0
162 Game Avg.				162	724	646	103	169	29	9	18	66	36		65	107	.261	.337	.418	.755	107	270	8	9	4

BSN (3 yrs)				440	1973	1762	280	460	80	25	49	181	98	14	177	293	.261	.337	.418	.755	107	737	23	25	10
PIT (1 yr)				2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
1950	33	BSN	NL	141	641	6	5	1	-2	-1	9	0.8	21	30	2.9	.507	.506	3.2	-0.4	32	$	*8O	MVP-27,RoY-1
1951	34	BSN	NL	148	645	19	8	2	-4	-2	22	2.2	21	44	4.3	.515	.514	4.9	-0.6	48	$	*O87/9
1952	35	BSN	NL	151	687	-8	2	-1	-5	-1	-13	-1.4	23	10	0.9	.491	.491	1.5	-0.6	15	$	*8O

1954	37	PIT	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.480	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/9
4 Seasons				442	1974	16	15	2	-11	-4	18	1.5	66	84	8.1	.504	.503	9.6	-1.7	95	$

BSN (3 yrs)				440	1973	16	15	2	-11	-4	18	1.5	66	84	8.1	.504	.504	9.6	-1.6	95	$
PIT (1 yr)				2	1	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.480	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

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
1950	33	BSN	NL	641	434	86	5.3	103	.299	.273	.262	.338	.338	.442	.407	.780	.745	109	.552	6.4	0.6	.810	.318	.168	*23.8*
1951	34	BSN	NL	645	428	95	6.0	97	.305	.280	.259	.356	.332	.460	.392	.816	.724	125	.625	19.7	2.0	.851	.332	.180	*23.8*
1952	35	BSN	NL	687	487	69	3.8	95	.265	.232	.258	.318	.330	.357	.384	.675	.714	89	.459	-8.4	-0.9	.647	.268	.125	17.8

1954	37	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.272	.000	.343	.000	.420	.000	.763	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				1974	1350	250	5.0	98	.289	.261	.260	.337	.333	.418	.394	.755	.728	107	.548	17.4	1.7	.763	.305	.157	65.3
162 Game Avg.				724	495	92	5.0	98	.289	.261	.260	.337	.333	.418	.394	.755	.728	107	.548	6	1	.763	.305	.157	24

BSN (3 yrs)				1973	1349	250	5.0	98	.289	.261	.260	.337	.333	.418	.394	.755	.728	107	.549	17.7	1.7	.764	.305	.157	65.3
PIT (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.272	.000	.343	.000	.420	.000	.763	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	33	BSN	NL	641	2.8%	14.5%	8.1%	8.4%	34%	1.79	6.3	32.3	10.0	0.82	73%
1951	34	BSN	NL	645	2.8%	13.6%	8.8%	8.8%	36%	1.54	6.5	31.8	8.8	0.70	72%
1952	35	BSN	NL	687	1.9%	16.3%	9.9%	6.3%	31%	1.65	5.4	46.8	10.5	0.82	70%

1954	37	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
4 Yrs				1974	2.5%	14.8%	9.0%	7.8%	34%	1.66	6.0	36.0	9.7	0.78	72%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.4%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.09	8.5	43.8	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1950	33	BSN	NL	6.4	0.6	585	1.1	10.3	-9.2	.98	1.4	-0.2	9.1	0.9	0.94	14.4		0
1951	34	BSN	NL	19.7	2.0	696	3.8	14.1	-10.3	1.00	2.6	1.2	33.3	3.4	0.94	28.2	1.44	5
1952	35	BSN	NL	-8.4	-0.9	696	0.4	12.0	-11.6	1.00	-1.0	1.4	-0.8	-0.1	0.89	-12.5		0

1954	37	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.41	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.10	-0.3	0.41	1
4 Yrs				17.4	1.7	1978	5.3	36.4	-31.1	.99	2.9	2.4	41.2	4.2	0.93	29.9	1.27	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	33	BSN	NL	11	0	41%	199	35			24	4	2	0	3	4	4	0	3	6	57%	28	16	12	2	0	2	17	4	13
1951	34	BSN	NL	8	0	40%	221	35	5	88%	32	4	3	2	0	0	5	0	9	5	59%	37	21	16	3	0	3	24	5	19
1952	35	BSN	NL	7	0	32%	254	28	9	76%	23	8	2	1	1	0	4	0	11	3	62%	29	15	13	11	2	8	18	3	15

1954	37	PIT	NL	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				26	0	38%	675	98	14	127%	79	16	7	3	4	4	13	0	23	14	60%	94	52	41	16	2	13	59	12	47

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1950	33	BSN	NL	641	100%	159			0	0	0	0		18	0	10	10	5	8	10	0	5	3	60%	107	8	7%	58	12	21%	281	37	13%	27	14	52%	12	5	42%	0
1951	34	BSN	NL	645	100%	160			5	2	0	2	1.44	18	0	8	13	5	12	6	0	6	4	67%	135	7	5%	56	13	23%	358	50	14%	17	9	53%	25	13	52%	0
1952	35	BSN	NL	687	100%	141			0	0	0	0		13	1	9	6	4	5	8	0	5	3	60%	75	8	11%	34	8	24%	285	44	15%	21	10	48%	13	10	77%	0

1954	37	PIT	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				1974	100%	460			6	2	0	2	1.27	49	1	27	29	14	25	24	0	16	10	63%	318	23	7%	148	33	22%	925	131	14%	65	33	51%	50	28	56%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

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
1950	33	141	641	582	100	159	28	8	18	58	35		52	93	.273	.338	.442	.780	109	257	8	5	3
1951	34	289	1286	1154	201	319	57	18	36	123	70	5	109	181	.276	.347	.451	.798	116	520	15	16	7
1952	35	440	1973	1762	280	460	80	25	49	181	98	14	177	293	.261	.337	.418	.755	107	737	23	25	10
1953	36	440	1973	1762	280	460	80	25	49	181	98	14	177	293	.261	.337	.418	.755	107	737	23	25	10
1954	37	442	1974	1763	280	460	80	25	49	181	98	14	177	293	.261	.337	.418	.755	107	737	23	25	10	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1950	33	147	672	609	105	167	29	8	19	61	37	55	97	.274	.339	.442	.781	90	141
1951	34	154	679	601	112	173	31	11	19	72	38	62	91	.288	.366	.471	.837	101	148
1952	35	158	731	643	90	155	25	8	14	66	31	75	117	.241	.330	.370	.700	76	151

1954	37	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
4 Yrs		461	2083	1854	307	495	85	27	52	199	106	192	305	.267	.344	.426	.771	267	442
162 Game Avg.		162	732	652	108	174	30	9	18	70	37	67	107	.267	.344	.426	.771	94	442

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 1950 NL Rookie of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1950 NL (27, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1951 NL 4.9 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1952 NL 151 (10th)
At Bats s c a p y 1950 NL 582 (10th) 1952 NL 608 (4th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1952 NL 687 (4th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1950 NL 100 (7th) 1951 NL 101 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1950 NL 8 (6th) 1951 NL 10 (4th) 1952 NL 7 (9th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1950 NL 93 (2nd) 1951 NL 88 (4th) 1952 NL 112 (2nd)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1950 NL 35 (1st) 1951 NL 35 (1st) 1952 NL 28 (2nd)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1951 NL 125 (10th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1951 NL 57 (10th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 1951 NL .625 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1950 NL 5 (7th) 1951 NL 11 (2nd) 1952 NL 9 (3rd)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1952 NL 9 (4th)	SB % s c a p y 1951 NL 87.50 (1st) 1952 NL 75.68 (3rd)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1950 NL 23.8 (1st) 1951 NL 23.8 (1st) 1952 NL 17.8 (2nd)	Outs Made s c a p y 1952 NL 487 (2nd)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1951 NL 33.26 (8th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1951 NL 3.8 (5th)
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1951 NL 2.6 (10th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1951 NL 3.4 (8th)	Oldest s c a p y 1954 NL born 1917-01-23 (7th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 18 (1085), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 11 (1111), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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