Sam Langford

Elton Langford

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 21, 1900 in Briggs, TX
High School: Georgetown HS (Georgetown, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1926
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox 1926-1928

Final Game: September 21, 1928
Died: July 31, 1993 in Plainview, TX
Buried: Plainview Memorial Park, Plainview, 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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1921	21	MWL	D	74	290	290		101	11	7	4						.348	.348	.476	.824		138				MWL · WTXL
1922	22	LUB	D	143	503	503		171	27	15	20						.340	.340	.573	.913		288				LUB · WTXL
1923	23	CHS,ATA	B,A	129	476	476		133	23	12	10						.279	.279	.441	.721		210				CHS,ATA · SALL,SOUA
1924	24	PEO,DMO	B,A	149	575	575		175	33	12	18						.304	.304	.497	.802		286				PEO,DMO · IIIL,WL
1925	25	DMO	A	166	632	632		214	31	16	13						.339	.339	.500	.839		316				DMO · WL
1926	26	DET-min	AA,A	88	318	318		85	16	3	2						.267	.267	.355	.623		113				CLB,FTW · AA,TL
1926	26	BOS	AL	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1927	27	DMO	A	149	611	611		250	47	28	8						.409	.409	.617	1.026		377				DMO · WL
1927	27	CLE	AL	20	77	67	10	18	5	0	1	7	0	1	5	7	.269	.347	.388	.735	90	26	3	2	O8/7
1928	28	CLE	AL	110	462	427	50	118	17	8	4	50	3	8	21	35	.276	.312	.382	.694	81	163	1	12	*O87
1929	29	SHV,SFR	A,AA	163	609	609		203	52	5	7						.333	.333	.470	.803		286				SHV,SFR · TL,PCL
1930	30	ATA	A	145	585	585		186	33	12	7						.318	.318	.451	.769		264				ATA · SOUA
1931	31	DAL	A	147	530	530		170	39	9	0						.321	.321	.428	.749		227				DAL · TL
1932	32	DAL	A	149	604	604		181	43	8	6						.300	.300	.427	.727		258				DAL · TL
1933	33	OKC,DAL	A	144	527	527		163	33	15	3						.309	.309	.446	.755		235				OKC,DAL · TL
3 Yrs				131	540	495	61	136	22	8	5	57	3	9	26	42	.275	.316	.382	.698	81	189	4	14
162 Game Avg.				162	668	612	75	168	27	10	6	70	4	11	32	52	.275	.316	.382	.698	81	234	5	17

CLE (2 yrs)				130	539	494	60	136	22	8	5	57	3	9	26	42	.275	.317	.383	.699	82	189	4	14
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1926	26	BOS	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.470	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1927	27	CLE	AL	20	77	-1	-0	0	-2	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-1	-0.1	.482	.498	0.1	-0.2	1	$	O8/7
1928	28	CLE	AL	110	462	-13	-2	0	-4	-3	-23	-2.3	15	-8	-0.8	.479	.486	-0.5	-0.7	-4	$	*O87
3 Seasons				131	540	-14	-3	0	-6	-4	-27	-2.7	17	-10	-0.9	.479	.494	-0.4	-0.9	-4	$

CLE (2 yrs)				130	539	-14	-3	0	-6	-4	-27	-2.6	17	-10	-0.9	.480	.492	-0.4	-0.9	-3	$
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.470	.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
1926	26	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.285	.000	.356	.000	.399	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1927	27	CLE	AL	77	52	8	4.1	111	.288	.269	.294	.347	.363	.388	.413	.735	.776	90	.424	-0.9	-0.1	.660	.179	.119	.0
1928	28	CLE	AL	462	329	48	3.9	109	.294	.276	.290	.312	.355	.382	.412	.694	.767	81	.411	-14.2	-1.4	.568	.143	.105	3.4
3 Yrs				540	382	56	3.9	109	.292	.275	.290	.316	.356	.382	.412	.698	.768	81	.411	-15.4	-1.5	.579	.147	.107	3.8
162 Game Avg.				668	472	69	3.9	109	.292	.275	.290	.316	.356	.382	.412	.698	.768	81	.411	-15.4	-1.5	.579	.147	.107	5

CLE (2 yrs)				539	381	56	3.9	109	.293	.275	.290	.317	.356	.383	.412	.699	.768	82	.413	-15.1	-1.5	.580	.148	.107	3.8
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.285	.000	.356	.000	.399	.000	.755	-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	IP%
1926	26	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						100%
1927	27	CLE	AL	77	1.3%	9.1%	6.5%	7.8%	33%	1.40	9.6	67.0	9.6	77%
1928	28	CLE	AL	462	0.9%	7.6%	4.6%	6.3%	25%	1.67	12.2	106.8	8.5	84%
3 Yrs				540	0.9%	7.8%	4.8%	6.5%	26%	1.62	11.8	99.0	8.7	83%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.3%	8.0%	6.6%	27%	0.91	12.2	87.8	7.9	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1926	26	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1927	27	21	78	68	11	18	5	0	1	7	0	1	5	7	.265	.342	.382	.724	87	26	3	2
1928	28	131	540	495	61	136	22	8	5	57	3	9	26	42	.275	.316	.382	.698	81	189	4	14

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	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1926	26	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1927	27	21	78	68	9	17	5	0	1	6	0	5	7	.250	.329	.368	.697	7	20
1928	28	116	477	442	48	117	17	8	4	48	3	21	37	.265	.300	.367	.666	48	110
3 Yrs		138	556	511	58	134	22	8	5	54	3	26	44	.262	.303	.366	.669	55	131
162 Game Avg.		162	653	600	68	157	26	9	6	63	4	31	52	.262	.303	.366	.669	65	131

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