Sam Leslie

Samuel Andrew Leslie (Sambo)

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: July 26, 1905 in Moss Point, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: October 6, 1929
Teams (by GP): Giants/Dodgers 1929-1938

Final Game: September 27, 1938
Died: January 21, 1979 in Pascagoula, MS
Buried: Jackson County Memorial Park, Pascagoula, MS
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1927	21	MRD,JAC	D	93	325	325		91	19	8	4					.280	.280	.425	.705		138					MRD,JAC · CSTL
1928	22	MRD	D	124	527	459	86	169	47	6	8		13	41	21	.368	.431	.549	.980		252		10	17		MRD · CSTL
1929	23	MEM,SEL	A,B	140	495	495		184	38	15	12					.372	.372	.582	.954		288					MEM,SEL · SOUA,SEAL
1929	23	NYG	NL	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1	/7O
1930	24	SAN,TOL	A,AA	96	370	370		145	38	9	6					.392	.392	.592	.984		219					SAN,TOL · TL,AA
1930	24	NYG	NL	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	145	1		0	0
1931	25	NYG	NL	53	54	53	11	16	4	0	3	5	3	1	2	.302	.315	.547	.862	129	29		0	0	/3
1932	26	NYG	NL	77	79	75	5	22	4	0	1	15	0	2	5	.293	.329	.387	.716	93	29		2	0	/3
1933	27	TOT	NL	136	545	501	62	148	23	7	8	73	1	35	23	.295	.351	.417	.768	122	209	20	8	1	*3
1933	27	NYG	NL	40	150	137	21	44	12	3	3	27	0	12	9	.321	.380	.518	.898	155	71	4	1	0	3
1933	27	BRO	NL	96	395	364	41	104	11	4	5	46	1	23	14	.286	.340	.379	.719	109	138	16	7	1	3
1934	28	BRO	NL	146	621	546	75	181	29	6	9	102	5	69	34	.332	.409	.456	.865	136	249	10	3	3	*3
1935	29	BRO	NL	142	581	520	72	160	30	7	5	93	4	55	19	.308	.379	.421	.800	117	219	11	5	1	*3
1936	30	NYG	NL	117	448	417	49	123	19	5	6	54	0	23	16	.295	.335	.408	.743	99	170	15	2	6	3
1937	31	NYG	NL	72	216	191	25	59	7	2	3	30	1	20	12	.309	.380	.414	.794	115	79	8	2	0	3
1938	32	NYG	NL	76	166	154	12	39	7	1	1	16	0	11	6	.253	.307	.331	.638	75	51	4	1	0	3
1939	33	SFG-min	AA	112	372	372		117	19	1	2					.315	.315	.387	.702		144					JER · IL
10 Yrs				822	2714	2460	311	749	123	28	36	389	14	216	118	.304	.366	.421	.787	116	1036	68	23	12
162 Game Avg.				162	535	485	61	148	24	6	7	77	3	43	23	.304	.366	.421	.787	116	204		5	2

NYG (8 yrs)				438	1117	1030	123	304	53	11	17	148	4	69	51	.295	.344	.417	.762	107	430	31	8	7
BRO (3 yrs)				384	1597	1430	188	445	70	17	19	241	10	147	67	.311	.381	.424	.805	123	606	37	15	5

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
1929	23	NYG	NL	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.443	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	$	/7O
1930	24	NYG	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1931	25	NYG	NL	53	54	2	0	0	0	-0	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.504	.501	0.4	-0.1	4	$	/3
1932	26	NYG	NL	77	79	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.1	2	2	0.2	.499	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$	/3
1933	27	NYG	NL	40	150	9	0	0	1	-2	9	0.9	4	13	1.4	.524	.506	1.3	-0.1	12	$	3
1933	27	BRO	NL	96	395	5	0	0	-5	-4	-4	-0.5	12	8	0.6	.495	.497	1.2	-1.1	13	$	3
1934	28	BRO	NL	146	621	31	-0	0	-1	-6	24	2.3	18	42	4.1	.516	.514	4.1	-0.7	42	$	*3
1935	29	BRO	NL	142	581	15	-0	0	-1	-6	8	0.8	17	24	2.4	.505	.505	2.5	-0.7	25	$	*3
1936	30	NYG	NL	117	448	0	1	0	2	-5	-2	-0.2	13	11	1.0	.498	.499	0.8	-0.3	9	$	3
1937	31	NYG	NL	72	216	5	0	0	4	-2	7	0.7	6	13	1.3	.510	.504	0.9	0.2	9	$	3
1938	32	NYG	NL	76	166	-5	0	0	0	-2	-6	-0.7	5	-1	-0.2	.492	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	3
10 Seasons				822	2714	62	1	0	0	-27	36	3.3	79	114	11.2	.504	.502	11.2	-3.0	114	$

NYG (8 yrs)				438	1117	10	1	0	7	-10	8	0.8	32	41	4.1	.502	.501	3.4	-0.5	34	$
BRO (3 yrs)				384	1597	52	-1	0	-7	-17	27	2.6	46	73	7.1	.507	.505	7.8	-2.5	81	$

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
1929	23	NYG	NL	2	2	0	0.0	121	.000	.000	.304	.000	.368	.000	.443	.000	.811	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1930	24	NYG	NL	2	1	1	26.6	125	1.000	.500	.309	.500	.368	.500	.460	1.000	.828	145	.941	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1931	25	NYG	NL	54	37	9	6.5	102	.271	.302	.283	.315	.341	.547	.399	.862	.741	129	.651	1.8	0.2	.892	.321	.245	3.0
1932	26	NYG	NL	79	53	9	4.6	102	.304	.293	.282	.329	.334	.387	.408	.716	.742	93	.487	-0.7	-0.1	.623	.120	.093	.0
1933	27	TOT	NL	545	374	72	5.1	88	.298	.295	.270	.351	.322	.417	.369	.768	.691	122	.606	14.5	1.5	.678	.194	.122	1.8
1933	27	NYG	NL	150	97	27	7.4	91	.328	.321	.273	.380	.326	.518	.374	.898	.699	155	.751	10.0	1.0	.866	.285	.197	.0
1933	27	BRO	NL	395	277	45	4.3	87	.287	.286	.268	.340	.320	.379	.367	.719	.687	109	.530	4.5	0.5	.612	.159	.093	1.7
1934	28	BRO	NL	621	378	101	7.1	100	.342	.332	.281	.409	.335	.456	.399	.865	.735	136	.678	31.6	3.0	.869	.260	.125	6.4
1935	29	BRO	NL	581	372	82	5.9	102	.313	.308	.283	.379	.338	.421	.403	.800	.742	117	.604	14.5	1.4	.763	.227	.113	4.4
1936	30	NYG	NL	448	315	56	4.8	103	.296	.295	.286	.335	.345	.408	.400	.743	.745	99	.509	-1.7	-0.2	.631	.168	.113	.0
1937	31	NYG	NL	216	140	30	5.7	102	.318	.309	.281	.380	.343	.414	.399	.794	.742	115	.607	4.4	0.4	.729	.215	.105	1.5
1938	32	NYG	NL	166	119	15	3.4	100	.259	.253	.276	.307	.340	.331	.393	.638	.733	75	.382	-5.4	-0.6	.529	.149	.078	.0
10 Yrs				2714	1791	375	5.6	99	.309	.304	.280	.366	.336	.421	.394	.787	.730	116	.594	58.9	5.7	.725	.210	.117	20.2
162 Game Avg.				535	353	74	5.6	99	.309	.304	.280	.366	.336	.421	.394	.787	.730	116	.594	12	1	.725	.210	.117	4

NYG (8 yrs)				1117	764	147	5.2	101	.298	.295	.281	.344	.340	.417	.396	.762	.736	107	.559	8.2	0.8	.675	.193	.122	6.5
BRO (3 yrs)				1597	1027	228	5.9	97	.317	.311	.278	.381	.333	.424	.393	.805	.725	123	.619	50.6	4.9	.761	.222	.113	13.1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1936	30	NYG	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	3	3	2	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
1937	31	NYG	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	2	1	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							5	5	4	2	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100	2
2 WS							5	5	4	2	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1929	23	NYG	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					1.0	50%
1930	24	NYG	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			50%
1931	25	NYG	NL	54	5.6%	3.7%	1.9%	13.0%	44%	2.00	26.5	17.7	10.6	89%
1932	26	NYG	NL	79	1.3%	6.3%	2.5%	6.3%	23%	2.50	15.0	75.0	5.0	87%
1933	27	TOT	NL	545	1.5%	4.2%	6.4%	7.0%	26%	0.66	21.8	62.6	6.9	86%
1933	27	NYG	NL	150	2.0%	6.0%	8.0%	12.0%	41%	0.75	15.2	45.7	5.1	83%
1933	27	BRO	NL	395	1.3%	3.5%	5.8%	5.1%	19%	0.61	26.0	72.8	7.9	87%
1934	28	BRO	NL	621	1.5%	5.5%	11.1%	7.1%	24%	0.49	16.1	60.7	5.4	81%
1935	29	BRO	NL	581	0.9%	3.3%	9.5%	7.2%	26%	0.35	27.4	104.0	5.6	85%
1936	30	NYG	NL	448	1.3%	3.6%	5.1%	6.7%	24%	0.70	26.1	69.5	7.7	88%
1937	31	NYG	NL	216	1.4%	5.6%	9.3%	5.6%	20%	0.60	15.9	63.7	6.4	81%
1938	32	NYG	NL	166	0.6%	3.6%	6.6%	5.4%	23%	0.55	25.7	154.0	9.6	89%
10 Yrs				2714	1.3%	4.4%	8.0%	6.9%	25%	0.55	20.8	68.3	6.3	85%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.3%	8.3%	7.0%	28%	1.01	10.8	64.6	7.6	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1929	23	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
1930	24	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	64	1		0	1
1931	25	56	58	56	11	17	4	0	3	6	3	1	3	.304	.316	.536	.852	125	30		0	1
1932	26	133	137	131	16	39	8	0	4	21	3	3	8	.298	.324	.450	.774	107	59		2	1
1933	27	269	682	632	78	187	31	7	12	94	4	38	31	.296	.346	.424	.770	119	268	20	10	2
1934	28	415	1303	1178	153	368	60	13	21	196	9	107	65	.312	.376	.439	.815	127	517	30	13	5
1935	29	557	1884	1698	225	528	90	20	26	289	13	162	84	.311	.377	.433	.810	124	736	41	18	6
1936	30	674	2332	2115	274	651	109	25	32	343	13	185	100	.308	.369	.428	.797	119	906	56	20	12
1937	31	746	2548	2306	299	710	116	27	35	373	14	205	112	.308	.370	.427	.797	119	985	64	22	12
1938	32	822	2714	2460	311	749	123	28	36	389	14	216	118	.304	.366	.421	.787	116	1036	68	23	12

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
1929	23	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1930	24	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1931	25	55	57	56	11	17	4	0	3	5	3	1	2	.304	.316	.536	.852	9	53
1932	26	80	82	78	5	23	4	0	1	16	0	2	5	.295	.329	.385	.714	9	77
1933	27	142	589	539	75	170	26	8	9	88	1	40	24	.315	.372	.443	.816	87	136
1934	28	156	662	582	80	193	31	6	10	108	5	74	36	.332	.410	.457	.867	108	146
1935	29	149	604	542	72	163	31	7	5	93	4	56	20	.301	.371	.411	.783	82	142
1936	30	122	462	431	48	124	19	5	6	53	0	23	17	.288	.327	.397	.724	55	117
1937	31	76	223	200	26	61	7	2	3	31	1	21	13	.305	.377	.405	.782	31	72
1938	32	80	176	163	12	41	7	1	1	16	0	12	6	.252	.307	.325	.632	16	76
10 Yrs		863	2859	2594	329	792	129	29	38	411	14	229	124	.305	.367	.421	.788	397	822
162 Game Avg.		162	537	487	62	149	24	5	7	77	3	43	23	.305	.367	.421	.788	75	822

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1934 NL 4.1 (8th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1934 NL 4.1 (8th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1934 NL .332 (6th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1934 NL .409 (6th)
Games Played s c a p y 1934 NL 146 (10th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1934 NL 102 (6th) 1935 NL 93 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1934 NL 69 (4th)	Singles s c a p y 1934 NL 137 (6th)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1934 NL 136 (8th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1934 NL 101 (9th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1934 NL 32 (8th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1934 NL 3.0 (8th)
Times On Base s c a p y 1934 NL 253 (7th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1934 NL .678 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1933 NL 8 (2nd) 1935 NL 5 (7th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1933 NL 20 (5th)
AB per SO s c a p y 1935 NL 27.4 (8th) 1936 NL 26.1 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 16 (929), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (993), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Dee Fondy (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dee Fondy (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dick Siebert (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lamar Johnson (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Earl Sheely (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Earl Sheely (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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