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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1929	NYG	NL	23	LF	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.10
1929	NYG	NL	23	OF	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.50
1931	NYG	NL	25	1B	6	0	0	17	16	1	0	0	1.000	2.83	.990	10.12
1932	NYG	NL	26	1B	2	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	3.50	.990	10.20
1933	TOT	NL	27	1B	130	127	124	1317	1226	70	21	72	.984	9.97	.990	10.42
1933	NYG	NL	27	1B	35	34	34	396	371	21	4	28	.990	11.20	.990	10.42
1933	BRO	NL	27	1B	95	93	90	921	855	49	17	44	.982	9.52	.990	10.42
1934	BRO	NL	28	1B	138	138	133	1364	1262	93	9	104	.993	9.82	.991	10.02
1935	BRO	NL	29	1B	138	138	119	1328	1233	81	14	106	.989	9.52	.989	9.93
1936	NYG	NL	30	1B	99	98	93	1108	1030	68	10	81	.991	11.09	.990	10.15
1937	NYG	NL	31	1B	44	44	42	487	444	38	5	45	.990	10.95	.989	10.31
1938	NYG	NL	32	1B	32	29	27	323	304	15	4	21	.988	9.97	.992	10.47
	8 Seasons			1B	589	574	538	5951	5522	366	63	429	.989	10.00	.990	10.16
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.50
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.970	2.10
	10 Seasons			TOT	590	574	538	5952	5523	366	63	429	.989	9.98	.990	10.14

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	OF	PH
1929	NYG	NL	23	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1930	NYG	NL	24	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1931	NYG	NL	25	53	0	53	6	6	0	0	47
1932	NYG	NL	26	77	0	77	2	2	0	0	75
1933	BRO	NL	27	96	93	96	95	95	0	0	1
1933	NYG	NL	27	40	34	40	35	35	0	0	5
1934	BRO	NL	28	146	138	146	138	138	0	0	8
1935	BRO	NL	29	142	138	142	138	138	0	0	4
1936	NYG	NL	30	117	98	117	99	99	0	0	18
1937	NYG	NL	31	73	44	73	44	44	0	0	29
1938	NYG	NL	32	76	29	76	32	32	0	0	44
	10 Seasons			823	574	823	590	589	1	1	233

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts† s c a p y 1934 NL 1,262 (5th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1933 NL 130 (5th) 1934 NL 138 (5th)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1934 NL 1,262 (5th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1934 NL 93 (3rd) 1935 NL 81 (5th)
Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1933 NL 21 (2nd) 1936 NL 10 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1934 NL 9.82 (4th) 1936 NL 11.09 (1st) Career 10.00 (66th)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1934 NL .993 (3rd) 1935 NL .989 (3rd) 1936 NL .991 (4th)

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