Sammy Meeks

Samuel Mack Meeks

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 23, 1923 in Anderson, SC
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1948
Teams (by GP): Reds/Senators 1948-1951

Final Game: September 20, 1951
Died: April 23, 2007 in Memphis, TN
Cremated
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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
1946	23	SFG-min	B	138	534	534		167	27	7	4						.313	.313	.412	.725		220							AND · TRIS
1947	24	MIN-min	B	140	572	572		191	42	11	7						.334	.334	.483	.816		276							CHR · TRIS
1948	25	MIN-min	B	90	345	345		111	20	4	12						.322	.322	.507	.829		175							CHR · TRIS
1948	25	WSH	AL	24	35	33	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.121	.147	.152	.299	-20	5	1	0	1			6/4
1949	26	CIN-min	AAA	129	494	447	67	113	21	1	20	82	2		37	78	.253	.314	.438	.753		196		3	7				SYR · IL
1949	26	CIN	NL	16	38	36	10	11	2	0	2	6	1		2	6	.306	.342	.528	.870	129	19	1	0	0			/46
1950	27	CIN	NL	39	101	95	7	27	5	0	1	8	1		6	14	.284	.327	.368	.695	82	35	2	0	0			6/5
1951	28	CIN	NL	23	35	35	4	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	.229	.229	.229	.457	23	8	2	0	0			/56
1952	29	CHW-PHI-min	AA,AAA	136	514	508	4	124	30	2	12	4	0		6	6	.244	.253	.382	.635		194		0	0				MEM,BLT · SOUA,IL
1953	30	CHW-min	AA	132	507	507		146	27	5	13						.288	.288	.438	.726		222							MEM · SOUA
1954	31	DET-CHW-min	AAA,AA	119	485	451	32	141	27	2	14	34	2		26	35	.313	.349	.475	.823		214		0	6	2			BFL,MEM · IL,SOUA
1955	32	ATL-min	AAA	121	464	416	43	105	24	0	7	63	0		43	56	.252	.320	.361	.681		150	10	0	2	3			TOL · AA
1956	33	ATL-min	AA	138	539	539		142	28	1	12						.263	.263	.386	.649		208							ATA · SOUA
1957	34	ATL-min	AA	82	308	308		87	18	1	9						.282	.282	.435	.718		134							ATA · SOUA
1958	35	ATL-min	AA	135	499	499		147	27	2	21						.295	.295	.483	.778		241							ATA · SOUA
1959	36	CLE-MIN-min	AA	113	380	332	37	98	20	0	6	42	1		42	58	.295	.375	.410	.785		136		1	4	1	2		MOB,CNG · SOUA
4 Yrs				102	209	199	25	50	8	0	3	18	3	0	9	36	.251	.284	.337	.620	64	67	6	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	332	316	40	79	13	0	5	29	5		14	57	.251	.284	.337	.620	64	106	10	0	2

CIN (3 yrs)				78	174	166	21	46	7	0	3	16	3	0	8	24	.277	.310	.373	.684	80	62	5	0	0
WSH (1 yr)				24	35	33	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.121	.147	.152	.299	-20	5	1	0	1

NL (3 yrs)				78	174	166	21	46	7	0	3	16	3	0	8	24	.277	.310	.373	.684	80	62	5	0	0
AL (1 yr)				24	35	33	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.121	.147	.152	.299	-20	5	1	0	1

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
1948	25	WSH	AL	24	35	-6	0	-0	-1	1	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.474	.496	-0.4	-0.0	-4	$	6/4
1949	26	CIN	NL	16	38	1	0	-0	1	1	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.517	.502	0.3	0.2	3	$	/46
1950	27	CIN	NL	39	101	-2	0	0	-1	2	-2	-0.2	3	2	0.2	.496	.499	0.3	0.1	3	$	6/5
1951	28	CIN	NL	23	35	-4	0	-0	-1	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.478	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$	/56
4 Seasons				102	209	-11	1	-1	-2	3	-10	-1.1	7	-3	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$

CIN (3 yrs)				78	174	-5	0	-1	-1	2	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.495	.499	0.3	0.1	3	$
WSH (1 yr)				24	35	-6	0	-0	-1	1	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.474	.496	-0.4	-0.0	-4	$

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
1948	25	WSH	AL	35	31	1	0.9	103	.190	.121	.269	.147	.354	.152	.389	.299	.743	-20	.044	-5.8	-0.6	.200	.061	.030
1949	26	CIN	NL	38	26	7	7.2	105	.321	.306	.272	.342	.345	.528	.406	.870	.752	129	.696	1.3	0.1	.846	.306	.222	1.3
1950	27	CIN	NL	101	70	11	4.2	108	.325	.284	.270	.327	.346	.368	.418	.695	.764	82	.446	-2.4	-0.2	.600	.158	.084	1.0
1951	28	CIN	NL	35	29	2	1.9	104	.258	.229	.269	.229	.343	.229	.407	.457	.750	23	.164	-3.9	-0.4	.310	.029	.000	.0
4 Yrs				209	156	21	3.6	106	.294	.251	.270	.284	.347	.337	.409	.620	.756	64	.385	-10.9	-1.1	.510	.146	.085	3.0
162 Game Avg.				332	248	33	3.6	106	.294	.251	.270	.284	.347	.337	.409	.620	.756	64	.385	-10.9	-1.1	.510	.146	.085	5

CIN (3 yrs)				174	125	20	4.3	106	.309	.277	.270	.310	.346	.373	.413	.684	.759	80	.462	-5.1	-0.5	.584	.163	.096	3.0
WSH (1 yr)				35	31	1	0.9	103	.190	.121	.269	.147	.354	.152	.389	.299	.743	-20	.044	-5.8	-0.6	.200	.061	.030

NL (3 yrs)				174	125	20	4.3	106	.309	.277	.270	.310	.346	.373	.413	.684	.759	80	.462	-5.1	-0.5	.584	.163	.096	3.0
AL (1 yr)				35	31	1	0.9	103	.190	.121	.269	.147	.354	.152	.389	.299	.743	-20	.044	-5.8	-0.6	.200	.061	.030

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	25	WSH	AL	35	0.0%	34.3%	2.9%	2.9%	25%	12.00	2.8		16.5	1.57	60%
1949	26	CIN	NL	38	5.3%	15.8%	5.3%	10.5%	36%	3.00	6.0	18.0	6.0	1.80	74%
1950	27	CIN	NL	101	1.0%	13.9%	5.9%	5.9%	22%	2.33	6.8	95.0	11.9	0.88	79%
1951	28	CIN	NL	35	0.0%	11.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.8		17.5	0.91	89%
4 Yrs				209	1.4%	17.2%	4.3%	5.3%	22%	4.00	5.5	66.3	11.1	1.09	77%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.6%	10.1%	6.5%	28%	0.95	9.2	47.1	7.9	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	25	WSH	AL	-5.8	-0.6	29	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.05	-0.5	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.92	-6.0	0.47	9
1949	26	CIN	NL	1.3	0.1	24	0.3	0.8	-0.5	1.10	0.3	-0.1	3.1	0.3	0.83	3.7	1.08	3
1950	27	CIN	NL	-2.4	-0.2	82	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.83	-0.4	-0.3	-4.7	-0.5	0.89	-4.6	0.30	4
1951	28	CIN	NL	-3.9	-0.4	26	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.03	-0.3	-0.1	-5.2	-0.5	1.00	-3.9	0.80	13
4 Yrs				-10.9	-1.1	161	-1.2	2.0	-3.2	.94	-0.9	-0.3	-11.7	-1.2	0.90	-10.8	0.65	29

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	PO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	25	WSH	AL	0	80%	7	0	0		0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1
1949	26	CIN	NL	0	73%	19	1			1	0	0	43%	4	3	1	3	1	2
1950	27	CIN	NL	1	19%	30	1			1	1	0	60%	2	1	1	3	1	2
1951	28	CIN	NL	1	50%	10	1	0	100%	0	0	0	40%	4	3	1	1	0	1
4 Yrs				2	39%	66	3	0	300%	2	1	1	47%	11	8	3	8	2	6

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
1948	25	WSH	AL	35	28%	4			9	0	0	0	0.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	17	2	12%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1949	26	CIN	NL	38	58%	11			3	1	0	1	1.08	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	1	50%	8	2	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1950	27	CIN	NL	101	49%	27			4	1	0	0	0.30	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		9	2	22%	7	2	29%	41	5	12%	4	1	25%	0	0		0
1951	28	CIN	NL	35	81%	8			13	1	0	0	0.80	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	50%	3	0	0%	17	1	6%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				209	52%	50			29	3	0	1	0.65	3	0	4	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	100%	21	6	29%	13	4	31%	83	10	12%	7	3	43%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			107%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1948	25	24	35	33	4	4	1	0	2	0	1	12	.121	.147	.152	.299	-20	5	1	1
1949	26	40	73	69	14	15	3	2	8	1	3	18	.217	.250	.348	.598	59	24	2	1
1950	27	79	174	164	21	42	8	3	16	2	9	32	.256	.295	.360	.655	73	59	4	1
1951	28	102	209	199	25	50	8	3	18	3	9	36	.251	.284	.337	.620	64	67	6	1

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	25	25	37	35	6	5	1	0	3	0	1	13	.143	.167	.171	.338	1	24
1949	26	17	39	37	10	11	2	2	6	1	2	6	.297	.333	.514	.847	6	16
1950	27	41	105	99	7	28	5	1	8	1	6	15	.283	.324	.364	.687	11	39
1951	28	24	37	37	5	9	0	0	2	1	0	4	.243	.243	.243	.486	2	23
4 Yrs		107	218	208	28	53	8	3	19	3	9	38	.255	.286	.337	.622	20	102
162 Game Avg.		162	330	315	42	80	12	5	29	5	14	58	.255	.286	.337	.622	30	102

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