Sam Nahem

Samuel Ralph Nahem (Subway Sam)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 19, 1915 in New York, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: October 2, 1938
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/Dodgers 1938-1948

Final Game: September 11, 1948
Died: April 19, 2004 in Berkeley, CA
Relatives: Uncle of Al Silvera
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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
1937	21	LAD-min	B	23	71	71		15	1	0	1					.211	.211	.268	.479		19					CLI · IIIL
1938	22	LAD-min	A	32	49	49		9	0	1	0					.184	.184	.224	.408		11					ELM · EL
1938	22	BRO	NL	1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	118	2	0	0	0	/1

1939	23	LAD-min	A1,AA	40	55	55		9	2	0	0					.164	.164	.200	.364		11					NVL,MTL · SOUA,IL
1940	24	STL-BOS-min	A1,AA	32	62	62		14	0	1	0					.226	.226	.258	.484		16					HSN,LOU · TL,AA
1941	25	STL-min	AA	5	8	8		1								.125	.125									CLB · AA
1941	25	STL	NL	26	29	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.174	.174	.174	.348	-5	4	1	0	6	1
1942	26	PHI	NL	35	21	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.100	.143	.100	.243	-26	2	1	0	0	1
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1947		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1948	32	PHI	NL	28	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.154	.154	.154	.308	-15	2	2	0	0	1
4 Yrs				90	69	61	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	1	11	.164	.177	.164	.341	-3	10	4	0	6
162 Game Avg.				162	124	110	5	18	0	0	0	5	0	2	20	.164	.177	.164	.341	-3	18	7	0	11

PHI (2 yrs)				63	35	33	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	.121	.147	.121	.268	-22	4	3	0	0
STL (1 yr)				26	29	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.174	.174	.174	.348	-5	4	1	0	6
BRO (1 yr)				1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	118	2	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
1938	22	BRO	NL	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.560	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1

1941	25	STL	NL	26	29	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
1942	26	PHI	NL	35	21	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1

1948	32	PHI	NL	28	14	-2	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
4 Seasons				90	69	-9	0	-0	0	7	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.0	0	$

PHI (2 yrs)				63	35	-5	0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$
STL (1 yr)				26	29	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	0	$
BRO (1 yr)				1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.560	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$

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
1938	22	BRO	NL	5	3	1	9.0	101	.500	.400	.278	.400	.343	.400	.396	.800	.739	118	.786	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000

1941	25	STL	NL	29	26	1	1.0	100	.222	.174	.274	.174	.345	.174	.386	.348	.731	-5	.072	-3.4	-0.4	.200	.000	.000
1942	26	PHI	NL	21	19	0	0.0	82	.105	.100	.249	.143	.320	.100	.346	.243	.666	-26	.000	-3.2	-0.4	.158	.050	.000

1948	32	PHI	NL	14	13	0	0.0	99	.222	.154	.265	.154	.339	.154	.393	.308	.732	-15	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.154	.000	.000
4 Yrs				69	61	2	0.9	94	.200	.164	.264	.177	.335	.164	.375	.341	.710	-3	.056	-8.6	-0.9	.200	.016	.000
162 Game Avg.				124	110	4	0.9	94	.200	.164	.264	.177	.335	.164	.375	.341	.710	-3	.056	-8.6	-0.9	.200	.016	.000

PHI (2 yrs)				35	32	0	0.0	89	.143	.121	.256	.147	.327	.121	.364	.268	.692	-22	.000	-5.3	-0.6	.156	.030	.000
STL (1 yr)				29	26	1	1.0	100	.222	.174	.274	.174	.345	.174	.386	.348	.731	-5	.073	-3.4	-0.4	.200	.000	.000
BRO (1 yr)				5	3	1	8.9	101	.500	.400	.278	.400	.343	.400	.396	.800	.739	118	.786	0.1	0.0	.667	.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%
1938	22	BRO	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		5.0		80%

1941	25	STL	NL	29	0.0%	17.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.6				62%
1942	26	PHI	NL	21	0.0%	4.8%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	1.00	20.0		20.0		90%

1948	32	PHI	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3		13.0		64%
4 Yrs				69	0.0%	15.9%	1.5%	0.0%	0%	11.00	5.5		20.3		72%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.1%	9.0%	6.1%	26%	1.01	9.8	65.9	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1938	22	BRO	NL	0.1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1941	25	STL	NL	-3.4	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	26	PHI	NL	-3.2	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	32	PHI	NL	-2.1	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.54	-0.1	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.85	-1.8	0
4 Yrs				-8.6	-0.9	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.54	-0.1	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.85	-1.8	0

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
1948	32	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	27%	2	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	32	PHI	NL	14	25%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				14	25%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		3	4	133%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			1730%			169%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1938	22	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	118	2	0	0
1939	23	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	118	2	0	0
1940	24	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	118	2	0	0
1941	25	27	34	28	2	6	1	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	17	6	1	6
1942	26	62	55	48	3	8	2	1	7	.167	.184	.167	.350	-0	8	2	6
1943	27	62	55	48	3	8	2	1	7	.167	.184	.167	.350	-0	8	2	6
1944	28	62	55	48	3	8	2	1	7	.167	.184	.167	.350	-0	8	2	6
1945	29	62	55	48	3	8	2	1	7	.167	.184	.167	.350	-0	8	2	6
1946	30	62	55	48	3	8	2	1	7	.167	.184	.167	.350	-0	8	2	6
1947	31	62	55	48	3	8	2	1	7	.167	.184	.167	.350	-0	8	2	6
1948	32	90	69	61	3	10	3	1	11	.164	.177	.164	.341	-3	10	4	6

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
1938	22	1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	1

1941	25	27	31	25	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	26
1942	26	37	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.045	.000	.045	0	35

1948	32	29	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28
4 Yrs		94	72	65	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	.108	.121	.108	.229	2	90
162 Game Avg.		162	124	112	3	12	0	0	0	2	0	2	19	.108	.121	.108	.229	3	90

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