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Ron Samford

Ronald Edward Samford

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 156 lb.

Born: February 28, 1930 in Dallas, TX
High School: Adamson HS (Dallas, TX)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1954
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers/Giants 1954-1959

Final Game: September 23, 1959
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 NYG NL 24 2B 3 2 0 11.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0 22 4.09 1.67 .976 5.56 5.53
1955 DET AL 25 SS 1 0 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 2.00 .960 4.95 4.90
1957 DET AL 27 SS 35 20 12 199.2 110 34 72 4 18 .964 3 19 4.78 3.03 .963 5.11 5.13
1957 DET AL 27 2B 11 6 4 56.0 39 17 21 1 5 .974 -0 -6 6.11 3.45 .980 5.38 5.41
1957 DET AL 27 3B 4 0 0 13.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0 -37 2.77 1.00 .952 3.25 3.25
1959 WSH AL 29 SS 64 56 47 488.1 284 92 177 15 33 .947 -4 -9 4.96 4.20 .959 4.87 4.84
1959 WSH AL 29 2B 23 11 9 127.2 78 38 37 3 6 .962 -3 -26 5.29 3.26 .976 5.29 5.25
3 Seasons SS 100 76 59 692.0 396 126 251 19 51 .952 -1 -1 4.90 3.77 .960 4.94 4.94
3 Seasons 2B 37 19 13 194.2 122 58 60 4 11 .967 -3 -18 5.46 3.19 .977 5.34 5.32
1 Season 3B 4 0 0 13.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0 -37 2.77 1.00 .952 3.25 3.25
4 Seasons TOT 141 95 72 899.2 523 186 313 24 62 .954 -4 -5 4.99 3.54 .964 5.00 4.99
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1954 NYG NL 24 2B 0 22 0 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 25 SS -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1957 DET AL 27 SS 3 19 2 -0 2 1
1957 DET AL 27 2B -0 -6 -0 -0 -0 0
1957 DET AL 27 3B -0 -37 -0 -0 -0 0
1959 WSH AL 29 SS -4 -9 -2 -4 2 -2
1959 WSH AL 29 2B -3 -26 -2 -2 0 -1
3 Seasons SS -1 -1 0 -4 5 -1
3 Seasons 2B -3 -18 -2 -2 -0 -1
1 Season 3B -0 -37 -0 -0 -0 0
4 Seasons TOT -4 -5 -2 -6 4 -2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 NYG NL 24 12 2 12 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
1955 DET AL 25 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 27 54 26 54 49 0 0 0 11 4 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1959 WSH AL 29 91 67 91 87 0 0 0 24 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Seasons 158 95 158 140 0 0 0 38 4 99 0 0 0 0 0 4 18
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.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 DET AL 25 17 59% 94% 24% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 27 841 64% 80% 24% 91 93% 0 34 22 11 1 73 54 17 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 19 9 1 7 1 0 18 10 8 1 1 0
1959 WSH AL 29 2091 62% 85% 30% 233 87% 6 90 44 36 10 181 139 32 3 1 15 0 13 2 15 32 10 1 8 8 5 32 11 21 0 0 0
3 Seasons 2949 63% 84% 29% 325 89% 6 125 67 47 11 254 193 49 3 1 19 0 17 2 19 51 19 2 15 9 5 50 21 29 1 1 0
MLB Averages 64% 80% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 NYG NL 24 55 53% 76% 20% 6 100% 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 27 244 55% 83% 25% 22 91% 0 17 5 8 4 21 17 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 0
1959 WSH AL 29 570 68% 82% 29% 52 88% 0 40 12 18 10 38 32 6 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 6 4 1 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 0
3 Seasons 869 63% 82% 27% 80 90% 0 60 20 26 14 62 52 8 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 10 7 1 1 0 9 1 8 1 1 0
MLB Averages 64% 80% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 DET AL 27 54 61% 72% 15% 6 67% 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 54 61% 72% 15% 6 67% 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 64% 80% 27% 89% 62%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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