Ron Samford
Ronald Edward Samford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 156 lb.

Born: February 28, 1930 in Dallas, TX
High School: Adamson (Dallas, TX)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1954
Final Game: September 23, 1959
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 NYG NL 24 2B 3 2 11.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 21.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.09 1.67 .980 5.56 5.30
1955 DET AL 25 SS 1 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.50 2.00 .950 4.95 4.00
1957 DET AL 27 SS 35 20 199.2 110 34 72 4 18 .964 3.2 19.2 2.2 2.2 -0.1 1 4.78 3.03 .963 5.11 4.43
1957 DET AL 27 2B 11 6 56.0 39 17 21 1 5 .974 -0.3 -6.4 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1 0 6.11 3.45 .979 5.38 4.84
1957 DET AL 27 3B 4 0 13.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 2.77 1.00 .960 3.25 2.78
1959 WSH AL 29 SS 64 56 488.1 284 92 177 15 33 .947 -3.6 -8.8 -1.6 2.4 -4.0 -2 4.96 4.20 .960 4.87 3.97
1959 WSH AL 29 2B 23 11 127.2 78 38 37 3 6 .962 -2.8 -26.3 -1.8 0.0 -1.9 -1 5.29 3.26 .977 5.29 4.73
3 Seasons SS 100 76 692.0 396 126 251 19 51 .952 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 4.6 -4.3 -1 4.90 3.77 .960 4.94 4.13
3 Seasons 2B 37 19 194.2 122 58 60 4 11 .967 -2.9 -17.9 -1.9 -0.1 -2.0 -1 5.46 3.19 .978 5.34 4.81
1 Season 3B 4 0 13.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 2.77 1.00 .960 3.25 2.78
4 Seasons TOT 141 95 899.2 523 186 313 24 62 .954 -3.9 -5.2 -1.9 4.2 -6.4 -2 4.99 3.54 .919 5.00 4.27

Appearances

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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 12 0 0 0 3 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
1957 DET AL 27 54 26 54 54 0 0 0 11 4 35 0 0 0 0 0 6
1959 WSH AL 29 91 67 91 91 0 0 0 23 0 64 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Seasons 158 95 158 158 0 0 0 37 4 100 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 27 855 63% 79% 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 2171 60% 82% 29% 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 3043 61% 81% 28% 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 62% 79% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 22 50% 68% 14% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 27 247 54% 82% 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 29 587 66% 80% 28% 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 856 62% 80% 27% 75 89% 0 57 17 26 14 60 50 8 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 10 7 1 1 0 9 1 8 1 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 55 60% 71% 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 55 60% 71% 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 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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