Sammy Strang

Samuel Nicklin Strang (The Dixie Thrush)
born Samuel Strang Nicklin

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 16, 1876 in Chattanooga, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1896
Teams (by GP): Giants/Superbas/WhiteSox/Orphans/Colonels 1896-1908
Final Game: June 2, 1908
Died: March 13, 1932 in Chattanooga, TN
Buried: Chattanooga National Cemetery,in Chattanooga, TN
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Standard Batting

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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
1896 19 LOU NL 14 52 46 6 12 0 0 0 7 4 6 6 .261 .346 .261 .607 64 12 0 0 6
1900 23 CHC NL 27 116 102 15 29 3 0 0 9 1 8 .284 .348 .314 .662 86 32 2 4 5/64
1901 24 NYG NL 135 577 493 55 139 14 6 1 34 40 59 .282 .364 .341 .705 108 168 5 20 54/O6
1902 25 TOT MLB 140 639 547 109 162 18 5 3 46 39 76 .296 .387 .364 .751 112 199 5 11 *5/4
1902 25 CHW AL 137 628 536 108 158 18 5 3 46 38 76 .295 .387 .364 .751 112 195 5 11 *5
1902 25 CHC NL 3 11 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .364 .364 .364 .727 127 4 0 0 /45
1903 26 BRO NL 135 601 508 101 138 21 5 0 38 46 75 .272 .376 .333 .709 105 169 10 8 *5/O4
1904 27 BRO NL 77 324 271 28 52 11 0 1 9 16 45 .192 .316 .244 .559 75 66 4 4 45/6
1905 28 NYG NL 111 369 294 51 76 9 4 3 29 23 58 .259 .389 .347 .736 118 102 5 12 4O/635
1906 29 NYG NL 113 376 313 50 100 16 4 4 49 21 54 .319 .423 .435 .857 165 136 2 7 4O/653
1907 30 NYG NL 123 378 306 56 77 20 4 4 30 21 60 .252 .388 .382 .770 138 117 8 4 O4/536
1908 31 NYG NL 28 80 53 8 5 0 0 0 2 5 23 .094 .385 .094 .479 51 5 2 2 4/O6
10 Seasons 903 3512 2933 479 790 112 28 16 253 216 464 6 .269 .377 .343 .720 113 1006 43 72
162 Game Avg. 162 630 526 86 142 20 5 3 45 39 83 .269 .377 .343 .720 113 180 8 13
NYG (5 yrs) 510 1780 1459 220 397 59 18 12 144 110 254 .272 .388 .362 .750 126 528 22 45
BRO (2 yrs) 212 925 779 129 190 32 5 1 47 62 120 .244 .355 .302 .657 95 235 14 12
CHC (2 yrs) 30 127 113 16 33 3 0 0 9 2 8 .292 .350 .319 .668 90 36 2 4
LOU (1 yr) 14 52 46 6 12 0 0 0 7 4 6 6 .261 .346 .261 .607 64 12 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 137 628 536 108 158 18 5 3 46 38 76 .295 .387 .364 .751 112 195 5 11
NL (10 yrs) 766 2884 2397 371 632 94 23 13 207 178 388 6 .264 .375 .338 .713 113 811 38 61
AL (1 yr) 137 628 536 108 158 18 5 3 46 38 76 .295 .387 .364 .751 112 195 5 11

Advanced Batting

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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
1896 19 LOU NL 52 34 4 3.1 104 .300 .261 .292 .346 .357 .261 .390 .607 .747 64 .302 -2.1 -0.2 .647 .217 .000 .0
1900 23 CHC NL 116 77 11 3.7 95 .284 .284 .282 .348 .343 .314 .372 .662 .714 86 .438 -1.4 -0.1 .589 .118 .029 .0
1901 24 NYG NL 577 374 60 4.3 85 .280 .282 .271 .364 .325 .341 .353 .705 .679 108 .536 8.4 0.9 .768 .260 .059 2.0
1902 25 TOT MLB 639 396 76 5.1 94 .292 .296 .279 .387 .335 .364 .375 .751 .710 112 .582 13.8 1.4 .829 .278 .068 5.6
1902 25 CHW AL 628 389 75 5.1 94 .291 .295 .279 .387 .336 .364 .376 .751 .712 112 .582 13.5 1.4 .831 .282 .069 5.6
1902 25 CHC NL 11 7 1 3.8 76 .364 .364 .263 .364 .318 .364 .323 .727 .641 127 .545 0.3 0.0 .714 .091 .000 .0
1903 26 BRO NL 601 378 62 4.3 90 .272 .272 .274 .376 .337 .333 .357 .709 .693 105 .541 8.4 0.9 .811 .299 .061 .0
1904 27 BRO NL 324 223 20 2.4 75 .189 .192 .254 .316 .312 .244 .329 .559 .641 75 .354 -4.7 -0.5 .598 .277 .052 1.9
1905 28 NYG NL 369 230 39 4.5 85 .251 .259 .267 .389 .329 .347 .348 .736 .678 118 .612 10.6 1.2 .862 .364 .088 5.3
1906 29 NYG NL 376 220 57 6.8 77 .311 .319 .255 .423 .322 .435 .325 .857 .647 165 .806 27.2 3.2 1.000 .355 .115 6.7
1907 30 NYG NL 378 233 44 5.0 77 .242 .252 .256 .388 .322 .382 .325 .770 .647 138 .708 18.3 2.2 .900 .395 .131 6.7
1908 31 NYG NL 80 50 2 1.1 75 .094 .094 .252 .385 .314 .094 .325 .479 .639 51 .134 -0.5 -0.1 .729 .528 .000 .0
10 Seasons 3512 2215 375 4.5 85 .266 .269 .268 .377 .328 .343 .350 .720 .678 113 .584 78.0 8.7 .807 .305 .074 29.8
162 Game Avg. 630 397 67 4.5 85 .266 .269 .268 .377 .328 .343 .350 .720 .678 113 .584 14 2 .807 .305 .074 5
NYG (5 yrs) 1780 1107 202 4.8 82 .266 .272 .263 .388 .324 .362 .339 .750 .663 126 .649 64.0 7.3 .861 .339 .090 21.6
BRO (2 yrs) 925 601 82 3.6 85 .243 .244 .267 .355 .328 .302 .347 .657 .675 95 .484 3.7 0.3 .732 .291 .058 2.0
CHC (2 yrs) 127 84 12 3.7 93 .292 .292 .280 .350 .340 .319 .367 .668 .707 90 .447 -1.2 -0.1 .600 .115 .027 .0
LOU (1 yr) 52 34 4 3.1 104 .300 .261 .292 .346 .357 .261 .390 .607 .747 64 .302 -2.1 -0.2 .647 .217 .000 .0
CHW (1 yr) 628 389 75 5.1 94 .291 .295 .279 .387 .336 .364 .376 .751 .712 112 .582 13.5 1.4 .831 .282 .069 5.6
NL (10 yrs) 2884 1826 300 4.3 84 .260 .264 .266 .375 .327 .338 .344 .713 .671 113 .585 64.5 7.4 .802 .311 .075 24.2
AL (1 yr) 628 389 75 5.1 94 .291 .295 .279 .387 .336 .364 .376 .751 .712 112 .582 13.5 1.4 .831 .282 .069 5.6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1905 28 NYG NL WS PHA W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1896 19 14 52 46 6 12 0 0 0 7 4 6 6 .261 .346 .261 .607 64 12 0 0
1897 20 14 52 46 6 12 0 0 0 7 4 6 6 .261 .346 .261 .607 64 12 0 0
1898 21 14 52 46 6 12 0 0 0 7 4 6 6 .261 .346 .261 .607 64 12 0 0
1899 22 14 52 46 6 12 0 0 0 7 4 6 6 .261 .346 .261 .607 64 12 0 0
1900 23 41 168 148 21 41 3 0 0 16 5 14 6 .277 .348 .297 .645 79 44 2 4
1901 24 176 745 641 76 180 17 6 1 50 45 73 6 .281 .361 .331 .691 101 212 7 24
1902 25 316 1384 1188 185 342 35 11 4 96 84 149 6 .288 .373 .346 .719 107 411 12 35
1903 26 451 1985 1696 286 480 56 16 4 134 130 224 6 .283 .374 .342 .716 106 580 22 43
1904 27 528 2309 1967 314 532 67 16 5 143 146 269 6 .270 .366 .328 .694 102 646 26 47
1905 28 639 2678 2261 365 608 76 20 8 172 169 327 6 .269 .369 .331 .700 104 748 31 59
1906 29 752 3054 2574 415 708 92 24 12 221 190 381 6 .275 .376 .343 .719 111 884 33 66
1907 30 875 3432 2880 471 785 112 28 16 251 211 441 6 .273 .377 .348 .724 114 1001 41 70
1908 31 903 3512 2933 479 790 112 28 16 253 216 464 6 .269 .377 .343 .720 113 1006 43 72

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
1896 19 17 60 54 5 12 0 0 0 6 4 6 7 .222 .300 .222 .522 4 14
1900 23 31 126 115 16 32 3 0 0 10 1 9 0 .278 .341 .304 .646 11 27
1901 24 156 644 570 63 160 16 7 1 39 46 68 0 .281 .363 .339 .702 69 135
1902 25 164 728 636 121 184 20 6 3 51 44 86 0 .289 .379 .354 .733 84 140
1903 26 156 678 583 112 155 24 6 0 42 52 84 0 .266 .369 .328 .696 68 135
1904 27 80 344 287 34 60 13 0 1 11 18 52 0 .209 .340 .265 .605 25 77
1905 28 116 378 310 56 82 10 4 3 32 25 63 0 .265 .397 .352 .748 43 111
1906 29 119 409 343 64 119 19 5 5 62 25 64 0 .347 .452 .475 .928 73 113
1907 30 129 416 334 74 93 24 5 5 40 25 72 0 .278 .421 .425 .846 58 123
1908 31 29 80 55 9 5 0 0 0 2 5 23 0 .091 .375 .091 .466 2 28
10 Seasons 997 3863 3287 554 902 129 33 18 295 245 527 7 .274 .383 .350 .733 437 903
162 Game Avg. 162 628 534 90 147 21 5 3 48 40 86 .274 .383 .350 .733 71 903

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1906 NL  .319 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1902 AL  .387 (9th)
1905 NL  .389 (10th)
1906 NL  .423 (1st)
1907 NL  .388 (4th)
Career  .377 (192nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1906 NL  .434 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1906 NL  .857 (3rd)
1907 NL  .770 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1902 AL  137 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1902 AL  536 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1902 AL  628 (3rd)
1903 NL  601 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1902 AL  108 (3rd)
1903 NL  101 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1907 NL  20 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1906 NL  4 (8th)
1907 NL  4 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1901 NL  59 (6th)
1902 AL  76 (2nd)
1903 NL  75 (5th)
1905 NL  58 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1901 NL  40 (3rd)
1902 AL  38 (4th)
1903 NL  46 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1902 AL  132 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1906 NL  165 (3rd)
1907 NL  138 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1906 NL  27 (6th)
1907 NL  18 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1906 NL  3.2 (6th)
1907 NL  2.2 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1902 AL  239 (4th)
1903 NL  223 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1906 NL  .806 (2nd)
1907 NL  .708 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1903 NL  10 (7th)
1907 NL  8 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1901 NL  20 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1906 NL  6.7 (8th)
1907 NL  6.7 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1905 NL  98.0 (9th)
1906 NL  78.3 (4th)
1907 NL  76.5 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1896 NL  born 1876-12-16 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 39 (620), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1202), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1676), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Charlie Dexter (936)
  7. George Shoch (929)
  8. Bob Bailor (927)
  9. Babe Pinelli (925)
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  6. George Pinkney (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. George Pinkney (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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