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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, Chattanooga, TN
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1896 LOU NL 19 SS 14 61 19 30 12 5 .803 3.50 .903 5.58
1900 CHC NL 23 3B 16 53 16 31 6 3 .887 2.94 .895 3.82
1900 CHC NL 23 SS 9 47 12 26 9 2 .809 4.22 .922 5.87
1900 CHC NL 23 2B 2 8 2 5 1 0 .875 3.50 .938 5.25
1901 NYG NL 24 3B 91 366 127 194 45 16 .877 3.53 .888 3.21
1901 NYG NL 24 2B 37 169 54 104 11 10 .935 4.27 .941 5.14
1901 NYG NL 24 OF 5 4 2 0 2 0 .500 0.40 .942 2.06 0-0-5
1901 NYG NL 24 SS 4 14 6 6 2 1 .857 3.00 .925 5.72
1902 TOT MLB 25 3B 139 573 173 337 63 21 .890 3.67 .912 3.57
1902 CHW AL 25 3B 137 566 170 334 62 21 .890 3.68 .912 3.57
1902 CHC NL 25 2B 2 3 2 1 0 2 1.000 1.50 .947 5.45
1902 CHC NL 25 3B 2 7 3 3 1 0 .857 3.00 .913 3.50
1903 BRO NL 26 3B 124 429 147 245 37 13 .914 3.16 .913 3.44
1903 BRO NL 26 OF 8 14 12 2 0 0 1.000 1.75 .942 1.94 0-8-0
1903 BRO NL 26 2B 3 12 7 4 1 0 .917 3.67 .938 5.20
1904 BRO NL 27 2B 63 290 100 164 26 13 .910 4.19 .942 5.35
1904 BRO NL 27 3B 12 41 13 19 9 2 .780 2.67 .899 3.24
1904 BRO NL 27 SS 1 7 1 2 4 0 .429 3.00 .920 5.40
1905 NYG NL 28 2B 47 201 66 118 17 9 .915 3.91 .943 5.20
1905 NYG NL 28 OF 38 56 47 4 5 0 .911 1.34 .955 1.97 4-7-27
1905 NYG NL 28 SS 9 32 7 22 3 2 .906 3.22 .931 5.58
1905 NYG NL 28 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .980 10.80
1905 NYG NL 28 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
1906 NYG NL 29 2B 57 306 116 173 17 13 .944 5.07 .947 5.02
1906 NYG NL 29 OF 39 63 57 2 4 0 .937 1.51 .959 1.89 5-17-17
1906 NYG NL 29 SS 4 19 5 11 3 1 .842 4.00 .933 5.40
1906 NYG NL 29 3B 3 10 1 8 1 0 .900 3.00 .931 3.23
1906 NYG NL 29 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 .983 10.80
1907 NYG NL 30 OF 70 132 112 13 7 5 .947 1.79 .960 1.98 1-28-41
1907 NYG NL 30 2B 13 62 27 32 3 3 .952 4.54 .952 5.23
1907 NYG NL 30 3B 7 14 3 10 1 0 .929 1.86 .928 3.36
1907 NYG NL 30 1B 5 35 31 3 1 0 .971 6.80 .984 10.58
1907 NYG NL 30 SS 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .932 5.20
1908 NYG NL 31 2B 14 73 22 41 10 5 .863 4.50 .954 5.13
1908 NYG NL 31 OF 5 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.04 1-3-2
1908 NYG NL 31 SS 3 10 4 4 2 0 .800 2.67 .930 5.30
8 Seasons 3B 393 1486 480 844 162 55 .891 3.37 .906 3.44
9 Seasons 2B 238 1124 396 642 86 55 .923 4.36 .945 5.19
6 Seasons OF 165 274 233 23 18 5 .934 1.55 .958 1.96 11-63-92
8 Seasons SS 45 194 55 104 35 11 .820 3.53 .919 5.60
3 Seasons 1B 7 44 40 3 1 0 .977 6.14 .984 10.64
10 Seasons TOT 848 3122 1204 1616 302 126 .903 3.33 .926 3.82 11-63-92
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1896 LOU NL 19 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
1900 CHC NL 23 27 27 0 0 0 2 16 9 0 0 0 0 0
1901 NYG NL 24 135 135 0 0 0 37 91 4 0 0 5 5 0
1902 CHW AL 25 137 137 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0
1902 CHC NL 25 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1903 BRO NL 26 135 135 0 0 0 3 124 0 0 8 0 8 0
1904 BRO NL 27 77 77 0 0 0 63 12 1 0 0 0 0 0
1905 NYG NL 28 111 111 0 0 1 47 1 9 4 7 27 38 0
1906 NYG NL 29 113 113 0 0 1 57 3 4 5 17 17 39 0
1907 NYG NL 30 123 123 0 0 5 13 7 1 1 28 41 70 0
1908 NYG NL 31 28 28 0 0 0 14 0 3 1 3 2 5 0
10 Seasons 903 903 0 0 7 238 393 45 11 63 92 165 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1901 NL  60 (3rd)
1902 AL  62 (4th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1902 AL  137 (1st)
1903 NL  124 (3rd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1901 NL  127 (4th)
1902 AL  170 (4th)
1903 NL  147 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1901 NL  194 (4th)
1902 AL  334 (1st)
1903 NL  245 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1901 NL  45 (2nd)
1902 AL  62 (1st)
1903 NL  37 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1901 NL  3.53 (1st)
1902 AL  3.68 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1903 NL  .914 (5th)

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

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