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Sammy Strang
Samuel Nicklin Strang (The Dixie Thrush)
born Samuel Strang Nicklin
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 16, 1876 in Chattanooga, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1896
Final Game: June 2, 1908
Died: March 13, 1932 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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1896 LOU NL 19 SS 14 61 19 30 12 5 .803 3.50 .913 5.52
1900 CHC NL 23 3B 16 53 16 31 6 3 .887 2.94 .896 3.74
1900 CHC NL 23 SS 9 47 12 26 9 2 .809 4.22 .932 5.76
1900 CHC NL 23 2B 2 8 2 5 1 0 .875 3.50 .938 5.20
1901 NYG NL 24 3B 91 366 127 194 45 16 .877 3.53 .889 3.16
1901 NYG NL 24 2B 37 169 54 104 11 10 .935 4.27 .941 5.06
1901 NYG NL 24 OF 5 4 2 0 2 0 .500 0.40 .975 2.02 0-0-5
1901 NYG NL 24 SS 4 14 6 6 2 1 .857 3.00 .929 5.65
1902 TOT MLB 25 3B 139 573 173 337 63 21 .890 3.67 .914 3.52
1902 CHW AL 25 3B 137 566 170 334 62 21 .890 3.68 .914 3.52
1902 CHC NL 25 2B 2 3 2 1 0 2 1.000 1.50 .933 5.35
1902 CHC NL 25 3B 2 7 3 3 1 0 .857 3.00 .914 3.45
1903 BRO NL 26 3B 124 429 147 245 37 13 .914 3.16 .913 3.39
1903 BRO NL 26 OF 8 14 12 2 0 0 1.000 1.75 .936 1.91 0-8-0
1903 BRO NL 26 2B 3 12 7 4 1 0 .917 3.67 .942 5.10
1904 BRO NL 27 2B 63 290 100 164 26 13 .910 4.19 .944 5.26
1904 BRO NL 27 3B 12 41 13 19 9 2 .780 2.67 .912 3.20
1904 BRO NL 27 SS 1 7 1 2 4 0 .429 3.00 .957 5.30
1905 NYG NL 28 2B 47 201 66 118 17 9 .915 3.91 .945 5.11
1905 NYG NL 28 OF 38 56 47 4 5 0 .911 1.34 .957 1.93 4-7-27
1905 NYG NL 28 SS 9 32 7 22 3 2 .906 3.22 .934 5.48
1905 NYG NL 28 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 10.50
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 4.97
1906 NYG NL 29 OF 39 63 57 2 4 0 .937 1.51 .960 1.86 5-17-17
1906 NYG NL 29 SS 4 19 5 11 3 1 .842 4.00 .942 5.32
1906 NYG NL 29 3B 3 10 1 8 1 0 .900 3.00 .930 3.20
1906 NYG NL 29 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 .983 10.60
1907 NYG NL 30 OF 70 132 112 13 7 5 .947 1.79 .961 1.94 1-28-41
1907 NYG NL 30 2B 13 62 27 32 3 3 .952 4.54 .952 5.12
1907 NYG NL 30 3B 7 14 3 10 1 0 .929 1.86 .929 3.33
1907 NYG NL 30 1B 5 35 31 3 1 0 .971 6.80 .983 10.24
1907 NYG NL 30 SS 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .925 5.00
1908 NYG NL 31 2B 14 73 22 41 10 5 .863 4.50 .959 5.03
1908 NYG NL 31 OF 5 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.00 1-3-2
1908 NYG NL 31 SS 3 10 4 4 2 0 .800 2.67 .940 5.17
8 Seasons 3B 393 1486 480 844 162 55 .891 3.37 .907 3.39
9 Seasons 2B 238 1124 396 642 86 55 .923 4.36 .946 5.11
6 Seasons OF 165 274 233 23 18 5 .934 1.55 .959 1.92 11-63-92
8 Seasons SS 45 194 55 104 35 11 .820 3.53 .928 5.51
3 Seasons 1B 7 44 40 3 1 0 .977 6.14 .982 10.33
10 Seasons TOT 848 3122 1204 1616 302 126 .903 3.33 .831 3.76 11-63-92
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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--7th

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--98.000--9th
1906 NL--78.250--4th
1907 NL--76.500--4th

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 32 (606), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1199), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1681), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  3. Art Devlin (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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
  8. Mark McLemore (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January 18, 1901: Traded by the Chicago Orphans with John Ganzel and Ned Garvin to the New York Giants for Jack Doyle.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the New York Giants to the Chicago White Sox.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the Chicago White Sox to the Chicago Orphans.

December, 1902: Released by the Chicago Orphans. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 11, 1902: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Superbas.

January, 1905: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Superbas.

June 9, 1908: Purchased by Baltimore (Eastern) from the New York Giants.

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Name and misspellings: The Dixie Samuel Nicklin Sammy samy Thrush Strang

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