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Homer Summa

Homer Wayne Summa

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 3, 1898 in Gentry, MO
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1920
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics/Pirates 1920-1930

Final Game: September 28, 1930
Died: January 29, 1966 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Grand View Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
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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 Awards
1920 PIT NL 21 OF 6 6 6 20 18 1 1 0 .950 3.17 .964 2.33
1920 PIT NL 21 CF 5 5 5 17 16 0 1 0 .941 3.20 .963 2.76
1920 PIT NL 21 LF 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.20
1922 CLE AL 23 OF 12 12 12 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 1.42 .964 2.31
1922 CLE AL 23 RF 12 12 12 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 1.42 .954 1.85
1923 CLE AL 24 OF 136 126 113 243 216 15 12 5 .951 1.70 .965 2.38
1923 CLE AL 24 RF 132 123 110 236 210 15 11 5 .953 1.70 .960 2.12
1923 CLE AL 24 CF 4 3 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .969 2.70
1923 CLE AL 24 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1924 CLE AL 25 OF 95 83 82 188 167 10 11 2 .941 1.86 .970 2.39
1924 CLE AL 25 RF 92 81 80 181 159 10 12 2 .934 1.84 .968 2.02
1924 CLE AL 25 CF 3 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 .975 2.80
1925 CLE AL 26 OF 54 50 41 88 83 2 3 0 .966 1.57 .965 2.43
1925 CLE AL 26 RF 35 32 27 54 51 1 2 0 .963 1.49 .966 2.08
1925 CLE AL 26 LF 18 18 14 33 31 1 1 0 .970 1.78 .958 2.33
1925 CLE AL 26 3B 2 2 2 7 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 .947 3.20
1925 CLE AL 26 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.90
1926 CLE AL 27 OF 154 154 148 355 328 18 9 5 .975 2.25 .966 2.34
1926 CLE AL 27 RF 154 154 148 355 328 18 9 5 .975 2.25 .964 2.00
1927 CLE AL 28 OF 145 145 142 266 242 12 12 3 .955 1.75 .964 2.35
1927 CLE AL 28 RF 145 145 142 266 242 12 12 3 .955 1.75 .955 1.97
1928 CLE AL 29 OF 132 131 123 242 223 12 7 5 .971 1.78 .973 2.36
1928 CLE AL 29 RF 132 131 123 241 222 12 7 5 .971 1.77 .973 1.98
1929 PHA AL 30 OF 24 15 15 50 48 1 1 0 .980 2.04 .966 2.42
1929 PHA AL 30 RF 16 15 15 47 45 1 1 0 .979 2.88 .963 1.97
1929 PHA AL 30 LF 8 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.38 .963 2.39
1930 PHA AL 31 OF 15 10 10 32 29 1 2 0 .938 2.00 .965 2.32
1930 PHA AL 31 RF 12 10 10 31 29 1 1 0 .968 2.50 .961 1.96
1930 PHA AL 31 LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .970 2.13
10 Seasons OF 773 732 692 1501 1368 75 58 20 .961 1.87 .967 2.37
9 Seasons RF 730 703 667 1428 1300 73 55 20 .961 1.88 .964 2.01
5 Seasons LF 31 19 15 40 36 2 2 0 .950 1.23 .959 2.32
4 Seasons CF 13 10 10 33 32 0 1 0 .970 2.46 .967 2.76
1 Season 3B 2 2 2 7 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 .947 3.20
10 Seasons TOT 775 734 694 1508 1371 77 60 20 .960 1.87 .967 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1920 PIT NL 21 10 6 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 4 0
1922 CLE AL 23 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 0
1923 CLE AL 24 137 126 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 132 136 0 1 0
1924 CLE AL 25 111 83 111 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 92 95 0 15 1
1925 CLE AL 26 75 52 75 56 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 1 35 54 0 18 1
1926 CLE AL 27 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 0 0
1927 CLE AL 28 145 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 145 0 0 0
1928 CLE AL 29 134 131 134 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 132 0 2 0
1929 PHA AL 30 37 15 37 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 16 24 0 13 0
1930 PHA AL 31 25 10 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 15 0 9 1
10 Seasons 840 734 840 775 0 0 0 0 2 0 31 13 730 773 0 62 3
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

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  132 (5th)
1926 AL  154 (1st)
1927 AL  145 (1st)
1928 AL  132 (2nd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1926 AL  328 (1st)
1927 AL  242 (3rd)
1928 AL  222 (4th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  15 (3rd)
1926 AL  18 (1st)
1927 AL  12 (3rd)
1928 AL  12 (4th)
Career  73 (72nd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  11 (4th)
1924 AL  12 (1st)
1926 AL  9 (1st)
1927 AL  12 (1st)
1928 AL  7 (1st)
Career  55 (47th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1926 AL  154 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1926 AL  18 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1923 AL  12 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1926 AL  2.25 (1st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1926 AL  .975 (1st)
1927 AL  .955 (5th)
1928 AL  .971 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1926 AL  .975 (5th)

                           

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