Sammy Vick

Samuel Bruce Vick

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: April 12, 1895 in Batesville, MS
School: Millsaps College (Jackson, MS) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1917
Teams (by GP): Yankees/RedSox 1917-1921

Final Game: September 24, 1921
Died: August 17, 1986 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Forrest Memorial Park, Batesville, MS
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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1917	22	MEM	A	126	459	459		148	24	12	2						.322	.322	.440	.763		202				MEM · SOUA
1917	22	NYY	AL	10	38	36	4	10	3	0	0	2	2		1	6	.278	.297	.361	.658	101	13	0	1	O
1918	23	NYY	AL	2	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	298	2	0	0	/O9
1919	24	NYY	AL	106	445	407	59	101	15	9	2	27	9		35	55	.248	.308	.344	.652	83	140	0	7	*O9/7
1920	25	NYY	AL	51	135	118	21	26	7	1	0	11	1	1	14	20	.220	.313	.297	.610	60	35	2	1	O9/87
1921	26	BOS	AL	44	81	77	5	20	3	1	0	9	0	1	1	10	.260	.269	.325	.594	53	25	0	2	O9/78
1922	27	TTO	AA	50	172	172		40	7	4	2						.233	.233	.355	.587		61				TTO · IL
1923	28	MEM	A	148	507	507		147	29	9	3						.290	.290	.400	.690		203				MEM · SOUA
1924	29	BKH	D	97	338	338		109	21	11	16						.322	.322	.592	.914		200				BKH · CSTL
1926	31	NOR	A	32	115	115		40	10	2	0						.348	.348	.470	.817		54				NOR · SOUA
1927	32	NOR	A	148	554	554		194	39	16	8						.350	.350	.522	.872		289				NOR · SOUA
1928	33	NOR	A	109	349	349		106	14	5	5						.304	.304	.415	.719		145				NOR · SOUA
1929	34	NOR,CNG,DAL	A	146	520	520		168	33	6	17						.323	.323	.508	.831		264				NOR,CNG,DAL · SOUA,TL
1930	35	MEM	A	95	267	267		88	23	5	5						.330	.330	.509	.839		136				MEM · SOUA
5 Yrs				213	702	641	90	159	28	11	2	50	12	2	51	91	.248	.305	.335	.641	76	215	2	11
162 Game Avg.				162	534	488	68	121	21	8	2	38	9		39	69	.248	.305	.335	.641	76	164	2	8

NYY (4 yrs)				169	621	564	85	139	25	10	2	41	12	1	50	81	.246	.310	.337	.647	79	190	2	9
BOS (1 yr)				44	81	77	5	20	3	1	0	9	0	1	1	10	.260	.269	.325	.594	53	25	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1917	22	NYY	AL	10	38	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.481	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$	O
1918	23	NYY	AL	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.535	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/O9
1919	24	NYY	AL	106	445	-10	-0	0	5	-5	-10	-1.1	15	5	0.4	.489	.493	-0.2	0.1	-0	$	*O9/7
1920	25	NYY	AL	51	135	-7	0	0	0	-2	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.4	.483	.495	-0.4	-0.2	-4	$	O9/87
1921	26	BOS	AL	44	81	-6	-0	0	0	-1	-7	-0.7	2	-4	-0.4	.485	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	O9/78
5 Seasons				213	702	-22	-0	0	4	-8	-27	-2.7	23	-3	-0.4	.487	.497	-0.8	-0.3	-7	$

NYY (4 yrs)				169	621	-16	-0	0	4	-7	-20	-2.1	21	1	0.0	.487	.497	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$
BOS (1 yr)				44	81	-6	-0	0	0	-1	-7	-0.7	2	-4	-0.4	.485	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1917	NYY	AL	22	OF	10			17	14	1	2	0	.882	1.50	.967	2.22	0-0-10
1918	NYY	AL	23	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30	0-0-1
1918	NYY	AL	23	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.00
1919	NYY	AL	24	OF	100	97	87	186	166	11	9	4	.952	1.77	.958	2.26
1919	NYY	AL	24	RF	99	97	87	186	166	11	9	4	.952	1.79	.951	1.94
1919	NYY	AL	24	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.20
1920	NYY	AL	25	OF	33	24	23	59	56	0	3	0	.949	1.70	.962	2.25
1920	NYY	AL	25	RF	29	24	23	56	53	0	3	0	.946	1.83	.958	1.91
1920	NYY	AL	25	CF	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	.970	2.55
1920	NYY	AL	25	LF	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.960	2.30
1921	BOS	AL	26	OF	14	12	10	22	21	1	0	0	1.000	1.57	.960	2.33
1921	BOS	AL	26	RF	11	9	8	20	19	1	0	0	1.000	1.82	.958	1.96
1921	BOS	AL	26	LF	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.67	.960	2.37
1921	BOS	AL	26	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.70
	5 Seasons			OF	158	133	120	284	257	13	14	4	.951	1.71	.960	2.26	7-3-151
	4 Seasons (incomplete)			RF	140	130	118	262	238	12	12	4	.954	1.79	.953	1.94
	3 Seasons			LF	7	3	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.57	.960	2.30
	2 Seasons			CF	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.33	.970	2.60
	5 Seasons			TOT	158	133	120	284	257	13	14	4	.951	1.71	.960	2.26	7-3-151

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y 1919 AL 55 (3rd)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 99 (5th)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 166 (4th)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 9 (4th)
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL 1.79 (5th)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 AL .952 (4th)

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Transactions

December 15, 1920: Traded by the New York Yankees with Del Pratt, Muddy Ruel and Hank Thormahlen to the Boston Red Sox for Harry Harper, Waite Hoyt, Mike McNally and Wally Schang.

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