Sammy White
Samuel Charles White
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 7, 1928 in Wenatchee, WA
High School: Lincoln (Seattle, WA)
School: University of Washington
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1951
Final Game: August 23, 1962
Died: September 4, 1991 in Princeville, HI
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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
1951 22 BOS AL 4 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -5 2 0 0 0 /2
1952 23 BOS AL 115 399 381 35 107 20 2 10 49 2 3 16 43 .281 .310 .423 .732 96 161 13 0 2 *2 MVP-27,RoY-3
1953 24 BOS AL 136 515 476 59 130 34 2 13 64 3 2 29 48 .273 .318 .435 .752 97 207 15 2 8 *2 AS
1954 25 BOS AL 137 530 493 46 139 25 2 14 75 1 3 21 50 .282 .307 .426 .732 90 210 15 0 8 8 *2
1955 26 BOS AL 143 603 544 65 142 30 4 11 64 1 2 44 58 .261 .323 .392 .714 85 213 23 7 5 3 4 *2 MVP-24
1956 27 BOS AL 114 433 392 28 96 15 2 5 44 2 1 35 40 .245 .304 .332 .636 60 130 18 0 2 4 7 *2
1957 28 BOS AL 111 370 340 24 73 10 1 3 31 0 1 25 38 .215 .267 .276 .544 46 94 17 0 3 2 6 *2
1958 29 BOS AL 102 351 328 25 85 15 3 6 35 1 1 21 37 .259 .305 .378 .683 83 124 7 1 0 1 4 2
1959 30 BOS AL 119 405 377 34 107 13 4 1 42 4 2 23 39 .284 .324 .347 .672 82 131 14 1 1 3 6 *2
1961 32 MLN NL 21 68 63 1 14 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 9 .222 .242 .286 .528 44 18 1 0 2 1 0 2
1962 33 PHI NL 41 103 97 7 21 4 0 2 12 0 0 2 16 .216 .238 .320 .557 50 31 6 1 2 1 0 2
11 Seasons 1043 3788 3502 324 916 167 20 66 421 14 15 218 381 .262 .305 .377 .682 79 1321 129 12 33 23 27
162 Game Avg. 162 588 544 50 142 26 3 10 65 2 2 34 59 .262 .305 .377 .682 79 205 20 2 5
BOS (9 yrs) 981 3617 3342 316 881 162 20 63 404 14 15 214 356 .264 .308 .381 .689 81 1272 122 11 29 21 27
PHI (1 yr) 41 103 97 7 21 4 0 2 12 0 0 2 16 .216 .238 .320 .557 50 31 6 1 2 1 0
MLN (1 yr) 21 68 63 1 14 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 9 .222 .242 .286 .528 44 18 1 0 2 1 0
AL (9 yrs) 981 3617 3342 316 881 162 20 63 404 14 15 214 356 .264 .308 .381 .689 81 1272 122 11 29 21 27
NL (2 yrs) 62 171 160 8 35 5 0 3 17 0 0 4 25 .219 .240 .306 .546 48 49 7 1 4 2 0

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
1951 22 BOS AL 11 9 0 0.0 109 .250 .182 .278 .182 .361 .182 .407 .364 .768 -5 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .222 .000 .000
1952 23 BOS AL 399 292 49 4.5 103 .296 .281 .269 .310 .350 .423 .393 .732 .743 96 .540 -4.3 -0.4 .607 .181 .142 3.3
1953 24 BOS AL 515 371 65 4.7 107 .282 .273 .276 .318 .352 .435 .405 .752 .758 97 .524 -3.5 -0.4 .658 .225 .162 4.9
1954 25 BOS AL 530 388 64 4.4 108 .286 .282 .279 .307 .356 .426 .408 .732 .764 90 .517 -9.0 -0.9 .616 .183 .144 1.9
1955 26 BOS AL 603 435 64 3.9 111 .274 .261 .278 .323 .359 .392 .414 .714 .773 85 .432 -14.0 -1.4 .616 .210 .131 1.8
1956 27 BOS AL 433 321 37 3.1 117 .259 .245 .282 .304 .366 .332 .430 .636 .797 60 .308 -24.8 -2.4 .527 .179 .087 2.9
1957 28 BOS AL 370 290 22 2.1 104 .233 .215 .270 .267 .343 .276 .407 .544 .750 46 .198 -26.9 -2.8 .414 .132 .062 .0
1958 29 BOS AL 351 252 37 3.9 103 .276 .259 .268 .305 .338 .378 .408 .683 .746 83 .459 -8.8 -0.9 .582 .183 .119 1.7
1959 30 BOS AL 405 290 40 3.7 102 .312 .284 .265 .324 .337 .347 .405 .672 .742 82 .422 -10.0 -1.0 .549 .130 .064 1.6
1961 32 MLN NL 68 53 4 2.0 100 .241 .222 .263 .242 .328 .286 .409 .528 .738 44 .178 -5.0 -0.5 .400 .095 .063 .0
1962 33 PHI NL 103 85 6 1.9 100 .238 .216 .266 .238 .333 .320 .404 .557 .737 50 .166 -6.9 -0.7 .415 .124 .103 .0
11 Seasons 3788 2786 388 3.7 107 .276 .262 .274 .305 .351 .377 .409 .682 .759 79 .422 -115.1 -11.6 .568 .178 .116 23.1
162 Game Avg. 588 433 60 3.7 107 .276 .262 .274 .305 .351 .377 .409 .682 .759 79 .422 -115.1 -11.6 .568 .178 .116 4
BOS (9 yrs) 3617 2648 378 3.8 107 .278 .264 .274 .308 .351 .381 .409 .689 .760 81 .434 -103.2 -10.4 .576 .181 .117 22.9
PHI (1 yr) 103 85 6 1.9 100 .238 .216 .266 .238 .333 .320 .404 .557 .737 50 .166 -6.9 -0.7 .415 .124 .103 .0
MLN (1 yr) 68 53 4 2.0 100 .241 .222 .263 .242 .328 .286 .409 .528 .738 44 .178 -5.0 -0.5 .400 .095 .063 .0
AL (9 yrs) 3617 2648 378 3.8 107 .278 .264 .274 .308 .351 .381 .409 .689 .760 81 .434 -103.2 -10.4 .576 .181 .117 22.9
NL (2 yrs) 171 138 10 1.9 100 .239 .219 .265 .240 .331 .306 .406 .546 .737 48 .171 -12.0 -1.2 .409 .113 .088 .0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1953 BOS AL 24 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1951 22 BOS AL 11 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 73%
1952 23 BOS AL 399 2.5% 10.8% 4.0% 8.0% 30% 2.69 8.9 38.1 7.8 82%
1953 24 BOS AL 515 2.5% 9.3% 5.6% 9.5% 38% 1.66 9.9 36.6 7.4 81%
1954 25 BOS AL 530 2.6% 9.4% 4.0% 7.7% 30% 2.38 9.9 35.2 6.6 0.90 82%
1955 26 BOS AL 603 1.8% 9.6% 7.3% 7.5% 32% 1.32 9.4 49.5 8.5 0.81 79%
1956 27 BOS AL 433 1.2% 9.2% 8.1% 5.1% 23% 1.14 9.8 78.4 8.9 1.04 81%
1957 28 BOS AL 370 0.8% 10.3% 6.8% 3.8% 19% 1.52 8.9 113.3 11.0 1.04 81%
1958 29 BOS AL 351 1.7% 10.5% 6.0% 6.8% 28% 1.76 8.9 54.7 9.4 0.78 81%
1959 30 BOS AL 405 0.3% 9.6% 5.7% 4.4% 17% 1.70 9.7 377.0 9.0 0.94 84%
1961 32 MLN NL 68 1.5% 13.2% 2.9% 2.9% 14% 4.50 7.0 63.0 12.6 0.63 79%
1962 33 PHI NL 103 1.9% 15.5% 1.9% 5.8% 29% 8.00 6.1 48.5 8.1 1.44 78%
11 Seasons 3788 1.7% 10.1% 5.8% 6.7% 28% 1.75 9.2 53.1 8.3 0.92 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 25 BOS AL 12 0 22% 170 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 2 38% 17 11 6 9 5 2 11 4 6
1955 26 BOS AL 9 1 30% 242 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 46% 41 26 12 8 5 3 17 2 15
1956 27 BOS AL 0 0 18% 149 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 28% 17 13 3 6 4 2 6 3 3
1957 28 BOS AL 2 0 22% 112 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 30% 11 9 2 5 5 0 11 5 6
1958 29 BOS AL 2 0 19% 106 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 26% 11 11 0 5 3 2 7 3 4
1959 30 BOS AL 3 0 25% 171 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 53% 19 13 6 4 2 2 11 0 10
1961 32 MLN NL 0 0 0% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 33 PHI NL 3 0 23% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13% 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 3 1
11 Seasons 31 1 24% 1005 14 15 48% 9 10 0 0 0 1 5 0 31 36 38% 121 88 29 37 24 11 68 20 45
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 25 BOS AL 511 23% 139 4 0 0 0 2.07 14 0 13 5 6 6 5 0 8 8 100% 116 15 13% 57 20 35% 380 63 17% 36 17 47% 36 13 36% 19
1955 26 BOS AL 603 24% 142 0 0 0 0 11 0 30 8 3 6 5 0 5 5 100% 104 23 22% 50 14 28% 417 61 15% 24 13 54% 27 5 19% 1
1956 27 BOS AL 422 27% 96 0 0 0 0 5 0 16 1 4 1 4 0 3 2 67% 98 18 18% 46 16 35% 291 42 14% 26 13 50% 32 16 50% 11
1957 28 BOS AL 349 20% 73 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 100% 74 17 23% 32 8 25% 234 28 12% 17 8 47% 15 9 60% 21
1958 29 BOS AL 348 18% 85 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 5 1 2 4 0 0 0 75 7 9% 35 9 26% 225 28 12% 15 4 27% 23 6 26% 4
1959 30 BOS AL 399 20% 107 1 0 0 0 3.31 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 88 14 16% 38 13 34% 250 46 18% 24 13 54% 17 8 47% 8
1961 32 MLN NL 68 35% 14 0 0 0 0 2.94 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 12 1 8% 6 5 83% 41 4 10% 2 1 50% 4 2 50% 0
1962 33 PHI NL 103 77% 21 2 0 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 100% 24 6 25% 11 4 36% 67 10 15% 7 4 57% 7 1 14% 0
11 Seasons 2803 25% 916 7 0 0 0 2.06 66 0 87 22 18 22 18 0 24 33 138% 591 129 22% 275 89 32% 1905 282 15% 151 73 48% 161 60 37% 64
MLB Averages

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
1951 22 4 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -5 2 0 0 0
1952 23 119 410 392 35 109 20 2 10 49 2 3 16 46 .278 .306 .416 .722 93 163 13 0 2
1953 24 255 925 868 94 239 54 4 23 113 5 5 45 94 .275 .313 .426 .739 95 370 28 2 10
1954 25 392 1455 1361 140 378 79 6 37 188 6 8 66 144 .278 .310 .426 .737 94 580 43 2 18 8
1955 26 535 2058 1905 205 520 109 10 48 252 7 10 110 202 .273 .314 .416 .730 91 793 66 9 23 11 4
1956 27 649 2491 2297 233 616 124 12 53 296 9 11 145 242 .268 .312 .402 .714 85 923 84 9 25 15 11
1957 28 760 2861 2637 257 689 134 13 56 327 9 12 170 280 .261 .306 .386 .692 80 1017 101 9 28 17 17
1958 29 862 3212 2965 282 774 149 16 62 362 10 13 191 317 .261 .306 .385 .691 81 1141 108 10 28 18 21
1959 30 981 3617 3342 316 881 162 20 63 404 14 15 214 356 .264 .308 .381 .689 81 1272 122 11 29 21 27
1960 31 981 3617 3342 316 881 162 20 63 404 14 15 214 356 .264 .308 .381 .689 81 1272 122 11 29 21 27
1961 32 1002 3685 3405 317 895 163 20 64 409 14 15 216 365 .263 .307 .379 .686 80 1290 123 11 31 22 27
1962 33 1043 3788 3502 324 916 167 20 66 421 14 15 218 381 .262 .305 .377 .682 79 1321 129 12 33 23 27

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1951 22 4 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1952 23 120 411 395 36 109 20 2 10 50 2 16 45 .276 .304 .413 .717 50 115
1953 24 142 524 493 58 131 34 2 13 63 3 29 50 .266 .309 .422 .731 64 136
1954 25 143 538 509 46 139 25 2 14 74 1 21 52 .273 .297 .413 .710 64 137
1955 26 149 608 556 62 136 29 4 11 61 1 42 61 .245 .304 .371 .675 61 143
1956 27 119 432 396 25 87 14 2 5 39 2 32 42 .220 .275 .303 .578 32 114
1957 28 117 378 352 25 71 10 1 3 33 0 24 40 .202 .251 .261 .513 23 111
1958 29 107 366 342 26 88 16 3 6 37 1 22 39 .257 .303 .374 .678 39 102
1959 30 124 415 388 35 106 13 4 1 43 4 23 41 .273 .313 .335 .648 41 119
1961 32 22 70 67 1 16 1 0 1 6 0 2 9 .239 .257 .299 .556 5 21
1962 33 41 99 95 7 19 4 0 2 12 0 2 16 .200 .222 .305 .527 6 41
11 Seasons 1088 3853 3605 321 902 166 20 66 418 14 213 398 .250 .292 .362 .655 385 1043
162 Game Avg. 162 574 537 48 134 25 3 10 62 2 32 59 .250 .292 .362 .655 57 1043

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1953

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-AL-27-1%
1955-AL-24-0%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

At Bats s c a p y
1955 AL--544--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1953 AL--34--3rd
1954 AL--25--10th
1955 AL--30--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 AL--7--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL--8--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--7--8th
1957 AL--6--10th
1959 AL--6--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL--15--9th
1955 AL--23--2nd
1956 AL--18--7th
1957 AL--17--4th
1959 AL--14--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 AL--435--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 7 (1471), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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