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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1951 BOS AL 22 C 4 16 15 1 0 2 1.000 4.00 .981 4.40 0
1952 BOS AL 23 C 110 532 464 59 9 7 .983 4.75 .985 4.70 4 MVP-27,RoY-3
1953 BOS AL 24 C 131 665 588 68 9 9 .986 5.01 .985 4.44 5 AS
1954 BOS AL 25 C 133 124 1114.0 773 677 80 16 11 .979 -6.0 -6.5 -6 6.12 5.69 .986 5.40 4.76 11 15 45 30 40%
1955 BOS AL 26 C 143 142 1255.2 754 671 71 12 8 .984 1.0 1.0 1 5.32 5.19 .988 5.58 4.73 5 28 39 35 47% MVP-24
1956 BOS AL 27 C 114 112 973.0 617 547 60 10 13 .984 2.0 2.5 2 5.61 5.32 .988 5.91 5.02 6 21 24 26 52%
1957 BOS AL 28 C 111 105 888.0 546 489 49 8 13 .985 -1.0 -1.4 -1 5.45 4.85 .991 5.92 5.11 7 17 22 21 49%
1958 BOS AL 29 C 102 91 805.2 494 450 38 6 8 .988 4.0 6.0 4 5.45 4.78 .990 6.01 5.34 5 13 19 25 57%
1959 BOS AL 30 C 119 111 940.1 619 557 56 6 8 .990 -1.0 -1.3 -1 5.87 5.15 .989 6.08 5.31 7 29 30 24 44%
1961 MLN NL 32 C 20 18 162.2 115 107 5 3 0 .974 1.0 7.4 1 6.20 5.60 .985 6.39 5.17 0 2 3 2 40%
1962 PHI NL 33 C 40 31 257.0 197 173 19 5 4 .975 2.0 9.3 2 6.72 4.80 .987 6.72 5.50 2 12 17 11 39%
11 Seasons C 1027 734 6396.1 5328 4738 506 84 83 .984 2.0 0.4 2 7.38 5.11 .988 5.84 4.93 52 137 199 174 47%
11 Seasons TOT 1027 734 6396.1 5328 4738 506 84 83 .984 2.0 0.4 2 7.38 5.11 .972 5.84 4.93 52 137 199 174 47%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 BOS AL 22 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS AL 23 115 115 115 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 24 136 136 136 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 25 137 124 137 137 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1955 BOS AL 26 143 142 143 143 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BOS AL 27 114 112 114 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 28 111 105 111 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BOS AL 29 102 91 102 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 30 119 111 119 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 MLN NL 32 21 18 21 21 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 PHI NL 33 41 31 41 41 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 Seasons 1043 734 1043 1043 0 1027 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 BOS AL 25 4816 4.16 4.85 95 96% 0 2 655 69 11 15 560 75 20 0 3 12 15 2 2 11 0 11 0 4 4 13 85%
1955 BOS AL 26 5548 3.76 4.26 96 94% 0 0 686 67 3 20 596 64 14 3 0 6 12 1 8 3 1 8 0 1 2 7 86%
1956 BOS AL 27 4233 4.03 4.68 53 92% 0 1 535 36 2 9 488 54 9 2 1 6 9 1 2 6 1 12 1 2 5 6 83%
1957 BOS AL 28 3693 3.76 4.32 56 96% 1 2 456 44 2 10 400 46 7 2 1 6 7 0 2 5 0 12 0 1 3 9 78%
1958 BOS AL 29 3511 4.28 4.72 46 96% 0 0 452 33 1 16 402 38 7 1 0 3 6 1 0 5 0 8 0 1 1 8 88%
1959 BOS AL 30 4138 4.04 4.55 78 97% 1 1 551 57 3 13 478 54 15 2 2 9 6 0 3 3 1 8 0 2 3 7 71%
1961 MLN NL 32 668 3.54 3.60 10 100% 0 0 108 8 0 0 100 4 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1962 PHI NL 33 1181 4.52 5.04 8 75% 2 0 175 5 1 8 161 19 0 0 0 3 5 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 27788 4.00 4.55 442 95% 4 6 3618 319 23 91 3185 354 74 10 7 46 63 6 20 37 3 64 1 11 19 52 83%
MLB Averages 3.94 4.45 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 BOS AL 25 11 15 1870 45 30 30 40% 40 26 4 4 1 0 4 0 103 35 1.32 1.09
1955 BOS AL 26 4 28 2102 39 35 33 47% 36 23 3 10 0 2 4 1 91 40 1.10 1.14
1956 BOS AL 27 6 21 1647 24 26 25 52% 22 23 2 2 0 1 1 0 77 31 1.52 1.13
1957 BOS AL 28 7 17 1385 22 21 21 49% 21 18 1 2 0 1 3 0 70 27 1.33 1.26
1958 BOS AL 29 5 13 1324 19 25 24 57% 16 23 2 1 1 1 2 0 46 34 1.22 1.37
1959 BOS AL 30 7 29 1628 30 24 21 44% 29 17 1 5 0 2 3 0 94 29 0.94 1.25
1961 MLN NL 32 0 2 197 3 2 0 40% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 3 1.12 3.91
1962 PHI NL 33 2 12 443 17 11 10 39% 15 10 2 0 0 1 3 0 45 16 1.06 0.79
8 Seasons 42 137 10596 199 174 164 47% 182 141 15 24 2 9 20 1 537 215 1.21 1.20
MLB Averages 41% 1.17 1.16

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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