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Sam Woodruff

Orville Francis Woodruff

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 27, 1876 in Chilo, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1904 (Age 27)
Team: Reds 1904-1910

Final Game: July 17, 1910 (Age 33)
Died: July 22, 1937 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1898	21	MOB	B	29	117	117	21	27	3	1	1		5			.231	.231	.299	.530		35				MOB · SOUA
1899	22	PAT,NWK,NOR	A,C	79	325	318	46	100	7	5	1		22			.314	.314	.377	.692		120		7		PAT,NWK,NOR · ATLL,SOUA
1900	23	BNG	C																						BNG · NYSL
1901	24	BNG	C	110	446	446		124								.278	.278								BNG · NYSL
1903	26	INA	A	91	318	318	30	82	16	5	1		13			.258	.258	.349	.607		111				INA · AA
1904	27	CIN	NL	87	339	306	20	58	14	3	0	20	9	19	26	.190	.244	.255	.499	49	78	3	11	54/6O

1905	28	LOU	A	124	498	498		123	19	9	1					.247	.247	.327	.574		163				LOU · AA
1906	29	LOU	A	151	599	599		174	17	9	2					.290	.290	.359	.649		215				LOU · AA
1907	30	LOU	A	158	580	580		149	17	5	0					.257	.257	.303	.560		176				LOU · AA
1908	31	LOU	A	147	553	553		146	30	1	2					.264	.264	.333	.597		184				LOU · AA
1909	32	LOU	A	156	583	583		135	17	7	1					.232	.232	.290	.521		169				LOU · AA
1910	33	STP,LOU	A	115	437	437		103	8	8	3					.236	.236	.311	.547		136				STP,LOU · AA
1910	33	CIN	NL	21	70	61	6	9	1	0	0	2	2	7	8	.148	.235	.164	.399	19	10	0	2	5/4
1911	34	INA	A	162	644	644		179	28	9	0					.278	.278	.349	.627		225				INA · AA
1912	35	INA	AA	150	578	578		145	15	2	0					.251	.251	.284	.535		164				INA · AA
1913	36	MLW,INA	AA	86	299	299		67	6	2	0					.224	.224	.258	.482		77				MLW,INA · AA
1915	38	MEM	A	10	38	38		9	1	0	0					.237	.237	.263	.500		10				MEM · SOUA
2 Yrs				108	409	367	26	67	15	3	0	22	11	26	34	.183	.242	.240	.482	44	88	3	13
162 Game Avg.				162	614	551	39	101	23	5	0	33	17	39	51	.183	.242	.240	.482	44	132	5	20

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1904	27	CIN	NL	87	339	-18	-0	0	0	3	-16	-1.8	11	-5	-0.7	.479	.489	-0.7	0.3	-5	$1,650	54/6O

1910	33	CIN	NL	21	70	-6	-0	0	-2	1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.461	.495	-0.4	-0.2	-3		5/4
2 Seasons				108	409	-24	-0	0	-2	3	-23	-2.6	13	-10	-1.3	.475	.492	-1.1	0.2	-8	$1,650

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1904	CIN	NL	27	3B	61	205	75	116	14	4	.932	3.13	.899	3.24
1904	CIN	NL	27	2B	17	89	32	49	8	12	.910	4.76	.942	5.35
1904	CIN	NL	27	SS	8	51	18	25	8	0	.843	5.38	.920	5.38
1904	CIN	NL	27	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.950	1.90	0-0-1
1910	CIN	NL	33	3B	17	60	28	28	4	3	.933	3.29	.932	3.17
1910	CIN	NL	33	2B	4	11	4	4	3	0	.727	2.00	.952	5.22
	2 Seasons			3B	78	265	103	144	18	7	.932	3.17	.906	3.22
	2 Seasons			2B	21	100	36	53	11	12	.890	4.24	.943	5.32
	1 Season			SS	8	51	18	25	8	0	.843	5.38	.920	5.38
	1 Season			OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.950	1.90	0-0-1
	2 Seasons			TOT	108	417	158	222	37	19	.911	3.52	.917	3.78	0-0-1

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 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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Transactions

Before 1905 Season: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with $3,000 to Louisville (American Association) for Harry Arndt.
June 10, 1910: Traded by Louisville (American Association) to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Doyle and Rabbit Robinson.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1904	27	Cincinnati Reds	$1,650	Garry Herrmann papers

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,650

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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