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Sam Zoldak

Samuel Walter Zoldak (Sad Sam)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 8, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY
School: Fordham University (New York, NY)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1944
Teams (by GP): Browns/Indians/Athletics 1944-1952

Final Game: August 26, 1952
Died: August 25, 1966 in New Hyde Park, NY
Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY
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Standard Batting

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
1944 25 SLB AL 18 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 2 0 0 0 1
1945 26 SLB AL 27 20 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .050 .050 .050 .100 -72 1 0 0 0 1
1946 27 SLB AL 35 58 52 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .173 .218 .192 .410 13 10 0 0 3 1
1947 28 SLB AL 35 62 58 4 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 .172 .213 .207 .420 16 12 0 0 1 1
1948 29 TOT AL 34 62 58 3 11 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 9 .190 .203 .224 .428 14 13 2 0 3 1
1948 29 SLB AL 11 23 22 3 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 .273 .273 .318 .591 55 7 0 0 1 1
1948 29 CLE AL 23 39 36 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .139 .162 .167 .329 -11 6 2 0 2 1
1949 30 CLE AL 27 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 100 3 0 0 0 1
1950 31 CLE AL 33 19 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .188 .316 .188 .503 34 3 1 1 0 1
1951 32 PHA AL 26 46 45 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .156 .156 .178 .333 -10 8 0 0 1 1
1952 33 PHA AL 16 25 23 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .174 .208 .174 .382 5 4 1 0 1 1
9 Yrs 251 306 286 16 50 6 0 0 11 1 0 10 52 .175 .205 .196 .401 9 56 4 1 9
162 Game Avg. 162 197 185 10 32 4 0 0 7 1 0 6 34 .175 .205 .196 .401 9 36 3 1 6
SLB (5 yrs) 126 169 158 11 28 4 0 0 6 1 0 6 33 .177 .207 .203 .410 13 32 0 0 5
CLE (3 yrs) 83 66 60 3 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .183 .234 .200 .434 16 12 3 1 2
PHA (2 yrs) 42 71 68 2 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .162 .174 .176 .350 -5 12 1 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 Awards
1944 25 SLB AL 18 6 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1945 26 SLB AL 27 20 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1946 27 SLB AL 35 58 -6 0 0 0 6 -0 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1947 28 SLB AL 35 62 -6 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1
1948 29 SLB AL 11 23 -2 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .510 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1948 29 CLE AL 23 39 -6 -0 -0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1949 30 CLE AL 27 8 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1950 31 CLE AL 33 19 -1 0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1951 32 PHA AL 26 46 -7 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1952 33 PHA AL 16 25 -3 0 -0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
9 Seasons 251 306 -36 0 -0 0 32 -5 -0.5 8 3 -0.6 .498 .500 -0.6 0.0 3 $
SLB (5 yrs) 126 169 -19 0 0 0 17 -1 -0.2 4 3 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 -0.0 3 $
CLE (3 yrs) 83 66 -7 -0 -0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $
PHA (2 yrs) 42 71 -10 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $

Advanced Batting

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
1944 25 SLB AL 6 4 1 6.8 97 .333 .333 .276 .333 .344 .333 .377 .667 .721 85 .720 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1945 26 SLB AL 20 19 0 0.0 93 .083 .050 .268 .050 .342 .050 .365 .100 .706 -72 .000 -4.5 -0.5 .053 .000 .000
1946 27 SLB AL 58 46 2 1.2 100 .225 .173 .270 .218 .345 .192 .388 .410 .732 13 .088 -6.3 -0.7 .302 .077 .019
1947 28 SLB AL 62 49 3 1.6 98 .208 .172 .265 .213 .345 .207 .381 .420 .726 16 .152 -6.8 -0.7 .313 .086 .034
1948 29 TOT AL 62 52 3 1.5 105 .224 .190 .272 .203 .357 .224 .393 .428 .749 14 .118 -7.4 -0.7 .306 .069 .034 .0
1948 29 SLB AL 23 17 2 3.1 107 .316 .273 .275 .273 .361 .318 .398 .591 .759 55 .330 -1.5 -0.2 .500 .091 .045 .0
1948 29 CLE AL 39 35 1 0.8 103 .167 .139 .269 .162 .354 .167 .389 .329 .743 -11 .036 -5.8 -0.6 .212 .056 .028
1949 30 CLE AL 8 5 1 5.3 105 .500 .375 .268 .375 .360 .375 .390 .750 .750 100 .568 -0.1 0.0 .600 .000 .000
1950 31 CLE AL 19 14 1 1.9 110 .188 .188 .274 .316 .360 .188 .410 .503 .770 34 .146 -1.5 -0.1 .429 .125 .000
1951 32 PHA AL 46 39 1 0.7 103 .179 .156 .269 .156 .350 .178 .394 .333 .744 -10 .031 -7.2 -0.7 .211 .022 .022
1952 33 PHA AL 25 21 1 1.3 101 .222 .174 .267 .208 .348 .174 .390 .382 .737 5 .105 -3.1 -0.3 .250 .043 .000
9 Yrs 306 249 13 1.4 101 .214 .175 .269 .205 .349 .196 .388 .401 .737 9 .112 -37.0 -3.8 .283 .059 .021 .0
162 Game Avg. 197 161 8 1.4 101 .214 .175 .269 .205 .349 .196 .388 .401 .737 9 .112 -37.0 -3.8 .283 .059 .021
SLB (5 yrs) 169 135 8 1.6 99 .224 .177 .269 .207 .347 .203 .383 .410 .730 13 .144 -19.4 -2.0 .300 .070 .025 .0
CLE (3 yrs) 66 54 3 1.5 105 .212 .183 .270 .234 .356 .200 .395 .434 .751 16 .107 -7.4 -0.7 .308 .067 .017
PHA (2 yrs) 71 60 2 0.9 102 .193 .162 .268 .174 .349 .176 .393 .350 .742 -5 .052 -10.3 -1.1 .224 .029 .015

Ratio Batting*

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
1944 25 SLB AL 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1945 26 SLB AL 20 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 20.0 60%
1946 27 SLB AL 58 0.0% 20.7% 5.2% 1.7% 11% 4.00 4.3 69%
1947 28 SLB AL 62 0.0% 16.1% 4.8% 3.2% 20% 3.33 5.8 19.3 77%
1948 29 TOT AL 62 0.0% 14.5% 1.6% 3.2% 18% 9.00 6.4 29.0 1.19 79%
1948 29 SLB AL 23 0.0% 13.0% 0.0% 4.4% 17% 7.3 11.0 1.50 83%
1948 29 CLE AL 39 0.0% 15.4% 2.6% 2.6% 20% 6.00 6.0 1.14 77%
1949 30 CLE AL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 75%
1950 31 CLE AL 19 0.0% 0.0% 10.5% 0.0% 0% 0.00 8.0 3.67 84%
1951 32 PHA AL 46 0.0% 13.0% 0.0% 2.2% 14% 7.5 22.5 0.80 85%
1952 33 PHA AL 25 0.0% 20.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.6 23.0 11.00 72%
9 Yrs 306 0.0% 17.0% 3.3% 2.0% 12% 5.20 5.5 26.0 1.60 76%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.6% 9.5% 6.2% 27% 1.01 9.3 55.5 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1944 25 SLB AL -0.2 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 26 SLB AL -4.5 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 27 SLB AL -6.4 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 28 SLB AL -6.8 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 TOT AL -7.4 -0.7 47 -0.6 0.2 -0.9 .85 -0.7 -0.0 -7.2 -0.7 0.92 -7.5 0
1948 29 SLB AL -1.6 -0.2 8 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .86 -0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.93 0.3 0
1948 29 CLE AL -5.8 -0.6 39 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .85 -0.7 -0.0 -7.8 -0.8 0.92 -7.8 0
1949 30 CLE AL -0.1 0.0 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .58 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 0.70 -0.5 0
1950 31 CLE AL -1.5 -0.1 19 0.2 0.6 -0.4 1.14 -0.1 0.2 -0.6 -0.1 1.00 -1.0 0
1951 32 PHA AL -7.2 -0.7 38 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 1.06 -0.5 -0.2 -5.5 -0.6 1.00 -5.7 0
1952 33 PHA AL -3.1 -0.3 18 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 1.26 -0.2 0.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.96 -1.8 0
9 Yrs -37.2 -3.8 130 -1.5 1.3 -2.8 .99 -1.5 0.0 -15.7 -1.6 0.95 -16.5 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1948 29 TOT AL 0 0 25% 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 29 SLB AL 0 0 50% 3 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 29 CLE AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 30 CLE AL 0 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 31 CLE AL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1951 32 PHA AL 1 0 14% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1952 33 PHA AL 0 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 1 0 26% 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 40% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

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
1948 29 TOT AL 62 61% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 11 2 18% 10 2 20% 28 1 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1948 29 SLB AL 23 86% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1948 29 CLE AL 39 56% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 9 2 22% 8 1 13% 24 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1949 30 CLE AL 8 63% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1950 31 CLE AL 19 58% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 14 2 14% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1951 32 PHA AL 46 89% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 6 1 17% 28 2 7% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1952 33 PHA AL 25 88% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 160 73% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 113% 24 4 17% 22 4 18% 80 5 6% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 51% 200% 23% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1944 25 18 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 2 0 0 0
1945 26 45 26 26 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .115 .115 .115 .231 -35 3 0 0 0
1946 27 80 84 78 4 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 20 .154 .185 .167 .352 -2 13 0 0 3
1947 28 115 146 136 8 22 3 0 0 4 0 0 6 30 .162 .197 .184 .381 5 25 0 0 4
1948 29 149 208 194 11 33 5 0 0 6 1 0 7 39 .170 .199 .196 .395 8 38 2 0 7
1949 30 176 216 202 12 36 5 0 0 6 1 0 7 41 .178 .206 .203 .409 12 41 2 0 7
1950 31 209 235 218 14 39 5 0 0 8 1 0 9 41 .179 .215 .202 .417 14 44 3 1 7
1951 32 235 281 263 15 46 6 0 0 10 1 0 9 47 .175 .205 .198 .403 10 52 3 1 8
1952 33 251 306 286 16 50 6 0 0 11 1 0 10 52 .175 .205 .196 .401 9 56 4 1 9

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1944 25 19 7 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 1 18
1945 26 29 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
1946 27 37 60 54 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 3 13 .167 .211 .185 .396 2 35
1947 28 36 65 61 5 11 2 0 0 4 0 3 10 .180 .219 .213 .432 3 35
1948 29 36 65 61 3 12 2 0 0 2 1 1 9 .197 .210 .230 .439 3 34
1949 30 28 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 1 27
1950 31 34 20 17 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 .176 .300 .176 .476 1 33
1951 32 27 48 47 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 .149 .149 .170 .319 1 26
1952 33 17 27 25 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .200 .231 .200 .431 1 16
9 Yrs 263 321 301 19 53 6 0 0 12 1 10 53 .176 .205 .196 .401 13 251
162 Game Avg. 162 198 185 12 33 4 0 0 7 1 6 33 .176 .205 .196 .401 8 251

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