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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
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:25AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #983. Harry Gaspar… #984. Terry Larkin… #985. Jack Russell… #986. SAM ZOLDAK… #987. Bill Duggleby… #988. Ryan Franklin… #989. Cal McLish… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1944 25 SLB AL 0 0 3.72 18 0 10 0 0 0 38.2 49 22 16 1 19 15 0 0 2 181 100 1.759 11.4 0.2 4.4 3.5 0.79
1945 26 SLB AL 3 2 .600 3.36 26 1 14 1 0 0 69.2 74 32 26 3 18 19 0 1 1 297 107 1.321 9.6 0.4 2.3 2.5 1.06
1946 27 SLB AL 9 11 .450 3.43 35 21 7 9 2 2 170.1 166 71 65 11 57 51 1 0 2 718 109 1.309 8.8 0.6 3.0 2.7 0.89
1947 28 SLB AL 9 10 .474 3.47 35 19 8 6 1 1 171.0 162 76 66 7 76 36 0 1 1 725 112 1.392 8.5 0.4 4.0 1.9 0.47
1948 29 TOT AL 11 10 .524 3.44 34 21 5 4 1 0 159.2 168 67 61 10 43 30 1 1 1 666 124 1.322 9.5 0.6 2.4 1.7 0.70
1948 29 SLB AL 2 4 .333 4.67 11 9 0 0 0 0 54.0 64 30 28 4 19 13 1 0 1 238 98 1.537 10.7 0.7 3.2 2.2 0.68
1948 29 CLE AL 9 6 .600 2.81 23 12 5 4 1 0 105.2 104 37 33 6 24 17 0 1 0 428 145 1.211 8.9 0.5 2.0 1.4 0.71
1949 30 CLE AL 1 2 .333 4.25 27 0 13 0 0 0 53.0 60 30 25 4 18 11 0 0 1 235 95 1.472 10.2 0.7 3.1 1.9 0.61
1950 31 CLE AL 4 2 .667 3.96 33 3 14 0 0 4 63.2 64 33 28 6 21 15 1 0 0 274 109 1.335 9.0 0.8 3.0 2.1 0.71
1951 32 PHA AL 6 10 .375 3.16 26 18 5 8 1 0 128.0 127 51 45 9 24 18 0 1 0 525 135 1.180 8.9 0.6 1.7 1.3 0.75
1952 33 PHA AL 0 6 .000 4.06 16 10 2 2 0 1 75.1 86 41 34 3 25 12 0 0 0 325 98 1.473 10.3 0.4 3.0 1.4 0.48
9 Seasons 43 53 .448 3.54 250 93 78 30 5 8 929.1 956 423 366 54 301 207 3 4 8 3946 113 1.353 9.3 0.5 2.9 2.0 0.69
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .448 3.54 50 18 15 6 1 2 184 190 84 73 11 60 41 1 1 2 782 113 1.353 9.3 0.5 2.9 2.0 0.69
SLB (5 yrs) 23 27 .460 3.59 125 50 39 16 3 3 503.2 515 231 201 26 189 134 2 2 7 2159 108 1.398 9.2 0.5 3.4 2.4 0.71
CLE (3 yrs) 14 10 .583 3.48 83 15 32 4 1 4 222.1 228 100 86 16 63 43 1 1 1 937 119 1.309 9.2 0.6 2.6 1.7 0.68
PHA (2 yrs) 6 16 .273 3.50 42 28 7 10 1 1 203.1 213 92 79 12 49 30 0 1 0 850 119 1.289 9.4 0.5 2.2 1.3 0.61

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1944 25 SLB AL 38.2 0 22 19 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
1945 26 SLB AL 69.2 1 32 33 0 1.0 1 0.3 $
1946 27 SLB AL 170.1 21 71 91 -2 1.0 20 3.0 $
1947 28 SLB AL 171.0 19 76 93 -3 1.0 17 2.5 $
1948 29 SLB AL 54.0 9 30 33 -1 1.0 3 0.6 $
1948 29 CLE AL 105.2 12 37 65 4 1.0 28 2.2 $
1949 30 CLE AL 53.0 0 30 33 2 1.0 3 -0.1 $
1950 31 CLE AL 63.2 3 33 43 1 1.0 10 0.7 $
1951 32 PHA AL 128.0 18 51 77 1 1.0 26 2.8 $
1952 33 PHA AL 75.1 10 41 41 -1 1.0 0 0.4 $
9 Seasons 929.1 93 423 528 1 1.0 105 12.2 $
SLB (5 yrs) 503.2 50 231 269 -6 1.0 38 6.2 $
CLE (3 yrs) 222.1 15 100 141 7 1.0 41 2.8 $
PHA (2 yrs) 203.1 28 92 118 0 1.0 26 3.2 $

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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
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 12 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 33 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 Seasons 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 12 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1944 25 SLB AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1945 26 SLB AL 20 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1946 27 SLB AL 58 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1947 28 SLB AL 62 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1948 29 SLB AL 23 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1948 29 CLE AL 39 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1949 30 CLE AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1950 31 CLE AL 19 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1951 32 PHA AL 46 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1952 33 PHA AL 25 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
9 Seasons 306 -35 0 0 0 0 23 9 -4 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
SLB (5 yrs) 169 -18 0 0 0 0 12 5 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $
CLE (3 yrs) 66 -7 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
PHA (2 yrs) 71 -10 0 0 0 0 5 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1944 SLB AL 25 P 18 38.2 8 0 8 0 2 1.000 1.86 0.44 .960 2.09 2.10
1945 SLB AL 26 P 26 69.2 13 3 9 1 0 .923 1.55 0.46 .955 2.23 2.23
1946 SLB AL 27 P 35 170.1 43 10 32 1 3 .977 2.22 1.20 .951 2.01 1.99
1947 SLB AL 28 P 35 171.0 51 6 44 1 2 .980 2.63 1.43 .955 1.92 1.90
1948 TOT AL 29 P 34 21 4 159.2 47 7 39 1 4 .979 2.59 1.35 .963 2.02 1.99
1948 SLB AL 29 P 11 9 0 54.0 13 2 11 0 1 1.000 2.17 1.18 .963 2.02 1.99
1948 CLE AL 29 P 23 12 4 105.2 34 5 28 1 3 .971 2.81 1.43 .963 2.02 1.99
1949 CLE AL 30 P 27 53.0 31 12 19 0 1 1.000 5.26 1.15 .962 2.12 2.09
1950 CLE AL 31 P 33 63.2 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.42 .950 2.04 1.99
1951 PHA AL 32 P 26 128.0 23 6 17 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.88 .953 2.07 2.06
1952 PHA AL 33 P 16 75.1 28 6 22 0 2 1.000 3.35 1.75 .966 2.10 2.10
9 Seasons P 250 21 4 929.1 258 54 200 4 14 .984 2.46 1.02 .958 2.04 2.04
9 Seasons TOT 250 21 4 929.1 258 54 200 4 14 .984 2.46 1.02 .958 2.04 2.04
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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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 AL  3.44 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1948 AL  1.322 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 AL  3.012 (10th)
1948 AL  2.424 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 AL  35 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 AL  4 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  0.368 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL  124 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  16 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1948 AL  1.6 (9th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1947 AL  44 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1949 AL  5.26 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1950 AL  1.000 (1st)
1951 AL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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