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Sam Zoldak
Samuel Walter Zoldak (Sad Sam)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 8, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY
Schools: Fordham University
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1944
Final Game: August 26, 1952
Died: August 25, 1966 in New Hyde Park, NY
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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 97 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 1 297 105 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 2 718 108 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 1 666 123 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 97 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 94 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 0 274 110 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 97 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 112 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 2 782 112 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 107 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
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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 86 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 56 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 -12 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 -11 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 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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1944 SLB AL 25 P 18 8 0 8 0 2 1.000 0.44 .962 1.14
1945 SLB AL 26 P 26 13 3 9 1 0 .923 0.46 .954 1.28
1946 SLB AL 27 P 35 43 10 32 1 3 .977 1.20 .949 1.01
1947 SLB AL 28 P 35 51 6 44 1 2 .980 1.43 .953 0.95
1948 TOT AL 29 P 34 47 7 39 1 4 .979 1.35 .962 0.91
1948 SLB AL 29 P 11 13 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.18 .962 0.91
1948 CLE AL 29 P 23 34 5 28 1 3 .971 1.43 .962 0.91
1949 CLE AL 30 P 27 31 12 19 0 1 1.000 1.15 .961 1.01
1950 CLE AL 31 P 33 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 0.42 .950 0.96
1951 PHA AL 32 P 26 23 6 17 0 0 1.000 0.88 .952 0.99
1952 PHA AL 33 P 16 28 6 22 0 2 1.000 1.75 .964 1.03
9 Seasons P 250 258 54 200 4 14 .984 1.02 .956 1.02
9 Seasons TOT 250 258 54 200 4 14 .984 1.02 .941 1.02

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 AL--3.438--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--.368--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL--123--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1370), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1071), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

February 17, 1944: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Barney Lutz (minors) to the St. Louis Browns for Frankie Hayes.

June 15, 1948: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Kennedy and $100,000.

April 30, 1951: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Cleveland Indians with Ray Murray to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Chicago White Sox sent Dave Philley and Gus Zernial to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Paul Lehner to the Chicago White Sox. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Lou Brissie to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Minnie Minoso to the Chicago White Sox.

February 2, 1953: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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