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Sammy Vick
Samuel Bruce Vick

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 163 lb.
School Millsaps College

Debut September 20, 1917
Final Game September 24, 1921
Born April 12, 1895 in Batesville, MS
Died August 17, 1986 in Memphis, TN

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 22 NYY AL  10   36    4   10   3  0   0    2   2      1   6  .278  .297  .361  100   13   1           0    
 1918 23 NYY AL   2    3    1    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   0  .667  .667  .667  298    2   0           0    
 1919 24 NYY AL 106  407   59  101  15  9   2   27   9     35  55  .248  .308  .344   82  140   7           0    
 1920 25 NYY AL  51  118   21   26   7  1   0   11   1  1  14  20  .220  .313  .297   60   35   1           2    
 1921 26 BOS AL  44   77    5   20   3  1   0    9   0  1   1  10  .260  .269  .325   53   25   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      213  641   90  159  28 11   2   50  12  2  51  91  .248  .305  .335   76  215  11   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        488   68  121  21  8   2   38   9  2  39  69  .248  .305  .335   76  164   8   0   0   2   0
 Career High    106  407   59  101  15  9   2   27   9  1  35  55  .248  .308  .344   82  140   7   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 22 NYY AL   38   27    4   4.0    80| .278  .256| .297  .327| .361  .331| .658  .658| 100  .576  -0.1   0.0     
 1918 23 NYY AL    3    1    1  27.2    84| .667  .263| .667  .334| .667  .335|1.334  .669| 298  .977   0.7   0.1     
 1919 24 NYY AL  449  313   43   3.7    96| .248  .277| .308  .344| .344  .373| .652  .716|  82  .457 -11.2  -1.2     
 1920 25 NYY AL  135   94   11   3.1   110| .220  .296| .313  .361| .297  .407| .610  .768|  60  .333  -6.7  -0.7  50%
 1921 26 BOS AL   80   60    6   2.7   112| .260  .296| .269  .361| .325  .415| .594  .776|  53  .236  -5.8  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       705  495   65   3.5    99| .248  .282| .305  .348| .335  .382| .640  .730|  76  .416 -23.1  -2.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 22 NYY AL OF 10 14 1 2 0 .882 .968 1.50 2.14 0 0 10 1918 23 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1919 24 NYY AL OF 100 166 11 9 2 .952 .958 1.77 2.16 0 0 100 1920 25 NYY AL OF 33 56 0 3 0 .949 .962 1.70 2.16 4 1 28 1921 26 BOS AL OF 14 21 1 0 0 1.000 .961 1.57 2.21 0 0 14
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 22 NYY AL OF 10 14 1 2 0 .882 .968 1.50 2.14 0 0 10 1918 23 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1919 24 NYY AL OF 100 166 11 9 2 .952 .958 1.77 2.16 0 0 100 1920 25 NYY AL OF 33 56 0 3 0 .949 .962 1.70 2.16 4 1 28 1921 26 BOS AL OF 14 21 1 0 0 1.000 .961 1.57 2.21 0 0 14
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 158 257 13 14 2 .951 .959 1.71 2.16 4 1 153 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 158 257 13 14 2 .951 .959 1.71 2.16
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1919 AL-55-3

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 15, 1920: Traded by the New York Yankees with Del Pratt, Muddy Ruel, and Hank Thormahlen to the Boston Red Sox for Waite Hoyt, Harry Harper, Wally Schang, and Mike McNally.


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