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Sammy White
Samuel Charles White

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.
School University of Washington

Debut September 26, 1951
Final Game August 23, 1962
Born July 7, 1928 in Wenatchee, WA
Died September 4, 1991 in Princeville, HI

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 22 BOS AL   4   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .182  .182  .182   -5    2   0           0   0
 1952 23 BOS AL 115  381   35  107  20  2  10   49   2  3  16  43  .281  .310  .423   96  161   2           0  13 MVP-27,RoY-3
 1953 24 BOS AL 136  476   59  130  34  2  13   64   3  2  29  48  .273  .318  .435   97  207   8           2  15 AS
 1954 25 BOS AL 137  493   46  139  25  2  14   75   1  3  21  50  .282  .307  .426   91  210   8   8       0  15
 1955 26 BOS AL 143  544   65  142  30  4  11   64   1  2  44  58  .261  .323  .392   85  213   5   3   4   7  23 MVP-24
 1956 27 BOS AL 114  392   28   96  15  2   5   44   2  1  35  40  .245  .304  .332   61  130   2   4   7   0  18
 1957 28 BOS AL 111  340   24   73  10  1   3   31   0  1  25  38  .215  .267  .276   46   94   3   2   6   0  17
 1958 29 BOS AL 102  328   25   85  15  3   6   35   1  1  21  37  .259  .305  .378   83  124   0   1   4   1   7
 1959 30 BOS AL 119  377   34  107  13  4   1   42   4  2  23  39  .284  .324  .347   82  131   1   3   6   1  14
 1961 32 MLN NL  21   63    1   14   1  0   1    5   0  0   2   9  .222  .242  .286   44   18   2   1   0   0   1
 1962 33 PHI NL  41   97    7   21   4  0   2   12   0  0   2  16  .216  .238  .320   50   31   2   1   0   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1043 3502  324  916 167 20  66  421  14 15 218 381  .262  .305  .377   80 1321  33  23  27  12 129
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        544   50  142  26  3  10   65   2  2  34  59  .262  .305  .377   80  205   5   4   4   2  20
 Career High    143  544   65  142  34  4  14   75   4  3  44  58  .284  .324  .435   97  213   8   8   7   7  23

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 22 BOS AL   11    9    0   0.0   109| .182  .278| .182  .361| .182  .407| .364  .768|  -5  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1952 23 BOS AL  399  292   49   4.5   103| .281  .269| .310  .350| .423  .393| .733  .743|  96  .540  -4.3  -0.4  40%
 1953 24 BOS AL  515  371   65   4.7   107| .273  .276| .318  .352| .435  .405| .753  .758|  97  .524  -3.5  -0.4  60%
 1954 25 BOS AL  530  388   64   4.4   108| .282  .278| .307  .355| .426  .406| .733  .762|  91  .517  -8.5  -0.9  25%
 1955 26 BOS AL  603  435   64   3.9   110| .261  .277| .323  .358| .392  .412| .715  .770|  85  .432 -13.4  -1.3  33%
 1956 27 BOS AL  433  321   37   3.1   116| .245  .281| .304  .365| .332  .429| .636  .794|  61  .308 -24.4  -2.4  66%
 1957 28 BOS AL  370  290   22   2.1   104| .215  .270| .267  .343| .276  .407| .543  .750|  46  .198 -26.9  -2.8   0%
 1958 29 BOS AL  351  252   37   3.9   103| .259  .268| .305  .338| .378  .408| .683  .746|  83  .459  -8.8  -0.9  50%
 1959 30 BOS AL  405  290   40   3.7   102| .284  .265| .324  .337| .347  .405| .671  .742|  82  .422 -10.0  -1.0  66%
 1961 32 MLN NL   68   53    4   2.0   100| .222  .263| .242  .328| .286  .409| .528  .738|  44  .178  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1962 33 PHI NL  103   85    6   1.9   100| .216  .266| .238  .333| .320  .404| .558  .737|  50  .166  -6.9  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3788 2786  388   3.7   107| .262  .273| .305  .350| .377  .408| .682  .758|  80  .422 -113.6 -11.5  48%

* 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  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1951 22 BOS AL   C    4     15    1    0    2 1.000  .982  4.00  4.40                           0             
 1952 23 BOS AL   C  110    464   59    9    7  .983  .985  4.75  4.70                           4             
 1953 24 BOS AL   C  131    588   68    9    9  .986  .985  5.01  4.44                           5              AS
 1954 25 BOS AL   C  133    677   80   16   11  .979  .986  5.69  4.76                          11             
 1955 26 BOS AL   C  143    671   71   12    8  .984  .988  5.19  4.73                           5             
 1956 27 BOS AL   C  114    547   60   10   13  .984  .988  5.32  5.02  5.61  5.91  112  973.0   6  21   24  26
 1957 28 BOS AL   C  111    489   49    8   13  .985  .991  4.85  5.11  5.45  5.92  105  888.0   7  17   22  21
 1958 29 BOS AL   C  102    450   38    6    8  .988  .990  4.78  5.34  5.45  6.01   91  805.7   5  13   19  25
 1959 30 BOS AL   C  119    557   56    6    8  .990  .989  5.15  5.31  5.87  6.08  111  940.3   7  29   30  24
 1961 32 MLN NL   C   20    107    5    3    0  .974  .985  5.60  5.17  6.20  6.39   18  162.7   0   2    3   2
 1962 33 PHI NL   C   40    173   19    5    4  .975  .987  4.80  5.50  6.72  6.72   31  257.0   2  12   17  11
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1951 22 BOS AL   C    4     15    1    0    2 1.000  .982  4.00  4.40                           0             
 1952 23 BOS AL   C  110    464   59    9    7  .983  .985  4.75  4.70                           4             
 1953 24 BOS AL   C  131    588   68    9    9  .986  .985  5.01  4.44                           5             
 1954 25 BOS AL   C  133    677   80   16   11  .979  .986  5.69  4.76                          11             
 1955 26 BOS AL   C  143    671   71   12    8  .984  .988  5.19  4.73                           5             
 1956 27 BOS AL   C  114    547   60   10   13  .984  .988  5.32  5.02  5.61  5.91  112  973.0   6  21   24  26
 1957 28 BOS AL   C  111    489   49    8   13  .985  .991  4.85  5.11  5.45  5.92  105  888.0   7  17   22  21
 1958 29 BOS AL   C  102    450   38    6    8  .988  .990  4.78  5.34  5.45  6.01   91  805.7   5  13   19  25
 1959 30 BOS AL   C  119    557   56    6    8  .990  .989  5.15  5.31  5.87  6.08  111  940.3   7  29   30  24
 1961 32 MLN NL   C   20    107    5    3    0  .974  .985  5.60  5.17  6.20  6.39   18  162.7   0   2    3   2
 1962 33 PHI NL   C   40    173   19    5    4  .975  .987  4.80  5.50  6.72  6.72   31  257.0   2  12   17  11
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C*1027   4738  506   84   83  .984  .988  5.11  4.93              468 4026.7  52  94  115 109
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total      1027   4738  506   84   83  .984  .988  5.11  4.93

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1953   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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.

All-Star
1953

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-AL-27-0.01
1955-AL-24-0.00
Car-1440-0.01 shares

At Bats
1955 AL-544-10

Doubles
1953 AL-34-3
1954 AL-25-10
1955 AL-30-4

Hit By Pitch
1955 AL-7-7

Sac. Flies
1954 AL-8-6

Intentional Walks
1956 AL-7-8
1957 AL-6-10
1959 AL-6-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1953 AL-15-9
1955 AL-23-2
1956 AL-18-7
1957 AL-17-4
1959 AL-14-7

Outs
1955 AL-435-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1560) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1251) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1680) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
March 16, 1960: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Jim Marshall to the Cleveland Indians for Russ Nixon. Sammy White refused to report to his new team on March 25, 1960. Trade was voided and players returned on March 25, 1960.
March 25, 1960: Sent by the Cleveland Indians to the Boston Red Sox to complete an earlier deal made on March 16, 1960. The Cleveland Indians sent Russ Nixon to the Boston Red Sox for Sammy White and Jim Marshall. Sammy White refused to report to his new team on March 25, 1960. Trade was voided and players returned on March 25, 1960.
June 15, 1961: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Boston Red Sox.
October 27, 1961: Released by the Milwaukee Braves.
March 7, 1962: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 19, 1962: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Sammy White's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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All-Star 1953	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1952-AL-27-0.01 1955-AL-24-0.00 Car-1440-0.01 shares	At Bats 1955 AL-544-10	Doubles 1953 AL-34-3 1954 AL-25-10 1955 AL-30-4	Hit By Pitch 1955 AL-7-7	Sac. Flies 1954 AL-8-6
Intentional Walks 1956 AL-7-8 1957 AL-6-10 1959 AL-6-7	Grounded into Double Plays 1953 AL-15-9 1955 AL-23-2 1956 AL-18-7 1957 AL-17-4 1959 AL-14-7	Outs 1955 AL-435-7