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Sam Zoldak
Samuel Walter Zoldak (Sad Sam)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 185 lb.
School Fordham University

Debut May 13, 1944
Final Game August 26, 1952
Born December 8, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY
Died August 25, 1966 in New Hyde Park, NY

Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1944 25 SLB AL   0   0  18   0   0   0  10  0   38.7   49   22   16   1   19   15   0   2   181       0  3.72  3.60   97 1.759
 1945 26 SLB AL   3   2  26   1   1   0  14  0   69.7   74   32   26   3   18   19   0   1   297       1  3.36  3.53  105 1.321
 1946 27 SLB AL   9  11  35  21   9   2   7  2  170.3  166   71   65  11   57   51   1   2   718       0  3.43  3.71  108 1.309
 1947 28 SLB AL   9  10  35  19   6   1   8  1  171.0  162   76   66   7   76   36   0   1   725       1  3.47  3.89  112 1.392
 1948 29 TOT AL  11  10  34  21   4   1   5  0  159.7  168   67   61  10   43   30   1   1   666       1  3.44  4.23  123 1.322
         SLB AL   2   4  11   9   0   0   0  0   54.0   64   30   28   4   19   13   1   1   238       0  4.67  4.54   97 1.537
         CLE AL   9   6  23  12   4   1   5  0  105.7  104   37   33   6   24   17   0   0   428       1  2.81  4.07  145 1.211
 1949 30 CLE AL   1   2  27   0   0   0  13  0   53.0   60   30   25   4   18   11   0   1   235       0  4.25  3.99   94 1.472
 1950 31 CLE AL   4   2  33   3   0   0  14  4   63.7   64   33   28   6   21   15   1   0   274       0  3.96  4.35  110 1.335
 1951 32 PHA AL   6  10  26  18   8   1   5  0  128.0  127   51   45   9   24   18   0   0   525       1  3.16  4.29  135 1.180
 1952 33 PHA AL   0   6  16  10   2   0   2  1   75.3   86   41   34   3   25   12   0   0   325       0  4.06  3.93   97 1.473
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .448  43  53 250  93  30   5  78  8  929.3  956  423  366  54  301  207   3   8  3946       4  3.54  3.97  112 1.353
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  10  49  18   5   0  15  1  184.0  189   83   72  10   59   41   0   1   782   0   0  3.54  3.97  112 1.353
 Career High     11  11  35  21   9   2  14  4  171.0  168   76   66  11   76   51   1   2   725   0   1  3.16  4.35  135 1.180

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 25 SLB AL  18    6    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   86    2   0           0   0
 1945 26 SLB AL  27   20    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .050  .050  .050  -72    1   0           0   0
 1946 27 SLB AL  35   52    3    9   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  12  .173  .218  .192   13   10   3           0   0
 1947 28 SLB AL  35   58    4   10   2  0   0    3   0  0   3  10  .172  .213  .207   16   12   1           0   0
 1948 29 TOT AL  34   58    3   11   2  0   0    2   1  0   1   9  .190  .203  .224   14   13   3           0   2
         SLB AL  11   22    3    6   1  0   0    2   1  0   0   3  .273  .273  .318   56    7   1           0   0
         CLE AL  23   36    0    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .139  .162  .167  -12    6   2           0   2
 1949 30 CLE AL  27    8    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .375  .375  .375  100    3   0           0   0
 1950 31 CLE AL  33   16    2    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   0  .188  .316  .188   33    3   0           1   1
 1951 32 PHA AL  26   45    1    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   6  .156  .156  .178  -11    8   1           0   0
 1952 33 PHA AL  16   23    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .174  .208  .174    5    4   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      251  286   16   50   6  0   0   11   1  0  10  52  .175  .205  .196    9   56   9   0   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        185   10   32   4  0   0    7   1  0   6  34  .175  .205  .196    9   36   6   0   0   1   3
 Career High     35   58    4   11   2  0   0    3   1  0   3  12                          13   3   0   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 25 SLB AL    6    4    1   6.8    96| .333  .275| .333  .343| .333  .375| .666  .718|  86  .720  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1945 26 SLB AL   20   19    0   0.0    92| .050  .267| .050  .340| .050  .363| .100  .704| -72  .000  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1946 27 SLB AL   58   46    2   1.2   100| .173  .269| .218  .345| .192  .387| .410  .732|  13  .088  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1947 28 SLB AL   62   49    3   1.6    98| .172  .265| .213  .345| .207  .381| .420  .726|  16  .152  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1948 29 TOT AL   62   52    3   1.5   105| .190  .272| .203  .357| .224  .394| .427  .751|  14  .119  -7.4  -0.8 100%
         SLB AL   23   17    2   3.1   107| .273  .275| .273  .361| .318  .398| .591  .759|  56  .330  -1.5  -0.2 100%
         CLE AL   39   35    1   0.8   104| .139  .270| .162  .355| .167  .391| .329  .746| -12  .036  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1949 30 CLE AL    8    5    1   5.3   105| .375  .268| .375  .360| .375  .390| .750  .750| 100  .568  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1950 31 CLE AL   19   14    1   1.9   111| .188  .275| .316  .361| .188  .412| .504  .773|  33  .146  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1951 32 PHA AL   46   39    1   0.7   104| .156  .270| .156  .351| .178  .396| .334  .747| -11  .031  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1952 33 PHA AL   25   21    1   1.3   101| .174  .267| .208  .348| .174  .390| .382  .737|   5  .105  -3.1  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       306  249   13   1.4   101| .175  .269| .205  .350| .196  .388| .401  .738|   9  .112 -37.1  -3.8 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1944 25 SLB AL P 18 0 8 0 2 1.000 .964 0.44 1.14 1.86 2.09 0 38.7 1945 26 SLB AL P 26 3 9 1 0 .923 .952 0.46 1.28 1.55 2.23 1 69.7 1946 27 SLB AL P 35 10 32 1 3 .977 .950 1.20 1.01 2.22 2.01 21 170.3 1947 28 SLB AL P 35 6 44 1 2 .980 .954 1.43 0.95 2.63 1.92 19 171.0 1948 29 TOT AL P 34 7 39 1 4 .979 .962 1.35 0.91 2.59 2.02 21 159.7 SLB AL P 11 2 11 0 1 1.000 .963 1.18 0.91 2.17 2.02 9 54.0 CLE AL P 23 5 28 1 3 .971 .962 1.43 0.91 2.81 2.02 12 105.7 1949 30 CLE AL P 27 12 19 0 1 1.000 .963 1.15 1.01 5.26 2.12 0 53.0 1950 31 CLE AL P 33 4 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.42 0.96 1.98 2.03 3 63.7 1951 32 PHA AL P 26 6 17 0 0 1.000 .954 0.88 0.99 1.62 2.07 18 128.0 1952 33 PHA AL P 16 6 22 0 2 1.000 .966 1.75 1.03 3.35 2.10 10 75.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 25 SLB AL P 18 0 8 0 2 1.000 .964 0.44 1.14 1.86 2.09 0 38.7 1945 26 SLB AL P 26 3 9 1 0 .923 .952 0.46 1.28 1.55 2.23 1 69.7 1946 27 SLB AL P 35 10 32 1 3 .977 .950 1.20 1.01 2.22 2.01 21 170.3 1947 28 SLB AL P 35 6 44 1 2 .980 .954 1.43 0.95 2.63 1.92 19 171.0 1948 29 TOT AL P 34 7 39 1 4 .979 .962 1.35 0.91 2.59 2.02 21 159.7 SLB AL P 11 2 11 0 1 1.000 .963 1.18 0.91 2.17 2.02 9 54.0 CLE AL P 23 5 28 1 3 .971 .962 1.43 0.91 2.81 2.02 12 105.7 1949 30 CLE AL P 27 12 19 0 1 1.000 .963 1.15 1.01 5.26 2.12 0 53.0 1950 31 CLE AL P 33 4 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.42 0.96 1.98 2.03 3 63.7 1951 32 PHA AL P 26 6 17 0 0 1.000 .954 0.88 0.99 1.62 2.07 18 128.0 1952 33 PHA AL P 16 6 22 0 2 1.000 .966 1.75 1.03 3.35 2.10 10 75.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 250 54 200 4 14 .984 .957 1.02 1.02 2.46 2.04 93 929.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 250 54 200 4 14 .984 .957 1.02 1.02 2.46 2.04 93 929
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.

ERA
1948 AL-3.44-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1948 AL-1.322-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1946 AL-3.01-10
1948 AL-2.42-2

Games
1946 AL-35-9

Saves
1950 AL-4-8

Adjusted ERA+
1948 AL-123-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1068) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.


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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 Gus Zernial and Dave Philley 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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