Sammy White

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: July 7, 1927 in Wenatchee, WA us

Died: August 4, 1991 in Princeville, HI

Buried: Cremated

High School: Lincoln HS (Seattle, WA)

School: University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

Debut: September 26, 1951 (Age 24-081d, 10,861st in major league history)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 23, 1962 (Age 35-047d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Sammy Charles White

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

3502

916

.262

324

RBI

421

OBP

.305

SLG

.377

OPS

.682

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS		BAL	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 19	BOS		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	4	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
5	5	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,10-14	GS	36	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
6	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-13	GS	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	7	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	9	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	11	May 2	BOS		KCA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	12	May 3	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
13	13	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
14	14	May 5	BOS		DET	L,4-16	CG	55	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
15	15	May 7	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
16	16	May 8	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	GS	45	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	17	May 9	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	18	May 10	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
19	19	May 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	20	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	21	May 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	22	May 15	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	23	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
24	24	May 17	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
25	25	May 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
26	26	May 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	28 (1)	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
28	29	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	30	May 23	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	31	May 25	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	GS	31	7.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	32	May 26	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	33	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	35 (1)	May 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
34	36	May 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
35	37	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	40	8.2	11	1	0	12	0	C
36	39 (1)	May 31	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	40	Jun 1	BOS		KCA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	41	Jun 2	BOS		KCA	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	42	Jun 3	BOS		KCA	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
40	43	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,11-14	CG	52	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
41	44	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
42	45	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
43	46	Jun 8	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
44	55 (8)	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	56	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	56	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	W,13-2	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	58	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	9.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	60	Jun 22	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
50	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	62	Jun 24	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
52	63	Jun 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	64	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	65	Jun 29	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	67 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	68	Jul 1	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
57	69	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
58	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	50	10.1	9	1	0	10	0	C
59	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	73	Jul 5	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
61	74	Jul 7	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
62	75	Jul 8 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	77 (1)	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	79	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
66	80	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	81	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
68	82	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	83	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
70	85 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		KCA	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	86	Jul 19	BOS		KCA	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	87	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	88	Jul 21	BOS		DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
74	89	Jul 22	BOS		DET	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
75	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	101 (10)	Aug 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	102	Aug 4	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
78	103	Aug 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
79	104	Aug 6	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
80	105	Aug 7	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	106	Aug 8	BOS		BAL	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
82	107	Aug 9	BOS		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	108	Aug 10	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	109	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	110	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
86	111	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
87	112	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
88	115 (2)	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
89	117 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,10-11	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
90	119 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	120	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
92	121	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
93	122	Aug 25	BOS		CLE	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
94	124 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-7	GS	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
95	125	Aug 28	BOS		DET	L,3-6	GS	26	5.2	1	0	1	2	0	C
96	126	Aug 29	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	127	Aug 31	BOS		BAL	L,6-13	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	128	Sep 1	BOS		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
99	129	Sep 2	BOS		BAL	L,10-11	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	130	Sep 3 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
101	132 (1)	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	56	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
102	135 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
103	137 (1)	Sep 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
104	139 (1)	Sep 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	140	Sep 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	142 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	143	Sep 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
108	144	Sep 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	146 (1)	Sep 18	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	2	1	0	3	1
110	147	Sep 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
111	148	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	W,13-7	CG	54	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
112	151 (2)	Sep 25	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
113	152	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	154 (1)	Sep 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							114gm		973.1	547	60	10	617	13