Sam Zoldak

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: December 8, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: August 25, 1966 in New Hyde Park, NY

Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY

High Schools: Eastern District HS (Brooklyn, NY), Textile HS (New York, NY)

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Debut: May 13, 1944 (Age 25-157d, 9,718th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 26, 1952 (Age 33-262d)
vs. CLE 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Samuel Walter Zoldak

Nicknames: Sad Sam

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1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

ERA

3.54

250

929.1

207

WHIP

1.353

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-18 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 15

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	176	5	Apr 23(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-4		99	3.1	5	5	5	2	2	1	0	13.50	7.08	16	2	5	1	0	5	30			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.340	2.78	-0.50%	-3.39	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	177	12	May 6(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS-2	L(0-1)	12	2.0	5	4	3	0	0	1	0	13.50	7.83	11	3	3	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.289	2.58	-0.51%	-2.90	1b start a 2	2b 3 out d2
3	178	13	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-10	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.37	7.01	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
4	179	15	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,8-9	5-5		1	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.21	7.01	3	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.109	.97	-0.13%	-3.10	5b 1-- 2 out d3	5b -2- 2 out d6
5	180	25	May 19	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	3-GF	W(1-1)	9	7.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	7.43	4.23	27	12	6	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.303	3.36	0.52%	2.83	3t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
6	181	28	May 21(2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-12	9-9		1	0.2	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	10.93	4.37	9	2	0	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.080	.41	-0.15%	-5.70	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 1-- 2 out d8
7	182	34	May 28(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	10.20	4.52	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.017	.62	0.02%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	183	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-11	7-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.56	4.46	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.12	0.00%	0.63	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
9	184	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.00	4.35	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.15	0.01%	0.63	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
10	185	45	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.66	4.28	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.24	0.469	7.73	0.30%	1.23	9b 1-3 1 out a1	9b end a 1
11	186	48	Jun 11(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-9	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.05	4.06	4	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.05	0.00%	0.81	7b 1-- 2 out d6	8b end d 5
12	187	53	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	W,8-7	7-8	H(1)	5	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	8.69	4.16	3	1	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.19	0.068	5.03	0.07%	0.61	7t 123 1 out a1	8t 12- 0 out a1
13	188	60	Jun 24	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	5-5		6	0.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	9.00	4.28	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.67	-0.183	4.31	-0.28%	-2.08	5t --- 0 out d1	5t 123 1 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	189	70	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	7-7		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.71	4.13	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.039	2.68	0.08%	0.96	7t 12- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
15	190	72	Jul 4(2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	5-7		0	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.83	3.89	8	3	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.022	.44	0.04%	1.21	5t --- 2 out d7	7t 3 out d4
16	191	84	Jul 17(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	1-5		12	4.1	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.59	3.75	17	6	4	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	.51	0.074	1.79	0.16%	1.88	1b -2- 2 out d4	5b 3 out d3
17	192	87	Jul 20	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	7-GF(11)	W(2-1)	2	5.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.57	3.67	19	8	8	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.74	0.601	4.95	1.03%	2.79	7b --- 0 out d1	11b end a 1
18	193	89	Jul 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	9-GF(10)	W(3-1)	1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.35	3.71	5	1	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.151	3.74	0.30%	1.07	9b 1-3 2 out tie	10b end a 5
19	194	92	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,6-2	3-GF	W(4-1)	3	6.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	3.56	22	6	12	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.391	4.32	1.09%	3.81	3t 1-3 2 out tie	9t end a 4
20	195	97	Jul 30(2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	GS-6	L(4-2)	3	5.0	8	3	3	2	0	2	0	4.60	4.16	25	5	10	2	0	8	37			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.082	5.79	-0.27%	-0.66	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	196	102	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,0-9	3-5		6	2.1	4	5	3	1	1	1	0	4.94	4.38	13	6	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	.30	-0.075	1.99	-0.29%	-3.38	3t 1-3 2 out d4	5t 3 out d9
22	197	107	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-11	3-3		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	4.37	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.011	1.78	0.03%	0.39	3b --3 2 out d5	3b 3 out d5
23	198	108	Aug 13(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	4.30	8	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.55	0.060	2.46	0.16%	0.11	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
24	199	109	Aug 13(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	5-7		-1	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.70	4.29	9	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	-0.026	1.94	-0.08%	-0.75	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 123 0 out d2
25	200	114	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	6-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.64	4.27	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.041	13.07	0.12%	0.63	6t 123 1 out tie	6t 3 out d1
26	201	117	Aug 20(2)	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	8-GF		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	4.20	8	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.101	3.96	0.27%	1.09	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
27	202	120	Aug 24(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.39	4.17	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.01	0.339	24.95	1.01%	1.55	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
28	203	122	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	8-8	H(2)	1	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	4.16	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.136	14.07	-0.52%	-0.43	8b --- 0 out a1	8b --3 1 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	204	132	Sep 4(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	6-GF	S(4)	8	4.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.07	4.03	12	5	6	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.632	4.41	0.82%	2.61	6b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
30	205	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	T,13-13	7-9	BS(1)	2	2.1	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	4.21	4.33	12	6	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.91	-0.285	7.13	-0.64%	-1.24	7b --- 0 out a2	9b 12- 1 out tie
31	206	136	Sep 8(1)	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	4.32	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.031	2.72	0.05%	0.34	9t -2- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
32	207	140	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	2-2		3	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.30	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.007	.04	0.00%	0.29	2t --- 1 out d6	2t 3 out d6
33	208	143	Sep 15(2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	5-5		2	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.10	4.37	4	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.55	-0.156	.10	0.00%	-1.04	5t 12- 1 out a1	5t 3 out d1
							14-18		W-L:4-2,Sv:4,BSv:1,Hld:2	3.0	63.2	64	33	29	21	15	6	1	4.10	4.37	273	1.10		4%	0%	64	33	26	19%	2	0	0	246	10	4	4	7	0	5	1.08	1.609	3.51	2.71%	1.89

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