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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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	3	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	4	Apr 18	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
4	5	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	7 (1)	Apr 20	BOS		WSH	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	8	Apr 21	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
7	9	Apr 22	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	10	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	11	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	52	11.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
10	12	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13	May 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
12	14	May 2	BOS		SLB	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
13	15	May 3	BOS		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
14	16	May 4	BOS		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	17	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	18	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
17	19	May 7	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	20	May 8	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
19	21	May 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
20	24 (2)	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
21	25	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
22	33 (7)	May 24	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
23	34	May 26	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	35	May 27	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	44 (6)	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	46 (1)	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,11-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	47	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	48	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	49	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	50	Jun 10	BOS		SLB	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
32	51	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	52	Jun 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	55 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	56	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	57	Jun 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
38	59 (1)	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
39	62 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	65	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
43	66	Jun 27	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	67	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	68	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	69	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
47	70	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	71	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
49	72	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	73	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR C
51	74	Jul 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	75	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
53	76	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		DET	W,16-6	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	78 (1)	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	79	Jul 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,8-5	CG	39	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
56	80	Jul 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	81	Jul 14	BOS		SLB	L,5-7	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	82	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
59	83	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
60	84	Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	85	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	86	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	87	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
64	88	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	54	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	89	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
66	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
67	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
68	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-7	GS	28	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	94 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	99 (4)	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	100	Aug 3	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
72	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
73	102	Aug 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	103	Aug 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	104	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
76	105	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS	29	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
77	106	Aug 12	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	53	13.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	107	Aug 13	BOS		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	108	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	50	13.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
80	110 (1)	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	111	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	26	6.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
82	112	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	113	Aug 18	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	114	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
85	115	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-18	GS	37	6.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
86	116	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	117	Aug 22	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
88	118	Aug 23	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
89	119	Aug 24 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
90	120	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	121	Aug 26	BOS		DET	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
92	122	Aug 27	BOS		DET	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
93	123	Aug 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS	33	7.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	124	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
95	126 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	128 (1)	Sep 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
97	129	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	130	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	131	Sep 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
100	134 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	136 (1)	Sep 7	BOS		PHA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	137	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
103	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
104	139	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
105	140	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
106	141	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	142	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
108	148 (5)	Sep 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
109	149	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
110	150	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
111	151	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
							110gm		905.0	464	59	9	532	7