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Sammy Strang
Samuel Nicklin Strang (The Dixie Thrush)
born Samuel Strang Nicklin

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 160 lb.

Debut July 10, 1896
Final Game June 2, 1908
Born December 16, 1876 in Chattanooga, TN
Died March 13, 1932 in Chattanooga, TN

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1896 19 LOU NL  14   46    6   12   0  0   0    7   4      6   6  .261  .346  .261   64   12   0           0    
 1900 23 CHC NL  27  102   15   29   3  0   0    9   1      8      .284  .348  .314   86   32   4           2    
 1901 24 NYG NL 135  493   55  139  14  6   1   34  40     59      .282  .364  .341  108  168  20           5    
 1902 25 TOT    140  547  109  162  18  5   3   46  39     76      .296  .387  .364  112  199  11           5    
         CHW AL 137  536  108  158  18  5   3   46  38     76      .295  .387  .364  112  195  11           5    
         CHC NL   3   11    1    4   0  0   0    0   1      0      .364  .364  .364  127    4   0           0    
 1903 26 BRO NL 135  508  101  138  21  5   0   38  46     75      .272  .376  .333  105  169   8          10    
 1904 27 BRO NL  77  271   28   52  11  0   1    9  16     45      .192  .316  .244   75   66   4           4    
 1905 28 NYG NL 111  294   51   76   9  4   3   29  23     58      .259  .389  .347  118  102  12           5    
 1906 29 NYG NL 113  313   50  100  16  4   4   49  21     54      .319  .423  .435  165  136   7           2    
 1907 30 NYG NL 123  306   56   77  20  4   4   30  21     60      .252  .388  .382  138  117   4           8    
 1908 31 NYG NL  28   53    8    5   0  0   0    2   5     23      .094  .385  .094   51    5   2           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     903 2933  479  790 112 28  16  253 216  0 464   6  .269  .377  .343  113 1006  72   0   0  43   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        526   86  142  20  5   3   45  39  0  83   1  .269  .377  .343  113  180  13   0   0   8   0
 Career High    140  547  109  162  21  6   4   49  46  0  76   6  .319  .423  .435  165  199  20   0   0  10   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1896 19 LOU NL   52   34    4   3.1   104| .261  .292| .346  .357| .261  .390| .607  .747|  64  .303  -2.1  -0.2     
 1900 23 CHC NL  116   77   11   3.7    95| .284  .282| .348  .343| .314  .372| .662  .714|  86  .438  -1.4  -0.1     
 1901 24 NYG NL  577  374   60   4.3    85| .282  .271| .364  .325| .341  .353| .705  .679| 108  .535   8.5   0.9     
 1902 25 TOT     639  396   76   5.1    94| .296  .279| .387  .335| .364  .375| .751  .710| 112  .581  13.8   1.4     
         CHW AL  628  389   75   5.1    94| .295  .279| .387  .336| .364  .376| .751  .712| 112  .582  13.5   1.4     
         CHC NL   11    7    1   3.8    76| .364  .263| .364  .318| .364  .324| .728  .641| 127  .545   0.3   0.0     
 1903 26 BRO NL  601  378   62   4.3    90| .272  .274| .376  .337| .333  .357| .709  .693| 105  .541   8.4   0.9     
 1904 27 BRO NL  324  223   20   2.4    75| .192  .254| .316  .312| .244  .329| .560  .641|  75  .354  -4.7  -0.5     
 1905 28 NYG NL  369  230   39   4.5    85| .259  .267| .389  .329| .347  .349| .736  .678| 118  .610  10.6   1.2     
 1906 29 NYG NL  376  220   57   6.8    77| .319  .255| .423  .322| .435  .325| .858  .647| 165  .806  27.2   3.2     
 1907 30 NYG NL  378  233   44   5.0    77| .252  .256| .388  .322| .382  .325| .770  .647| 138  .708  18.3   2.2     
 1908 31 NYG NL   80   50    2   1.1    75| .094  .252| .385  .314| .094  .325| .479  .639|  51  .134  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3512 2215  375   4.5    85| .269  .268| .377  .328| .343  .350| .720  .678| 113  .584  78.1   8.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1896 19 LOU NL SS 14 19 30 12 5 .803 .902 3.50 5.52 1900 23 CHC NL 3B 16 16 31 6 3 .887 .895 2.94 3.74 SS 9 12 26 9 2 .809 .922 4.22 5.76 2B 2 2 5 1 0 .875 .933 3.50 5.20 1901 24 NYG NL 3B 91 127 194 45 16 .877 .888 3.53 3.16 2B 37 54 104 11 10 .935 .941 4.27 5.06 OF 5 2 0 2 0 .500 .952 0.40 2.02 0 0 5 SS 4 6 6 2 1 .857 .923 3.00 5.65 1902 25 TOT 3B 139 173 337 63 21 .890 .912 3.67 3.52 CHW AL 3B 137 170 334 62 21 .890 .912 3.68 3.52 CHC NL 3B 2 3 3 1 0 .857 .909 3.00 3.45 2B 2 2 1 0 2 1.000 .938 1.50 5.35 1903 26 BRO NL 3B 124 147 245 37 13 .914 .913 3.16 3.39 OF 8 12 2 0 0 1.000 .940 1.75 1.91 0 8 0 2B 3 7 4 1 0 .917 .940 3.67 5.10 1904 27 BRO NL 2B 63 100 164 26 13 .910 .942 4.19 5.26 3B 12 13 19 9 2 .780 .899 2.67 3.20 SS 1 1 2 4 0 .429 .909 3.00 5.30 1905 28 NYG NL 2B 47 66 118 17 9 .915 .943 3.91 5.11 OF 38 47 4 5 0 .911 .955 1.34 1.93 4 7 27 SS 9 7 22 3 2 .906 .932 3.22 5.48 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 10.50 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1906 29 NYG NL 2B 57 116 173 17 13 .944 .947 5.07 4.97 OF 39 57 2 4 0 .937 .959 1.51 1.86 5 17 17 SS 4 5 11 3 1 .842 .936 4.00 5.33 3B 3 1 8 1 0 .900 .928 3.00 3.20 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 10.60 1907 30 NYG NL OF 70 112 13 7 5 .947 .960 1.79 1.94 1 28 41 2B 13 27 32 3 3 .952 .952 4.54 5.12 3B 7 3 10 1 0 .929 .929 1.86 3.33 1B 5 31 3 1 0 .971 .983 6.80 10.24 SS 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.00 1908 31 NYG NL 2B 14 22 41 10 5 .863 .955 4.50 5.03 OF 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 2.00 1 3 2 SS 3 4 4 2 0 .800 .930 2.67 5.17
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1905 28 NYG NL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 10.50 1906 29 NYG NL 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 10.60 1907 30 NYG NL 1B 5 31 3 1 0 .971 .983 6.80 10.24 1900 23 CHC NL 2B 2 2 5 1 0 .875 .933 3.50 5.20 1901 24 NYG NL 2B 37 54 104 11 10 .935 .941 4.27 5.06 1902 25 CHC NL 2B 2 2 1 0 2 1.000 .938 1.50 5.35 1903 26 BRO NL 2B 3 7 4 1 0 .917 .940 3.67 5.10 1904 27 BRO NL 2B 63 100 164 26 13 .910 .942 4.19 5.26 1905 28 NYG NL 2B 47 66 118 17 9 .915 .943 3.91 5.11 1906 29 NYG NL 2B 57 116 173 17 13 .944 .947 5.07 4.97 1907 30 NYG NL 2B 13 27 32 3 3 .952 .952 4.54 5.12 1908 31 NYG NL 2B 14 22 41 10 5 .863 .955 4.50 5.03 1900 23 CHC NL 3B 16 16 31 6 3 .887 .895 2.94 3.74 1901 24 NYG NL 3B 91 127 194 45 16 .877 .888 3.53 3.16 1902 25 TOT 3B 139 173 337 63 21 .890 .912 3.67 3.52 CHW AL 3B 137 170 334 62 21 .890 .912 3.68 3.52 CHC NL 3B 2 3 3 1 0 .857 .909 3.00 3.45 1903 26 BRO NL 3B 124 147 245 37 13 .914 .913 3.16 3.39 1904 27 BRO NL 3B 12 13 19 9 2 .780 .899 2.67 3.20 1905 28 NYG NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1906 29 NYG NL 3B 3 1 8 1 0 .900 .928 3.00 3.20 1907 30 NYG NL 3B 7 3 10 1 0 .929 .929 1.86 3.33 1901 24 NYG NL OF 5 2 0 2 0 .500 .952 0.40 2.02 0 0 5 1903 26 BRO NL OF 8 12 2 0 0 1.000 .940 1.75 1.91 0 8 0 1905 28 NYG NL OF 38 47 4 5 0 .911 .955 1.34 1.93 4 7 27 1906 29 NYG NL OF 39 57 2 4 0 .937 .959 1.51 1.86 5 17 17 1907 30 NYG NL OF 70 112 13 7 5 .947 .960 1.79 1.94 1 28 41 1908 31 NYG NL OF 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 2.00 1 3 2 1896 19 LOU NL SS 14 19 30 12 5 .803 .902 3.50 5.52 1900 23 CHC NL SS 9 12 26 9 2 .809 .922 4.22 5.76 1901 24 NYG NL SS 4 6 6 2 1 .857 .923 3.00 5.65 1904 27 BRO NL SS 1 1 2 4 0 .429 .909 3.00 5.30 1905 28 NYG NL SS 9 7 22 3 2 .906 .932 3.22 5.48 1906 29 NYG NL SS 4 5 11 3 1 .842 .936 4.00 5.33 1907 30 NYG NL SS 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.00 1908 31 NYG NL SS 3 4 4 2 0 .800 .930 2.67 5.17
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 393 480 844 162 55 .891 .906 3.37 3.39 2B 238 396 642 86 55 .923 .945 4.36 5.11 OF 165 233 23 18 5 .934 .958 1.55 1.92 11 63 92 SS 45 55 104 35 11 .820 .920 3.53 5.51 1B 7 40 3 1 0 .977 .982 6.14 10.33 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 848 1204 1616 302 126 .903 .926 3.33 3.76
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1905   WS    NYG PHA     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Batting Average
1906 NL-.319-4

On-base %
1902 AL-.387-9
1905 NL-.389-10
1906 NL-.423-1
1907 NL-.388-4

Slugging %
1906 NL-.434-3

OPS
1906 NL-.857-3
1907 NL-.770-5

Games
1902 AL-137-6

At Bats
1902 AL-536-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1902 AL-628-3
1903 NL-601-7

Runs
1902 AL-108-3
1903 NL-101-5

Doubles
1907 NL-20-10

Home Runs
1906 NL-4-8
1907 NL-4-6

Bases on Balls
1901 NL-59-6
1902 AL-76-2
1903 NL-75-5
1905 NL-58-10

Stolen Bases
1901 NL-40-3
1902 AL-38-4
1903 NL-46-3

Singles
1902 AL-132-4

Adjusted OPS+
1906 NL-165-3
1907 NL-138-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1906 NL-27-6
1907 NL-18-8

Batting Wins
1906 NL-3.2-6
1907 NL-2.2-7

Times on Base
1902 AL-239-4
1903 NL-223-10

Offensive Win%
1906 NL-.806-2
1907 NL-.708-7

Hit By Pitch
1903 NL-10-7
1907 NL-8-7

Sac. Hits
1901 NL-20-5

Power/Speed Number
1906 NL-6.7-8
1907 NL-6.7-9

At Bats per Home Run
1905 NL-98.0-9
1906 NL-78.3-4
1907 NL-76.5-4

Youngest Player
1896 NL-19-1

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 39 (616) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (1187) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 18, 1901: Traded by the Chicago Orphans with John Ganzel and Ned Garvin to the New York Giants for Jack Doyle.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the New York Giants to the Chicago White Sox.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the Chicago White Sox to the Chicago Orphans.

December, 1902: Released by the Chicago Orphans. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 11, 1902: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Superbas.

January, 1905: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Superbas.


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