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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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 18	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
2	9 (2)	Apr 22	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	10	Apr 24	PHI	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
4	12 (1)	Apr 26	PHI	@	MLN	L,4-10	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	13	Apr 27	PHI	@	NYM	W,11-9	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
6	15 (1)	Apr 29 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	22 (6)	May 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	47	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
8	24 (1)	May 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
9	26 (1)	May 13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8		3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	30 (3)	May 17	PHI		CIN	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	31	May 18	PHI		CHC	L,8-11	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
12	34 (2)	May 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,2-11	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	39 (4)	May 25	PHI	@	SFG	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
14	40	May 26	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	44 (3)	May 30 (2)	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	GS	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
16	45	May 31	PHI		SFG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	46	Jun 1 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,4-11	GF	17	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	49 (2)	Jun 3	PHI		LAD	W,7-5	GS	10	1.1	1	1	0	2	1	C
19	54 (4)	Jun 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	57 (2)	Jun 11	PHI	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
21	61 (3)	Jun 16	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
22	62	Jun 17	PHI		CIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	64 (1)	Jun 21	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
24	65	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-7	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	69 (3)	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-5	GS	27	6.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
26	70	Jun 25	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	74 (3)	Jun 29	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	25	4.2	4	0	1	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	86 (11)	Jul 11	PHI		HOU	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	88 (1)	Jul 13	PHI		SFG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	90 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,1-9	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	92 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	PHI	@	HOU	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
32	95 (2)	Jul 19	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
33	97 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	PHI		MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
34	100 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	101	Jul 23	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	104 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	110 (5)	Aug 4 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	113 (2)	Aug 6	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
39	117 (3)	Aug 10	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
40	126 (8)	Aug 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							40gm		257.2	173	19	5	197	4