Sam Agnew

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: April 12, 1887 in Farmington, MO us

Died: July 19, 1951 in Sonoma, CA

Buried: Chapel of the Chimes, Santa Rosa, CA

School: Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, MO)

Debut: April 10, 1913 (Age 25-363d, 3,852nd in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1919 (Age 32-169d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Samuel Lester Agnew

Nicknames: Slam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.3

1537

314

.204

105

RBI

OBP

.265

SLG

.253

OPS

.518

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-27 / in Starts: 11-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 121 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	79 (39-23-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 121 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (36-25-14)

Most Driven In
M Menosky	4
S Rice	2
P Gharrity	1
F Ellerbe	1
B Murphy	1
H Shanks	0

Most Driven In By
R Grover	1
W Johnson	1
H Shanks	1
H Harper	1
G McBride	1
E Foster	0
A Schacht	0

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	524	1	Apr 23	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	GS-13	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.400	.250	.650	8	1.55	-0.009	3.94	-0.01%	0.04	C
2	525	2	Apr 24	WSH		PHA	L,5-6	13-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.333	.200	.533	8	2.47	-0.059	7.02	-0.10%	-0.15	PH
3	526	4 (1)	Apr 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.375	.444	.500	.944	8	1.24	0.100	2.84	0.14%	0.56	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	527	9 (4)	May 4	WSH		PHA	W,12-6	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.364	.462	.455	.916	8	1.31	0.227	3.23	0.34%	1.69	C
5	528	12 (2)	May 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.308	.438	.385	.822	8	1.19	-0.018	3.34	-0.03%	-0.10	C
6	529	13	May 11	WSH	@	NYY	T,0-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.368	.313	.681	8	3.23	-0.238	7.98	-0.35%	-1.89	C
7	530	18 (4)	May 18	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.300	.391	.400	.791	8	.46	-0.009	.98	-0.01%	-0.40	C
8	531	19	May 19	WSH	@	DET	L,0-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.273	.385	.364	.748	8	.55	-0.032	1.23	-0.04%	-0.24	C
9	532	21 (1)	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.280	.379	.360	.739	8	.90	-0.015	1.77	-0.02%	-0.31	C
10	533	27 (5)	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.344	.321	.665	8	1.16	-0.065	.85	-0.03%	-0.62	C
11	534	29 (1)	May 31	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.344	.321	.665	8						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	535	30	Jun 1	WSH		NYY	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.314	.290	.605	7	.70	-0.042	.28	-0.01%	-0.66	C
13	536	32 (1)	Jun 3	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.316	.294	.610	7	1.26	0.013	.65	0.00%	0.05	C
14	537	33	Jun 4	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.308	.286	.593	7	.65	-0.016	.31	0.00%	-0.15	C
15	538	34	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	W,6-1	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.349	.278	.627	7	.46	-0.030	.17	-0.01%	-0.73	C
16	539	37 (2)	Jun 8	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.364	.278	.641	7	1.48	-0.003	.60	0.00%	-0.02	C
17	540	54 (16)	Jun 25 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.211	.362	.263	.625	9	1.03	-0.032	.12	0.00%	-0.30	C
18	541	55	Jun 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-1	2-GF	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.400	.300	.700	6	.88	0.123	.06	0.01%	1.06	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	542	63 (7)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-8	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.400	.300	.700	5						C
20	543	65 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.268	.412	.317	.729	9	1.39	0.066	.14	0.00%	0.37	PH
21	544	71 (5)	Jul 10 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-5	4-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.268	.423	.317	.740	1	2.43	0.036	.10	0.00%	0.38	PH
22	545	72	Jul 11	WSH	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.289	.429	.333	.762	5	2.17	-0.134	.11	0.00%	-1.23	C
23	546	82 (9)	Jul 20 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.306	.433	.367	.801	6	1.64	0.063	.02	0.00%	1.14	C
24	547	85 (2)	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.300	.426	.360	.786	3	.32	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	548	98 (12)	Aug 6	WSH		DET	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.296	.415	.370	.786	6	1.27	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
26	549	102 (3)	Aug 11	WSH		CHW	L,4-7	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.298	.420	.368	.789	6	.27	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.55	C
27	550	104 (1)	Aug 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.293	.414	.362	.776	5	2.30	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
28	551	105	Aug 17	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.323	.432	.435	.868	7	1.29	0.087	.00	0.00%	1.11	C
29	552	106	Aug 18	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.303	.410	.409	.819	8	.82	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.72	C
30	553	107	Aug 19	WSH	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.304	.407	.406	.813	8	.64	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.98	C
31	554	109 (1)	Aug 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.288	.388	.384	.772	8	.36	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.93	C
32	555	114 (4)	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	13-GF(14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.288	.388	.384	.772	8						C
33	556	117 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.284	.384	.378	.762	9	.14	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	557	121 (3)	Sep 2	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.269	.367	.359	.726	8	2.19	-0.216	.00	0.00%	-1.57	C
35	558	123 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.259	.355	.346	.701	8	.28	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.52	C
36	559	127 (3)	Sep 9	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.253	.347	.337	.685	8	1.11	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
37	560	135 (7)	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.247	.340	.329	.670	6	1.22	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-1.49	C
38	561	136	Sep 19	WSH		CLE	L,3-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.244	.337	.326	.662	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.57	PH
39	562	137	Sep 20 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.244	.333	.322	.656	8	2.45	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.02	C
40	563	140 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0		.247	.340	.323	.662	8						C
41	564	141	Sep 27 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1				0		.242	.333	.316	.649	8						C
42	565	142	Sep 28	WSH		BOS	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		1		.232	.321	.303	.624	8	.38	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.41	C
							14-27		121	99	6	23	7	0	0	9	12	0	8	1	7		1		1		.232	.321	.303	.624		.91	-0.14%

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