Solly Drake

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: October 23, 1930 in Little Rock, AR us

Died: August 18, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA

High School: Dunbar HS (Little Rock, AR)

School: Philander Smith College (Little Rock, AR)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 25-177d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. MLN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1959 (Age 28-339d)
vs. MLN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Solomon Louis Drake

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Relatives: Brother of Sammy Drake

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

285

.232

RBI

OBP

.311

SLG

.295

OPS

.606

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-45 / in Starts: 18-32
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	51 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 241 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	87 (44-30-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 241 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	152 (80-47-24)

Most Driven In
W Moryn	2
Self	2
H Chiti	2
D Hoak	1
E Miksis	1
E Banks	1
M Irvin	1
G Baker	1

Most Driven In By
G Baker	5
D Fondy	5
W Moryn	4
E Banks	3
D Hoak	3
Self	2
J King	2
M Irvin	2

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	1	1	Apr 17	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.04	-0.001	.11	0.00%	-0.09	PH
2	2	3 (1)	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	W,12-1	CG	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.800	1.333	2.133	2	.35	0.010	.77	0.01%	2.42	CF
3	3	4	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.571	.700	.857	1.557	2	.76	0.001	1.78	0.00%	-0.49	CF
4	4	5	Apr 22 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.571	.909	1.481	2	1.04	0.361	2.50	0.52%	2.21	CF
5	5	6	Apr 22 (2)	CHC		CIN	T,1-1	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.471	.714	1.185	2	.84	-0.065	2.18	-0.10%	-0.61	CF
6	6	8 (1)	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.353	.476	.706	1.182	2	.98	0.085	2.28	0.12%	0.84	CF
7	7	9	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.440	.600	1.040	2	.43	-0.014	.96	-0.02%	-0.31	CF
8	8	11 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.483	.625	1.108	2	.52	0.066	.96	0.07%	1.20	CF
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
9	9	12	May 1	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.424	.536	.960	2	1.54	-0.151	2.61	-0.16%	-0.75	CF
10	10	13	May 2	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG(17)	8	8	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.306	.390	.556	.946	2	2.08	-0.079	3.08	-0.07%	-0.13	CF
11	11	14	May 4	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.356	.500	.856	1	.73	-0.075	.98	-0.06%	-0.78	CF
12	12	15	May 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.327	.455	.781	1	1.37	-0.139	2.04	-0.13%	-0.91	CF
13	13	16	May 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	T,6-6	CG(7)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.438	.771	1	1.42	-0.129	1.92	-0.10%	-0.76	CF
14	14	17	May 8	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.404	.714	1	.46	-0.045	.64	-0.04%	-0.82	CF
15	15	19 (1)	May 13 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.305	.396	.701	9	2.12	-0.058	2.81	-0.05%	-0.35	PH
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
16	16	85 (65)	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.297	.368	.665	1	.90	-0.015	.06	0.00%	-0.12	CF
17	17	86	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.309	.377	.686	1	1.10	0.161	.09	0.01%	1.55	CF
18	18	87	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.292	.354	.646	1	1.42	-0.147	.16	-0.01%	-1.03	CF
19	19	88	Jul 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0	.206	.289	.338	.628	1						CF
20	20	89	Jul 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.205	.284	.329	.613	1						CF
21	21	90	Jul 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.282	.325	.607	1	1.12	-0.012	.05	0.00%	-0.51	CF
22	22	91	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.267	.305	.572	1	1.26	-0.162	.04	0.00%	-1.06	CF
23	23	92	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.266	.326	.592	1	.69	0.035	.02	0.00%	0.33	CF
24	24	93	Jul 29 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.265	.322	.588	1	1.19	-0.132	.01	0.00%	-1.06	CF
25	25	94	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.262	.326	.588	1	.58	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.35	CF
26	26	95	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.271	.333	.604	1	1.14	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.18	CF
27	27	96	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.270	.330	.600	1	1.07	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.69	CF
28	28	97	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.284	.343	.627	1	.63	0.131	.00	0.00%	1.07	CF
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
29	29	98	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-10	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.289	.345	.634	1	.57	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.16	CF
30	30	99	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.296	.345	.641	1	.81	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.38	CF
31	31	100	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.289	.336	.625	1	.77	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.47	CF
32	32	104 (3)	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.287	.333	.620	9	.87	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
33	33	105	Aug 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.285	.331	.615	7	1.80	-0.045	.01	0.00%	-0.16	PR CF
34	34	106	Aug 10	CHC		STL	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.285	.331	.615	8						PR
35	35	107	Aug 11	CHC		STL	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.282	.328	.610	9	.61	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
36	36	113 (5)	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.244	.294	.354	.648	1	1.34	0.190	.00	0.00%	0.88	CF
37	37	114	Aug 17	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.293	.351	.644	1	1.18	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.40	CF
38	38	115	Aug 18	CHC	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.241	.303	.346	.649	1	.72	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.54	CF
39	39	116	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.295	.336	.631	1	.60	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.82	CF
40	40	117	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.229	.294	.329	.623	1	.90	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.02	CF
41	41	118	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.306	.354	.660	1	.85	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.79	CF
42	42	119	Aug 22	CHC		PHI	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.302	.345	.647	1	.69	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.43	CF
43	43	120	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.307	.344	.652	1	.96	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.43	CF
44	44	121	Aug 23 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,5-8	CG(7)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.306	.338	.644	1	.92	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.11	CF
45	45	122	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	CG(11)	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.314	.338	.652	1	1.96	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.38	CF
46	46	123	Aug 25	CHC		NYG	L,0-6	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.324	.344	.668	1	.67	0.077	.00	0.00%	1.03	CF
47	47	124	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.322	.341	.664	1	1.15	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.22	CF
48	48	125	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.238	.316	.333	.649	1						CF
49	49	126	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.307	.324	.631	1	2.62	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-1.58	CF
50	50	128 (1)	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	L,4-11	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.306	.322	.628	9	.50	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.22	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
51	51	135 (6)	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.306	.322	.628	8						PR
52	52	139 (3)	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.309	.326	.635	9	1.72	0.042	.00	0.00%	1.67	PH
53	53	142 (2)	Sep 14	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.309	.326	.635	6						PR
54	54	145 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.313	.330	.642	9	.70	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.37	PH
55	55	147 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-8	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.243	.316	.333	.650	9						PH
56	56	148	Sep 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.316	.333	.650	9						PR
57	57	149	Sep 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	2	0	.246	.325	.335	.660	1						CF
58	58	150	Sep 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.322	.332	.653	1	.70	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.45	CF
59	59	151	Sep 22	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259	.333	.349	.683	1	.83	0.214	.00	0.00%	1.39	CF
60	60	152	Sep 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.332	.344	.676	1	.60	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.40	CF
61	61	153	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.326	.337	.662	1	1.46	-0.389	.00	0.00%	-2.90	CF
62	62	154	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG(8)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.329	.337	.666	1	.57	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.61	CF
63	63	155	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.325	.332	.656	1	2.10	0.177	.00	0.00%	-0.37	CF
64	64	156	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.322	.329	.650	1	.73	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.69	CF
65	65	157	Sep 30	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.256	.328	.335	.663	1	1.03	0.100	.00	0.00%	1.39	CF
							18-45		241	215	29	55	9	1	2	15	22	0	35	1	3	0	1	0	9	5	.256	.328	.335	.663		1.04	-0.285	.49	0.00%	-0.44

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