Sam Langford

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: May 21, 1900 in Briggs, TX us

Died: July 31, 1993 in Plainview, TX

Buried: Plainview Memorial Park, Plainview, TX

High School: Georgetown HS (Georgetown, TX)

Debut: April 13, 1926 (Age 25-327d, 6,361st in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 1928 (Age 28-123d)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Elton Langford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

495

136

.275

RBI

OBP

.316

SLG

.382

OPS

.698

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	GF	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 13	CLE	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	7 (1)	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	8	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	10 (1)	Apr 20	CLE		CHW	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	11	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
10	12	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	13	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	15 (1)	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	16	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	17	Apr 28	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	18	Apr 29	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	19	Apr 30	CLE		SLB	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	20	May 1	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
18	21	May 2	CLE		SLB	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	22	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	23	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	24	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	26 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	27	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
24	29 (1)	May 13	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	31 (1)	May 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	33 (1)	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	34	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	35	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	36	May 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	37	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	38	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,9-12	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	39	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	40	May 26	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	41	May 27	CLE		SLB	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
35	42	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	43	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	50	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	44	May 31	CLE		DET	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	45	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	46	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
40	47	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	48	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	49	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	50	Jun 9	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	51	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	52	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
46	53	Jun 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	54	Jun 13	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	55	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	56	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	57	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
51	58	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	59	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	60	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	61	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	62	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	63	Jun 22	CLE		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	64	Jun 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	66 (1)	Jun 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	72 (5)	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	80 (7)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-9	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	81	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	84	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	85	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	86	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	87	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	89	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	90	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
71	91	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	92	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	93	Jul 22	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	94	Jul 23	CLE		SLB	L,0-10	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	95	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	96	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,15-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	97	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	98	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	99	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	100	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	101	Jul 29	CLE		NYY	W,24-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	102	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
83	103	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	L,9-12	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	104	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	105	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	106	Aug 3	CLE		PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	107	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	108	Aug 6 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	109	Aug 6 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	110	Aug 7	CLE		WSH	L,0-8	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	111	Aug 10	CLE		DET	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	112	Aug 11	CLE		DET	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	113	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
94	114	Aug 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	115	Aug 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	116	Aug 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	118	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	119	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	120	Aug 19 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	70	16.0	4	0	1	5	0
103	123	Aug 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	124	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	125	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-9	GS	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	142 (16)	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
107	143	Sep 16	CLE		PHA	L,1-7	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
							108gm			238	5	7	250	2