Ron Samford

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 156lb (180cm, 70kg)

Born: February 28, 1930 in Dallas, TX us

Died: January 14, 2021 in Dallas, TX

Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX

High School: W. H. Adamson HS (Dallas, TX)

Debut: April 15, 1954 (Age 24-046d, 11,097th in major league history)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1959 (Age 29-207d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Ronald Edward Samford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

334

.219

RBI

OBP

.261

SLG

.317

OPS

.579

OPS+

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	WSH		BAL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS	27	6.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
3	12 (9)	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
4	13	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
5	14	Apr 26	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
6	15	Apr 28	WSH	@	KCA	W,8-3	GS	21	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
7	16	Apr 29	WSH	@	KCA	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
8	17	Apr 30	WSH	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	18	May 1	WSH	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
10	19	May 2	WSH	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
11	20	May 3 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
12	21	May 3 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
13	22	May 5	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
14	23	May 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
15	24	May 7	WSH		BAL	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
16	25	May 9	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
17	26	May 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	2	4	1	SS
18	27	May 10 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	2	3	1	6	0	SS
19	28	May 11	WSH		BAL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
20	29	May 12	WSH		DET	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
21	30	May 14	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
22	31	May 15	WSH		KCA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
23	32	May 16	WSH		KCA	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
24	33	May 17 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
25	34	May 17 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
26	35	May 18	WSH		CHW	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
27	36	May 19	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
28	37	May 20	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
29	38	May 22	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
30	39	May 23	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	44	11.0	5	6	0	11	3	SS
31	40	May 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
32	41	May 26	WSH	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
33	42	May 27	WSH	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
34	43	May 28	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
35	44	May 29	WSH		BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
36	45	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-11	GS	22	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
37	46	May 30 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-11	CG	48	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
38	47	May 31	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	48	Jun 2	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
40	49	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
41	50	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	3	3	0	6	1	SS
42	51	Jun 6	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	GS	24	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
43	52	Jun 7	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
44	53	Jun 9	WSH		CHW	W,7-4		15	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
45	54	Jun 10	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
46	55	Jun 11	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
47	60 (4)	Jun 17	WSH		KCA	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
48	61	Jun 18	WSH		KCA	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
49	62	Jun 19	WSH		DET	L,4-6	CG	48	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
50	63	Jun 20	WSH		DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
51	65 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	WSH		DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
52	66	Jun 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
53	67	Jun 24	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
54	68	Jun 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	74 (5)	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	W,6-3		14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
56	75	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
57	77 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-7	GF	6	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
58	91 (13)	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,1-8	GF	14	4.0	2	2	0	4	2	PH 2B
59	94 (2)	Jul 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
60	95	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
61	96	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
62	97	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	17	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	99 (1)	Jul 28	WSH	@	KCA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
64	100	Jul 29	WSH	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
65	101	Jul 30	WSH	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	8	1	12	1	SS
66	102	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	105 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-9	GF	16	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
68	106	Aug 4	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
69	107	Aug 5 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-7	GS	33	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
70	108	Aug 5 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
71	109	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
72	110	Aug 7	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	4	4	2	10	1	2B
73	111	Aug 9 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
74	121 (9)	Aug 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
75	128 (6)	Aug 29	WSH		NYY	L,5-9	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
76	129	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
77	130	Aug 31	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	15	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	131	Sep 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	20	4.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
79	133 (1)	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	32	7.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
80	134	Sep 4	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
81	136 (1)	Sep 6	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
82	137	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
83	138	Sep 7 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	41	10.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
84	141 (2)	Sep 11	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
85	143 (1)	Sep 13	WSH		DET	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
86	146 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,2-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
87	151 (4)	Sep 23	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
							87gm		616.0	130	214	18	362	39