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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	5 (2)	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	6	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	7	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	8	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
7	9	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
8	10	Apr 24	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
9	11	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	12	1	1	14	0	C
10	12	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	13	Apr 27	BOS		WSH	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	14	Apr 30	BOS		KCA	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15	May 1	BOS		KCA	W,7-6	GS	31	7.0	3	2	0	5	2	C
14	16	May 2	BOS		DET	W,6-0	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	17	May 4 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	19 (1)	May 5	BOS		CLE	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
17	20	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	21	May 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,13-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	22	May 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	24 (1)	May 11 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
21	25	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
22	27 (1)	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
23	28	May 17 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	32 (3)	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	48	11.2	3	3	0	6	0	C
25	35 (2)	May 24	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
26	37 (1)	May 25 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	6	1	0	7	1	C
27	40 (2)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
28	42 (1)	May 31	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	46 (3)	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	47	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	49 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	GS	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	52 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	54 (1)	Jun 12	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	55	Jun 13	BOS		KCA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	56	Jun 14	BOS		KCA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	57	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		KCA	L,6-17	CG	54	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	59 (1)	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	60	Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-9	GS	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
39	61	Jun 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	62	Jun 20	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
41	63	Jun 21	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	64	Jun 22	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
43	68 (3)	Jun 28	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
44	69	Jun 29	BOS	@	DET	W,10-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	70	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	71	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	72	Jul 3	BOS		BAL	L,5-7	CG	68	15.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
48	73	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	79 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	80	Jul 12 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	83 (2)	Jul 15	BOS		KCA	W,5-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
52	86 (2)	Jul 18	BOS		DET	W,11-9	GF	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	87	Jul 19	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	49	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
54	89 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
55	90	Jul 22	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	91	Jul 23	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
57	92	Jul 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	93	Jul 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	94	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	95	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
61	97 (1)	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	98	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	100 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	101	Aug 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	102	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
66	103	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
67	104	Aug 5	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	105	Aug 6	BOS		WSH	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	106	Aug 7	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
70	107	Aug 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	108	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	110 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	111	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	112	Aug 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
75	113	Aug 14	BOS		NYY	L,2-8	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	114	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	115	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	116	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	117	Aug 19	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
80	118	Aug 20	BOS		CHW	L,8-10	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	119	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	120	Aug 22	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	121	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
84	123 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	124	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	129 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
87	131 (1)	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
88	136 (4)	Sep 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	138 (1)	Sep 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
90	139	Sep 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	140	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	141	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
93	143 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	146 (2)	Sep 18	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
95	147	Sep 19	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	148	Sep 20	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
97	149	Sep 21	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	150	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
99	151	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	152	Sep 26 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	154 (1)	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	155	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
							102gm		805.2	450	38	6	494	8