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.

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 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 14	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 16	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 17	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,7-16	GS	33	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 19	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	12 (4)	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	13	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14	May 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	15	May 2	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	16	May 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	17	May 4	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
14	18	May 5	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	19	May 6	BOS	@	DET	W,17-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	20	May 7	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	21	May 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	22	May 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
19	23	May 10 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
20	24	May 10 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
21	25	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	26	May 13	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	27	May 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-14	CG	52	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
24	28	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	GS	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
25	42 (13)	May 30 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
26	43	May 31	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	44	Jun 2	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	45	Jun 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
29	47 (1)	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
30	48	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
31	50 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
32	53 (2)	Jun 10	BOS		DET	L,9-10	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	54	Jun 11	BOS		DET	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	55	Jun 12	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	59 (3)	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	62 (2)	Jun 20 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	63	Jun 21	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	66 (2)	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	L,5-10	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
39	67	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
40	68	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	69	Jun 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	70	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
43	71	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	72	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	75 (2)	Jul 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	76	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	78 (1)	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	79	Jul 9	BOS		NYY	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	80	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
50	81	Jul 11	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	82	Jul 12	BOS		NYY	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	83	Jul 13	BOS		NYY	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
53	84	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
54	85	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
55	86	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	GS	22	4.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	87	Jul 17	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
57	88	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	52	13.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
58	89	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
59	90	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	91	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
61	93 (1)	Jul 24	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-3	GS	28	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
62	94	Jul 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
63	95	Jul 26	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS	29	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	96	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	97	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
66	99 (1)	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	100	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	101	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	102	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
70	103	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	104	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
72	105	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
73	106	Aug 5	BOS		KCA	W,17-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
74	107	Aug 6	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	108	Aug 7	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	109	Aug 8	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	49	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	110	Aug 9	BOS		DET	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
78	111	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	CG	45	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
79	112	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
80	113	Aug 12	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	114	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
82	115	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	116	Aug 16 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
84	117	Aug 16 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	118	Aug 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
87	120	Aug 20	BOS	@	KCA	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
88	121	Aug 21	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
89	122	Aug 22	BOS	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
90	123	Aug 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	124	Aug 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	125	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
93	126	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	127	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
95	128	Aug 28	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	129	Aug 29	BOS		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
97	130	Aug 30	BOS		BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
98	131	Aug 31	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	132	Sep 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	133	Sep 2	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
101	134	Sep 3	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	135	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
103	136	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-14	GS	23	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
104	137	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
105	138	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
106	139	Sep 9	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
107	140	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	141	Sep 11	BOS		KCA	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
109	142	Sep 12	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
110	143	Sep 13	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
111	144	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	W,9-3	GS	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
112	145	Sep 15	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
113	146	Sep 16	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
114	147	Sep 18	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	148	Sep 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
116	149	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
117	150	Sep 22	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
118	151	Sep 23	BOS		BAL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	152	Sep 25	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	GS	21	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							119gm		940.2	557	56	6	619	8