Sam Zoldak

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: December 8, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: August 25, 1966 in New Hyde Park, NY

Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY

High Schools: Eastern District HS (Brooklyn, NY), Textile HS (New York, NY)

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Debut: May 13, 1944 (Age 25-157d, 9,718th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 26, 1952 (Age 33-262d)
vs. CLE 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Samuel Walter Zoldak

Nicknames: Sad Sam

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1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

ERA

3.54

250

929.1

207

WHIP

1.353

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-23 / in Starts: 9-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 4

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	80	1	Apr 15	SLB		DET	L,0-7			99	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	9.00	3.68	5												4					0
2	81	7	Apr 25	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-7		9	7.0	3	2	2	6	1	0	0	3.38	4.80	29	13	6	2	1	3	58			1	1	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	1	.91	0.029	2.04	0.04%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	82	13	May 3	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	7	7.0	10	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.80	3.88	31	9	10	1	2	10	37			0	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.343	2.92	-0.50%	-2.02	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out tie
4	83	18	May 8	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.06	3.74	6	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.071	1.00	-0.06%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
5	84	22	May 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-9	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	3.1	8	5	4	2	0	1	0	6.05	4.54	21	4	7	2	3	8	24			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.331	1.17	-0.21%	-3.40	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d4
6	85	29	May 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS-	L(0-3)	7	3.2	6	3	3	5	2	0	0	6.26	4.72	22						34						15					0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	86	40	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	15	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.00	4.55	3	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	0.271	4.16	0.18%	0.85	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
8	87	41	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.76	4.40	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.26	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
9	88	46	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	GS-8	L(0-4)	3	8.0	6	4	3	3	1	0	0	5.18	4.19	33	20	3	0	0	6	54			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.078	1.32	-0.06%	-0.21	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
10	89	49	Jun 15(1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-10	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.15	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
11	90	56	Jun 22(2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-6	GS-8	W(1-4)	6	7.2	8	5	5	5	2	0	0	5.18	4.14	36	8	13	0	1	8	40			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.013	.32	0.00%	-1.86	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a2
12	91	59	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	6-7		4	1.2	5	4	4	1	0	1	0	5.82	4.45	10	2	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	-0.007	.02	0.00%	-2.46	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 12- 2 out d8
13	92	62	Jun 29(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.76	4.40	10	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	93	67	Jul 6(1)	SLB		DET	L,2-10	3-7		6	4.1	5	3	3	1	4	1	0	5.80	4.41	19	7	2	0	0	5		1	0	0	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	.34	-0.023	.02	0.00%	-0.88	3t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d6
15	94	71	Jul 12(1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-12	5-8		5	3.2	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	5.91	4.64	17	6	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-1.33	5t --- 1 out d9	8t 3 out d10
16	95	75	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	W,13-3	CG	W(2-4)	1	9.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.49	4.63	37	18	9	1	1	7	60			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.34	-0.035	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
17	96	79	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	L,2-16			2	2.2	8	8	4	3	0	0	0	5.82	4.69	18												14					0
18	97	83	Jul 20(2)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6	4-6	W(3-4)	2	2.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.61	4.71	9	3	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	.70	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.53	4t -23 2 out d3	6t 3 out d3
19	98	87	Jul 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7		L(3-5)	4	3.2	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	5.70	4.63	18												16					0
20	99	89	Jul 27(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.70	4.64	8	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.47	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.41	7b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 3
21	100	91	Jul 29	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	W(4-5)	1	9.0	7	2	1	3	0	0	0	5.18	4.54	36	14	12	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	2	0	1	.79	0.177	.00	0.00%	2.06	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	101	98	Aug 5	SLB		CHW	L,1-5	GS-	L(4-6)	6	8.0	8	3	3	4	1	0	0	5.02	4.48	32						51						28					0
23	102	105	Aug 10(2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-9	W(5-6)	4	8.2	6	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.76	4.44	34	18	6	0	0	6	60			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.319	.00	0.00%	2.59	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a3
24	103	110	Aug 13(2)	SLB		DET	W,6-5		W(6-6)	2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.73	4.46	3												2					0
25	104	112	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	L(6-7)	1	8.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.54	4.34	31	12	10	2	0	7	60			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	.97	0.099	.00	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
26	105	115	Aug 17(2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.46	4.27	7	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.95	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d1
27	106	118	Aug 22	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	GS-		4	7.2	11	5	2	2	1	0	0	4.32	4.20	34						42						30					0
28	107	122	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-7)	2	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.01	4.13	32	10	13	2	0	4	78			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.727	.00	0.00%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	108	125	Aug 29	SLB		DET	L,4-5			3	3.1	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.91	4.15	16												12					0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	109	130	Sep 1(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-8)	2	6.0	3	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.87	4.17	24	13	5	0	0	3	59			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
31	110	133	Sep 6	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(7-9)	4	8.0	7	2	2	3	1	1	0	3.78	4.23	29	10	8	1	4	7	58			0	1	0	25	2	0	1	3	0	0	.84	0.145	.00	0.00%	1.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
32	111	137	Sep 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	GS-2		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	4.19	6	2	3	0	0	0	57			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.90	1b start tie	2b 3 out a2
33	112	142	Sep 16(2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(8-9)	4	9.0	10	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.62	4.15	36	22	0	0	0	10	57			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	5	0	1	.36	0.163	.00	0.00%	2.15	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
34	113	147	Sep 22(1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(9-9)	5	9.0	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.53	4.12	32	13	12	0	2	4	68			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.297	.00	0.00%	1.98	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
35	114	152	Sep 27(1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	L(9-10)	4	8.0	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.47	4.12	33	14	8	0	2	4	63			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	2	.90	0.077	.00	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
							12-23		W-L:9-10,Sv:1	3.5	171.0	162	76	66	76	36	7	0	3.47	4.12	725	1.62		3%	4%	120	54	6	0%	2	7	1	637	23	1	6	21	0	11	.84	1.696	.44	-0.60%	14.72

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