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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	L,7-10	GS	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 22	BOS		BAL	L,5-7	GS	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	6	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
9	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	10	Apr 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
11	11	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	26	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
12	12	Apr 30	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	14	May 2	BOS	@	DET	L,5-7	GS	28	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
15	15	May 3	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
16	16	May 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
17	17	May 5 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	19 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	C
19	20	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	21	May 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	22	May 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	24 (1)	May 13	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	25	May 14	BOS		DET	L,0-2	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	26	May 15	BOS		DET	W,11-8	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	27	May 16	BOS		DET	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	28	May 17	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	29	May 18	BOS		KCA	L,5-7	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
28	30	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,2-6	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
29	31	May 21	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	32	May 22	BOS		CLE	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	33	May 24	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
32	34	May 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-12	GS	33	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	36 (1)	May 26 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	38 (1)	May 28	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	GF	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
35	39	May 29	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
36	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,16-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	42	May 31	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	43	Jun 1	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	44	Jun 2	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
40	45	Jun 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	46	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
42	47	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
43	48	Jun 7	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
44	49	Jun 9 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
45	53 (3)	Jun 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	54	Jun 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	56	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
49	57	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	42	9.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
50	58	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	59	Jun 19	BOS		CLE	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	60	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	61	Jun 21	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	62	Jun 22	BOS		KCA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	63	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,10-6	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	65 (1)	Jun 25	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	72 (6)	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	73	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
59	74	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	75	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
61	77 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	78	Jul 6	BOS		BAL	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	79	Jul 7	BOS		BAL	L,4-8	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
64	80	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	50	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	81	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	82	Jul 13	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
67	84 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-17	CG	49	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
68	85	Jul 16	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	86	Jul 17	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	87	Jul 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	88	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
72	89	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	90	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	91	Jul 23	BOS		KCA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
75	92	Jul 24	BOS		KCA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
76	93	Jul 25	BOS		KCA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	94	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	95	Jul 27	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
79	96	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	97	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
81	98	Jul 30	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	99	Jul 31	BOS		DET	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	100	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,5-7	GS	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
84	101	Aug 2	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	102	Aug 3	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
86	103	Aug 4	BOS		CHW	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	104	Aug 6	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	105	Aug 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	43	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
89	106	Aug 8	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	107	Aug 9	BOS		WSH	L,0-8	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	108	Aug 10	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	109	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,8-5	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
93	111 (1)	Aug 13	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	112	Aug 14	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
95	113	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
96	115 (1)	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-16	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	116	Aug 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
98	117	Aug 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
99	124 (6)	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	14	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
100	128 (3)	Aug 31	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	GF	7	1.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	129	Sep 1	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
102	131 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
103	132	Sep 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
104	143 (10)	Sep 15 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	145 (1)	Sep 18	BOS		KCA	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	147 (1)	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
107	148	Sep 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
108	149	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
109	150	Sep 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
110	151	Sep 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS	12	3.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
111	153 (1)	Sep 28	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							111gm		888.1	489	49	8	546	13