Sam Gray
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[edit] Biography
Born on October 15, 1897 in Van Alstyne, Texas, Sam Gray (Samuel David Gray) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 10 year career. Gray broke into the bigs on April 19, 1924 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.98 ERA in 151.2 innings pitched in 1924, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Sam Gray's best season was 1928, when he posted a 3.19 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 102 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | PHI | A | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3.98 | 54 | 95 | 67 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 151.2 | 169 | 5 | 89 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1925 | PHI | A | 32 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 3.27 | 80 | 90 | 74 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 203.2 | 199 | 11 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 1926 | PHI | A | 38 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 3.64 | 82 | 81 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 150.2 | 164 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1927 | PHI | A | 37 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4.59 | 49 | 78 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 133.1 | 153 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1928 | STL | A | 35 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 3.19 | 102 | 119 | 93 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 262.2 | 256 | 11 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1929 | STL | A | 43 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 3.72 | 109 | 142 | 126 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 305 | 336 | 18 | 96 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 1930 | STL | A | 27 | 24 | 4 | 15 | 6.28 | 51 | 143 | 117 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 167.2 | 215 | 17 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1931 | STL | A | 43 | 37 | 11 | 24 | 5.09 | 88 | 187 | 146 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 258 | 323 | 20 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1932 | STL | A | 52 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 4.53 | 79 | 126 | 104 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 206.2 | 250 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1933 | STL | A | 38 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4.10 | 36 | 55 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 112 | 131 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 379 | 231 | 111 | 115 | 4.18 | 730 | 1116 | 907 | 101 | 16 | 22 | 1951.1 | 2196 | 111 | 639 | 0 | 37 | 29 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | PHI | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 |
| 1925 | PHI | A | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1926 | PHI | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .829 |
| 1927 | PHI | A | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .930 |
| 1928 | STL | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1929 | STL | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 61 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .959 |
| 1930 | STL | A | P | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .878 |
| 1931 | STL | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .882 |
| 1932 | STL | A | P | 52 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| 1933 | STL | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| Total | P | 379 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 399 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .927 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | PHI | A | 34 | 57 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | .175 | .190 | .228 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | PHI | A | 32 | 67 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | .179 | .257 | .194 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | PHI | A | 38 | 51 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .216 | .286 | .275 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | PHI | A | 37 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .190 | .244 | .190 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | STL | A | 35 | 101 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 9 | .188 | .219 | .248 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | STL | A | 43 | 103 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 13 | .184 | .229 | .243 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | STL | A | 27 | 54 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .204 | .232 | .259 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | STL | A | 43 | 79 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 6 | .177 | .253 | .215 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | STL | A | 52 | 62 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | .210 | .246 | .258 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | STL | A | 38 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .286 | .344 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 379 | 648 | 49 | 124 | 2 | 49 | .191 | .241 | .241 | 20 | 3 | 41 | 146 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Bing Miller (December 13, 1927).
- Released by St. Louis Browns (April 13, 1934).
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