Sammy Strang
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[edit] Biography
Sammy Strang (Samuel Nicklin Strang) was born on December 16, 1876 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on July 10, 1896 for the Louisville Colonels. In 1901, his rookie year, he hit .282 with 1 home run and 34 RBI. Strang played for the Louisville Colonels, Chicago Orphans, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Superbas over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Sammy Strang's best season was 1902, when he stole 39 bases and hit for a .296 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | LOU | N | 14 | 46 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 7 | .261 | .346 | .261 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900 | CHI | N | 27 | 102 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 9 | .284 | .348 | .314 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | NY | N | 135 | 493 | 55 | 139 | 1 | 34 | .282 | .364 | .341 | 14 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | CHI | N | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | CHI | A | 137 | 536 | 108 | 158 | 3 | 46 | .295 | .387 | .364 | 18 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | Total | 140 | 547 | 109 | 162 | 3 | 46 | .296 | .387 | .364 | 18 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1903 | BRO | N | 135 | 508 | 101 | 138 | 0 | 38 | .272 | .376 | .333 | 21 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | BRO | N | 77 | 271 | 28 | 52 | 1 | 9 | .192 | .316 | .244 | 11 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | NY | N | 111 | 294 | 51 | 76 | 3 | 29 | .259 | .389 | .347 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | NY | N | 113 | 313 | 50 | 100 | 4 | 49 | .319 | .423 | .435 | 16 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | NY | N | 123 | 306 | 56 | 77 | 4 | 30 | .252 | .388 | .382 | 20 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | NY | N | 28 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .094 | .385 | .094 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 766 | 2397 | 371 | 632 | 13 | 207 | .264 | .375 | .338 | 94 | 23 | 388 | 6 | 38 | 61 | 178 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 137 | 536 | 108 | 158 | 3 | 46 | .295 | .387 | .364 | 18 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 903 | 2933 | 479 | 790 | 16 | 253 | .269 | .377 | .343 | 112 | 28 | 464 | 6 | 43 | 72 | 216 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | LOU | N | SS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .803 |
| 1900 | CHI | N | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .875 |
| 1900 | CHI | N | 3B | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .887 |
| 1900 | CHI | N | SS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .809 |
| 1901 | NY | N | OF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 1901 | NY | N | 3B | 91 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 194 | 45 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .877 |
| 1901 | NY | N | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .857 |
| 1901 | NY | N | 2B | 37 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 104 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .935 |
| 1902 | CHI | N | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .857 |
| 1902 | CHI | N | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1902 | CHI | A | 3B | 137 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 334 | 62 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .890 |
| 1902 | Total | 3B | 139 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 337 | 63 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .890 | |
| 1903 | BRO | N | 3B | 124 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 245 | 37 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .914 |
| 1903 | BRO | N | OF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1903 | BRO | N | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .917 |
| 1904 | BRO | N | 2B | 63 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 164 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .910 |
| 1904 | BRO | N | 3B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .780 |
| 1904 | BRO | N | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| 1905 | NY | N | 2B | 47 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 118 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .915 |
| 1905 | NY | N | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1905 | NY | N | OF | 38 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .911 |
| 1905 | NY | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1905 | NY | N | SS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .906 |
| 1906 | NY | N | OF | 39 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .937 |
| 1906 | NY | N | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1906 | NY | N | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .842 |
| 1906 | NY | N | 2B | 57 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 173 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1906 | NY | N | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .900 |
| 1907 | NY | N | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1907 | NY | N | OF | 70 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1907 | NY | N | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1907 | NY | N | 2B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .952 |
| 1907 | NY | N | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1908 | NY | N | 2B | 14 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .863 |
| 1908 | NY | N | OF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1908 | NY | N | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 |
| Total | 1B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .977 | ||
| Total | OF | 165 | 0 | 0 | 233 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .934 | ||
| Total | 2B | 238 | 0 | 0 | 396 | 642 | 86 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 | ||
| Total | SS | 45 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 104 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .820 | ||
| Total | 3B | 393 | 0 | 0 | 480 | 844 | 162 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .891 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Orphans with John Ganzel and Ned Garvin to New York Giants in exchange for Jack Doyle (January 18, 1901).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (@December, 1902).
- Signed by Brooklyn Superbas (December 11, 1902).
- Sold by Brooklyn Superbas to New York Giants (January, 1905).
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