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Sammy Strang	Nickname: The dixie thrus   Bats: Both Throws: Right Height: 5' 8'' Weight: 160   Born: December 16, 1876 in Usa, TN, CHATTANOOGA

Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award	1902    1905
All-Star Selections	1901    1904    1905    1907    1908

Ratings - Batting     Help
					AVG			2B			3B			HR			BB			SO
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1901	24	DET	AL	$ 300,000	6	5	6	4	4	4	6	6	6	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	9
1902	25	DET	AL	$ 4,000,000	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	9
1903	26	DET	AL	$ 4,000,000	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	9
OOTP5 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	9
OOTP5 Max Ratings				$ 4,000,000	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	9
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1904	27	MIA	AL	$ 4,000,000				62	62	64	9	9	9	84	84	84	116	114	115	98	97	97
1905	28	MIA	AL	$ 6,128,571				62	62	64	9	9	9	84	84	84	109	107	108	98	97	97
1906	29	DUB	NL	$ 8,000,000				62	62	64	13	13	13	84	84	84	108	106	107	97	96	96
1907	30	STC	NL	$ 8,000,000				52	52	54	13	13	13	72	72	72	112	110	111	89	88	88
1908	31	TEX	AL	$ 8,000,000				47	47	48	16	16	16	72	72	72	109	107	108	85	84	84
1909	32	NEB	NL	$ 8,200,000				43	43	44	16	16	16	74	74	74	104	102	103	79	78	78
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 4,000,000				43	43	44	9	9	9	72	72	72	104	102	103	79	78	78
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 8,200,000				62	62	64	16	16	16	84	84	84	116	114	115	98	97	97

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Outstanding Batter Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1901	24	DET	AL	138	465	110	155	29	12	11	67	74	19	92	47	.333	.449	.518	.967	109.4	22.6
1902	25	DET	AL	131	454	90	131	19	15	3	55	62	18	90	32	.289	.406	.416	.822	86.3	17.1
1903	26	DET	AL	134	503	91	133	28	14	9	56	52	15	84	35	.264	.368	.429	.798	86.7	15.5
1904	27	DET	AL	62	235	62	80	19	9	4	27	33	11	40	7	.340	.439	.549	.988	54.8	16.5
		MIA	AL	55	189	36	50	14	3	3	20	26	8	32	14	.265	.373	.418	.791	33.0	6.9
		TOT		117	424	98	130	33	12	7	47	59	19	72	21	.307	.410	.491	.900	87.8	23.3
1905	28	MIA	AL	142	514	89	116	17	13	3	52	85	19	81	34	.226	.338	.327	.665	73.2	14.8
1906	29	DUB	NL	136	522	103	137	17	13	3	26	88	27	71	31	.262	.355	.362	.717	78.4	16.2
1907	30	STC	NL	136	533	103	156	28	20	5	44	104	23	74	38	.293	.382	.448	.831	101.6	24.1
1908	31	STC	NL	89	350	62	87	15	7	3	24	60	20	62	40	.249	.365	.357	.722	55.2	11.0
		TEX	AL	40	149	23	35	7	4	2	16	26	9	29	19	.235	.363	.376	.739	24.3	5.2
		TOT		129	499	85	122	22	11	5	40	86	29	91	59	.244	.364	.363	.727	79.5	16.2
1909	32	TEX	AL	77	284	31	62	11	10	3	22	39	11	34	36	.218	.307	.359	.666	36.0	7.6
		NEB	NL	60	226	50	55	8	5	2	20	31	9	44	28	.243	.369	.350	.718	35.9	5.2
		TOT		137	510	81	117	19	15	5	42	70	20	78	64	.229	.335	.355	.690	71.9	12.8
9 Years Sim				1200	4424	850	1197	212	125	51	429	680	189	733	361	.271	.377	.410	.787	774.8	162.7
162 Game Average					597	114	161	28	16	6	57	91	25	98	48	.271	.377	.410	.787	104.6
Career Highs				142	533	110	156	33	20	11	67	104	29	92	64	.333	.449	.518	.967	109.4

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		3213	619	851	150	93	41	317	471	128	495	282	.265	.367	.408	.774	532.6
vs LH		1211	231	346	62	32	10	112	209	61	238	79	.286	.405	.415	.819	229.3
Home	603	2189	422	597	94	61	29	202	328	87	340	165	.273	.374	.411	.785	373.3
Away	597	2235	428	600	118	64	22	227	352	102	393	196	.268	.381	.408	.789	388.6
RISP		989	0	272	37	31	13	344	0	0	184	85	.275	.387	.415	.802	166.8
Pinch Hitting		9	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	0	.333	.538	.333	.872	2.3
Close/Late		491	67	140	31	10	3	53	0	2	71	33	.285	.380	.407	.787	74.8
Mar/Apr	206	794	159	230	42	31	10	74	117	26	109	63	.290	.380	.458	.838	146.0
May	239	894	149	228	39	24	8	79	133	33	113	68	.255	.344	.379	.723	130.9
June	212	776	155	214	50	19	5	68	137	21	153	65	.276	.395	.409	.804	149.0
July	227	816	152	222	28	24	7	84	129	42	133	75	.272	.379	.391	.770	134.7
August	226	821	159	212	33	22	11	79	111	44	157	60	.258	.378	.392	.771	136.3
Sep/Oct	90	323	76	91	20	5	10	45	53	23	68	30	.282	.409	.467	.877	65.0

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1901	24	DET	AL	SS	137	137	1197.0	195	497	32	86	.956	5.20					7.9
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1902	25	DET	AL	SS	125	124	1102.7	155	484	21	79	.968	5.22					6.7
				2B	2	0	2.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.86					0.0
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1903	26	DET	AL	SS	131	131	1175.3	177	533	24	68	.967	5.44					7.9
				RF	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00					0.0
				2B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1904	27	DET	AL	SS	33	32	306.8	35	133	9	14	.949	4.93					0.6
				1B	24	24	232.8	275	21	5	12	.983	11.44					0.6
				2B	2	1	10.5	2	3	0	0	1.000	4.29					0.0
				3B	1	0	3.9	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.31					0.0
				RF	1	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1.000	8.18					0.0
		MIA	AL	SS	30	29	247.2	28	107	7	11	.951	4.92					1.7
				1B	22	22	187.5	222	17	4	9	.984	11.47					0.1
				2B	1	1	8.5	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.24					0.0
				3B	1	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				RF	0	0	0.9	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		TOT		SS	63	61	554.0	63	240	16	25	.950	4.92					2.3
				1B	46	46	420.3	497	38	9	21	.983	11.46					0.6
				2B	3	2	19.0	3	6	0	0	1.000	4.26					0.1
				3B	2	0	7.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.29					0.0
				RF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1905	28	MIA	AL	SS	131	131	1209.3	167	440	28	60	.956	4.52					5.2
				2B	7	7	61.0	10	27	1	3	.974	5.46					0.3
				3B	4	4	35.0	1	8	0	0	1.000	2.31					0.2
1906	29	DUB	NL	1B	86	86	783.0	855	49	22	49	.976	10.39					0.6
				2B	47	47	420.7	90	139	6	20	.974	4.90					1.9
				SS	3	3	26.7	4	12	0	3	1.000	5.40					0.3
1907	30	STC	NL	SS	91	90	824.3	98	312	19	34	.956	4.48					4.1
				1B	44	43	397.3	473	23	22	34	.958	11.23					0.4
1908	31	STC	NL	SS	60	60	548.4	74	184	6	20	.977	4.23					2.2
				1B	26	26	236.8	217	8	4	15	.983	8.55					0.5
				RF	2	2	20.3	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.89					0.0
				3B	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		TEX	AL	SS	27	27	236.6	32	80	3	9	.974	4.26					1.4
				1B	12	12	102.2	94	4	2	7	.980	8.63					0.1
				RF	1	1	8.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.03					0.0
				3B	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		TOT		SS	87	87	785.0	106	264	9	29	.976	4.24					3.6
				1B	38	38	339.0	311	12	6	22	.982	8.58					0.5
				RF	3	3	29.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	.93					0.0
				3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	.00					0.0
1909	32	TEX	AL	1B	33	33	287.0	277	17	4	21	.987	9.22					0.8
				SS	30	30	256.2	31	83	5	11	.958	4.00					0.0
				3B	8	8	68.0	3	18	2	1	.913	2.78					0.3
				RF	6	6	49.0	10	0	1	0	.909	1.84					0.0
		NEB	NL	1B	26	26	243.6	236	15	4	18	.984	9.27					0.0
				SS	23	23	217.5	27	71	4	10	.961	4.06					0.8
				3B	6	6	57.7	3	16	2	1	.905	2.96					0.0
				RF	5	4	41.6	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.95					0.1
				SS	821	817	7348.0	1023	2936	158	405	.962	4.85					38.6
				1B	273	272	2470.2	2649	154	67	165	.977	10.21					3.0
				2B	60	56	504.0	105	172	7	23	.975	4.95					2.3
				3B	23	18	172.7	7	43	4	2	.926	2.61					0.5
				RF	16	14	130.6	25	0	1	0	.962	1.72					0.2
Career Totals					1193	1177	10625.5	3809	3305	237	595	.968	6.03					44.6
Career Highs					142	142	1305.3	949	533	41	86	.979	8.41

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1902	25	DET	AL	7	24	4	5	0	0	0	3	4	3	5	1	.208	.367	.208	.575
1904	27	MIA	AL	5	23	3	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	.174	.208	.391	.600
Career Post-Season Batting				12	47	7	9	3	1	0	4	4	3	6	3	.191	.296	.298	.594

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1901-5-.333 1904-8-.307 1907-6-.293 On-Base Pct 1901-1-.449 1902-2-.406 1903-6-.368 1904-1-.410 1905-8-.338 1906-4-.355 1907-2-.382 1908-6-.360* CAR-3-.377 Slugging Pct 1901-7-.518 1904-4-.491 OPS 1901-2-.967 1904-2-.900 CAR-40-.787 XR 1901-2-109.4 1903-8-86.7 1904-3-87.8 1905-5-73.2 1906-10-78.4 1907-4-101.6 CAR-4-774.8 Games 1901-8-138 1905-1-142 1906-9-136 1907-6-136 CAR-2-1200 At-Bats 1905-6-514 1906-7-522 1907-3-533 CAR-5-4424 Runs 1901-2-110 1902-7-90 1903-7-91 1904-2-98 1905-1-89 1906-1-103 1907-2-103 CAR-1-850 Hits 1906-10-137 1907-1-156 CAR-14-1197 Total Bases CAR-15-1812 Singles 1906-3-104 1907-4-103 CAR-15-809 Doubles 1904-1-33 1907-5-28 CAR-18-212 Triples 1901-2-12 1902-1-15 1903-1-14 1904-8-12 1905-3-13 1906-3-13 1907-1-20 1909-3-10 CAR-1-125 RBIs CAR-43-429 Stolen Bases 1901-1-74 1902-2-62 1903-1-52 1904-2-59 1905-1-85 1906-1-88 1907-1-104 1908-1-60 1909-5-39 1909-8-31 CAR-1-680 Caught Stealing 1901-4-19 1902-1-18 1903-4-15 1904-2-19 1905-2-19 1906-2-27 1907-5-23 1908-5-20 CAR-3-189 Walks 1901-3-92 1902-2-90 1903-1-84 1904-1-72 1905-1-81 1906-1-71 1907-3-74 1908-3-62 CAR-1-733

Black Ink Test: 35    Gray Ink Test: 100    Hall of Fame Standards: 25

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History

Drafted in 6th round, 64th overall pick, by Detroit in 1901

Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1901, off Wiley Piatt (MIA)

Hit first career homerun on 5/10/1901, off Amos Rusie (BBB)

Was selected to the 1901 Allstar game

Won World Series with Detroit in 1902

Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1902

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