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Sam Agnew
Samuel Lester Agnew (Slam)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 10, 1913
Final Game September 28, 1919
Born April 12, 1887 in Farmington, MO
Died July 19, 1951 in Sonoma, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 26 SLB AL 105  307   27   64   9  5   2   24  11     20  49  .208  .272  .290   67   89  10           7    
 1914 27 SLB AL 115  311   22   66   5  4   0   16  10  8  24  63  .212  .279  .254   63   79   6           5     MVP-23
 1915 28 SLB AL 104  295   18   60   4  2   0   19   5  2  12  36  .203  .247  .231   45   68   7           5    
 1916 29 BOS AL  40   67    4   14   2  1   0    7   0      6   4  .209  .293  .269   68   18   3           2    
 1917 30 BOS AL  85  260   17   54   6  2   0   16   2     19  30  .208  .267  .246   57   64   6           2    
 1918 31 BOS AL  72  199   11   33   8  0   0    6   0     11  26  .166  .221  .206   30   41   6           3    
 1919 32 WSH AL  42   98    6   23   7  0   0   10   1     10   8  .235  .312  .306   74   30   9           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      563 1537  105  314  41 14   2   98  29 10 102 216  .204  .265  .253   56  389  47   0   0  25   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        442   30   90  12  4   1   28   8  3  29  62  .204  .265  .253   56  112  14   0   0   7   0
 Career High    115  311   27   66   9  5   2   24  11  8  24  63  .212  .279  .290   67   89  10   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 26 SLB AL  344  253   23   2.4    85| .208  .261| .272  .332| .290  .343| .562  .675|  67  .324 -13.7  -1.5     
 1914 27 SLB AL  346  259   21   2.2    79| .212  .252| .279  .324| .254  .330| .533  .654|  63  .321 -14.2  -1.7  55%
 1915 28 SLB AL  319  244   16   1.8    80| .203  .251| .247  .328| .231  .329| .478  .657|  45  .228 -20.6  -2.4  71%
 1916 29 BOS AL   78   56    5   2.4    83| .209  .258| .293  .332| .269  .337| .562  .669|  68  .343  -2.6  -0.3     
 1917 30 BOS AL  287  212   17   2.2    79| .208  .254| .267  .324| .246  .328| .513  .653|  57  .307 -13.6  -1.6     
 1918 31 BOS AL  219  172    9   1.4    80| .166  .258| .221  .329| .206  .329| .427  .658|  30  .161 -17.1  -2.0     
 1919 32 WSH AL  118   84    9   2.9    94| .235  .275| .312  .341| .306  .370| .618  .710|  74  .347  -2.9  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1711 1280  100   2.1    82| .204  .256| .265  .329| .253  .335| .518  .663|  56  .283 -84.8  -9.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 26 SLB AL C 103 383 170 28 17 .952 .967 5.37 5.59 11 1914 27 SLB AL C 115 451 163 25 10 .961 .967 5.34 5.70 18 1915 28 SLB AL C 102 398 153 39 16 .934 .965 5.40 5.46 17 1916 29 BOS AL C 38 110 47 8 4 .952 .974 4.13 5.21 2 1917 30 BOS AL C 85 297 88 14 5 .965 .971 4.53 4.98 6 1918 31 BOS AL C 72 254 104 13 10 .965 .970 4.97 4.96 6 1919 32 WSH AL C 36 141 48 5 5 .974 .974 5.25 4.96 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 26 SLB AL C 103 383 170 28 17 .952 .967 5.37 5.59 11 1914 27 SLB AL C 115 451 163 25 10 .961 .967 5.34 5.70 18 1915 28 SLB AL C 102 398 153 39 16 .934 .965 5.40 5.46 17 1916 29 BOS AL C 38 110 47 8 4 .952 .974 4.13 5.21 2 1917 30 BOS AL C 85 297 88 14 5 .965 .971 4.53 4.98 6 1918 31 BOS AL C 72 254 104 13 10 .965 .970 4.97 4.96 6 1919 32 WSH AL C 36 141 48 5 5 .974 .974 5.25 4.96 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 551 2034 773 132 67 .955 .968 5.09 5.35 62 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 551 2034 773 132 67 .955 .968 5.09 5.35
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1918   WS    BOS CHC     W   4   9   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1914-AL-23-0.03
Car-1221-0.03 shares

Strikeouts
1914 AL-63-9

Hit By Pitch
1913 AL-7-10

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September 16, 1912: Drafted by the St. Louis Browns from the Vernon (PCL) in the 1912 rule 5 draft.

December 16, 1915: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

January, 1919: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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