Player

Sam Jethroe

Player Info
Full Name
Samuel
Born
January 23, 1917
Lowndes County, MS, USA
Died
June 16, 2001
Size
6'1" / 178 lbs
B/T
B / R
Debut
April 18, 1950
Final Game
April 15, 1954
Career
5 years
Teams
Honors
5 x All-Star
1947, 1946, 1945, 1944, 1942
1950 - Rookie of the Year (NL)
Career Batting
618
G
.277
AVG
680
H
59
HR
282
RBI
.776
OPS
122
OPS vs Lg
76% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1952 Boston Braves 151 608 141 23 7 13 79 .232
1951 Boston Braves 148 572 160 29 10 18 101 .280
1950 Boston Braves 141 582 159 28 8 18 100 .273
1948 Cleveland Buckeyes 10 39 11 4 2 1 12 .282
1947 Cleveland Buckeyes 21 84 28 9 3 2 26 .333
1946 Cleveland Buckeyes 19 78 21 4 1 1 20 .269
1945 Cleveland Buckeyes 21 81 27 5 5 1 14 .333
1944 Cleveland Buckeyes 24 95 31 3 0 2 19 .326
1943 Cleveland Buckeyes 38 152 46 13 5 1 29 .303
1942 Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 42 164 55 14 4 2 28 .335
1938 Indianapolis ABCs 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1954 NL 1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -100 0.0
1952 NL 688 .125 .265 9.9 16.3 94 13.6 ✓
1951 NL 644 .180 .305 8.9 13.7 126 18.8 ✓
1950 NL 642 .168 .299 8.1 14.5 111 18.7 ✓
1948 NAL 46 .282 .263 8.7 0.0 159 1.9
1947 NAL 96 .250 — 10.4 — 182 4.8
1946 NAL 86 .115 — 7.0 — 117 2.4
1945 NAL 91 .222 .329 8.8 1.1 188 2.4
1944 NAL 105 .095 .312 7.6 0.0 154 3.9
1943 NAL 158 .171 — 3.2 — 148 2.5
1942 NAL 172 .171 .331 2.9 1.2 163 5.0
1938 NAL 3 .333 — 0.0 — 193 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
OF 566 1,409 63 51 16 .967
3B 21 23 25 3 1 .941
2B 16 31 48 8 7 .908
C 10 30 11 5 0 .891
1B 2 11 0 1 0 .917
SS 1 2 3 0 0 1.000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1954 Pittsburgh Pirates OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1952 Boston Braves OF 151 413 10 13 3 .970
1951 Boston Braves OF 140 356 18 10 4 .974
1950 Boston Braves OF 141 355 17 12 6 .969
1948 Cleveland Buckeyes OF 10 23 0 1 0 .958
1947 Cleveland Buckeyes OF 21 47 3 5 0 .909
1946 Cleveland Buckeyes 1B 1 9 0 1 0 .900
1946 Cleveland Buckeyes 2B 5 11 15 5 3 .839
1946 Cleveland Buckeyes OF 13 26 1 1 0 .964
1945 Cleveland Buckeyes 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1945 Cleveland Buckeyes 3B 2 3 2 0 0 1.000
1945 Cleveland Buckeyes C 5 10 4 3 0 .824
1945 Cleveland Buckeyes OF 16 33 1 0 0 1.000
1944 Cleveland Buckeyes 2B 2 4 8 0 2 1.000
1944 Cleveland Buckeyes 3B 3 0 5 0 0 1.000
1944 Cleveland Buckeyes C 4 14 6 1 0 .952
1944 Cleveland Buckeyes OF 18 44 4 3 1 .941
1943 Cleveland Buckeyes 2B 7 12 17 2 1 .935
1943 Cleveland Buckeyes 3B 15 17 18 3 1 .921
1943 Cleveland Buckeyes OF 16 38 2 1 0 .976
1943 Cleveland Buckeyes SS 1 2 3 0 0 1.000
1942 Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 2B 2 4 8 1 1 .923
1942 Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 3B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
1942 Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes OF 39 73 7 5 2 .941
1938 Indianapolis ABCs C 1 6 1 1 0 .875
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 9 34 10 0 3 .294
1947 NWS Cleveland Buckeyes 5 19 6 0 1 .316
1945 NWS Cleveland Buckeyes 4 15 4 0 2 .267