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Sammy Drake
Samuel Harrison Drake

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
School Philander Smith College

Debut April 17, 1960
  vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1962
Born October 7, 1934 in Little Rock, AR

Brother of Solly Drake

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 25 CHC NL  15   15    5    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .067  .125  .067  -45    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 26 CHC NL  13    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .167  .000  -51    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 27 NYM NL  25   52    2   10   0  0   0    7   0  0   6  12  .192  .276  .192   29   10   1   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       53   72    8   11   0  0   0    7   0  0   8  17  .153  .238  .153    8   11   1   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        220   24   34   0  0   0   21   0  0  24  52  .153  .238  .153    8   34   3   0   3   0   0
 Career High     25   52    5   10   0  0   0    7   0  0   6  12                          10   1   0   1   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 25 CHC NL   16   14    0   0.0    98| .067  .262| .125  .328| .067  .402| .192  .730| -45  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1961 26 CHC NL    6    5    0   0.0   106| .000  .271| .167  .338| .000  .422| .167  .760| -51  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1962 27 NYM NL   59   43    3   1.9   103| .192  .270| .276  .337| .192  .410| .468  .747|  29  .164  -5.2  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        81   62    3   1.3   102| .153  .268| .238  .335| .153  .409| .391  .744|   8  .092  -9.4  -0.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1960 25 CHC NL 3B 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.50 2.62 1.66 2.98 1 16.3 2B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.50 2.25 5.17 2 12.0 1961 26 CHC NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 1.50 1.95 1 6.0 1962 27 NYM NL 2B 10 21 21 1 6 .977 .974 4.20 4.68 5.73 5.30 7 66.0 3B 6 3 5 1 0 .889 .952 1.33 2.57 1.53 2.95 4 47.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 25 CHC NL 2B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.50 2.25 5.17 2 12.0 1962 27 NYM NL 2B 10 21 21 1 6 .977 .974 4.20 4.68 5.73 5.30 7 66.0 1960 25 CHC NL 3B 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.50 2.62 1.66 2.98 1 16.3 1962 27 NYM NL 3B 6 3 5 1 0 .889 .952 1.33 2.57 1.53 2.95 4 47.0 1961 26 CHC NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 1.50 2.10 1 6.0 1961 26 CHC NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 1.50 1.95 1 6.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 12 23 22 1 6 .978 .974 3.75 4.65 5.19 5.28 9 78.0 3B* 12 4 7 1 0 .917 .948 0.92 2.59 1.56 2.96 5 63.3 RF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 1.50 1.95 1 6.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 25 28 29 2 6 .966 .969 2.28 3.55 3.49 4.16 15 147
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

September 23, 1954: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the Chicago Cubs in the 1961 expansion draft.


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