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Sam Zoldak

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: December 8, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: August 25, 1966 in New Hyde Park, NY

Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY

High Schools: Eastern District HS (Brooklyn, NY), Textile HS (New York, NY)

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Debut: May 13, 1944 (Age 25-157d, 9,718th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 26, 1952 (Age 33-262d)
vs. CLE 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Samuel Walter Zoldak

Nicknames: Sad Sam

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1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

ERA

3.54

250

929.1

207

WHIP

1.353

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-23 / in Starts: 9-10
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 62 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	34 (21-11-2) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 62 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (21-13-6)

Most Driven In
J Early	2
W Judnich	1

Most Driven In By
R Coleman	2
P Lehner	1
B Hitchcock	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	81	1	Apr 15	SLB		DET	L,0-7	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0					9						P
2	82	7 (5)	Apr 25	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.59	-0.029	1.31	-0.04%	-0.26	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	83	13 (5)	May 3	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.66	0.005	1.62	0.01%	-0.18	P
4	84	18 (4)	May 8	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
5	85	22 (3)	May 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-9	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.84	-0.001	.88	0.00%	0.01	P
6	86	29 (6)	May 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	87	40 (10)	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9						P
8	88	41	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9						P
9	89	46 (4)	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	.82	-0.040	1.04	-0.03%	-0.30	P
10	90	49 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9						P
11	91	56 (6)	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9	.84	0.056	.25	0.01%	0.08	P
12	92	59 (2)	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	9	.34	-0.009	.11	0.00%	-0.23	P
13	93	62 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	94	67 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-10	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	9	.79	-0.022	.05	0.00%	-0.22	P
15	95	71 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-12	5-9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	9	.03	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
16	96	75 (3)	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	W,13-3	CG	5	5	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.364	.711	9	.16	0.025	.00	0.00%	2.19	P
17	97	79 (3)	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	L,2-16	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.304	.333	.348	.681	9						P
18	98	83 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6	4-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.333	.653	9	1.33	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
19	99	87 (3)	Jul 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.269	.296	.308	.604	9						P
20	100	89 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.296	.308	.604	9						P
21	101	91 (1)	Jul 29	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.226	.250	.258	.508	9	.40	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	102	98 (6)	Aug 5	SLB		CHW	L,1-5	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.219	.265	.250	.515	9						P
23	103	105 (6)	Aug 10 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.235	.297	.265	.562	9	.63	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.31	P
24	104	110 (4)	Aug 13 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.297	.265	.562	9						P
25	105	112 (1)	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.250	.532	9	1.58	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
26	106	115 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.282	.250	.532	9						P
27	107	118 (2)	Aug 22	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.205	.262	.231	.493	9						P
28	108	122 (3)	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.244	.214	.459	9	.93	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
29	109	125 (2)	Aug 29	SLB		DET	L,4-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.186	.239	.209	.448	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	110	130 (4)	Sep 1 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.229	.200	.429	9	.95	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
31	111	133 (2)	Sep 6	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.220	.191	.411	9	.96	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
32	112	137 (3)	Sep 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.208	.444	9	1.67	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.94	P
33	113	142 (4)	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.236	.231	.467	9	.22	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.03	P
34	114	147 (4)	Sep 22 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.220	.214	.435	9	.62	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-1.51	P
35	115	152 (4)	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.213	.207	.420	9	1.04	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
							12-23		62	58	4	10	2	0	0	3	3	0	10	0	1		1	0	0	0	.172	.213	.207	.420		.66	-0.313	.24	-0.06%	-2.71

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