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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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Team Record in Appearances: 12-21 / in Starts: 8-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 4

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	45	2	Apr 17	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	7-8	W(1-0)	99	1.2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	0.78	10	0	2	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.66	-0.038	1.49	-0.05%	-0.12	7b -23 1 out d1	8b 3 out d1
2	46	8	Apr 25	SLB		DET	L,5-6	4-4		7	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.58	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.010	.65	0.01%	0.25	4t --- 1 out d4	4t 3 out d4
3	47	10	Apr 27	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	1	9.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	2.94	31	15	10	2	2	3	80			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.11	0.575	2.26	0.70%	3.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	48	16	May 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0.44	2.83	34	13	12	1	3	7	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.196	1.03	0.23%	2.85	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a4
5	49	20	May 8	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(3-1)	4	8.0	7	5	5	3	1	1	0	1.91	3.47	34	9	14	2	1	7	46			2	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	.56	-0.103	.86	-0.09%	-1.32	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
6	50	22	May 12(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(3-2)	3	1.2	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.10	3.65	9	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.50	-0.258	4.74	-0.21%	-0.87	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
7	51	27	May 15	SLB		NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.08	3.79	34	12	12	0	2	6	67			0	0	0	32	1	2	0	1	0	0	.69	0.188	.79	0.13%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	52	30	May 19(1)	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	GS-8	L(4-3)	3	7.1	11	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.53	3.64	33	19	0	0	0	10	40			0	0	0	30	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.25	-0.305	1.23	-0.18%	-1.06	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d1
9	53	34	May 25	SLB		CLE	L,0-1	GS-8	L(4-4)	5	8.0	9	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.32	3.65	32	21	0	0	0	9	62			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.262	1.02	0.15%	2.83	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	54	39	May 30(1)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	GS-5	L(4-5)	4	4.0	10	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.09	3.83	22	3	6	0	0	9	18			0	1	1	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.238	.39	-0.07%	-3.07	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	55	44	Jun 5	SLB	@	BOS	T,8-8	GS-6		5	5.1	7	7	7	2	5	1	0	3.82	3.87	24	8	2	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.344	.45	-0.08%	-2.99	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out a1
12	56	50	Jun 10	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	11	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.47	3.62	35	17	1	0	0	11	65			1	0	0	33	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.84	0.558	.17	0.03%	2.85	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
13	57	55	Jun 16(1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-9	GS-5	L(5-6)	5	4.1	8	6	6	4	0	1	0	3.97	3.88	24	4	8	0	0	8	19			0	0	1	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.264	.23	-0.03%	-3.86	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d6
14	58	59	Jun 20	SLB		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.56	3.77	29	13	8	0	2	4	79			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.15	0.533	.27	0.08%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	59	63	Jun 23(2)	SLB		WSH	W,7-4		S(1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	3.74	6												5					0
16	60	64	Jun 25	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(7-6)	1	9.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.34	3.61	32						69						30	3	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	61	69	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-6	L(7-7)	5	5.1	6	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.61	3.73	25	4	7	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.315	.09	-0.02%	-2.08	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out tie
18	62	80	Jul 14(1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-1	L(7-8)	12	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.93	3.72	7	2	0	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.417	.03	-0.01%	-3.87	1b start a 2	1b -2- 2 out d2
19	63	85	Jul 17(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	4-7		2	3.1	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.89	3.78	16	3	6	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.72	4b --3 2 out d5	7b 3 out d6
20	64	89	Jul 21(2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.90	3.79	10	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.31	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
21	65	91	Jul 24	SLB		NYY	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	3.78	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
22	66	92	Jul 26	SLB		BOS	L,5-8	8-8		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	3.77	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.89	8t 12- 1 out d6	8t 3 out d6
23	67	95	Jul 28(2)	SLB		BOS	L,4-11			1	0.1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.00	3.82	4												2					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	68	99	Aug 2	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	8-GF		4	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	3.81	6	5	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.23	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-1.10	8t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 5
25	69	105	Aug 9	SLB		CLE	L,4-5			6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	3.80	3												3					0
26	70	109	Aug 13(1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-9)	3	7.0	7	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.91	3.81	34	12	11	0	2	6	48			0	0	0	29	2	0	3	0	0	2	1.45	-0.133	.00	0.00%	0.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
27	71	112	Aug 17	SLB	@	DET	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.03	3.83	7	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-1.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
28	72	119	Aug 22(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS-8	L(7-10)	4	7.2	10	8	7	3	2	2	1	4.28	4.02	37	9	12	2	4	10	28			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-4.54	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out d6
29	73	124	Aug 27	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(8-10)	4	9.0	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	4.00	3.90	32	12	13	1	2	3	77			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.00	0.314	.00	0.00%	1.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	74	128	Sep 2(2)	SLB		CLE	T,2-2	GS-12		5	11.0	10	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.82	3.80	46	11	15	0	0	10	71			0	0	0	42	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.71	0.713	.00	0.00%	3.89	1t start tie	12t 1-- 0 out tie
31	75	133	Sep 7	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS-7	W(9-10)	4	6.2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.66	3.74	26	5	12	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.155	.00	0.00%	1.41	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out a3
32	76	140	Sep 14	SLB		WSH	L,1-3	GS-7		6	6.0	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	3.52	3.75	24	12	5	0	0	4	61			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.046	.00	0.00%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a1
33	77	145	Sep 19	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	8-8		4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	3.75	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.25	8t --- 1 out a2	8t 1-- 1 out a2
34	78	150	Sep 24(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	L(9-11)	4	8.1	6	4	2	1	1	1	0	3.45	3.78	31						59						30	0	0			0
35	79	156	Sep 29	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	9-GF	S(2)	4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	3.77	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	0.179	.00	0.00%	0.44	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
							12-21		W-L:9-11,Sv:2	3.6	170.1	166	71	65	57	51	10	1	3.43	3.77	709	1.33		2%	5%	149	53	7	57%	8	4	3	639	28	9	10	17	0	7	1.09	0.903	.53	0.59%	3.73

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