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Homer Summa
Homer Wayne Summa

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.
School University of Missouri

Debut September 13, 1920
Final Game September 28, 1930
Born November 3, 1898 in Gentry, MO
Died January 29, 1966 in Los Angeles, 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 21 PIT NL  10   22    1    7   1  1   0    1   1  0   3   1  .318  .400  .455  142   10   4           0    
 1922 23 CLE AL  12   46    9   16   3  3   1    6   1  2   1   1  .348  .400  .609  159   28   0           3    
 1923 24 CLE AL 137  525   92  172  27  6   3   69   9 13  33  20  .328  .374  .419  108  220  25           6    
 1924 25 CLE AL 111  390   55  113  21  6   2   38   4  2  11  16  .290  .311  .390   79  152   7           1    
 1925 26 CLE AL  75  224   28   74  10  1   0   25   3  2  13   6  .330  .375  .384   92   86   6           3    
 1926 27 CLE AL 154  581   74  179  31  6   4   76  15  8  47   9  .308  .368  .403  100  234  16           8    
 1927 28 CLE AL 145  574   73  164  41  7   4   74   6  5  32  18  .286  .331  .402   89  231  27           7    
 1928 29 CLE AL 134  504   60  143  26  3   3   57   4  2  20  15  .284  .319  .365   78  184  23           6    
 1929 30 PHA AL  37   81   12   22   4  0   0   10   1  1   2   1  .272  .298  .321   57   26   4           1    
 1930 31 PHA AL  25   54   10   15   2  1   1    5   0  0   4   1  .278  .339  .407   85   22   3           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     840 3001  414  905 166 34  18  361  44 35 166  88  .302  .346  .398   92 1193 115   0   0  36   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        579   80  175  32  7   3   70   8  7  32  17  .302  .346  .398   92  230  22   0   0   7   0
 Career High    154  581   92  179  41  7   4   76  15 13  47  20  .330  .375  .419  108  234  27   0   0   8   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 21 PIT NL   29   19    4   5.7    93| .318  .280| .400  .334| .455  .372| .855  .706| 142  .673   1.3   0.1 100%
 1922 23 CLE AL   50   32    9   7.6   111| .348  .294| .400  .359| .609  .413|1.009  .773| 159  .699   3.6   0.3  33%
 1923 24 CLE AL  589  391   77   5.3   108| .328  .290| .374  .360| .419  .401| .793  .761| 108  .554   6.0   0.6  40%
 1924 25 CLE AL  409  286   47   4.4   113| .290  .299| .311  .369| .390  .411| .701  .780|  79  .451 -14.6  -1.4  66%
 1925 26 CLE AL  246  158   31   5.2   116| .330  .301| .375  .371| .384  .422| .759  .793|  92  .511  -2.6  -0.2  60%
 1926 27 CLE AL  652  426   84   5.2   110| .308  .291| .368  .363| .403  .408| .771  .771| 100  .551   0.1   0.0  65%
 1927 28 CLE AL  640  442   74   4.5   111| .286  .294| .331  .362| .402  .413| .733  .776|  89  .462 -10.9  -1.0  54%
 1928 29 CLE AL  553  386   57   3.9   109| .284  .290| .319  .355| .365  .412| .684  .767|  78  .416 -16.8  -1.6  66%
 1929 30 PHA AL   88   64    7   2.9   116| .272  .297| .298  .364| .321  .429| .619  .793|  57  .275  -5.5  -0.5  50%
 1930 31 PHA AL   62   42    7   4.4   119| .278  .300| .339  .365| .407  .441| .746  .806|  85  .423  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3318 2246  397   4.7   111| .302  .293| .346  .362| .398  .411| .744  .773|  92  .493 -40.8  -3.8  55%

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1920 21 PIT NL OF 6 18 1 1 0 .950 .964 3.17 2.22 1 5 0 1922 23 CLE AL OF 12 14 3 0 0 1.000 .966 1.42 2.22 0 0 12 1923 24 CLE AL OF 136 216 15 12 5 .951 .965 1.70 2.26 0 3 133 1924 25 CLE AL OF 95 167 10 11 2 .941 .970 1.86 2.27 0 3 92 1925 26 CLE AL OF 54 83 2 3 0 .966 .965 1.57 2.27 18 1 35 3B 2 3 2 2 0 .714 .943 2.50 3.00 1926 27 CLE AL OF 154 328 18 9 5 .975 .966 2.25 2.23 0 0 154 1927 28 CLE AL OF 145 242 12 12 3 .955 .964 1.75 2.22 0 1 144 1928 29 CLE AL OF 132 223 12 7 5 .971 .973 1.78 2.22 0 0 132 1929 30 PHA AL OF 24 48 1 1 0 .980 .966 2.04 2.28 18 0 16 1930 31 PHA AL OF 15 29 1 2 0 .938 .965 2.00 2.16 3 0 12
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 26 CLE AL 3B 2 3 2 2 0 .714 .943 2.50 3.00 1920 21 PIT NL OF 6 18 1 1 0 .950 .964 3.17 2.22 1 5 0 1922 23 CLE AL OF 12 14 3 0 0 1.000 .966 1.42 2.22 0 0 12 1923 24 CLE AL OF 136 216 15 12 5 .951 .965 1.70 2.26 0 3 133 1924 25 CLE AL OF 95 167 10 11 2 .941 .970 1.86 2.27 0 3 92 1925 26 CLE AL OF 54 83 2 3 0 .966 .965 1.57 2.27 18 1 35 1926 27 CLE AL OF 154 328 18 9 5 .975 .966 2.25 2.23 0 0 154 1927 28 CLE AL OF 145 242 12 12 3 .955 .964 1.75 2.22 0 1 144 1928 29 CLE AL OF 132 223 12 7 5 .971 .973 1.78 2.22 0 0 132 1929 30 PHA AL OF 24 48 1 1 0 .980 .966 2.04 2.28 18 0 16 1930 31 PHA AL OF 15 29 1 2 0 .938 .965 2.00 2.16 3 0 12
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 773 1368 75 58 20 .961 .967 1.87 2.24 40 13 730 3B 2 3 2 2 0 .714 .943 2.50 3.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 775 1371 77 60 20 .960 .967 1.87 2.24
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    PHA CHC     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .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.

Games
1926 AL-154-5

At Bats
1927 AL-574-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1927 AL-640-10

Doubles
1927 AL-41-7

Stolen Bases
1926 AL-15-9

Singles
1926 AL-138-6

Hit By Pitch
1926 AL-8-3
1927 AL-7-6
1928 AL-6-5

Sac. Hits
1923 AL-25-10
1927 AL-27-3
1928 AL-23-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1926 AL-64.6-2
1927 AL-31.9-9
1928 AL-33.6-5
Car-34.1-10

Outs
1926 AL-426-10
1927 AL-442-1

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1642) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1337) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (957) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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 

January 5, 1929: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Cleveland Indians.

November 29, 1930: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Ossie Orwoll to the Portland (PCL) for Herb Lahti (minors).


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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