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Sammy
Holbrook		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 194
 
Born: July 17, 1910 in Usa, MS, MERIDIAN
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 24 MON NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 8 7 7
1936 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 8 8 8
1937 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 8 8 8
1938 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 7 7 7
1939 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 7 6 6
1940 29 NYA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 7 6 7
1941 30 NYA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 10 10 10 7 6 6
1942 31 NYA AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6
1943 32 NYA AL $ 500,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6
1944 33 NYA AL $ 500,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 10 10 10 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1935 24 AA   137 457 84 122 14 3 13 72 11 6 140 46 .267 .439 .396 .835 93.4  
1936 25 NYA AL 27 66 11 13 4 0 0 5 0 0 17 8 .197 .372 .258 .630 9.1 1.0
    AA   57 195 24 38 3 0 5 21 1 3 48 17 .195 .354 .287 .641 24.8  
1937 26 NYA AL 38 106 17 15 2 1 1 8 0 0 19 8 .142 .287 .208 .494 7.6 0.0
1938 27 NYA AL 45 125 19 35 2 0 3 19 0 0 17 15 .280 .385 .368 .753 18.6 3.0
1939 28 NYA AL 57 162 34 37 3 1 1 18 0 0 30 32 .228 .357 .278 .635 18.9 2.3
1940 29 NYA AL 33 89 12 13 1 1 1 13 0 0 18 17 .146 .282 .213 .495 7.8 0.0
    AAA   72 248 34 73 9 0 4 26 0 0 60 34 .294 .432 .379 .811 45.8  
1941 30 NYA AL 94 225 23 50 6 0 2 21 0 1 38 49 .222 .337 .276 .613 23.0 1.5
1942 31 NYA AL 134 365 29 67 8 0 4 35 2 0 46 66 .184 .280 .238 .519 24.8 0.0
1943 32 NYA AL 87 231 30 53 8 1 1 26 0 0 44 34 .229 .357 .286 .643 27.3 3.5
1944 33 AAA   137 471 69 109 10 0 21 77 1 0 112 91 .231 .379 .386 .765 79.9  
8 Years Sim 515 1369 175 283 34 4 13 145 2 1 229 229 .207 .327 .266 .593 137.1 11.4
2 Years AAA 209 719 103 182 19 0 25 103 1 0 172 125 .253 .404 .384 .788 125.8  
2 Years AA 194 652 108 160 17 3 18 93 12 9 188 63 .245 .427 .363 .790 118.2  
4 Years Minors 403 1371 211 342 36 3 43 196 13 9 360 188 .249 .415 .374 .789 244.0  
162 Game Average 430 55 89 10 1 4 45 0 0 72 72 .207 .327 .266 .593 43.1  
Career Highs 134 365 34 67 8 1 4 35 2 1 46 66 .280 .385 .368 .753 27.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   940 120 188 19 3 12 104 2 1 153 164 .200 .316 .265 .581 90.9
vs LH   429 55 95 15 1 1 41 0 0 76 65 .221 .349 .268 .617 46.1
Home 255 682 85 143 20 2 6 71 1 1 109 126 .210 .322 .271 .593 67.8
Away 260 687 90 140 14 2 7 74 1 0 120 103 .204 .331 .261 .592 69.2
RISP   334 0 77 11 1 3 124 0 0 66 53 .231 .358 .296 .654 42.0
Pinch Hitting   89 13 24 6 0 1 14 0 0 14 12 .270 .371 .371 .742 12.8
Close/Late   152 20 39 3 0 1 21 0 0 22 31 .257 .360 .296 .656 17.7
Mar/Apr 96 271 32 50 8 2 3 36 0 0 45 53 .185 .302 .262 .564 24.7
May 92 222 29 42 4 0 3 27 0 0 29 35 .189 .293 .248 .541 17.3
June 81 198 27 42 6 0 3 15 0 0 36 28 .212 .338 .288 .625 22.4
July 84 229 34 56 3 0 2 18 0 0 41 31 .245 .367 .284 .651 27.9
August 82 241 26 48 5 0 1 30 0 0 40 40 .199 .319 .232 .552 21.1
Sep/Oct 80 208 27 45 8 2 1 19 2 1 38 42 .216 .346 .288 .635 23.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1936 25 NYA AL C 18 16 132.7 36 4 0 0 1.000 2.71 2 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 26 NYA AL C 33 29 247.7 100 6 3 0 .972 3.85 9 1 .111 0 1.6
    1B 3 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 27 NYA AL C 42 34 310.7 130 7 2 1 .986 3.97 12 1 .083 0 1.4
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 28 NYA AL C 48 41 369.0 174 17 3 0 .985 4.66 17 5 .294 1 2.2
    1B 2 2 18.0 19 3 0 1 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 29 NYA AL C 29 28 256.0 114 8 4 0 .968 4.29 16 6 .375 0 1.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 30 NYA AL C 25 25 223.0 94 9 0 0 1.000 4.16 10 4 .400 1 1.6
    3B 23 17 152.3 15 37 2 3 .963 3.07 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 28 12 124.7 165 13 3 21 .983 12.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1942 31 NYA AL C 98 79 729.3 286 21 1 0 .997 3.79 29 7 .241 1 4.0
    1B 13 8 79.0 97 13 1 6 .991 12.53 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 4 4 33.0 3 5 2 1 .800 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 32 NYA AL C 62 56 497.7 191 18 3 0 .986 3.78 17 3 .176 0 1.4
    3B 12 9 84.0 6 16 0 3 1.000 2.36 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 7 1 23.0 22 5 0 2 1.000 10.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 355 308 2766.0 1125 90 16 1 .987 3.95 112 27 .241 3 14.6
  3B 40 30 271.3 24 59 4 7 .954 2.75 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  1B 59 23 254.7 315 34 4 32 .989 12.33 0 0 .000 0 0.4
Career Totals   454 361 3292.0 1464 183 24 40 .986 4.50 112 27 .241 3 15.6
Career Highs   115 91 841.3 386 59 5 24 1.000 5.99 29 7 .400 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1939 28 NYA AL 6 21 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 .190 .320 .286 .606
1943 32 NYA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 21 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 8 .190 .346 .286 .632
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Montreal in 1935
Traded from Montreal to New York (A) on 5/1/1936 (Going to MON: 3B Freddie Lindstrom. Going to NYA: C Sammy Holbrook)
Had first career hit (double) on 5/6/1936, off Ralph Birkofer (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 6/28/1937, off Johnny Lanning (MIN)
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/22/1940 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
9/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $500,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 8/23/1943
Injured on 8/29/1944 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
 
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