#85 Sammy Meeks, Shortstop, 32 yrs, Kansas City Athletics Monday, 10/2/1955 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sammy Meeks
4/23/1923 32 USA,SC,ANDERSON 5"9 160
Shortstop R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 2.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 576,000 1955 6 Year(s), 151 Days (1183 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 130 Days (1334 total Days) 8 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Talent | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 2 6 5 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 2B : 5 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 7 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 6 (Range), .970 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 10 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/5 | CLE | L 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/6 | CLE | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/7 | CLE | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/8 | @DET | W 9-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/14 | @CHA | L 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/17 | CLE | W 3-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/18 | BAL | W 8-2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/19 | BAL | W 6-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
9/23 | @BOS | W 10-6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #1 | PoG | |
9/24 | @BOS | L 4-5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #1 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 103 | 287 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 37 | 17 | 39 | .272 | .311 | .380 | .691 | .585 | .108 |
Projected | 108 | 302 | 82 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 39 | 18 | 41 | .272 | .311 | .380 | .691 | .585 | .108 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 66 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 109 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 32.8 | 4.0 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 104 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .279 | .306 | .433 | .739 |
vs. RHP | 183 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .268 | .313 | .350 | .663 |
Close/Late | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .313 | .433 | .746 |
Scoring Position | 62 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .328 | .339 | .667 |
Pinch Hitting | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 49 | 138 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 17 | .261 | .293 | .399 | .691 |
Road | 54 | 149 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 22 | .282 | .323 | .362 | .685 |
March/April | 14 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .379 | .400 | .448 | .848 |
May | 19 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .282 | .333 | .462 | .795 |
June | 16 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .267 | .306 | .400 | .706 |
July | 20 | 55 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .236 | .295 | .327 | .622 |
August | 22 | 85 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 18 | .247 | .275 | .376 | .651 |
Sept/Oct | 12 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .294 | .314 | .294 | .608 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1948 | 162 | 500 | 108 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 55 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 8 | 5 | .216 | .243 | .286 | .529 | WS1 |
1949 | 162 | 500 | 128 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 65 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 8 | 5 | .256 | .287 | .344 | .631 | CIN |
1950 | 57 | 120 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .210 | .250 | .460 | CIN |
1951 | 102 | 288 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .254 | .281 | .535 | CIN |
1952 | 33 | 98 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .284 | .265 | .550 | CIN |
1953 | 99 | 349 | 87 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .266 | .332 | .598 | CIN PHA |
1954 | 60 | 126 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .336 | .405 | .741 | PHA |
1955 | 103 | 287 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 37 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | .272 | .311 | .380 | .691 | PHA |
Total | 778 | 2268 | 548 | 82 | 1 | 32 | 226 | 248 | 100 | 0 | 16 | 379 | 17 | 11 | .242 | .272 | .321 | .593 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1950, AAA | 20 | 86 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .279 | .315 | .442 | .757 |
1952, AA | 29 | 119 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .311 | .378 | .487 | .865 |
1952, AAA | 90 | 372 | 101 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 44 | 30 | 64 | 2 | 0 | .272 | .321 | .406 | .727 |
1953, AAA | 51 | 228 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .281 | .311 | .404 | .715 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Second Base | 56 | 46 | 90 | 198 | 39 | 293 | 5 | .983 | 408.2 | 6.45 | | | | |
Third Base | 11 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1.000 | 65.2 | 3.02 | | | | |
Shortstop | 22 | 13 | 21 | 71 | 18 | 94 | 2 | .979 | 135.1 | 6.25 | | | | |
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Transactions Traded from Cincinnati to Philadelphia (A) on 2/21/1953 (Going to CIN: CF Dick Whitman. Going to PHA: SS Sammy Meeks)... Injuries Injured on 5/28/1951 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 4/30/1954... 6/23/1954: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $576,000 per year, for 1 years.
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