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Mark Fidrych League
4-1-2158
Richie Sambora Right Field
Retired (1954, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .274 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .813 Status Deceased (2000) Option Years 0  
H 566 Age at Death 85 Date of Birth 11-20-1915
HR 107 Drafted Round 1, Pick 8
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 4 years
(154 games)
RBI 295
SB 9
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity C-   Mentor vR C-
Speed D- Bunt Control   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B A- (78.3%) LF A+ (98.7%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 2
3B (0.2%) RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 RF WAS 148 148 1330.1 295 289 3 3 0 +13 1.98 .990
1951 RF WAS-BRO 129 129 1142.2 235 233 0 2 0 +7 1.84 .991
1B WAS-BRO 10 10 91.1 102 100 2 0 9 -1 10.05 1.000
2B WAS-BRO 4 4 36.0 28 9 17 2 2 0 6.50 .929
LF WAS-BRO 2 2 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.69 1.000
SS WAS-BRO 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 3.00 1.000
1952 CF BRO 39 39 345.0 95 94 1 0 0 -2 2.48 1.000
RF BRO 34 30 278.1 50 50 0 0 0 +2 1.62 1.000
1B BRO 25 23 199.1 218 206 10 2 26 -2 9.75 .991
LF BRO 22 19 177.1 23 23 0 0 0 0 1.17 1.000
2B BRO 6 6 56.0 37 16 19 2 3 +2 5.62 .946
1953 CF BRO 45 31 297.1 71 69 0 2 0 -2 2.09 .972
LF BRO 29 26 226.2 50 49 0 1 0 -1 1.95 .980
1B BRO 9 8 74.0 65 61 4 0 10 0 7.91 1.000
2B BRO 6 6 53.1 39 18 21 0 7 -1 6.58 1.000
RF BRO 3 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.82 1.000
SS BRO 1 1 9.0 5 1 4 0 1 0 5.00 1.000
C BRO 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1954 CF BRO-STL 24 14 152.2 41 41 0 0 0 +1 2.42 1.000
RF BRO-STL 9 6 57.1 17 16 1 0 0 +2 2.67 1.000
LF BRO-STL 7 4 38.1 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.41 1.000
3B BRO-STL 1 1 10.0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 2.70 1.000
1B BRO-STL 2 1 9.0 7 6 1 0 0 0 7.00 1.000
SS BRO-STL 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
Pos Total RF 323 314 2819.2 598 589 4 5 0 +24 1.89 .992
CF 108 84 795.0 207 204 1 2 0 -3 2.32 .990
LF 60 51 458.1 82 81 0 1 0 -1 1.59 .988
1B 46 42 373.2 392 373 17 2 45 -3 9.39 .995
2B 16 16 145.1 104 43 57 4 12 +1 6.19 .962
SS 3 2 20.0 9 2 7 0 1 -2 4.05 1.000
3B 1 1 10.0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 2.70 1.000
C 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
Total 558 510 4624.0 1397 1295 88 14 58 0 0 0 NaN% +15 2.69 .990
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1954-11-01Richie Sambora has retired from the St. Louis Gray Jays
1954-08-28The St. Louis Gray Jays have promoted Richie Sambora to the major league team. The St. Louis Gray Jays have designated Frank Kaufmann for assignment.
1954-08-28The St. Louis Gray Jays have acquired Richie Sambora from the waiver wire.
1954-08-12The Brooklyn Ball Bashers have waived Richie Sambora.
1954-08-05The Brooklyn Ball Bashers have designated Richie Sambora for assignment.
1951-07-26A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Ball Bashers and the Washington Wild Pack. The Washington Wild Pack receive A.J. Greene, Vicente Allard, Draft Pick - 1953 Round 4 (BRO), Draft Pick - 1954 Round 1 (BRO), Draft Pick - 1953 Round 1 (BRO) from the Brooklyn Ball Bashers in exchange for Homer Simpson, Richie Sambora.
1950-04-01The Washington Wild Pack have renamed Charlie Ardizoia to Richie Sambora.