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Name	Team	Age
Ron Samford	Retired (1962, Age 34)	Died (1994, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 38, Pick 597 (1950)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (A)	0	0 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	A+	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C	C+	B-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C+	C	D
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	B-	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	5/13/1928
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
D  (13.8 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1953

Minors

0.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 2

2 / 0

1954

Majors

0.00

6 / 9

6 / 8

2 / 9

5 / 11

3 / 9

0 / 6

1 / 4

23 / 0

1955

Majors

0.00

4 / 9

2 / 3

2 / 8

2 / 5

4 / 5

1 / 9

2 / 9

17 / 0

1956

Majors

0.00

1 / 5

2 / 9

1 / 1

1 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 5

0 / 6

6 / 0

1957

Majors

0.00

0 / 6

1 / 9

1 / 5

2 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 3

4 / 0

1958

Majors

0.00

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

1 / 0

1959

Majors

0.00

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

1960

Majors

0.00

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

1961

Majors

0.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1962

Minors

0.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

Total

0

0

0

11 / 35

12 / 35

6 / 30

10 / 44

8 / 35

3 / 38

3 / 30

53 / 247

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1962-11-01	Ron Samford has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1962-09-07	The Brooklyn Barnstormers have waived Ron Samford.
1961-08-30	The Brooklyn Barnstormers have promoted Johnny Hiland to the major league team. The Brooklyn Barnstormers have designated Ron Samford for assignment.
1954-03-31	The Philadelphia Barnstormers have promoted Joe Garagiola to the major league team. The Philadelphia Barnstormers have promoted Ray Jablonski to the major league team. The Philadelphia Barnstormers have promoted Ron Samford to the major league team. The Philadelphia Barnstormers have designated Ebba St,Claire for assignment. The Philadelphia Barnstormers have designated Hank Thompson for assignment. The Philadelphia Barnstormers have designated Foster Castleman for assignment.
1950-04-05	The New York Barnstormers have renamed Beau Lambeth to Ron Samford.
1950-04-05	A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Pimps and the New York Barnstormers. The New York Barnstormers receive Beau Lambeth, Walt Torres from the Pittsburgh Pimps in exchange for Andy Podbielan, Mel Queen.