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Sam Zoldak

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Full Name: Samuel Walter Zoldak Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/185 First Game: May 13, 1944
Birthdate: December 8, 1918 Final Game: August 26, 1952
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: August 25, 1966
Deathplace: New Hyde Park, New York
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on December 8, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, Sam Zoldak (Samuel Walter Zoldak) played for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 9 year career. Zoldak broke into the bigs on May 13, 1944 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 3.36 ERA in 69.2 innings pitched in 1945, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Sam Zoldak's best season was 1946, when he posted a 3.43 ERA and struck out 51 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1944 STL A 18 0 0 0 3.72 15 22 16 0 0 0 38.2 49 1 19 0 2 0
1945 STL A 26 1 3 2 3.36 19 32 26 1 0 0 69.2 74 3 18 0 1 0
1946 STL A 35 21 9 11 3.43 51 71 65 9 2 2 170.1 166 11 57 0 2 1
1947 STL A 35 19 9 10 3.47 36 76 66 6 1 1 171 162 7 76 0 1 0
1948 STL A 11 9 2 4 4.67 13 30 28 0 0 0 54 64 4 19 0 1 1
1948 CLE A 23 12 9 6 2.81 17 37 33 4 1 0 105.2 104 6 24 0 0 0
1948 TOT A 34 21 11 10 3.44 30 67 61 4 1 0 159.2 168 10 43 0 1 1
1949 CLE A 27 0 1 2 4.25 11 30 25 0 0 0 53 60 4 18 0 1 0
1950 CLE A 33 3 4 2 3.96 15 33 28 0 0 4 63.2 64 6 21 0 0 1
1951 PHI A 26 18 6 10 3.16 18 51 45 8 1 0 128 127 9 24 0 0 0
1952 PHI A 16 10 0 6 4.06 12 41 34 2 0 1 75.1 86 3 25 0 0 0
Total 250 93 43 53 3.54 207 423 366 30 5 8 929.1 956 54 301 0 8 3

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1944 STL A P 18 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1945 STL A P 26 0 0 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1946 STL A P 35 0 0 10 32 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1947 STL A P 35 0 0 6 44 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1948 STL A P 11 0 0 2 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 CLE A P 23 0 0 5 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1948 TOT A P 34 0 0 7 39 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1949 CLE A P 27 0 0 12 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 CLE A P 33 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 PHI A P 26 0 0 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 PHI A P 16 0 0 6 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 250 0 0 54 200 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 .984

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1944 STL A 18 6 1 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 STL A 27 20 0 1 0 1 .050 .050 .050 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
1946 STL A 35 52 3 9 0 0 .173 .218 .192 1 0 3 12 0 3 0 0 0
1947 STL A 35 58 4 10 0 3 .172 .213 .207 2 0 3 10 0 1 0 0 0
1948 STL A 11 22 3 6 0 2 .273 .273 .318 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0
1948 CLE A 23 36 0 5 0 0 .139 .162 .167 1 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 2
1948 TOT A 34 58 3 11 0 2 .190 .203 .224 2 0 1 9 0 3 1 0 2
1949 CLE A 27 8 1 3 0 0 .375 .375 .375 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE A 33 16 2 3 0 2 .188 .316 .188 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
1951 PHI A 26 45 1 7 0 2 .156 .156 .178 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
1952 PHI A 16 23 1 4 0 1 .174 .208 .174 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1
Total 251 286 16 50 0 11 .175 .205 .196 6 0 10 52 1 9 1 0 4

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1941).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Barney Lutz to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Frankie Hayes (February 17, 1944).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Bill Kennedy and $100000 (June 15, 1948).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ray Murray to Philadelphia Athletics as part of 3-team trade in which Philadelphia Athletics sent Lou Brissie to Cleveland Indians; Cleveland Indians sent Minnie Minoso to Chicago White Sox; Philadelphia Athletics sent Paul Lehner to Chicago White Sox; and Chicago White Sox sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to Philadelphia Athletics (April 30, 1951).
  • Released by Philadelphia Athletics (February 2, 1953).

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