Sam Langford stats

Last played for the Cleveland Guardians, 1928

Age 127

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Sam Langford played 3 MLB seasons, 1926 to 1928.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
131
AB
495
R
61
H
136
HR
5
RBI
57
SB
3
AVG
.275
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1926BOS1110000.000
1927CLE20671018170.269
1928CLE110427501184503.276

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
539
TB
189
XBH
35
HBP
4
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1926BOS1000000
1927CLE772663000
1928CLE461163291000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
-0.9
RC
60.1
RC/27
4.30
ISOP
.107
SECA
.149
BB/K
0.62
AB/HR
99.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1926BOS0.0-0.1-2.7.0000000
1927CLE-0.19.44.9.1190.20.7670
1928CLE-0.850.84.2.1050.10.6106.80

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
127 yearsMay 21, 1899
Debut
1926

What were Sam Langford's career stats?

Sam Langford played 3 seasons for the Red Sox and the Guardians. He was a career .275 hitter with 136 hits, 5 home runs and 57 RBI. His best season was 1928: a .276 batting average, 4 home runs and 50 RBI.

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