Sammy Baugh stats
Bio
Sammy Baugh played 16 NFL seasons, 1937 to 1952.
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 167
- CMP
- 1,693
- ATT
- 2,995
- CMP%
- 56.5
- YDS
- 21,886
- AVG
- 7.3
- TD
- 187
- INT
- 203
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver. | ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken. | CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%. | YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  WSH | 11 | 81 | 171 | 47.4 | 1,127 | 6.6 | 8 | 14 |
| 1938 | WSH | 9 | 63 | 128 | 49.2 | 853 | 6.7 | 5 | 11 |
| 1939 | WSH | 9 | 53 | 96 | 55.2 | 518 | 5.4 | 6 | 9 |
| 1940 | WSH | 11 | 111 | 177 | 62.7 | 1,367 | 7.7 | 12 | 10 |
| 1941 | WSH | 11 | 106 | 193 | 54.9 | 1,236 | 6.4 | 10 | 19 |
| 1942 | WSH | 11 | 132 | 225 | 58.7 | 1,524 | 6.8 | 16 | 11 |
| 1943 | WSH | 10 | 133 | 239 | 55.6 | 1,754 | 7.3 | 23 | 19 |
| 1944 | WSH | 8 | 82 | 146 | 56.2 | 849 | 5.8 | 4 | 8 |
| 1945 | WSH | 10 | 128 | 182 | 70.3 | 1,669 | 9.2 | 11 | 4 |
| 1946 | WSH | 11 | 87 | 161 | 54.0 | 1,163 | 7.2 | 8 | 17 |
| 1947 | WSH | 12 | 210 | 354 | 59.3 | 2,938 | 8.3 | 25 | 15 |
| 1948 | WSH | 12 | 185 | 315 | 58.7 | 2,599 | 8.3 | 22 | 23 |
| 1949 | WSH | 12 | 145 | 255 | 56.9 | 1,903 | 7.5 | 18 | 14 |
| 1950 | WSH | 11 | 90 | 166 | 54.2 | 1,130 | 6.8 | 10 | 11 |
| 1951 | WSH | 12 | 67 | 154 | 43.5 | 1,104 | 7.2 | 7 | 17 |
| 1952 | WSH | 7 | 20 | 33 | 60.6 | 152 | 4.6 | 2 | 1 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- CMP
- 58
- ATT
- 102
- CMP%
- 56.9
- YDS
- 831
- AVG
- 8.1
- TD
- 7
- INT
- 8
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 167
- CMP
- 10.1
- ATT
- 17.9
- CMP%
- 56.5
- YDS
- 131.1
- AVG
- 7.3
- TD
- 1.1
- INT
- 1.2
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver. | ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken. | CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%. | YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | WSH | 11 | 7.4 | 15.5 | 47.4 | 102.5 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1938 | WSH | 9 | 7.0 | 14.2 | 49.2 | 94.8 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| 1939 | WSH | 9 | 5.9 | 10.7 | 55.2 | 57.6 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 1940 | WSH | 11 | 10.1 | 16.1 | 62.7 | 124.3 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 1941 | WSH | 11 | 9.6 | 17.5 | 54.9 | 112.4 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | WSH | 11 | 12.0 | 20.5 | 58.7 | 138.5 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 1943 | WSH | 10 | 13.3 | 23.9 | 55.6 | 175.4 | 7.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1944 | WSH | 8 | 10.3 | 18.3 | 56.2 | 106.1 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1945 | WSH | 10 | 12.8 | 18.2 | 70.3 | 166.9 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| 1946 | WSH | 11 | 7.9 | 14.6 | 54.0 | 105.7 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 1947 | WSH | 12 | 17.5 | 29.5 | 59.3 | 244.8 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| 1948 | WSH | 12 | 15.4 | 26.3 | 58.7 | 216.6 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1949 | WSH | 12 | 12.1 | 21.3 | 56.9 | 158.6 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 1950 | WSH | 11 | 8.2 | 15.1 | 54.2 | 102.7 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| 1951 | WSH | 12 | 5.6 | 12.8 | 43.5 | 92.0 | 7.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| 1952 | WSH | 7 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 60.6 | 21.7 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Fantasy
Career regular season
- GP
- 167
- PPR
- 1,305.1
- HALF
- 1,304.6
- STD
- 1,304.1
- PPG
- 7.8
Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use. | HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch. | STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers. | PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | WSH | 11 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | WSH | 9 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 4 |
| 1939 | WSH | 9 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 3.5 |
| 1940 | WSH | 11 | 84.3 | 84.3 | 84.3 | 7.7 |
| 1941 | WSH | 11 | 52.8 | 52.8 | 52.8 | 4.8 |
| 1942 | WSH | 11 | 115.1 | 115.1 | 115.1 | 10.5 |
| 1943 | WSH | 10 | 119.9 | 119.9 | 119.9 | 12 |
| 1944 | WSH | 8 | 31.2 | 30.7 | 30.2 | 3.9 |
| 1945 | WSH | 10 | 95.7 | 95.7 | 95.7 | 9.6 |
| 1946 | WSH | 11 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 3.9 |
| 1947 | WSH | 12 | 204.2 | 204.2 | 204.2 | 17 |
| 1948 | WSH | 12 | 152.4 | 152.4 | 152.4 | 12.7 |
| 1949 | WSH | 12 | 138.8 | 138.8 | 138.8 | 11.6 |
| 1950 | WSH | 11 | 71.9 | 71.9 | 71.9 | 6.5 |
| 1951 | WSH | 12 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 3.1 |
| 1952 | WSH | 7 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 1.7 |
Bio
- Experience
- 16 yearsDebut 1937
What were Sammy Baugh's career stats?
Sammy Baugh played 16 seasons for the Commanders. He completed 1,693 of 2,995 passes for 21,886 yards, 187 touchdowns and 203 interceptions. His best season was 1947: 2,938 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns and 15 interceptions thrown.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1937 to 1952
All-time career rank
- 97th in passing yards (21,886)
- 61st in passing touchdowns (187)
Among the 2,854 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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