Sam Jethroe

Samuel Jethroe
(Jet)

Born: January 23, 1917 in Lowndes County, MS
Died: June 16, 2001 in Erie, PA
(84 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 178

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Notes:

• High School: Lincoln HS (East St. Louis, IL)
• Buried: Erie Cemetery (Erie, PA)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1938	AB3	NAL	21	C	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.667	1.000	193
1942	CCB/WES	NAL/EWA	25	CF	33	132	124	20	37	10	1	1	18	7	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	.298	.331	.419	.750	129
1943	CBE	NAL	26	CF	36	148	142	28	44	12	4	1	14	5		5			0	1	0		.310	.333	.472	.805	150
1944	CBE/WES	NAL/EWA	27	CF	18	76	68	15	25	4	0	1	10	1		7	2		0	1	0	0	.368	.427	.471	.897	176
1945	CBE/SAS	MULT	28	CF	25	107	95	15	30	5	6	1	21	6	0	10		0	2	0			.316	.393	.526	.919	182
1946	MULT	MULT	29	CF	33	140	125	21	28	4	2	1	13	5	0	10	0	0	2	3	0	0	.224	.292	.312	.604	85
1947	WES/CBE	MULT	30	CF	23	105	89	26	32	7	4	2	11	12	0	12		0	1	3	0	0	.360	.441	.596	1.037	175
1948	CBE	NAL	31	CF	9	42	35	10	10	4	1	1	6	5		4			3	0			.286	.405	.543	.948	149
8	5			CF	178	753	681	135	207	47	18	8	93	41	0	54	2	0	8	10	0	0	.304	.362	.461	.823	145
162 Game Average						685	620	123	188	43	16	7	85	39	0	49	65	0	10	9	0	0	.304	.362	.461	.823	145

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
8	Negro Leagues				165	702	636	133	198	46	17	8	90	40	0	50	2	0	8	8	0	0	.311	.369	.475	.844	151
1	vs Major Leagues				13	51	45	2	9	1	1	0	3	1		4			0	2			.200	.265	.267	.532	65

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars			C	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.667	1.000	193
4	West All Stars			CF	7	26	24	5	5	0	2	0	4	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	.208	.269	.375	.644	71
7	Cleveland Buckeyes			CF	156	669	605	128	191	45	15	8	86	37	0	50		0	6	8	0		.316	.374	.479	.853	154
1	South All Stars			-	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	113
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			CF	13	51	45	2	9	1	1	0	3	1		4			0	2			.200	.265	.267	.532	65

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1938	AB3	NAL	3	.441	.315	0.0%	7.5%					0.0%	0.7%	.333	.093
1942	CCB/WES	NAL/EWA	132	.348	.309	4.5%		0.0%	7.2%			0.8%	0.7%	.121	.078
1943	CBE	NAL	148	.375	.308	3.4%	7.1%					0.7%	0.5%	.162	.075
1944	CBE/WES	NAL/EWA	76	.424	.306	9.2%		2.6%	6.8%	3.50		1.3%	0.5%	.103	.073
1945	CBE/SAS	MULT	107	.424	.305	9.3%			7.0%			0.9%	0.6%	.211	.081
1946	MULT	MULT	140	.286	.307	7.1%		0.0%	7.4%			0.7%	0.8%	.088	.087
1947	WES/CBE	MULT	105	.461	.355	11.4%			9.8%			1.9%	0.7%	.236	.107
1948	CBE	NAL	42	.432	.355	9.5%	9.1%					2.4%	0.9%	.257	.115
8	5		753	.381	.317	7.2%	7.6%	11.8%	8.3%	0.00	0.94	1.1%	0.6%	.157	.085

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
8	Negro Leagues		702	.392	.319	7.1%	7.7%	11.8%	8.3%	0.00	0.94	1.1%	0.6%	.164	.083
1	vs Major Leagues		51	.237	.286	7.8%	6.6%					0.0%	1.4%	.067	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars		3	.441	.315	0.0%	7.5%					0.0%	0.7%	.333	.093
4	West All Stars		26	.304	.322	0.0%	8.6%	11.8%	8.3%	0.00	0.94	0.0%	0.2%	.167	.078
7	Cleveland Buckeyes		669	.396	.319	7.5%	7.7%					1.2%	0.6%	.164	.083
1	South All Stars		4	.250	.235	0.0%	7.4%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.032
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		51	.237	.286	7.8%	6.6%					0.0%	1.4%	.067	.114

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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