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	192
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	128
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	24	102	91	19	30	3	0	2	13	2		9	2		1	1			.330	.396	.429	.825	149
1945	CBE/SAS	MULT	28	CF	26	112	100	15	32	5	6	1	22	6	0	10		0	2	0			.320	.393	.520	.913	177
1946	MULT	MULT	29	CF	35	149	133	24	31	6	2	1	15	6	0	10	0	0	2	4	0	0	.233	.297	.331	.627	89
1947	CBE/WES	MULT	30	CF	28	128	110	32	38	11	5	2	12	12	0	14		1	1	3	0	0	.345	.424	.591	1.015	166
1948	CBE	NAL	31	CF	10	46	39	12	11	4	2	1	8	5		4			3	0			.282	.391	.564	.955	150
8	5			CF	193	820	742	150	224	52	20	9	102	43	0	58	2	1	9	11	0	0	.302	.360	.462	.822	142
162 Game Average						688	623	126	188	44	17	8	86	40	0	49	65	3	9	9	0	0	.302	.360	.462	.822	142

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				179	765	694	148	214	50	19	9	99	42	0	54	2	1	9	8	0	0	.308	.366	.474	.840	147
1	vs Major Leagues				14	55	48	2	10	2	1	0	3	1		4			0	3			.208	.269	.292	.561	72

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	192
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	170	732	663	143	207	49	17	9	95	39	0	54		1	7	8	0		.312	.370	.478	.848	149
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	14	55	48	2	10	2	1	0	3	1		4			0	3			.208	.269	.292	.561	72

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	.094
1942	CCB/WES	NAL/EWA	132	.348	.310	4.5%		0.0%	7.3%			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	102	.395	.315	8.8%		2.0%	7.0%	4.50		2.0%	0.4%	.099	.075
1945	CBE/SAS	MULT	112	.423	.309	8.9%			7.2%			0.9%	0.6%	.200	.082
1946	MULT	MULT	149	.292	.311	6.7%		0.0%	7.4%			0.7%	0.8%	.098	.089
1947	CBE/WES	MULT	128	.445	.358	10.9%			9.9%			1.6%	0.8%	.245	.108
1948	CBE	NAL	46	.428	.354	8.7%	9.0%					2.2%	0.9%	.282	.116
8	5		820	.379	.320	7.1%	7.7%	11.8%	8.3%	0.00	0.94	1.1%	0.7%	.160	.086

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
8	Negro Leagues		765	.389	.322	7.1%	7.8%	11.8%	8.3%	0.00	0.94	1.2%	0.6%	.166	.084
1	vs Major Leagues		55	.243	.290	7.3%	6.6%					0.0%	1.4%	.083	.117

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	.094
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		732	.392	.323	7.4%	7.8%					1.2%	0.6%	.166	.085
1	South All Stars		4	.250	.235	0.0%	7.4%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.032
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		55	.243	.290	7.3%	6.6%					0.0%	1.4%	.083	.117

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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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