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Sam Zoldak

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: December 8, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: August 25, 1966 in New Hyde Park, NY

Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY

High Schools: Eastern District HS (Brooklyn, NY), Textile HS (New York, NY)

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Debut: May 13, 1944 (Age 25-157d, 9,718th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 26, 1952 (Age 33-262d)
vs. CLE 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Samuel Walter Zoldak

Nicknames: Sad Sam

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1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

ERA

3.54

250

929.1

207

WHIP

1.353

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-18 / in Starts: 10-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 11

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	115	1	Apr 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-4	2-5		99	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.50	5.51	14	6	2	0	0	5		2	1	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.039	1.87	-0.06%	0.07	2b 12- 0 out d1	5b 3 out d4
2	116	3	Apr 25(1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	GS-	L(0-1)	4	7.2	11	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.09	3.62	32						50						30	3	0	0		0
3	117	6	Apr 27	SLB		DET	W,9-8	9-10	BS(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.63	3.56	8	4	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	0.224	9.00	0.35%	0.94	9t 123 0 out a2	10t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	118	14	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-6	L(0-2)	12	5.1	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.79	3.81	25	10	6	2	0	6	37			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.229	3.06	-0.28%	-0.83	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d1
5	119	19	May 16	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-		5	5.2	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	2.92	3.53	23						58						21	1	0	0		0
6	120	23	May 21	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	GS-	W(1-2)	4	7.2	8	3	3	1	4	0	1	3.06	3.28	33						54						31	2	1	0		0
7	121	27	May 25	SLB		BOS	W,9-4	GS-8	W(2-2)	3	7.0	9	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.43	3.62	30	12	7	1	2	8	42			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.81	-0.001	1.17	0.00%	-0.83	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a5
8	122	30	May 29	SLB		DET	W,6-1	GS-3		3	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.48	3.73	8	1	4	0	0	1	48			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.060	1.71	0.05%	0.69	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	123	37	Jun 4(2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-1	L(2-3)	5	1.0	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.25	3.80	9	1	1	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.281	1.55	-0.22%	-3.44	1b start tie	1b 3 out d4
10	124	39	Jun 6(1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6		1	5.1	5	2	2	2	0	2	0	4.15	4.35	23	8	8	1	2	5	48			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.039	1.11	0.03%	0.61	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a1
11	125	45	Jun 11	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	6.1	10	6	6	4	1	0	0	4.67	4.35	33	7	11	3	0	10	26			0	0	0	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.380	.74	-0.14%	-2.21	1b start a 5	7b --3 1 out tie
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Cleveland Indians
12	126	54	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	GS-9	W(3-4)	10	8.2	8	2	2	5	0	1	0	4.31	4.58	38	11	14	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.276	7.11	1.20%	2.04	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a3
13	127	60	Jun 27(2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.89	4.47	36	15	11	0	0	7	66			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.336	3.56	0.95%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	128	63	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	7-8	L(4-5)	3	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.07	4.44	6	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.306	7.58	-0.95%	-0.62	7b --- 0 out d2	8b -2- 1 out tie
15	129	67	Jul 5(2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	GS-8		3	7.1	8	3	3	0	2	2	0	4.03	4.56	29	7	12	1	0	8	52			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	.90	0.180	4.70	0.56%	0.86	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
16	130	77	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	GS-7	L(4-6)	11	7.0	8	5	4	1	2	0	0	4.12	4.41	30	9	10	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	.56	-0.226	4.60	-1.11%	-1.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
17	131	79	Jul 18(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	11-GF(12)	W(5-6)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	4.37	6	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.235	8.53	0.78%	1.03	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 2
18	132	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	10-10		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	4.36	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	-0.007	19.27	-0.03%	0.32	10b 12- 0 out tie	10b 1-3 1 out tie
19	133	82	Jul 21(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	5-6		1	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	4.15	4.63	6	4	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.110	4.73	-0.51%	-1.02	5b 12- 2 out d1	6b 3 out d3
20	134	86	Jul 24(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-7	L(5-7)	2	6.1	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.07	4.57	21	8	8	2	0	3	57			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.153	9.23	0.65%	2.19	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	135	93	Aug 1(2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(6-7)	7	9.0	7	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.81	4.57	35	11	14	1	0	7	68			0	1	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	.78	0.447	5.14	1.78%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
22	136	98	Aug 8(1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	GS-7		6	6.1	10	6	4	1	2	0	0	3.91	4.46	30	11	6	0	0	10	34			0	0	0	28	3	0	1	1	0	1	.83	-0.229	6.22	-1.03%	-2.98	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d4
23	137	104	Aug 12(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-8	GS-4	L(6-8)	3	3.2	9	6	5	0	1	0	0	4.18	4.39	20	8	2	0	0	9	22			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.318	6.55	-1.26%	-4.21	1b start a 1	4b --3 2 out d5
24	138	111	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-8)	5	9.0	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.88	4.24	34	10	13	1	0	9	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.453	7.36	2.04%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	139	121	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-8		9	8.0	6	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.71	4.23	30	7	12	1	0	6	63			0	1	1	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.491	11.59	2.90%	3.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	140	128	Sep 3(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-3	L(7-9)	5	2.1	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.85	4.25	15	5	1	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	13	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.15	-0.216	10.04	-1.13%	-2.82	1b start tie	3b -23 1 out d3
27	141	132	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	8-GF(11)	W(8-9)	4	3.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.76	4.20	11	4	5	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.473	7.79	1.09%	1.79	8t 1-- 2 out tie	11t end tie
28	142	133	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	9-GF(13)	W(9-9)	0	4.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.64	4.11	15	6	4	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.678	11.40	1.76%	2.51	9t 12- 2 out tie	13t end tie
29	143	137	Sep 12(1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	5-9	W(10-9)	2	4.2	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.59	4.08	20	11	1	0	0	6		2	1	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.322	8.55	1.30%	1.60	5t 1-3 0 out a3	9t -2- 2 out a2
30	144	139	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	8-9	BL(10-10)	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.63	4.07	4	1	2	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.50	-0.423	21.08	-2.14%	-2.07	8t -23 1 out a2	9t -23 0 out tie
31	145	143	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,10-1	CG	W(11-10)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.48	4.00	32	13	12	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.186	4.98	0.81%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
32	146	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.45	4.01	6	2	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.071	9.43	0.72%	1.27	7b -2- 1 out d2	8b end d 1
33	147	153	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	9-GF		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	4.00	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.015	12.27	0.19%	0.45	9t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
34	148	155	Oct 3	CLE		DET	L,1-7	3-3		1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.44	4.02	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.053	19.02	-0.71%	-1.17	3t -23 1 out d3	3t 123 1 out d4
							16-18		W-L:11-10,BSv:2	3.3	159.2	168	67	61	43	30	10	1	3.44	4.02	666	1.12		5%	1%	143	49	21	33%	4	2	1	614	27	6	4	15	0	2	1.08	1.821	5.77	7.58%	11.76

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