Sam Agnew
1913–1919 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
565G
.204AVG
.265OBP
.253SLG
More career statistics
314H
2HR
98RBI
29SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 565 | 563 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,537 | 1,538 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 10 | 15 |
| Batting · Hits | 314 | 313 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 25 | 27 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 216 | 214 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,711 | 1,721 |
| Batting · Runs | 105 | 103 |
| Batting · RBI | 98 | 100 |
| Batting · Walks | 102 | 108 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 565 | 1,711 | 1,537 | 105 | 314 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 98 | 102 | 216 | 29 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 389 | .204 | .265 | .253 | .518 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1914-06-18 to 1914-06-24
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1919-08-17 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1917-09-14 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1913-09-16 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 290 | 852 | 159 | 1 | 51 | 57 | 98 | .211 | .254 | .259 |
| Away | 273 | 869 | 154 | 1 | 49 | 51 | 116 | .196 | .236 | .246 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 52 | 157 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | .174 | .223 | .232 |
| May | 113 | 343 | 58 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 45 | .191 | .239 | .247 |
| June | 106 | 317 | 58 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 38 | .208 | .271 | .269 |
| July | 113 | 347 | 60 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 39 | .195 | .233 | .237 |
| August | 83 | 243 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 24 | .222 | .239 | .249 |
| September | 81 | 268 | 54 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 40 | .224 | .257 | .270 |
| October | 15 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .209 | .217 | .279 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 86 | 254 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 37 | .167 | .209 | .198 |
| detroit-tigers | 85 | 282 | 50 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 41 | .196 | .238 | .259 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 80 | 232 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 39 | .174 | .194 | .197 |
| new-york-yankees | 79 | 219 | 47 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 22 | .244 | .292 | .358 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 76 | 251 | 44 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 27 | .196 | .231 | .223 |
| cleveland-guardians | 73 | 218 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 23 | .223 | .271 | .280 |
| boston-red-sox | 54 | 166 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 19 | .237 | .277 | .270 |
| st-louis-browns | 30 | 99 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 6 | .222 | .293 | .259 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  St. Louis Browns | 104 | 306 | 64 | 2 | 26 | 11 | .209 | – | – |
| 1914 | St. Louis Browns | 116 | 312 | 67 | – | 19 | 10 | .215 | – | – |
| 1915 | St. Louis Browns | 104 | 296 | 60 | – | 18 | 5 | .203 | – | – |
| 1916 |  Boston Red Sox | 40 | 67 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .209 | – | – |
| 1917 | Boston Red Sox | 85 | 259 | 53 | – | 17 | 2 | .205 | – | – |
| 1918 | Boston Red Sox | 72 | 199 | 32 | – | 6 | – | .161 | – | – |
| 1919 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 42 | 99 | 23 | – | 9 | 1 | .232 | – | – |