Sam Jethroe
1938–1954 · bats B / throws R · ASP, ASW, Boston Braves, CCB, Cleveland Buckeyes, IN7, NAS, Pittsburgh Pirates
628G
.276AVG
.345OBP
.439SLG
More career statistics
681H
59HR
282RBI
136SB
7Rare feats
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 | 628 | 658 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,465 | 2,320 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 14 | 31 |
| Batting · Doubles | 133 | 132 |
| Batting · Hits | 681 | 719 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 34 | 31 |
| Batting · Home runs | 59 | 72 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 293 | 300 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,741 | 2,585 |
| Batting · Runs | 428 | 429 |
| Batting · RBI | 282 | 269 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 136 | 144 |
| Batting · Triples | 45 | 47 |
| Batting · Walks | 226 | 224 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 628 | 2,741 | 2,465 | 428 | 681 | 133 | 45 | 59 | 282 | 226 | 293 | 136 | 14 | 34 | 0 | 1,081 | .276 | .345 | .439 | .784 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1950-06-04 to 1950-06-18
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1944-07-23 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1950-05-11 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1945-07-22 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 357 | 1298 | 398 | 38 | 145 | 107 | 144 | .341 | .389 | .536 |
| Away | 301 | 1287 | 321 | 34 | 124 | 117 | 156 | .278 | .340 | .464 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 44 | 188 | 39 | 9 | 24 | 19 | 27 | .235 | .309 | .452 |
| May | 112 | 406 | 132 | 12 | 46 | 31 | 37 | .358 | .401 | .575 |
| June | 156 | 608 | 177 | 10 | 58 | 50 | 55 | .327 | .373 | .485 |
| July | 125 | 481 | 143 | 13 | 52 | 43 | 52 | .333 | .387 | .551 |
| August | 127 | 499 | 140 | 21 | 64 | 48 | 71 | .312 | .377 | .542 |
| September | 93 | 399 | 88 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 58 | .244 | .303 | .363 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 68 | 295 | 68 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 42 | .257 | .319 | .396 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 68 | 297 | 61 | 8 | 25 | 19 | 52 | .223 | .269 | .366 |
| new-york-giants | 64 | 282 | 62 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 39 | .247 | .316 | .438 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 62 | 278 | 67 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 49 | .273 | .349 | .433 |
| chicago-cubs | 62 | 273 | 65 | 8 | 35 | 18 | 42 | .257 | .304 | .415 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 59 | 274 | 66 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 33 | .284 | .358 | .435 |
| cincinnati-reds | 59 | 275 | 71 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 38 | .292 | .345 | .453 |
| chicago-american-giants | 50 | 145 | 63 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 1 | .470 | .503 | .776 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | IN7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1942 | CCB | 28 | 76 | 36 | 1 | 15 | 7 | .474 | – | – |
| 1943 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 34 | 95 | 39 | 1 | 15 | 3 | .411 | – | – |
| 1944 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 45 | 126 | 50 | 3 | 9 | 7 | .397 | – | – |
| 1945 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 26 | 61 | 38 | 5 | 19 | 4 | .623 | – | – |
| 1946 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 32 | 85 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 6 | .376 | – | – |
| 1947 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 32 | 78 | 44 | 6 | 10 | 12 | .564 | – | – |
| 1948 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 18 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 7 | .559 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Boston Braves | 141 | 582 | 159 | 18 | 58 | 35 | .273 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Braves | 148 | 572 | 160 | 18 | 65 | 35 | .280 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Braves | 151 | 607 | 141 | 13 | 58 | 28 | .232 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |