Sam Zoldak
1944–1952 · bats L / throws L · Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
251G
.175AVG
.205OBP
.196SLG
More career statistics
50H
0HR
11RBI
1SB
43–53W–L
929.1IP
207K
3.54ERA
93GS
8SV
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 286 | 287 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 306 | 308 |
| Batting · Walks | 10 | 11 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,946 | 3,937 |
| Pitching · p hr | 54 | 51 |
| Pitching · p r | 423 | 422 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | 306 | 286 | 16 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | .175 | .205 | .196 | .401 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 929.3 | 250 | 93 | 30 | 43 | 53 | 8 | 956 | 423 | 366 | 54 | 301 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 | 1.353 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1951-06-29 to 1951-07-20
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1951-07-15 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1946-09-02 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1951-08-10 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 130 | 159 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 38 | .159 | .170 | .185 |
| Away | 121 | 149 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | .191 | .228 | .206 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .308 |
| May | 39 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .217 | .245 | .217 |
| June | 45 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .200 | .206 | .217 |
| July | 58 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .197 | .227 | .213 |
| August | 54 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .151 | .200 | .170 |
| September | 41 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .093 | .105 | .130 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 45 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | .217 | .233 | .232 |
| detroit-tigers | 41 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .161 | .147 | .161 |
| new-york-yankees | 33 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .150 | .190 | .175 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 30 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .125 | .091 |
| cleveland-guardians | 29 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .163 | .229 | .209 |
| chicago-white-sox | 27 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .206 | .229 | .235 |
| boston-red-sox | 26 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .214 | .233 | .250 |
| st-louis-browns | 20 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .100 | .091 | .100 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 |  St. Louis Browns | 18 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | .333 | 38 | 15 |
| 1945 | St. Louis Browns | 27 | 21 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .048 | 69 | 19 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns | 35 | 52 | 9 | – | – | – | .173 | 170 | 51 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 35 | 58 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .172 | 171 | 36 |
| 1948 | Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns | 34 | 58 | 11 | – | 2 | 1 | .190 | 159 | 30 |
| 1949 |  Cleveland Guardians | 27 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | .375 | 53 | 11 |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 33 | 16 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .188 | 63 | 15 |
| 1951 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 45 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .156 | 128 | 18 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 16 | 23 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .174 | 75 | 12 |