Sammy Hale
1920–1930 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
885G
.302AVG
.336OBP
.424SLG
More career statistics
880H
30HR
392RBI
41SB
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 | 2,915 | 2,927 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 20 | 23 |
| Batting · Hits | 880 | 882 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 218 | 221 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,185 | 3,199 |
| Batting · Runs | 422 | 421 |
| Batting · RBI | 392 | 407 |
| Batting · Walks | 130 | 129 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 885 | 3,185 | 2,915 | 422 | 880 | 157 | 54 | 30 | 392 | 130 | 218 | 41 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 1,235 | .302 | .336 | .424 | .760 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1927-07-16 to 1927-08-03
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1927-05-12 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1924-06-30 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1923-08-06 | 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 | 444 | 1552 | 456 | 15 | 214 | 68 | 101 | .322 | .338 | .439 |
| Away | 441 | 1647 | 426 | 15 | 193 | 61 | 120 | .282 | .296 | .407 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 82 | 279 | 78 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 18 | .316 | .333 | .445 |
| May | 176 | 630 | 165 | 6 | 77 | 21 | 35 | .287 | .295 | .388 |
| June | 146 | 473 | 114 | 5 | 61 | 23 | 33 | .262 | .290 | .375 |
| July | 170 | 620 | 190 | 7 | 89 | 21 | 47 | .330 | .340 | .472 |
| August | 164 | 648 | 181 | 4 | 80 | 26 | 42 | .307 | .319 | .424 |
| September | 137 | 513 | 145 | 6 | 58 | 21 | 41 | .307 | .324 | .436 |
| October | 10 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .306 | .394 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 137 | 484 | 130 | 1 | 61 | 22 | 46 | .296 | .314 | .380 |
| cleveland-guardians | 131 | 486 | 135 | 4 | 64 | 21 | 22 | .305 | .321 | .412 |
| new-york-yankees | 123 | 442 | 108 | 2 | 41 | 20 | 33 | .268 | .290 | .372 |
| chicago-white-sox | 122 | 437 | 112 | 2 | 61 | 16 | 33 | .281 | .293 | .381 |
| detroit-tigers | 122 | 469 | 148 | 11 | 72 | 18 | 31 | .345 | .354 | .543 |
| boston-red-sox | 116 | 398 | 112 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 20 | .303 | .312 | .389 |
| st-louis-browns | 112 | 425 | 124 | 7 | 60 | 17 | 28 | .318 | .332 | .479 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 22 | 58 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | .236 | .276 | .400 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  Detroit Tigers | 77 | 121 | 36 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .298 | – | – |
| 1921 | Detroit Tigers | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1923 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 115 | 434 | 125 | 3 | 57 | 8 | .288 | – | – |
| 1924 | Philadelphia Athletics | 80 | 261 | 83 | 2 | 17 | 3 | .318 | – | – |
| 1925 | Philadelphia Athletics | 110 | 391 | 135 | 8 | 64 | 6 | .345 | – | – |
| 1926 | Philadelphia Athletics | 111 | 327 | 92 | 4 | 43 | 1 | .281 | – | – |
| 1927 | Philadelphia Athletics | 131 | 510 | 157 | 5 | 83 | 11 | .308 | – | – |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 312 | 97 | 4 | 61 | 2 | .311 | – | – |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | 101 | 379 | 105 | 1 | 42 | 7 | .277 | – | – |
| 1930 |  St. Louis Browns | 62 | 190 | 52 | 2 | 24 | 1 | .274 | – | – |