Sam Jethroe

1938–1954 · Bats B · Throws R · 6'1", 178 lb · b. 1917 Lowndes County, MS

Career 618 G · 680 H · 59 HR · 282 RBI · .277 AVG

Seasons leading his league

2 best in baseball 4 league only

31 Top-5 finishes

5 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1942 Best season

Spanning 1942–1951, peaking at 2 titles in 1942.

Team records #1 Cleveland Buckeyes career HR #1 Cleveland Buckeyes career H #1 Cleveland Buckeyes career R #1 Cleveland Buckeyes career SB #1 Cleveland Buckeyes 1942 H #1 Cleveland Buckeyes 1943 R #1 Cleveland Buckeyes 1947 SB #2 Cleveland Buckeyes career RBI #2 Cleveland Buckeyes 1942 HR #2 Cleveland Buckeyes 1942 RBI

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

956th League titles 6
1,235th Best in baseball 2
883rd Top-5 finishes 31

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Outfield Assists	2	1st	—	1942 NAL 7 1944 NAL 4 1950 #2 1951 #3
Stolen Bases	2	1st	2 yrs (1950–1951)	1950 35 1951 35 1946 #2 1952 #2
Triples	1	1st	—	1943 NAL 5 1942 #2 1945 #2
Doubles	1	1st	—	1942 NAL 14 1943 #3
Outfield Range Factor	—	#2	—	1951 #3 1952 #2
Outfield Putouts	—	#2	—	1942 #2 1951 #3 1952 #2
Total Bases	—	#3	—	1942 #3 1943 #3
Hits	—	#3	—	1942 #3
Home Runs	—	#3	—	1944 #3

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1951	1	SB 35
1950	1	SB 35
1944	1	OF A 4
1943	1	3B 5
1942	2	2B 14 OF A 7

Batting

led the league 12 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1938	AB3	NAL	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000
1942	CCB	NAL	42	164	28	55	14	4	2	27	5	2	6	.335	.363	.506	.869
1943	CBE	NAL	38	152	29	46	13	5	1	14	5	0	5	.303	.325	.474	.799
1944	CBE	NAL	24	95	19	31	3	0	2	13	8	0	2	.326	.385	.421	.806
1945	CBE	NAL	21	81	14	27	5	5	1	20	8	1	5	.333	.407	.556	.962
1946	CBE	NAL	19	78	20	21	4	1	1	12	6	0	4	.269	.329	.385	.714
1947	CBE	NAL	21	84	26	28	9	3	2	7	10	0	10	.333	.404	.583	.988
1948	CBE	NAL	10	39	12	11	4	2	1	8	4	0	5	.282	.391	.564	.955
1950	BSN	NL	141	582	100	159	28	8	18	58	52	93	35	.273	.338	.442	.780
1951	BSN	NL	148	572	101	160	29	10	18	65	57	88	35	.280	.356	.460	.816
1952	BSN	NL	151	608	79	141	23	7	13	58	68	112	28	.232	.318	.357	.675
1954	PIT	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career	—	—	618	2,459	428	680	133	45	59	282	223	296	135	.277	.345	.439	.784

Fielding

6 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1938	AB3	NAL	C	1	1	8.0	6	1	1	0	8	.875	7.00
1942	CCB	NAL	OF	39	39	334.0	73	7	5	2	85	.941	2.05
			2B	2	2	19.0	4	8	1	1	13	.923	6.00
			3B	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
1943	CBE	NAL	OF	16	16	140.1	38	2	1	0	41	.976	2.50
			3B	15	15	115.2	17	18	3	1	38	.921	2.33
			2B	7	6	55.1	12	17	2	1	31	.935	4.14
			SS	1	1	7.0	2	3	0	0	5	1.000	5.00
1944	CBE	NAL	OF	18	18	143.1	44	4	3	1	51	.941	2.67
			C	4	2	26.0	14	6	1	0	21	.952	5.00
			3B	3	2	14.0	0	5	0	0	5	1.000	1.67
			2B	2	2	16.0	4	8	0	2	12	1.000	6.00
1945	CBE	NAL	OF	16	15	124.0	33	1	0	0	34	1.000	2.13
			C	5	3	32.0	10	4	3	0	17	.824	2.80
			3B	2	2	18.0	3	2	0	0	5	1.000	2.50
			1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1946	CBE	NAL	OF	13	13	106.1	26	1	1	0	28	.964	2.08
			2B	5	5	41.0	11	15	5	3	31	.839	5.20
			1B	1	1	9.0	9	0	1	0	10	.900	9.00
1947	CBE	NAL	OF	21	21	178.0	47	3	5	0	55	.909	2.38
1948	CBE	NAL	OF	10	10	83.1	23	0	1	0	24	.958	2.30
1950	BSN	NL	OF	141	—	—	355	17	12	6	384	.969	2.64
1951	BSN	NL	OF	140	—	—	356	18	10	4	384	.974	2.67
1952	BSN	NL	OF	151	—	—	413	10	13	3	436	.970	2.80
1954	PIT	NL	OF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	OF	566	132	1111.1	1,409	63	51	16	1,523	.967	2.60
	—	—	3B	21	20	156.2	23	25	3	1	51	.941	2.29
	—	—	2B	16	15	131.1	31	48	8	7	87	.908	4.94
	—	—	C	10	6	66.0	30	11	5	0	46	.891	4.10
	—	—	1B	2	1	11.0	11	0	1	0	12	.917	5.50
	—	—	SS	1	1	7.0	2	3	0	0	5	1.000	5.00