Sammy Strang

1896–1908 · Bats B · Throws R · 5'8", 160 lb · b. 1876 Chattanooga, TN

Career 903 G · 790 H · 16 HR · 253 RBI · .269 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3

2 best in baseball 1 league only

18 Top-5 finishes

2 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1902 Best season

Spanning 1901–1902, peaking at 2 titles in 1902.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,713th League titles 3
1,227th Best in baseball 2
1,689th Top-5 finishes 18

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

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Third Base Double Plays	1	1st	—	1901 NL 16 1902 #2
Third Base Assists	1	1st	—	1902 337
Runs	1	1st	—	1902 109
Walks	—	#2	—	1902 #2
Stolen Bases	—	#3	—	1901 #3 1903 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1902	2	R 109 3B A 337
1901	1	3B DP 16

Batting

led the league 10 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1896	LS3	NL	14	46	6	12	0	0	0	7	6	6	4	.261	.346	.261	.607
1900	CHN	NL	27	102	15	29	3	0	0	9	8	18	1	.284	.348	.314	.662
1901	NY1	NL	135	493	55	139	14	6	1	34	59	77	40	.282	.365	.341	.705
1902	CHA +1	AL	140	547	109	162	18	5	3	46	76	68	39	.296	.387	.364	.751
1903	BRO	NL	135	508	101	138	21	5	0	38	75	49	46	.272	.376	.333	.709
1904	BRO	NL	77	271	28	52	11	0	1	9	45	43	16	.192	.316	.244	.559
1905	NY1	NL	111	294	51	76	9	4	3	29	58	44	23	.259	.389	.347	.736
1906	NY1	NL	113	313	50	100	16	4	4	49	54	39	21	.320	.423	.435	.857
1907	NY1	NL	123	306	56	77	20	4	4	30	60	45	21	.252	.388	.382	.770
1908	NY1	NL	28	53	8	5	0	0	0	2	23	5	5	.094	.385	.094	.479
Career	—	—	903	2,933	479	790	112	28	16	253	464	394	216	.269	.377	.343	.720

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1896	LS3	NL	SS	14	—	99.0	19	30	12	5	61	.803	3.50
1900	CHN	NL	3B	16	—	120.0	16	31	6	3	53	.887	2.94
			SS	9	—	74.0	12	26	9	2	47	.809	4.22
			2B	2	—	17.0	2	5	1	0	8	.875	3.50
1901	NY1	NL	3B	91	—	778.0	127	194	45	16	366	.877	3.53
			2B	37	—	317.0	54	104	11	10	169	.935	4.27
			OF	5	—	25.0	2	0	2	0	4	.500	0.40
			SS	4	—	20.0	6	6	2	1	14	.857	3.00
1902	CHA	AL	3B	139	—	1227.0	173	337	63	21	573	.890	3.67
			2B	2	—	5.0	2	1	0	2	3	1.000	1.50
1903	BRO	NL	3B	124	—	1056.0	147	245	37	13	429	.914	3.16
			OF	8	—	60.0	12	2	0	0	14	1.000	1.75
			2B	3	—	23.0	7	4	1	0	12	.917	3.67
1904	BRO	NL	2B	63	64	545.0	100	164	26	13	290	.910	4.19
			3B	12	12	106.0	13	19	9	2	41	.781	2.67
			SS	1	1	11.0	1	2	4	0	7	.429	3.00
1905	NY1	NL	2B	47	40	351.0	66	118	17	9	201	.915	3.92
			OF	38	31	305.0	47	4	5	0	56	.911	1.34
			SS	9	8	60.0	7	22	3	2	32	.906	3.22
			1B	1	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
			3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1906	NY1	NL	2B	57	55	467.0	116	173	17	13	306	.944	5.07
			OF	39	33	307.0	57	2	4	0	63	.937	1.51
			SS	4	3	30.0	5	11	3	1	19	.842	4.00
			3B	3	2	23.0	1	8	1	0	10	.900	3.00
			1B	1	0	5.0	6	0	0	0	6	1.000	6.00
1907	NY1	NL	OF	70	66	593.0	112	13	7	5	132	.947	1.79
			2B	13	13	115.0	27	32	3	3	62	.952	4.54
			3B	7	5	36.0	3	10	1	0	14	.929	1.86
			1B	5	2	28.0	31	3	1	0	35	.971	6.80
			SS	1	0	7.0	1	3	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
1908	NY1	NL	2B	14	13	117.0	22	41	10	5	73	.863	4.50
			OF	5	2	26.0	3	2	0	0	5	1.000	1.00
			SS	3	2	20.0	4	4	2	0	10	.800	2.67
Career	—	—	3B	393	19	3348.0	480	844	162	55	1,486	.891	3.37
	—	—	2B	238	185	1957.0	396	642	86	55	1,124	.924	4.36
	—	—	OF	165	132	1316.0	233	23	18	5	274	.934	1.55
	—	—	SS	45	14	321.0	55	104	35	11	194	.820	3.53
	—	—	1B	7	2	35.0	40	3	1	0	44	.977	6.14