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Sam Zoldak

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: December 8, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: August 25, 1966 in New Hyde Park, NY

Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY

High Schools: Eastern District HS (Brooklyn, NY), Textile HS (New York, NY)

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Debut: May 13, 1944 (Age 25-157d, 9,718th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 26, 1952 (Age 33-262d)
vs. CLE 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Samuel Walter Zoldak

Nicknames: Sad Sam

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1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

ERA

3.54

250

929.1

207

WHIP

1.353

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-16

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 10, Entered with runners on base: 7

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	22	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	6-7		99	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.75	2.68	6	1	2	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	-0.004	.65	-0.01%	-0.16	6b 12- 2 out d4	7b 3 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	43	Jun 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-11	8-GF		18	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	2.01	6	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.02	0.00%	1.00	8t 1-- 1 out d8	9t end d 7
3	3	50	Jun 11(1)	SLB		CLE	L,1-13			9	5.0	7	4	4	4	5	0	0	5.63	2.68	25												21					0
4	4	61	Jun 22	SLB		CHW	L,3-10	8-8		10	0.2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.19	3.03	5	3	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.009	.26	-0.03%	-2.45	8t 123 1 out d5	8t 3 out d9
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	73	Jul 4(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	6-GF(8)		11	3.0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.86	3.28	13	4	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.000	.19	0.00%	0.32	6b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
6	6	76	Jul 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	3.95	3.49	13	4	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	-0.006	.16	-0.02%	-1.14	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
7	7	80	Jul 13(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6			5	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.45	3.45	10												9					0
8	8	83	Jul 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-13	3-GF(8)		1	5.2	10	7	5	2	3	1	0	4.64	3.85	31	6	10	0	1	10		2	2	1	0	0	29	3	0	1	0	0	2	.07	-0.047	.50	-0.19%	-5.49	3b -23 1 out d4	8b end d11
9	9	90	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	8-GF		6	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	3.78	5	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.009	.73	0.04%	0.84	8t --3 2 out d4	9t end d 4
10	10	97	Jul 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-5			5	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.01	3.94	6												3					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	107	Aug 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		13	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.71	3.81	9	1	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.004	.19	0.01%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
12	12	113	Aug 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.45	3.83	9	1	5	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.031	1.60	0.07%	0.88	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
13	13	115	Aug 18	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	5-5		1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	3.79	5	2	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.139	5.62	-0.33%	-0.60	5b 12- 0 out a1	5b 3 out d1
14	14	118	Aug 20(2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-12	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.82	3.85	7	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.57	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d11
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	129	Sep 2	SLB		DET	L,3-6			12	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.73	3.77	3												3					0
16	16	133	Sep 7	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-4			4	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.67	11												11					0
17	17	137	Sep 10(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	5-7		2	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	3.60	7	3	4	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.151	7.19	1.01%	2.02	5b 1-3 1 out d2	7b 3 out d1
18	18	141	Sep 17(2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-8	8-9		6	1.2	2	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.72	3.72	10	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.42	-0.098	5.32	-0.75%	-2.35	8t --- 0 out d2	9t -2- 2 out d5
							2-16		W-L:0-0	3.8	38.2	49	22	16	19	15	1	0	3.72	3.72	181	1.37		3%	6%	35		13	54%	3	0	0	158	6	0	1	3	0	4	.21	-0.107	1.47	-0.19%	-7.76

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