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Sammy White played 11 major-league seasons (1951-1962) as a C (1,027). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 11 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 24 | BOS | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .364 | 1 |
| 1952 | 25 | BOS | 115 | 381 | 35 | 107 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 16 | 43 | .281 | .732 | 110 |
| 1953 | 26 | BOS | 136 | 476 | 59 | 130 | 13 | 64 | 3 | 29 | 48 | .273 | .752 | 108 |
| 1954 | 27 | BOS | 137 | 493 | 46 | 139 | 14 | 75 | 1 | 21 | 50 | .282 | .732 | 106 |
| 1955 | 28 | BOS | 143 | 544 | 65 | 142 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 44 | 58 | .261 | .714 | 98 |
| 1956 | 29 | BOS | 114 | 392 | 28 | 96 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 35 | 40 | .245 | .636 | 73 |
| 1957 | 30 | BOS | 111 | 340 | 24 | 73 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 25 | 38 | .215 | .544 | 54 |
| 1958 | 31 | BOS | 102 | 328 | 25 | 85 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 37 | .259 | .683 | 93 |
| 1959 | 32 | BOS | 119 | 377 | 34 | 107 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 23 | 39 | .284 | .672 | 90 |
| 1961 | 34 | ML1 | 21 | 63 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .222 | .528 | 44 |
| 1962 | 35 | PHI | 41 | 97 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .216 | .557 | 54 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | C | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1952 | C | 110 | 0 | 464 | 59 | 9 | 7 |
| 1953 | C | 131 | 0 | 588 | 68 | 9 | 9 |
| 1954 | C | 133 | 124 | 677 | 80 | 16 | 11 |
| 1955 | C | 143 | 142 | 671 | 71 | 12 | 8 |
| 1956 | C | 114 | 112 | 547 | 60 | 10 | 13 |
| 1957 | C | 111 | 105 | 489 | 49 | 8 | 13 |
| 1958 | C | 102 | 91 | 450 | 38 | 6 | 8 |
| 1959 | C | 119 | 111 | 557 | 56 | 6 | 8 |
| 1961 | C | 20 | 18 | 107 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1962 | C | 40 | 31 | 173 | 19 | 5 | 4 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1955, 1952.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 28 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1952 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 3 | 7 / 24 | 7 |
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 29 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.