Sam Nahem Stats

Sam Nahem was born on Tuesday, October 19, 1915, in New York, New York. Nahem was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 2, 1938, with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sam Nahem baseball stats page.

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“I was in a strange position. The majority of my fellow ballplayers, wherever I was, were very much against black ballplayers, and the reason was economic and very clear. They knew these guys had the ability to be up there and they knew their jobs were threatened directly and they very, very vehemently did all sorts of things to discourage black ballplayers.” - Subway Sam Nahem in Jewish News Weekly (October 2003)

Sam Nahem



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Birth Name:   Samuel Ralph Nahem
Nickname:   Subway Sam
Born On:   10-19-1915  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New York, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-19-2004 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Berkeley, California
Cemetery:   Undetermined
High School:   New Utrecht High School (Brooklyn, NY)
College:   Brooklyn College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   10-02-1938 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-11-1948
Draft:   Not Applicable

Sam Nahem

Sam Nahem Pitching Stats

1938 23 Dodgers 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 9.0 35 6 3 3 0 4 - 2 0 0 0 0
1941 26 Cardinals 26 8 9 5 2 .714 2.98 2 0 1 81.2 359 76 27 35 2 38 - 31 4 2 0 -
1942 27 Phillies 35 2 16 1 3 .250 4.94 0 0 0 74.2 333 72 41 48 2 40 - 38 4 2 1 -
1948 33 Phillies 28 1 17 3 3 .500 7.02 0 0 0 59.0 289 68 46 52 4 45 - 30 1 3 2 -
4 Years 90 12 42 10 8 .556 4.69 3 0 1 224.1 1,016 222 117 138 8 127 - 101 9 7 3 0

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Sam Nahem Hitting Stats

1938 23 Dodgers 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 .400 .400 .400
1941 26 Cardinals 26 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 1 .174 .174 .174
1942 27 Phillies 35 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 .100 .143 .100
1948 33 Phillies 28 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 - 0 2 .154 .154 .154
4 Years 90 61 3 10 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 11 6 0 0 4 .164 .177 .164

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Sam Nahem Fielding Stats

1938 Dodgers P 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1941 Cardinals P 26 8 245 28 1.1 27 6 21 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.98
1942 Phillies P 35 2 224 26 0.7 25 6 19 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .962 3.01
1948 Phillies P 28 1 177 14 0.5 10 1 9 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .714 1.53
P Totals 90 12 673 69 0.8 63 13 50 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .913 2.53
4 Years 90 12 673 69 0.8 63 13 50 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .913 2.53

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Sam Nahem Miscellaneous Stats

1938 Dodgers 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.0 5.0 0.50 2.00 4.00
1941 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.82 3.42 4.19
1942 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 20.0 20.0 0.95 4.58 4.82
1948 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.3 13.0 0.67 4.58 6.86
4 Years 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.5 20.3 0.80 4.05 5.10

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Sam Nahem Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1938 Brooklyn Dodgers - Undetermined - -
1941 St. Louis Cardinals 37 Undetermined - -
1942 Philadelphia Phillies 18 Undetermined - -
1948 Philadelphia Phillies 18 Undetermined - -

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