SS Sam Ireland #33
Age: 35 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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SS SAM IRELAND #33 - AGE: 35 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:02/22/1939
Born in:Washington, DC
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:1 Year, 134 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:3 Years, 70 Days
Pro Service:14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1957, 3rd Pick in Round 11
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1958 Pittsburgh - FABL 19 20 61 20 3 0 1 5 6 3 0 0 11 0 1 .328 .359 .426 .786 109 112 0.4
1959 Pittsburgh - FABL 20 133 409 102 14 5 8 47 53 39 0 5 72 3 1 .249 .311 .367 .678 81 78 0.5
1960 Pittsburgh - FABL 21 58 173 28 2 3 0 13 13 12 1 2 27 2 3 .162 .218 .208 .426 16 3 -0.6
Total FABL 211 643 150 19 8 9 65 72 54 1 7 110 5 5 .233 .291 .330 .620 66 61 0.2
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1957 Jackson - R 18 38 131 36 6 2 2 17 25 33 2 3 11 8 1 .275 .420 .397 .817 124 136 1.6
1957 Spokane - A 18 24 86 22 3 0 1 4 3 3 0 0 8 1 3 .256 .281 .326 .606 78 72 0.1
1958 Jackson - R 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -151 -0.0
1958 Spokane - A 19 51 193 50 8 3 3 17 23 6 0 1 31 5 1 .259 .280 .378 .658 88 84 1.6
1960 Gary - A 21 62 207 50 7 2 7 26 29 41 0 2 35 5 4 .242 .364 .396 .760 100 100 1.5
1960 Birmingham - AA 21 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 121 144 -0.0
1960 St. Paul - AAA 21 11 40 8 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 4 1 0 .200 .256 .200 .456 29 34 -0.1
1961 Spokane - A 22 37 147 38 3 2 7 17 16 4 1 1 11 5 3 .259 .281 .449 .730 103 105 1.4
1961 Gary - A 22 82 263 64 11 4 6 41 32 33 2 1 47 4 2 .243 .331 .384 .715 90 76 0.6
1961 St. Paul - AAA 22 11 35 7 1 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 3 0 0 .200 .349 .229 .577 62 70 0.1
1962 Spokane - A 23 114 385 96 13 4 6 29 41 14 1 2 57 4 4 .249 .276 .351 .627 79 64 1.6
1962 Gary - A 23 14 50 13 2 0 1 6 8 3 1 0 8 0 1 .260 .315 .360 .675 77 74 0.2
1963 Spokane - A 24 112 355 94 12 2 7 22 45 6 8 2 44 13 10 .265 .291 .369 .660 84 79 1.9
1963 Gary - A 24 2 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 131 137 0.1
1964 Gary - A 25 104 344 94 10 2 5 61 47 45 2 8 67 6 3 .273 .353 .358 .711 86 82 1.2
1964 Birmingham - AA 25 18 63 13 1 0 0 2 5 6 0 0 8 2 1 .206 .275 .222 .498 33 27 -0.4
1965 Spokane - A 26 47 171 47 9 1 3 21 16 7 4 3 26 7 5 .275 .314 .392 .705 94 94 1.1
1965 Gary - A 26 56 201 47 11 1 1 21 19 22 3 2 52 5 0 .234 .316 .313 .629 65 62 -0.0
1965 Birmingham - AA 26 14 56 10 4 0 2 2 14 3 1 0 11 2 1 .179 .233 .357 .590 54 40 -0.1
1966 Spokane - A 27 2 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 .111 .273 .222 .495 40 44 -0.0
1966 Gary - A 27 97 346 72 8 4 5 32 32 22 6 2 86 11 1 .208 .266 .298 .564 64 54 0.4
1966 Birmingham - AA 27 32 116 31 3 3 1 14 15 13 2 0 29 2 0 .267 .351 .371 .722 98 100 1.0
1967 Spokane - A 28 11 34 11 2 0 2 4 5 7 0 0 10 1 1 .324 .439 .559 .998 175 188 0.7
1967 Gary - A 28 46 171 41 5 3 2 15 13 19 0 0 38 3 4 .240 .316 .339 .655 93 92 0.7
1967 Birmingham - AA 28 66 233 50 2 3 3 25 18 7 1 3 54 2 2 .215 .238 .288 .525 51 45 0.0
1968 Spokane - A 29 15 54 16 2 1 1 6 6 5 2 0 9 3 1 .296 .377 .426 .803 123 126 0.5
1968 Gary - A 29 30 107 20 1 1 1 10 8 4 2 2 25 1 1 .187 .226 .243 .469 46 39 -0.1
1968 Evansville - A 29 22 63 14 0 0 0 2 7 8 0 0 14 3 1 .222 .310 .222 .532 64 60 0.2
1968 Total - A 29 52 170 34 1 1 1 12 15 12 2 2 39 4 2 .200 .258 .235 .493 53 47 0.1
1968 Nashville - AA 29 25 88 21 0 0 1 5 7 9 1 0 14 0 1 .239 .316 .273 .589 80 82 0.2
1969 Mobile - A 30 29 99 25 6 0 1 7 14 17 2 0 28 5 1 .253 .373 .343 .716 109 115 0.4
1969 Evansville - A 30 56 186 48 8 0 2 14 24 18 2 0 50 7 2 .258 .330 .333 .663 101 103 0.9
1969 Nashville - AA 30 4 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 -26 -0.0
1970 Mobile - A 31 77 284 58 4 2 2 25 24 36 5 2 60 8 7 .204 .303 .254 .556 64 65 -0.1
1970 Evansville - A 31 30 90 26 0 0 0 9 5 3 0 1 22 0 1 .289 .309 .289 .597 72 68 0.3
Total DIX 160 570 127 10 6 7 48 59 40 5 3 120 9 6 .223 .278 .298 .577 63 59
Total GWL 22 75 15 1 0 0 5 6 9 2 0 7 1 0 .200 .302 .213 .516 45 52
Total HL 601 2035 492 63 17 30 237 224 218 18 18 444 45 20 .242 .318 .334 .652 81 76
Total SEL 106 383 83 10 2 3 32 38 53 7 2 88 13 8 .217 .321 .277 .598 76 78
Total COW 413 1434 375 53 13 30 120 156 54 16 9 202 39 28 .262 .294 .379 .673 89 84
Total GSL 39 132 36 6 2 2 17 25 33 2 3 11 8 1 .273 .418 .394 .812 123 134
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1957 Spokane - A 1B 2 2 12 0 1 12 0 1.000 18.0 6.00 -0.8 .000
1957 Jackson - R 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.1 1.046
1957 Spokane - A SS 20 19 37 46 5 84 1 .988 172.0 4.34 +0.8 1.091
1957 Jackson - R SS 35 34 61 99 16 165 5 .970 301.2 4.77 +0.3 .974
1958 Spokane - A 1B 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 3.0 12.00 +0.0 1.038
1958 Jackson - R 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1958 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 20 19 32 59 10 91 0 1.000 162.1 5.05 +0.1 .995
1958 Spokane - A SS 48 46 87 152 22 243 4 .984 406.0 5.30 +6.7 1.099
1959 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 132 121 224 401 76 646 21 .967 1036.2 5.43 -3.8 .991
1960 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 54 49 101 176 34 286 9 .969 433.1 5.75 +7.3 1.042
1960 St. Paul - AAA SS 10 10 14 27 7 41 0 1.000 86.0 4.29 +0.3 1.102
1960 Birmingham - AA SS 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 -0.1 .000
1960 Gary - A SS 62 62 107 198 55 312 7 .978 516.1 5.32 +4.0 1.048
1961 St. Paul - AAA 3B 8 8 11 18 5 29 0 1.000 69.0 3.78 +0.7 1.035
1961 Gary - A 3B 35 34 21 49 6 75 5 .933 285.0 2.21 -0.4 .964
1961 Spokane - A 3B 1 1 0 5 1 5 0 1.000 9.0 5.00 +0.1 1.016
1961 St. Paul - AAA SS 3 3 6 11 4 17 0 1.000 29.0 5.28 -0.2 1.058
1961 Gary - A SS 46 41 62 123 26 194 9 .954 359.2 4.63 +1.8 1.052
1961 Spokane - A SS 35 35 71 77 11 150 2 .987 300.0 4.44 +4.8 1.138
1962 Gary - A SS 14 14 25 32 8 57 0 1.000 113.0 4.54 +1.9 1.200
1962 Spokane - A SS 110 109 201 309 52 522 12 .977 939.2 4.88 +9.6 1.052
1963 Spokane - A 1B 2 1 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 12.2 9.24 +0.3 1.045
1963 Spokane - A 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Gary - A 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.0 1.80 +0.0 .000
1963 Spokane - A 3B 68 64 39 101 13 143 3 .979 512.1 2.46 +5.4 1.056
1963 Gary - A SS 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 7.0 2.57 -0.1 1.037
1963 Spokane - A SS 49 42 85 115 13 206 6 .971 343.1 5.24 +4.6 1.077
1964 Birmingham - AA 3B 13 13 14 29 2 46 3 .935 109.2 3.53 +0.1 .998
1964 Gary - A 3B 59 55 38 102 12 143 3 .979 462.1 2.73 +5.0 1.066
1964 Birmingham - AA SS 6 4 6 13 3 21 2 .905 41.0 4.17 -1.0 .878
1964 Gary - A SS 51 40 67 124 34 196 5 .974 352.0 4.88 -0.2 1.009
1965 Birmingham - AA 3B 11 11 3 23 3 27 1 .963 96.0 2.44 +0.5 1.014
1965 Gary - A 3B 55 52 39 74 7 119 6 .950 439.0 2.32 -0.1 .981
1965 Spokane - A 3B 41 41 37 59 3 97 1 .990 334.0 2.59 +2.7 1.062
1965 Birmingham - AA SS 4 3 11 9 1 20 0 1.000 28.0 6.43 +0.3 1.089
1965 Gary - A SS 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 5.1 1.69 +0.0 1.068
1965 Spokane - A SS 9 3 13 16 2 30 1 .967 45.0 5.80 +1.0 1.060
1966 Birmingham - AA 3B 31 31 19 68 5 89 2 .978 255.1 3.07 +3.6 1.061
1966 Gary - A 3B 51 49 26 70 10 100 4 .960 413.0 2.09 -0.1 1.062
1966 Birmingham - AA SS 5 1 5 6 0 11 0 1.000 19.1 5.12 +0.5 1.079
1966 Gary - A SS 48 41 69 106 24 180 5 .972 369.0 4.27 +2.1 1.026
1966 Spokane - A SS 2 2 3 6 3 9 0 1.000 20.0 4.05 +0.1 1.035
1967 Birmingham - AA 1B 1 1 10 1 0 11 0 1.000 9.0 11.00 +0.1 1.059
1967 Birmingham - AA 3B 61 60 44 105 10 155 6 .961 516.0 2.60 +4.5 1.022
1967 Gary - A 3B 32 31 23 47 4 72 2 .972 272.0 2.32 +2.4 1.059
1967 Spokane - A 3B 5 3 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 28.0 2.25 +0.3 1.072
1967 Birmingham - AA SS 5 2 6 8 2 14 0 1.000 24.0 5.25 +0.7 1.090
1967 Gary - A SS 19 13 21 30 6 53 2 .962 125.0 3.67 -1.0 .982
1967 Spokane - A SS 8 6 12 14 1 27 1 .963 55.2 4.20 +0.6 1.075
1968 Gary - A 1B 4 3 18 1 2 19 0 1.000 24.0 7.12 -0.3 1.041
1968 Evansville - A 1B 5 3 33 1 3 34 0 1.000 33.0 9.27 +0.4 1.041
1968 Spokane - A 1B 1 1 6 2 1 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 +0.1 1.051
1968 Nashville - AA 3B 19 19 12 29 3 43 2 .953 164.0 2.25 +0.2 1.051
1968 Gary - A 3B 17 16 13 35 4 49 1 .980 143.0 3.02 +1.8 1.047
1968 Evansville - A 3B 9 8 8 12 1 20 0 1.000 71.2 2.51 +1.1 1.072
1968 Spokane - A 3B 6 5 4 8 2 12 0 1.000 40.0 2.70 +0.5 1.059
1968 Nashville - AA SS 6 6 10 23 8 34 1 .971 52.0 5.71 -0.3 .869
1968 Gary - A SS 11 10 25 22 5 48 1 .979 83.1 5.08 -0.5 .955
1968 Evansville - A SS 4 4 4 6 2 11 1 .909 35.0 2.57 +0.2 .896
1968 Spokane - A SS 10 7 14 18 8 33 1 .970 72.0 4.00 -0.2 1.000
1969 Evansville - A 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Nashville - AA 3B 4 4 1 6 1 7 0 1.000 34.0 1.85 +0.5 1.074
1969 Evansville - A 3B 45 43 32 73 11 110 5 .955 365.0 2.59 -2.0 .974
1969 Mobile - A 3B 11 5 9 8 0 20 3 .850 64.1 2.38 -2.0 .887
1969 Evansville - A SS 9 8 12 22 3 36 2 .944 71.0 4.31 -0.7 .938
1969 Mobile - A SS 20 19 31 51 16 85 3 .965 163.1 4.52 -2.5 .948
1970 Mobile - A 1B 1 1 10 0 1 10 0 1.000 8.0 11.25 -0.7 .530
1970 Evansville - A 3B 22 20 13 38 3 51 0 1.000 171.1 2.68 +1.7 1.066
1970 Mobile - A 3B 21 15 9 44 10 55 2 .964 145.2 3.27 +0.8 1.006
1970 Evansville - A SS 9 4 9 19 5 29 1 .966 41.2 6.05 +0.7 1.017
1970 Mobile - A SS 59 55 109 149 39 266 8 .970 482.0 4.82 -3.2 .946
TOTAL 1B 20 12 107 6 8 113 0 1.000 118.2 8.57 -0.7 .947
TOTAL 3B 626 589 418 1008 116 1475 49 .967 5004.2 2.56 +27.4 1.031
TOTAL SS 928 834 1543 2469 502 4122 110 .973 7298.2 4.95 +34.9 1.027
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1957 Drafted in the 1957 first-year player draft out of high school (Odenton; Odenton, MD) by the Pittsburgh Miners. (Round 11, Pick 3, 163rd overall pick).
08/02/1958 Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for 2 days.
07/19/1959 Hits for the CYCLE, going 4-5 against the Washington Eagles, with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored.
07/24/1959 Injured (mild calf strain),day-to-day for one week.
09/02/1959 Injured (dead arm),out for one week.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 2.
07/08/1963 Injured (bruised shoulder),day-to-day for one week.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 2.
08/17/1964 Goes 5-6 against the Evansville Hawks, with 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI and 5 R.
04/07/1968 Injured (high ankle sprain),out for 6 weeks.
07/12/1968 Released by the Pittsburgh organization.
07/18/1968 Signed a minor league contract with the Montreal Saints organization.
05/30/1969 Goes 5-5 against the Dubuque Dukes, with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 3 R.
07/26/1969 Injured (strained oblique),day-to-day for 3-4 weeks.
08/15/1969 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2 weeks.
03/15/1971 Released by the Montreal organization.
10/16/1971 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1959 9 6
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