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Sam Wise
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Birthdate: 8/18/1857
Died: 1/22/1910
Height / Weight: ' " / 170 lbs.
Place of Birth: Akron, OH, USA
Bats / Throws: L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Sam Wise Baseball Card - Old Judge N172 by Goodwin & Company issued in 1888 

A well-regarded infielder, Sam Wise played 1,175 games during the dead ball era, when the baseball was softer and slightly larger than today’s 9-inch ball. And, he played when the game was focused on the infield, and the infield was loaded with pebbles, stones, and even bits of broken glass.

 

Sam Wise was a standout all-around player for seven seasons for the old Boston Braves of the National League, 1882-1888, and helped the team win the NL Title in 1883, finishing with a very solid 63-35 record – 4 games ahead of second place Chicago. That season Sam Wise batted .271 and had 25 doubles, 7 triples and 4 homers. The next year, he led the league in strikeouts with 104. In 1886 he led the NL in fielding percentage with .956, an usually high percentage due to the fact that even bad hops off of stones were classified as errors in this time-frame, and most infielders made 40-60 errors per/season. 

 

In 1890 Sam Wise played with Buffalo of the Player League and in 1891 with Baltimore of the American Association (a major league in this era).  


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
12 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1881 DTN (NL) 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 SLG
1882 BSN (NL) 78 298 44 66 11 4 4 34 5 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 .234 SLG
1883 BSN (NL) 96 406 73 110 25 7 4 58 13 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .294 SLG
1884 BSN (NL) 114 426 60 91 15 9 4 41 25 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .257 SLG
1885 BSN (NL) 107 424 71 120 20 10 4 46 25 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .323 SLG
1886 BSN (NL) 96 387 71 112 19 12 4 72 33 61 31 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .345 SLG
1887 BSN (NL) 113 467 103 156 27 17 9 92 36 44 43 0 0 7 0 0 .334 .390 SLG
1888 BSN (NL) 105 417 66 100 19 12 4 40 34 66 33 0 0 6 0 0 .240 .306 SLG
1889 WHS (NL) 121 472 79 118 15 8 4 62 61 62 24 0 0 4 0 0 .250 .341 SLG
1890 BUF (PL) 119 505 95 148 29 11 6 102 46 45 19 0 0 6 0 0 .293 .359 SLG
1891 BAL (AA) 103 388 70 96 14 5 1 48 62 52 33 0 0 9 0 0 .247 .364 SLG
1893 WHS (NL) 122 521 102 162 27 17 5 77 49 27 20 0 0 4 0 0 .311 .375 SLG
12 years   1175 4715 834 1281 221 112 49 672 389 643 203 0 0 36 0 0 .272 .332 .SLG



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