CFPITMLB1× Rookie of the Year📈 Late Developer · 1951

Sam Jethroe

6'1" · 178 lbsBorn January 23, 19171938–1954

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

MLB profile

Peak 3Y VAL

11.5

1950, 1951, 1952 avg

Career VAL

41.9

Value Above League

Games

625

Hits

680

Home Runs

Runs Batted In

282

Batting Avg

.276

Intelligence

How often Sam Jethroe led or placed top-ten on a MLB season board, and the shape of the career — computed from the same per-season boards the year pages publish, so every number is checkable.

All-time standings

Career boards only, within MLB

Cross-sport prominence: 74.1th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Historical franchise

3 clubs that no longer exist

No continuous modern successor — attributed to the franchise itself, never folded into a modern club.

Indianapolis ABC'sNegro Leagues · 1938 Cleveland BuckeyesNegro Leagues · 1943–1948 Cincinnati BuckeyesNegro Leagues · 1942

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Where this data comes from

Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	GP	OPS+	ERA+	VAL
1938	21	Indianapolis ABC's	—	183	—	—
1942	25	Cincinnati Buckeyes	—	169	—	4.3
1943	26	Cleveland Buckeyes	—	156	—	3.1
1944	27	Cleveland Buckeyes	—	143	—	—
1945	28	Cleveland Buckeyes	—	188	—	—
1946	29	Cleveland Buckeyes	—	115	—	—
1947	30	Cleveland Buckeyes	—	177	—	—
1948	31	Cleveland Buckeyes	—	152	—	—
1950	33	ATL	—	113	—	11.4
1951	34	ATL	—	127	—	12.8
1952	35	ATL	—	98	—	10.3
1954	37	PIT	—	-100	—	—