Samuel
Gluck
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 21, 1929 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1955   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 22 MIN PL $ 300,000  
1953 23 OMA PL $ 300,000  
1954 24 OMA PL $ 300,000  
1955 25 OMA PL $ 300,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 22 MIN PL 41 101 16 39 4 2 0 12 1 1 3 10 .386 .410 .465 .875 16.3 2.7
    AAA   51 67 15 21 2 1 1 12 2 1 14 10 .313 .432 .418 .850 12.8  
1953 23 MIN PL 21 46 4 10 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 4 .217 .260 .304 .564 3.4 0.0
  OMA PL 85 329 59 109 20 2 10 55 0 4 21 41 .331 .373 .495 .868 54.8 8.4
  TOT   106 375 63 119 22 3 10 56 0 5 24 45 .317 .359 .472 .831 58.3 8.4
1954 24 OMA PL 130 496 90 170 28 6 12 81 2 4 57 46 .343 .414 .496 .910 92.3 14.3
1955 25 OMA PL 136 516 81 165 26 6 8 77 3 5 53 53 .320 .389 .440 .829 83.0 11.7
4 Years Sim 413 1488 250 493 80 17 30 226 6 15 137 154 .331 .391 .468 .860 249.8 37.1
1 Years AAA 51 67 15 21 2 1 1 12 2 1 14 10 .313 .429 .418 .846 12.8  
162 Game Average 583 98 193 31 6 11 88 2 5 53 60 .331 .391 .468 .860 98.0  
Career Highs 136 516 90 170 28 6 12 81 3 5 57 53 .386 .414 .496 .910 92.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1186 201 406 64 13 27 186 5 11 106 126 .342 .399 .487 .886 208.0
vs LH   302 49 87 16 4 3 40 1 4 31 28 .288 .361 .397 .758 40.8
Home 206 717 135 233 40 10 16 116 5 6 63 65 .325 .384 .476 .859 119.7
Away 207 771 115 260 40 7 14 110 1 9 74 89 .337 .399 .462 .860 129.1
RISP   433 0 147 22 2 5 178 0 0 60 51 .339 .413 .434 .847 77.1
Pinch Hitting   36 5 14 1 1 0 9 0 0 4 1 .389 .463 .472 .936 7.0
Close/Late   161 28 61 9 0 1 24 0 0 25 22 .379 .469 .453 .922 32.3
Mar/Apr 44 149 25 56 5 2 2 23 1 0 7 13 .376 .396 .477 .873 25.7
May 82 270 42 79 13 6 3 30 1 3 25 24 .293 .364 .419 .783 37.8
June 80 295 49 94 15 4 8 44 1 4 25 27 .319 .376 .478 .854 48.1
July 74 301 59 110 20 3 7 52 1 1 33 37 .365 .432 .522 .954 60.3
August 73 281 40 84 15 0 2 37 2 3 20 38 .299 .350 .374 .723 34.5
Sep/Oct 60 192 35 70 12 2 8 40 0 4 27 15 .365 .443 .573 1.016 42.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1952 22 MIN PL C 12 12 95.0 55 7 3 0 .954 5.87 16 5 .313 1 0.3
    3B 14 6 69.3 3 12 1 2 .938 1.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1953 23 MIN PL C 18 17 95.6 57 6 2 0 .969 5.93 23 5 .217 0 0.4
    3B 2 0 3.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  OMA PL C 73 71 676.4 402 45 11 0 .976 5.95 161 33 .205 3 1.9
    3B 8 1 25.4 0 2 1 0 .667 0.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 91 88 772.0 459 51 13 0 .975 5.95 184 38 .207 3 2.4
      3B 10 1 29.0 0 2 1 0 .667 .62   0.0
1954 24 OMA PL C 128 126 1111.7 707 76 29 0 .964 6.34 273 53 .194 2 1.7
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 25 OMA PL C 132 128 1156.3 816 68 18 0 .980 6.88 231 42 .182 3 4.5
  C 363 354 3135.0 2037 202 63 0 .973 6.43 704 138 .196 9 8.9
  3B 26 7 101.3 4 14 2 2 .900 1.60 0 0 .000 0 0.2
Career Totals   389 361 3236.3 2041 216 65 2 .972 6.28 704 138 .196 9 9.1
Career Highs   132 128 1156.3 816 76 29 2 .980 6.88 273 53 .313 3  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1954-3-.343
On-Base Pct
1954-10-.414
Hits
1954-9-170
1955-10-165
Singles
1954-6-124
1955-4-125
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 10
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49
 
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  1. Luis Villalba (964)
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  4. Jerry Barber (952)
  5. Marvin Schull (946)
  6. Robert Roquemore (943)
  7. Ernest Flake (938)
  8. Jimmy Hildreth (933)
  9. Mark Leonard (928)
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History
Drafted in 19th round, 376th overall pick, by Minneapolis in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/21/1952, off John Rademacher (OMA)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Houston on 4/24/1952
Traded from Minneapolis to Omaha on 5/26/1953 (Going to OMA: LF Waldo Threlkeld, C Samuel Gluck, 3B Bobby Singleton, P Don Kittle. Going to MIN: LF Kurt Oliverio, C Mike Tucker)
Hit first career homerun on 6/2/1953, off Jeffrey McPeak (HOU)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Minneapolis on 7/31/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1953, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1954, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Antonio on 7/5/1955
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game