Sam Vico
HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 4 in · 200 lb
BornAugust 9, 1923 · San Fernando, CA, USA
MLB debutApril 20, 1948
Final gameOctober 1, 1949
Seasons2 (1948–1949)
Detroit Tigers 1948–1949
Percentile snapshot
1948 season — qualified batters
of 94 qualified 1948 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 144 | 584 | 521 | 50 | 139 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 39 | 39 | 2 | 2 | .267 | .326 | .392 | .718 | 85.4 | 89.2 | .337 | -0.3 |
| 1949 | 67 | 171 | 142 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .311 | .338 | .649 | 71.9 | 72.8 | .317 | -0.5 |
Career totals
G
211
PA
755
AB
663
R
65
H
166
2B
28
3B
11
HR
12
RBI
76
BB
60
SO
56
SB
2
BA
.2504
OBP
.3229
SLG
.3801
OPS
.7030
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948-08-14 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 1948-04-27 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1948-09-08 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 1948-09-14 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 1949-07-21 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948-04-20 | DET @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948-04-21 | DET @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948-04-22 | DET @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948-04-23 | CLE @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948-04-24 | CLE @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.