Sam Leslie
Samuel Andrew Leslie (Sambo) (July 26, 1905, Moss Point, Mississippi—January 21, 1979, Pascagoula, Mississippi) was a first baseman for major league baseball's New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1929 to 1938.
A left hander, he played ten years in the majors as a first baseman, from his debut on October 6, 1929 until his final game on September 27, 1938. He played first for the New York Giants (1929-33), then for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1934-35), and then back with the Giants again (1936-38). Although he played his entire career in New York, he himself was a Mississippi boy.
He had a big year in 1934 with the Dodgers, hitting .332 with 102 RBI. Later, in 1936 and 1937, he hit .295 and .309 with the Giants and appeared in the World Series each year with them. His lifetime average was .304.
In July 1934 he hit an inside-the-park grand slam. In 1936 he hit for the cycle.
References
This article is based on the article "Sam Leslie" at Baseball-Reference.com's Bullpen, accessed November 5, 2006. The Bullpen is a wiki and its content is available under the GNU Free Documentation License."[1]"
See also
External links
- His statistics at Baseball-Reference.com