Sam Agnew Stats & Facts

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Sam Agnew Essentials

Positions:
Bats: R Throws: R
71 Weight: 185
Born: 4 12, 1887 in Farmington, MO USA
Died: 7 19 1951 in Sonoma, CA USA
Debut: 4/10/1913
Last Game: 9/28/1919
Full Name: Samuel Lester Agnew

 

Sam Agnew is best remembered for being the catcher for both of Babe Ruth’s pitching victories in the 1918 World Series. Although Agnew did not get a hit in the four Series games in which he played that season, he caught Ruth’s complete game shutout in Game One and eight innings of Ruth’s pitching in the tightly-contested Game Four before being removed for pinch-hitter Wally Schang in the bottom of the eighth.
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