finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1908 switch 13 march 1932 chattanooga , tennessee chattanooga , tennessee 1896 june 2 .269 16 253 second baseman/third baseman new york giants batting average home runs runs batted in july 10 18 december 1876 sammy strang -lrb- 1903 baseball card -rrb- . jpg sammy strang
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sammy strang

samuel strang nicklin -lrb- december 16 , 1876 -- march 13 , 1932 -rrb- born in chattanooga , tennessee was a utility player for the louisville colonels -lrb- 1896 -rrb- , chicago orphans -lrb- 1900 and 1902 -rrb- , new york giants -lrb- 1901 and 1905 -- 08 -rrb- , chicago white sox -lrb- 1902 -rrb- and brooklyn superbas -lrb- 1903 -- 04 -rrb- .
he helped the giants win the 1905 world series .
strang led the national league in on-base percentage -lrb- .423 -rrb- in 1906 .
in 10 seasons he played in 903 games and had 2,933 at bats , 479 runs , 790 hits , 112 doubles , 28 triples , 16 home runs , 253 rbi , 216 stolen bases , 464 walks , .269 batting average , .377 on-base percentage , .343 slugging percentage , 1,006 total bases and 72 sacrifice hits .
after his playing career , he was the baseball coach at georgia tech in 1902 and army from 1909 to 1917 .
strang died in chattanooga , tennessee at age 55 .
he was buried in its national cemetery .
