:Sam Hairston

{{Short description|American baseball player (1920–1997)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Sam Hairston

|position=Catcher

|image=Sam Hairston White Sox.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1920|1|20|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Crawford, Mississippi, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1997|10|31|1920|1|20}}

|death_place=Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

|debutleague = NgL

|debutdate=

|debutyear=1944

|debutteam=Birmingham Black Barons

|debut2league = MLB

|debut2date=July 21

|debut2year=1951

|debut2team=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 26

|finalyear=1951

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB{{efn|On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared the Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be a "Major League".{{cite web|title=MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-officially-designates-the-negro-leagues-as-major-league|website=MLB.com|date=December 16, 2020|accessdate=May 29, 2024}} Hairston's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues from 1944–1948.}}

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.313

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=5

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=63

|teams=

;Negro leagues

• Birmingham Black Barons ({{by|1944}})
• Cincinnati / Indianapolis Clowns ({{by|1945}}–{{by|1950}})

;Major League Baseball

• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1951}})

|highlights=

• NgL All-Star (1948)

}}

Samuel Harding Hairston (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1997) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball player. He played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro leagues and played part of one season with the Chicago White Sox as a catcher. He is buried in Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery.