Sam Bohne

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Sam Bohne

|position=Second baseman

|image= File:Sammy Bohne, Cincinnati NL (baseball) LCCN2014716293.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1896|10|22}}

|birth_place=San Francisco, California, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1977|5|23|1896|10|22}}

|death_place=Palo Alto, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 9

|debutyear= 1916

|debutteam= St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 26

|finalyear=1926

|finalteam=Brooklyn Robins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.261

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=16

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=228

|teams=

}}

Samuel Arthur Bohne (né Cohen; October 22, 1896 – May 23, 1977) was an American second baseman, shortstop and third baseman who played six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJEQTaE7JEAC&pg=PA77 |title=Jews and Baseball: Entering the American mainstream, 1871-1948 |publisher=McFarland |year=2006 |isbn=9780786428281 |access-date=January 9, 2011}}

Early life

Bohne was born Samuel Arthur Cohen to Louis Cohen in San Francisco, California.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/becomingjudychic00levi|title=Becoming Judy Chicago : a biography of the artist|first=Gail|last=Levin|date=February 22, 2007|publisher=New York : Harmony Books|via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bohne-001sam|title=Sam Bohne Minor Leagues Statistics & History|website=Baseball-Reference.com}} As Bohne was Jewish and bore the surname Cohen, he decided to change his last name to Bohne in October 1915 amid awareness of how a Jewish-sounding name might affect his budding professional baseball career."Sammy Cohen-Bohen-Bohne Makes His Debut at Short and Puts Up Good Quality of Fielding"; San Francisco Chronicle, October 22, 1915.

Baseball career

=Minor leagues=

In 1915 and part of 1916 (when he also played for the Tacoma Tigers and made his major league debut with the Cardinals), he played in the minor leagues for the San Francisco Seals, and in 1917, he played for the American Association Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Paul Saints. In 1919, he played for the Oakland Oaks, and in 1920, he played for the Seattle Rainiers for whom he batted .333 in 177 games.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-LJBgAAQBAJ&q=sam+bohne+cohen&pg=PA58|title=Minneapolis Millers of the American Association, The|first=Rex|last=Hamann|date=February 22, 2015|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781467113472|via=Google Books}} After his career in the major leagues concluded, he played for the Minneapolis Millers from 1927 to 1929, leading the club with 23 stolen bases in 1927.

=Major leagues=

File:Sam Bohne newspaper.png

In 1916, when he made his major league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals, he was the second-youngest player in the National League, behind Ed Sicking.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1916-other-leaders.shtml|title=1916 National League Awards, All-Stars, & More Leaders|website=Baseball-Reference.com}} In approximately 1917, he was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with a player to be named later (Bob Bescher), Paddy Livingston, and cash to Milwaukee of the American Association for Marv Goodwin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bohnesa01.shtml|title=Sam Bohne Stats|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}

He played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1921 to 1926. In 1921, he was fourth in the NL in stolen bases (26), sixth in triples (16), and ninth in runs (98) and walks (54).{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=baseball&ID=16|title=Bohne, Sammy: Jews In Sports}} In 1923, he was ninth in the NL in stolen bases (16).

In 1926, he played the bulk of the season for the Brooklyn Robins.

In 663 games over seven seasons, Bohne posted a .261 batting average (605-for-2315) with 309 runs, 87 doubles, 45 triples, 16 home runs, 228 RBI, 75 stolen bases, 193 bases on balls, .321 on-base percentage and .359 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .958 fielding percentage playing primarily at second and third base and shortstop.