Sam Fishburn (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1965)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Sam Fishburn

|image=Fishburn Lehigh baseball.png

| position = First baseman / Second baseman

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|5|15|mf=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|4|11|1893|5|15}}

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = May 30

| debutyear = 1919

| debutteam = St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = July 9

| finalyear = 1919

| finalteam = St. Louis Cardinals

}}

Samuel E. Fishburn (May 15, 1893 – April 11, 1965) was an American Major League Baseball player from Haverhill, Massachusetts, who appeared in 9 games for the 1919 St. Louis Cardinals, with two hits in six at bats.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fishbsa01.shtml |title=Sam Fishburn Stats |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date= |access-date=2020-02-05}} An alumnus of Lehigh University, Fishburn died in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.{{cite book|title=the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Fourth Edition|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7|page=484}} He was Jewish.{{cite journal |title=Big League Jews|journal=Jewish Sports Review |date=January–February 2020 |volume=12 |issue=137 |page=18}}