Sammy Strang

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Sammy Strang

|image=Sammy Strang (1903 baseball card).jpg

|position=Second baseman / Third baseman

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1876|12|16}}

|birth_place=Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1932|3|13|1876|12|16}}

|death_place=Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 10

|debutyear=1896

|debutteam=Louisville Colonels

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 2

|finalyear=1908

|finalteam=New York Giants

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.269

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=16

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=253

|teams=

|highlights=

World Series champion ({{wsy|1905}})

}}

Samuel Strang Nicklin (December 16, 1876 – March 13, 1932) was an American professional baseball player for the Louisville Colonels (1896), Chicago Orphans (1900 and 1902), New York Giants (1901 and 1905–08), Chicago White Sox (1902) and Brooklyn Superbas (1903–04). He also played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers.{{cite web | url=https://volopedia.lib.utk.edu/entries/samuel-strang-sammy-strang-nicklin/ | title=Nicklin, Samuel Strang [Sammy Strang] }}

Biography

Strang was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.{{Cite web |title=Sammy Strang Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stransa01.shtml |access-date=October 29, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} He helped the Giants win the 1905 World Series.{{Cite web |title=1905 New York Giants Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1905.shtml |access-date=October 29, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} He led the National League in On-base percentage (.423) in 1906.{{Cite web |title=1906 National League Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1906-batting-leaders.shtml |access-date=October 29, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} In 10 seasons he played in 903 games and had 16 home runs, 253 RBI, 216 stolen bases and a .269 batting average.

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.

Sammy was a descendant of John Penn, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a distant relative of First Lady Laura Bush.