Sam Mayer (baseball)

{{short description|Major League Baseball outfielder}} {{For|the American racing driver|Sam Mayer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Sam Mayer |image= |position=Outfielder |bats=Right |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date|1893|2|28}} |birth_place=Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1962|7|1|1893|2|28}} |death_place=Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 4 |debutyear=1915 |debutteam=Washington Senators |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 29 |finalyear=1915 |finalteam=Washington Senators |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.241 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=1 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=4 |teams= *Washington Senators ({{baseball year|1915}}) }} '''Samuel Frankel Mayer''' (February 28, 1893 – July 1, 1962) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators.<ref name="statistics">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayersa01.shtml "Sam Mayer Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 15, 2011.</ref> He was Jewish.<ref name=JSR>{{cite journal |title=Big League Jews|journal=Jewish Sports Review |date=January–February 2020 |volume=12 |issue=137 |page=20}}</ref>

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