Sammy Baugh

Sam Adrian Baugh (Slinging Sammy)

Position: QB-TB Throws: Right

6-2, 182lb (188cm, 82kg)

Born: March 17, 1914 in Temple, TX

Died: December 17, 2008 in Rotan, TX

College: TCU (College Stats)

College Coaching: View Records

High School: Temple (TX), Sweetwater (TX)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1937 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1963 (Full List)

As Coach: 3 Yrs (Full Record)

SUMMARY

Career

167

QBrec

11-10-0

Cmp%

56.5

Yds

21886

Y/A

7.3

187

Int

203

FantPt

1258.1

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1937+	23	WAS	TB	33	11	5		81	171	47.4	1127	8	4.7	14	8.2	59	6.6	3.8	13.9	102.5	50.5		0	1
1938*	24	WAS	TB	33	9	3		63	128	49.2	853	5	3.9	11	8.6	60	6.7	3.6	13.5	94.8	48.1		1	1	PB
1939*	25	WAS	TB	33	9	1		53	96	55.2	518	6	6.3	9	9.4	44	5.4	2.4	9.8	57.6	52.3		0	1	PB
1940*+	26	WAS	TB	33	11	11		111	177	62.7	1367	12	6.8	10	5.6	81	7.7	6.5	12.3	124.3	85.6				AP1, PB
1941*	27	WAS	TB	33	11	1		106	193	54.9	1236	10	5.2	19	9.8	55	6.4	3.0	11.7	112.4	52.2		1	1	PB
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	33	11	8		132	225	58.7	1524	16	7.1	11	4.9	53	6.8	6.0	11.5	138.5	82.5		0	2	AP1, PB
1943+	29	WAS	TB	33	10	7		133	239	55.6	1754	23	9.6	19	7.9	72	7.3	5.7	13.2	175.4	78.0		0	0	AP1
1944	30	WAS	QB	33	8	4		82	146	56.2	849	4	2.7	8	5.5	71	5.8	3.9	10.4	106.1	59.4		0	1
1945	31	WAS	QB	33	10	8		128	182	70.3	1669	11	6.0	4	2.2	70	9.2	9.4	13.0	166.9	109.9		0	1
1946	32	WAS	QB	33	11	2		87	161	54.0	1163	8	5.0	17	10.6	51	7.2	3.5	13.4	105.7	54.2		0	1
1947	33	WAS	QB	33	12	1		210	354	59.3	2938	25	7.1	15	4.2	74	8.3	7.8	14.0	244.8	92.0	153	1	1	AP2
1948	34	WAS	QB	33	12	3		185	315	58.7	2599	22	7.0	23	7.3	86	8.3	6.4	14.0	216.6	78.3	69	1	3	AP2
1949	35	WAS	QB	33	12	9		145	255	56.9	1903	18	7.1	14	5.5	76	7.5	6.4	13.1	158.6	81.2	85	1	1
1950	36	WAS	QB	33	11	7	3-4-0	90	166	54.2	1130	10	6.0	11	6.6	56	6.8	5.0	12.6	102.7	68.1	77
1951*	37	WAS	QB	33	12	9	5-4-0	67	154	43.5	1104	7	4.5	17	11.0	53	7.2	3.1	16.5	92.0	43.8	45	1	2	PB
1952	38	WAS	QB	33	7	5	3-2-0	20	33	60.6	152	2	6.1	1	3.0	20	4.6	4.5	7.6	21.7	79.4	14
Career					167	84	11-10-0	1693	2995	56.5	21886	187	6.2	203	6.8	86	7.3	5.5	12.9	131.1	72.2	443	6	16

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1937+	23	WAS	TB	1	1	0-0	18	33	54.5	335	3	9.1	1	3.0	78	10.2	10.6	18.6	335.0	107.5	1	26	2.9	9.09	9.53
1940*+	26	WAS	TB	1	1	0-0	10	17	58.8	102	0	0.0	2	11.8	50	6.0	0.7	10.2	102.0	36.5	0	0	0.0	6.00	0.71
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	1	1	0-0	5	13	38.5	65	1	7.7	2	15.4	38	5.0	-0.4	13.0	65.0	41.0	0	0	0.0	5.00	-0.38
1943+	29	WAS	TB	2	0	0-0	24	33	72.7	322	3	9.1	3	9.1	31	9.8	7.5	13.4	161.0	95.8	0	0	0.0	9.76	7.48
1945	31	WAS	QB	1	0	0-1	1	6	16.7	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	1.2	1.2	7.0	7.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	1.17	1.17
Career				6	3	0-1	58	102	56.9	831	7	6.9	8	7.8	78	8.1	6.0	14.3	138.5	73.6	1	26	1.0	7.82	5.68

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	AY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Rate+
1937+	23	WAS	TB	33	11	5		171	144	154	180	100	232	155
1938*	24	WAS	TB	33	9	3		128	132	145	160	86	126	123
1939*	25	WAS	TB	33	9	1		96	88	98	128	116	105	112
1940*+	26	WAS	TB	33	11	11		177	124	134	146	122	135	140
1941*	27	WAS	TB	33	11	1		193	104	102	123	105	98	108
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	33	11	8		225	105	116	140	109	139	124
1943+	29	WAS	TB	33	10	7		239	111	116	128	118	112	123
1944	30	WAS	QB	33	8	4		146	93	104	121	85	121	109
1945	31	WAS	QB	33	10	8		182	137	144	152	105	133	157
1946	32	WAS	QB	33	11	2		161	103	94	117	93	90	101
1947	33	WAS	QB	33	12	1		354	122	126	133	109	121	131
1948	34	WAS	QB	33	12	3		315	119	114	127	109	103	117
1949	35	WAS	QB	33	12	9		255	111	116	125	111	116	120
1950	36	WAS	QB	33	11	7	3-4-0	166	101	106	120	108	108	113
1951*	37	WAS	QB	33	12	9	5-4-0	154	106	87	89	94	71	87
Career					167	84	11-10-0	2995

Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1939*	25	WAS	TB	33	9	1	26	998	38.4	69	1
1940*+	26	WAS	TB	33	11	11	35	1799	51.4	85	1
1941*	27	WAS	TB	33	11	1	30	1462	48.7	75	0
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	33	11	8	37	1785	48.2	74	0
1943+	29	WAS	TB	33	10	7	50	2295	45.9	81	3
1944	30	WAS	QB	33	8	4	44	1787	40.6	76	1
1945	31	WAS	QB	33	10	8	33	1429	43.3	57	0
1946	32	WAS	QB	33	11	2	33	1488	45.1	60	0
1947	33	WAS	QB	33	12	1	35	1528	43.7	67	2
1949	35	WAS	QB	33	12	9	1	53	53.0	53	0
1950	36	WAS	QB	33	11	7	9	352	39.1	58	1
1951*	37	WAS	QB	33	12	9	4	221	55.3	53	0
1952	38	WAS	QB	33	7	5	1	48	48.0	48	0
Career					167	84	338	15245	45.1	85	9

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1937+	23	WAS	TB	1	1	5	132	26.4	43	0
1940*+	26	WAS	TB	1	1	1	29	29.0	29	0
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	1	1	6	315	52.5	61	0
1943+	29	WAS	TB	2	0	6	243	40.5	66	0
1945	31	WAS	QB	1	0	2	65	32.5	0	0
Career				6	3	20	784	39.2	66	0

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1937+	23	WAS	TB	33	11	5	86	240	1	41	2.8	21.8	7.8				0				86	2.8	240	1
1938*	24	WAS	TB	33	9	3	21	35	0	9	1.7	3.9	2.3				0				21	1.7	35	0
1939*	25	WAS	TB	33	9	1	14	46	0	13	3.3	5.1	1.6				0				14	3.3	46	0
1940*+	26	WAS	TB	33	11	11	20	16	0	5	0.8	1.5	1.8				0				20	0.8	16	0
1941*	27	WAS	TB	33	11	1	27	14	0	16	0.5	1.3	2.5				0				27	0.5	14	0
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	33	11	8	20	61	1	28	3.1	5.5	1.8				0				20	3.1	61	1
1943+	29	WAS	TB	33	10	7	19	-43	0	4	-2.3	-4.3	1.9				0				19	-2.3	-43	0
1944	30	WAS	QB	33	8	4	19	-38	0	17	-2.0	-4.8	2.4	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	0.0	20	-1.9	-38	0
1945	31	WAS	QB	33	10	8	19	-71	0	34	-3.7	-7.1	1.9				0				19	-3.7	-71	0	5
1946	32	WAS	QB	33	11	2	18	-76	1	13	-4.2	-6.9	1.6				0				18	-4.2	-76	1	7
1947	33	WAS	QB	33	12	1	25	47	2	19	1.9	3.9	2.1				0				25	1.9	47	2	15
1948	34	WAS	QB	33	12	3	4	4	1	7	1.0	0.3	0.3				0				4	1.0	4	1	7
1949	35	WAS	QB	33	12	9	13	67	2	17	5.2	5.6	1.1				0				13	5.2	67	2	0
1950	36	WAS	QB	33	11	7	7	27	1	11	3.9	2.5	0.6				0				7	3.9	27	1	6
1951*	37	WAS	QB	33	12	9	11	-5	0	7	-0.5	-0.4	0.9				0				11	-0.5	-5	0	6
1952	38	WAS	QB	33	7	5	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1				0				1	1.0	1	0	1
Career					167	84	324	325	9	41	1.0	1.9	1.9	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	325	1.0	325	9	47

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1937+	23	WAS	TB	1	1	4	6	0	17	1.5	6.0	4.0				0				4	1.5	6	0	1
1940*+	26	WAS	TB	1	1			0								0							0	1
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	1	1	2	6	0	5	3.0	6.0	2.0				0				2	3.0	6	0
1945	31	WAS	QB	1	0			0								0							0	1
Career				6	3	6	12	0	17	2.0	2.0	1.0				0				6	2.0	12	0	3

Defense & Fumbles

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Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1940*+	26	WAS	TB	33	11	11	3	84	0	44						0
1941*	27	WAS	TB	33	11	1	4	83	0	35						0
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	33	11	8	5	77	0	29						0
1943+	29	WAS	TB	33	10	7	11	112	0	23						0
1944	30	WAS	QB	33	8	4	4	21	0	18						0
1945	31	WAS	QB	33	10	8	4	114	0	74			5	3	-12	0
1946	32	WAS	QB	33	11	2			0				7	3	-5	0
1947	33	WAS	QB	33	12	1			0				15	7	-7	0
1948	34	WAS	QB	33	12	3			0				7	3	0	0
1949	35	WAS	QB	33	12	9			0				0	1	2	0
1950	36	WAS	QB	33	11	7			0				6	2	4	0
1951*	37	WAS	QB	33	12	9			0				6	2	0	0
1952	38	WAS	QB	33	7	5			0				1	0	0	0
Career					167	84	31	491	0	74			47	21	-18	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1937+	23	WAS	TB	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0
1940*+	26	WAS	TB	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0					0
1943+	29	WAS	TB	2	0	2	48	0	28	0					0
1945	31	WAS	QB	1	0			0			0	1	1	0	0
Career				6	3	3	48	0	28	0	0	3	1	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	33	11	8	5	63	0	20	12.6			0			201
1943+	29	WAS	TB	33	10	7	2	13	0	10	6.5			0			82
1944	30	WAS	QB	33	8	4	4	23	0	11	5.8			0			6
Career					167	84	11	99	0	20	9.0			0			897

Kicking

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
1945	31	WAS	QB	33	10	8															1	1	100.0%
Career					167	84															1	1	100.0%

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	Pts	Pts/G
1937+	23	WAS	TB	33	11	5	1	1				6	0.5
1942*+	28	WAS	TB	33	11	8	1	1				6	0.5
1945	31	WAS	QB	33	10	8				1	1	1	0.1
1946	32	WAS	QB	33	11	2	1	1				6	0.5
1947	33	WAS	QB	33	12	1	2	2				12	1.0
1948	34	WAS	QB	33	12	3	1	1				6	0.5
1949	35	WAS	QB	33	12	9	2	2				12	1.0
1950	36	WAS	QB	33	11	7	1	1				6	0.5
Career					167	84	9	9	0	1	1	55	.3

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Sammy Baugh born?

Sammy Baugh was born on March 17, 1914.

Where was Sammy Baugh born?

Sammy Baugh was born in Temple, TX.

How tall was Sammy Baugh?

Sammy Baugh was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Sammy Baugh weigh when playing?

Sammy Baugh weighed 182 lbs (82 kg) when playing.

Is Sammy Baugh in the Hall of Fame?

Sammy Baugh was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1963.

How many games did Sammy Baugh play?

Sammy Baugh played 167 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Sammy Baugh have?

Sammy Baugh had 21,886 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Sammy Baugh have?

Sammy Baugh had 187 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Sammy Baugh won?

Sammy Baugh never won a Super Bowl.

When did Sammy Baugh retire?

Sammy Baugh last played in 1952.

What are Sammy Baugh's nicknames?

Slinging Sammy is a nickname for Sammy Baugh.

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