Sammy Baugh
Sam Adrian Baugh "Slinging Sammy"
Born: March 17, 1914
Temple, TX USA
Deceased: December 17, 2008
Rotan, TX
Position: QB-TB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 182
College: TCU
High School: Temple (TX); Sweetwater (TX)
Career: 1937-1952
Drafted: 1937 in Round 1, #6 overall by the Washington Redskins
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963
Coaching record
Sammy Baugh played from 1937 to 1952 during his career with the Washington Redskins. Baugh threw for 21,886 yards in his career, completing 1,693 of 2,995 passes with 187 touchdowns and 203 interceptions. He also ran for 325 yards in 324 attempts with 9 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1937 | NFL Washington Redskins | 171 | 81 | 47.4 | 1127 | 6.6 | 8 | 4.7 | 14 | 8.2 | 59 | 50.5 |
1938 | NFL Washington Redskins | 128 | 63 | 49.2 | 853 | 6.7 | 5 | 3.9 | 11 | 8.6 | 60 | 48.1 |
1939 | NFL Washington Redskins | 96 | 53 | 55.2 | 518 | 5.4 | 6 | 6.2 | 9 | 9.4 | 44 | 52.3 |
1940 | NFL Washington Redskins | 177 | 111 | 62.7 | 1367 | 7.7 | 12 | 6.8 | 10 | 5.6 | 81 | 85.6 |
1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 193 | 106 | 54.9 | 1236 | 6.4 | 10 | 5.2 | 19 | 9.8 | 55 | 52.2 |
1942 | NFL Washington Redskins | 225 | 132 | 58.7 | 1524 | 6.8 | 16 | 7.1 | 11 | 4.9 | 53 | 82.5 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 239 | 133 | 55.6 | 1754 | 7.3 | 23 | 9.6 | 19 | 7.9 | 72 | 78.0 |
1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 146 | 82 | 56.2 | 849 | 5.8 | 4 | 2.7 | 8 | 5.5 | 71 | 59.4 |
1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 182 | 128 | 70.3 | 1669 | 9.2 | 11 | 6.0 | 4 | 2.2 | 70 | 109.9 |
1946 | NFL Washington Redskins | 161 | 87 | 54.0 | 1163 | 7.2 | 8 | 5.0 | 17 | 10.6 | 51 | 54.2 |
1947 | NFL Washington Redskins | 354 | 210 | 59.3 | 2938 | 8.3 | 25 | 7.1 | 15 | 4.2 | 74 | 92.0 |
1948 | NFL Washington Redskins | 315 | 185 | 58.7 | 2599 | 8.3 | 22 | 7.0 | 23 | 7.3 | 86 | 78.3 |
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 255 | 145 | 56.9 | 1903 | 7.5 | 18 | 7.1 | 14 | 5.5 | 76 | 81.2 |
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 166 | 90 | 54.2 | 1130 | 6.8 | 10 | 6.0 | 11 | 6.6 | 56 | 68.1 |
1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 154 | 67 | 43.5 | 1104 | 7.2 | 7 | 4.5 | 17 | 11.0 | 53 | 43.8 |
1952 | NFL Washington Redskins | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 152 | 4.6 | 2 | 6.1 | 1 | 3.0 | 20 | 79.4 |
Totals | 2995 | 1693 | 56.5 | 21886 | 7.3 | 187 | 6.2 | 203 | 6.8 | 86 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1937 | NFL Washington Redskins | 86 | 240 | 2.8 | 41 | 1 |
1938 | NFL Washington Redskins | 21 | 35 | 1.7 | 9 | 0 |
1939 | NFL Washington Redskins | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
1940 | NFL Washington Redskins | 20 | 16 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 27 | 14 | 0.5 | 16 | 0 |
1942 | NFL Washington Redskins | 20 | 61 | 3.0 | 28 | 1 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 19 | -43 | -2.3 | 4 | 0 |
1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 19 | -38 | -2.0 | 17 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 19 | -71 | -3.7 | 34 | 0 |
1946 | NFL Washington Redskins | 18 | -76 | -4.2 | 13 | 1 |
1947 | NFL Washington Redskins | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 19 | 2 |
1948 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 |
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 17 | 2 |
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 11 | 1 |
1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | -5 | -0.5 | 7 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 324 | 325 | 1.0 | 41 | 9 |
Receiving:
Kicking:
Punting:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1939 | NFL Washington Redskins | 26 | 998 | 38.4 | 69 |
1940 | NFL Washington Redskins | 35 | 1799 | 51.4 | 85 |
1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 30 | 1462 | 48.7 | 75 |
1942 | NFL Washington Redskins | 37 | 1785 | 48.2 | 74 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 50 | 2295 | 45.9 | 81 |
1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 44 | 1787 | 40.6 | 76 |
1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 33 | 1429 | 43.3 | 57 |
1946 | NFL Washington Redskins | 33 | 1488 | 45.1 | 60 |
1947 | NFL Washington Redskins | 35 | 1528 | 43.7 | 67 |
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 |
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 9 | 352 | 39.1 | 58 |
1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 221 | 55.2 | 53 |
1952 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 |
Totals | 338 | 15245 | 45.1 | 85 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1942 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 20 | 0 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 11 | 99 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 44 | 0 |
1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 35 | 0 |
1942 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 29 | 0 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 112 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 |
1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 18 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 74 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 491 | 15.8 | 74 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
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1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 5 | 3 | -12 | 0 | ||
1946 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 3 | -5 | 0 | |||
1947 | NFL Washington Redskins | 15 | 7 | -7 | 0 | |||
1948 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1952 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 47 | 21 | -18 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1937 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1942 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
1946 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1947 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1948 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1937 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 5 |
1938 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 9 | 3 |
1939 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 9 | 1 |
1940 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 11 |
1941 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 1 |
1942 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 8 |
1943 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 7 |
1944 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 8 | 4 |
1945 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 8 | 8 |
1946 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 2 |
1947 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 1 |
1948 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 3 |
1949 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 8 |
1950 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 7 |
1951 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 9 |
1952 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 7 | 5 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1940s Team
Honors
1937 - International News Service All-NFL (1st Team)
1937 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1937 - NFL All-NFL (1st Team)
1937 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1938 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1938 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1938 - Collyers Eye Magazine All-NFL (2nd Team)
1940 - NFL All-NFL (1st Team)
1940 - International News Service All-NFL (2nd Team)
1940 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1940 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1940 - Collyers Eye Magazine All-NFL (1st Team)
1940 - Chicago Herald American All-NFL (2nd Team)
1940 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1941 - Collyers Eye Magazine All-NFL (2nd Team)
1941 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1941 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1942 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1942 - NFL All-NFL (2nd Team)
1942 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1942 - International News Service All-NFL (1st Team)
1943 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1943 - Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL (1st Team)
1943 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1943 - Chicago Herald American All-NFL (1st Team)
1943 - International News Service All-NFL (1st Team)
1943 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1945 - Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL (2nd Team)
1945 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1945 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1945 - International News Service All-NFL (1st Team)
1947 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1947 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1947 - Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL (2nd Team)
1947 - Chicago Herald American All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1948 - Chicago Herald American All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - The Sporting News All-NFL/AAFC (2nd Team)