Samuel Douglas Hale (September 10, 1896 – September 6, 1974) was a Major League Baseball third baseman for 10 seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1920–1921), Philadelphia Athletics (1923–1929), and St. Louis Browns (1930). Hale had a lifetime batting average of .302 and won a World Series ring with the Athletics in 1929.
Born in Glen Rose, Texas, Hale debuted with the Detroit Tigers in 1920. Hale batted .292 in his rookie season and led the American League with 17 pinch hits in 52 at bats. When Ty Cobb took over as the Tigers manager in 1921, Hale saw limited action, getting only two at bats in 1921.
Hale played most of the 1921 season with Portland in the Pacific Coast League. In 1922, he was purchased by Connie Mack and the Athletics. Hale spent 7 seasons with Mack's team, playing in at least 80 games every year and in over 110 games 5 times. His best season was 1925 when he was among the American League leaders with a .345 batting average, .540 slugging percentage, and 11 triples. He also had career highs with 49 extra base hits and 63 RBIs in 1925.
Let it rain a day, a week, a year
Let it rain a thousand years a day
That's the divine answer to all the shed tears
That's the cyclic Flood well known by those who know
One drop for every broken dream
and one for every conceived plan
Our seeds sown larger
Our roots will go deeper
Our trees will grow higher and now we wait the rain
Let cry the skies to cleanse the souls
Let fall the seas to wash the pain away
That's the final run to the New Age
That's the first step beyond the threshold of this world
One drop for every broken dream
and one for every conceived plan
Our seeds sown larger
Our roots will go deeper
Our trees will grow higher and now we call the rain
Here rings a warning
A day of wrath for all the days of war
A storm of fury
to calm the hunger left
Our seeds sown larger
Our roots will go deeper
Our trees will grow higher and now we bring the rain
Our seeds - larger
Our roots - deeper