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Sam Dente
Samuel Joseph Dente (Blackie)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut July 10, 1947
Final Game September 13, 1955
Born April 26, 1922 in Harrison, NJ
Died April 21, 2002

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 25 BOS AL  46  168   14   39   4  2   0   11   0  1  19  15  .232  .310  .280   60   47   2           0   6
 1948 26 SLB AL  98  267   26   72  11  2   0   22   1  3  22   8  .270  .328  .326   73   87   6           1   5
 1949 27 WSH AL 153  590   48  161  24  4   1   53   4  4  31  24  .273  .309  .332   71  196   4           0  17
 1950 28 WSH AL 155  603   56  144  20  5   2   59   1  1  39  19  .239  .286  .299   53  180  11           1  25 MVP-30
 1951 29 WSH AL  88  273   21   65   8  1   0   29   3  0  25  10  .238  .302  .275   58   75   3           0  12
 1952 30 CHW AL  62  145   12   32   0  1   0   11   0  0   5   8  .221  .257  .234   37   34   3           2   6
 1953 31 CHW AL   2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0           0   0
 1954 32 CLE AL  68  169   18   45   7  1   1   19   0  0  14   4  .266  .319  .337   79   57   9   2       0   5
 1955 33 CLE AL  73  105   10   27   4  0   0   10   0  0  12   8  .257  .331  .295   67   31   3   1   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      745 2320  205  585  78 16   4  214   9  9 167  96  .252  .303  .305   63  707  41   3   1   4  78
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        504   45  127  17  3   1   47   2  2  36  21  .252  .303  .305   63  154   9   1   0   1  17
 Career High    155  603   56  161  24  5   2   59   4  4  39  24  .273  .328  .332   73  196  11   2   1   2  25
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 25 BOS AL  189  138   14   2.7   102| .232  .270| .310  .352| .280  .389| .590  .741|  60  .311  -9.4  -1.0   0%
 1948 26 SLB AL  296  209   28   3.6   107| .270  .275| .328  .361| .326  .398| .654  .759|  73  .385 -10.9  -1.1  25%
 1949 27 WSH AL  625  454   60   3.5   105| .273  .268| .309  .360| .332  .390| .641  .750|  71  .382 -26.9  -2.7  50%
 1950 28 WSH AL  654  496   51   2.7   109| .239  .272| .286  .358| .299  .408| .585  .766|  53  .251 -43.5  -4.2  50%
 1951 29 WSH AL  301  223   23   2.8   100| .238  .265| .302  .346| .275  .389| .577  .735|  58  .291 -16.0  -1.6 100%
 1952 30 CHW AL  155  122    8   1.8    97| .221  .261| .257  .341| .234  .381| .491  .723|  37  .174 -13.0  -1.4   0%
 1953 31 CHW AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1954 32 CLE AL  194  140   18   3.4   100| .266  .268| .319  .344| .337  .391| .656  .735|  79  .405  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1955 33 CLE AL  121   84   11   3.5   106| .257  .271| .331  .351| .295  .404| .626  .755|  67  .379  -4.6  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2535 1866  213   3.0   105| .252  .270| .303  .355| .305  .395| .608  .750|  63  .320 -129.3 -13.0  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 25 BOS AL 3B 46 40 83 8 11 .939 .959 2.67 2.91 1948 26 SLB AL SS 76 138 207 15 46 .958 .964 4.54 4.85 3B 6 3 9 1 1 .923 .960 2.00 2.93 1949 27 WSH AL SS 153 314 462 35 106 .957 .963 5.07 4.79 1950 28 WSH AL SS 128 225 406 32 88 .952 .961 4.93 4.74 2B 29 91 91 2 23 .989 .976 6.28 5.39 1951 29 WSH AL SS 65 128 173 12 43 .962 .961 4.63 4.72 2B 10 32 30 2 9 .969 .978 6.20 5.35 3B 5 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 2.88 1952 30 CHW AL SS 27 42 56 6 14 .942 .962 3.63 4.29 3B 18 7 17 0 2 1.000 .952 1.33 2.98 2B 6 24 20 0 6 1.000 .978 7.33 5.13 OF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 2.18 4 0 2 1B 2 8 2 0 1 1.000 .990 5.00 8.90 1953 31 CHW AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 1954 32 CLE AL SS 60 66 133 6 33 .971 .960 3.32 4.31 2B 7 10 14 2 3 .923 .976 3.43 4.84 1955 33 CLE AL SS 53 33 87 3 15 .976 .959 2.26 4.04 3B 13 4 12 0 0 1.000 .952 1.23 2.73 2B 4 5 6 0 2 1.000 .973 2.75 4.88
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 30 CHW AL 1B 2 8 2 0 1 1.000 .990 5.00 8.90 1950 28 WSH AL 2B 29 91 91 2 23 .989 .976 6.28 5.39 1951 29 WSH AL 2B 10 32 30 2 9 .969 .978 6.20 5.35 1952 30 CHW AL 2B 6 24 20 0 6 1.000 .978 7.33 5.13 1954 32 CLE AL 2B 7 10 14 2 3 .923 .976 3.43 4.84 1955 33 CLE AL 2B 4 5 6 0 2 1.000 .973 2.75 4.88 1947 25 BOS AL 3B 46 40 83 8 11 .939 .959 2.67 2.91 1948 26 SLB AL 3B 6 3 9 1 1 .923 .960 2.00 2.93 1951 29 WSH AL 3B 5 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 2.88 1952 30 CHW AL 3B 18 7 17 0 2 1.000 .952 1.33 2.98 1955 33 CLE AL 3B 13 4 12 0 0 1.000 .952 1.23 2.73 1952 30 CHW AL OF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 2.18 4 0 2 1948 26 SLB AL SS 76 138 207 15 46 .958 .964 4.54 4.85 1949 27 WSH AL SS 153 314 462 35 106 .957 .963 5.07 4.79 1950 28 WSH AL SS 128 225 406 32 88 .952 .961 4.93 4.74 1951 29 WSH AL SS 65 128 173 12 43 .962 .961 4.63 4.72 1952 30 CHW AL SS 27 42 56 6 14 .942 .962 3.63 4.29 1953 31 CHW AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 1954 32 CLE AL SS 60 66 133 6 33 .971 .960 3.32 4.31 1955 33 CLE AL SS 53 33 87 3 15 .976 .959 2.26 4.04
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 563 946 1524 109 345 .958 .962 4.39 4.63 3B 88 55 128 9 14 .953 .957 2.08 2.90 2B 56 162 161 6 43 .982 .976 5.77 5.25 OF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 2.18 4 0 2 1B 2 8 2 0 1 1.000 .990 5.00 8.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 715 1175 1815 124 403 .960 .963 4.18 4.46
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    CLE NYG     L   3   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .250  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-AL-30-0.00

Games
1949 AL-153-6
1950 AL-155-5

At Bats
1949 AL-590-8
1950 AL-603-6

Singles
1949 AL-132-8

Sac. Hits
1950 AL-11-8
1954 AL-9-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1950 AL-25-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1949 AL-24.6-5
1950 AL-31.7-3

Outs
1949 AL-454-3
1950 AL-496-2

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 18, 1947: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Clem Dreisewerd, Bill Sommers, and $65,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Ellis Kinder and Billy Hitchcock.

October 4, 1948: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Washington Senators for Tom Ferrick, John Sullivan, and $25,000.

November 27, 1951: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Upton.

May 5, 1953: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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