Sam Mele

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 183lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: January 21, 1922 in Astoria, NY us

Died: May 1, 2017 in Quincy, MA

Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, MA

High School: Bryant HS (Astoria, NY)

Schools: Yale University (New Haven, CT), New York University (New York, NY)

Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 25-084d, 10,283rd in major league history)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 16, 1956 (Age 34-239d)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Sabath Anthony Mele

Pronunciation: \MEE-lee\

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Relatives: Nephew of Tony Cuccinello

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

3437

916

.267

406

RBI

544

OBP

.328

SLG

.408

OPS

.736

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-37 / in Starts: 9-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 128 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	102 (55-29-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 128 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (42-25-13)

Most Driven In
A Smith	4
Self	4
A Rosen	2
B Ãvila	2
G Woodling	2
V Wertz	1
R Colavito	1
J Hegan	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
J Busby	3
R Colavito	3
G Strickland	2
H Naragon	2
J Hegan	1
A Houtteman	1
A Smith	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	990	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	8	2.90	0.084	7.27	0.13%	0.39	PH
2	991	4 (2)	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,6-7	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	4.18	0.129	9.13	0.17%	1.00	PH
3	992	5	Apr 22 (1)	CLE		DET	L,4-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	1.54	-0.045	3.08	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	993	14 (8)	May 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	9	2.83	0.198	8.81	0.37%	0.62	PH
5	994	16 (1)	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	8	1.41	-0.040	4.72	-0.08%	-0.83	PH
6	995	23 (6)	May 13 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,9-4	2-GF	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.444	.500	.556	1.056	5	.82	-0.028	3.06	-0.06%	-0.54	PH LF
7	996	26 (2)	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	9-GF(11)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.636	1.136	8	2.51	0.111	9.22	0.25%	0.17	PH 1B
8	997	32 (5)	May 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.583	1.045	9	1.59	-0.040	6.13	-0.09%	-0.17	PH
9	998	33	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	13-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.538	.967	9	2.35	-0.061	8.87	-0.14%	-0.25	PH
10	999	35 (1)	May 28	CLE		DET	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	9	2.90	-0.076	10.18	-0.16%	-0.45	PH
11	1000	36	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.438	.533	.971	9	2.62	0.125	9.51	0.27%	0.85	PH
12	1001	37	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,8-9	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.471	.533	1.004	9	.06	0.002	.20	0.00%	0.27	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	1002	38	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	9	.75	-0.019	1.79	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
14	1003	39	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,15-0	CG	6	5	2	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.500	.714	1.214	3	.90	0.111	2.16	0.16%	2.39	LF
15	1004	40	Jun 3 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS-12	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.407	.467	.667	1.133	6	2.01	-0.224	5.12	-0.34%	-0.85	RF
16	1005	42 (1)	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-0	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.355	.412	.581	.992	6	.76	-0.105	2.08	-0.17%	-2.18	RF
17	1006	48 (5)	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.400	.563	.963	9	.36	-0.008	1.96	-0.03%	-0.59	PH
18	1007	49	Jun 11 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.359	.500	.859	5	.34	-0.036	1.35	-0.09%	-0.86	LF
19	1008	51 (1)	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.341	.463	.804	5	.95	-0.091	3.94	-0.23%	-0.71	LF
20	1009	52	Jun 13	CLE	@	BOS	T,8-8	CG(11)	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.367	.478	.846	5	1.16	-0.020	4.43	-0.05%	0.49	LF
21	1010	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.389	.500	.889	5	1.16	0.057	4.44	0.13%	1.29	LF
22	1011	54	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.362	.463	.825	5	.37	-0.038	1.67	-0.10%	-0.91	LF
23	1012	55	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.356	.455	.810	1	1.54	-0.045	6.16	-0.11%	-0.24	PH
24	1013	56	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.304	.350	.446	.796	3	1.75	-0.094	6.06	-0.19%	-1.16	LF
25	1014	58 (1)	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.344	.439	.783	8	4.62	-0.264	9.18	-0.32%	-0.73	PH
26	1015	59	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.339	.431	.770	2	.03	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.24	LF
27	1016	61 (1)	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,9-8	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.349	.441	.790	7	1.89	0.053	4.49	0.08%	0.13	PH
28	1017	64 (2)	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	W,12-11	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.344	.433	.777	9	1.35	-0.038	3.97	-0.07%	-0.38	PH
29	1018	66 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-13	5-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.364	.443	.806	2	.09	0.007	.38	0.02%	1.47	PH LF
30	1019	67	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.373	.468	.841	9	.03	0.002	.11	0.01%	0.63	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	1020	68	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.368	.460	.828	9	4.23	-0.128	14.34	-0.26%	-0.62	PH
32	1021	73 (4)	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,7-13	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.362	.453	.815	9	.20	-0.005	.69	-0.01%	-0.45	PH
33	1022	76 (2)	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.371	.462	.833	5	.77	0.042	2.11	0.07%	1.00	PH
34	1023	77	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.366	.455	.821	9	.35	-0.009	1.78	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
35	1024	79 (1)	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.375	.507	.882	9	2.13	0.351	7.96	0.79%	1.00	PH
36	1025	80	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS-8	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.338	.377	.521	.898	5	1.24	0.252	2.28	0.28%	2.31	LF
37	1026	84 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-1	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.375	.507	.882	5	1.29	0.050	1.63	0.04%	0.27	RF
38	1027	85	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.369	.487	.856	5	.67	-0.012	1.27	-0.01%	-0.43	RF
39	1028	86	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.369	.487	.856	5						PH
40	1029	87	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.369	.487	.856	3						RF
41	1030	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.371	.481	.852	3	.62	0.001	1.13	0.00%	-0.17	RF
42	1031	96 (7)	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.367	.476	.842	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	1032	98 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	GS-3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.313	.359	.470	.829	5	.96	0.000	3.46	0.00%	-0.35	LF
44	1033	100 (1)	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.362	.464	.826	8	.24	-0.011	.72	-0.02%	-0.12	PH LF
45	1034	101	Aug 4	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.358	.459	.817	8	3.59	-0.103	10.72	-0.18%	-0.24	PH
46	1035	105 (3)	Aug 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.354	.453	.808	9	3.27	-0.094	8.63	-0.15%	-0.37	PH
47	1036	106	Aug 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.350	.438	.788	4	.78	-0.016	1.46	-0.02%	-0.34	LF
48	1037	111 (4)	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.347	.433	.780	9	4.76	-0.115	5.47	-0.08%	-0.31	PH
49	1038	113 (1)	Aug 17	CLE		KCA	L,3-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.343	.429	.772	9	2.03	-0.047	2.16	-0.03%	-0.37	PH
50	1039	122 (8)	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.343	.429	.772	6						1B
51	1040	126 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.287	.349	.457	.807	5	.83	0.053	1.32	0.05%	0.34	1B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
52	1041	129 (2)	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.336	.439	.775	5	1.34	-0.135	2.45	-0.15%	-0.98	1B
53	1042	130	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.434	.768	8	.91	-0.023	1.58	-0.03%	-0.25	PH
54	1043	133 (2)	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.322	.417	.739	5	1.56	-0.159	.64	-0.04%	-1.08	1B
55	1044	134	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.319	.439	.759	5	1.74	-0.090	.66	-0.02%	0.03	1B
56	1045	142 (7)	Sep 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.331	.436	.767	4	1.45	0.040	.01	0.00%	0.84	1B
57	1046	143	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.320	.421	.741	6	.65	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-1.05	1B
							19-37		128	114	17	29	7	0	4	20	12	0	20	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	.254	.320	.421	.741		1.24	-0.599	2.98	-0.53%	-3.70

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