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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	6	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	7	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	8	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	9	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	W,12-5	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	11 (1)	Apr 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	12	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	13	May 3	BOS	@	DET	T,14-14	CG	69	13.0	5	1	0	6	0
9	14	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
10	15	May 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	30 (14)	May 23	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Washington Nationals
12	52	Jun 14	WSH		SLB	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	53	Jun 15	WSH		SLB	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	54	Jun 16	WSH		SLB	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	55	Jun 19 (1)	WSH		DET	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	56	Jun 19 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	57	Jun 20	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	58	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	W,9-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	59	Jun 22	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	62 (2)	Jun 25	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	64 (1)	Jun 28	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	67 (2)	Jul 1	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	68	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
24	69	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	73 (1)	Jul 7 susp	WSH		BOS	L,4-8	GS	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
27	74	Jul 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	17	3.1	2	0	0	2	0
28	76 (1)	Jul 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	77	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	78	Jul 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	79	Jul 17 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,8-15	CG	49	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	80	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-7	GF	8	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
33	81	Jul 19	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	GS	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	82	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	83	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	84	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	87 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	89 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		DET	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	91 (1)	Jul 28	WSH		DET	L,7-13	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
40	92	Jul 29	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	93	Jul 30	WSH		SLB	L,9-11	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	94	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	95	Aug 1	WSH		SLB	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	97 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	99 (1)	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	100	Aug 6	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	GS	52	12.0	1	0	1	2	0
47	102 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	104 (1)	Aug 10	WSH		PHA	W,8-7	GS	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	105	Aug 12 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-15	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	106	Aug 12 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,11-13	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	107	Aug 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	49	11.1	2	0	1	3	0
52	108	Aug 14 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	110 (1)	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	23	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
54	111	Aug 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	15	1	0	16	1
55	112	Aug 18	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
56	113	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
57	114	Aug 20	WSH		BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	12	3	0	15	2
58	115	Aug 21	WSH		BOS	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	3
59	116	Aug 23	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
60	117	Aug 24	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
61	119 (1)	Aug 26	WSH	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	120	Aug 27	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	121	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-2	GF	0	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	122	Aug 28 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	123	Aug 29	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
66	124	Aug 30	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	125	Aug 31	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	131 (5)	Sep 8 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	132	Sep 8 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-8	GS	25	4.0	1	0	1	2	0
70	139 (6)	Sep 14	WSH		CHW	L,1-8	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	140	Sep 16	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	141	Sep 17	WSH		CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	142	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	144 (1)	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	L,6-15	CG	54	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	145	Sep 21	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	146	Sep 23 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,9-8	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	148 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	149	Sep 25 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	150	Sep 27	WSH		BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	151	Sep 28	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	152	Sep 30	WSH		BOS	L,9-11	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	153	Oct 1	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	154	Oct 2	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							91gm		634.0	204	14	6	224	12