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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	RF
3	3	Apr 20 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	4	Apr 20 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 21	WSH		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
6	6	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	8	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
9	9	Apr 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
10	10	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	53	13.0	4	1	1	6	0	RF
12	12	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	13	May 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	14	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	46	10.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	15	May 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	16	May 6 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	17	May 6 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
18	18	May 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
19	19	May 9	WSH	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
20	20	May 12	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
21	21	May 13	WSH		BOS	L,1-10	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	22	May 14	WSH		BOS	L,7-8	CG	54	11.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
23	23	May 15	WSH		DET	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
24	24	May 16	WSH		DET	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
25	25	May 17	WSH		DET	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
26	26	May 18	WSH		SLB	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
27	27	May 20	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
28	28	May 21	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
29	29	May 22	WSH		CHW	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
30	30	May 24	WSH		CLE	L,0-16	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	31	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-14	CG	47	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	32	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	33	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	34	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
35	35	May 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	36	May 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	38	Jun 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
39	39	Jun 3 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
40	40	Jun 3 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
41	41	Jun 4	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	45 (3)	Jun 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	48	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	46	Jun 10 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	47	Jun 10 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
45	48	Jun 12	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	49	Jun 14 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	50	Jun 14 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,5-14	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
48	51	Jun 15	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
49	52	Jun 16	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	53	Jun 17	WSH		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	54	Jun 19	WSH		SLB	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	55	Jun 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
53	57 (1)	Jun 22	WSH		DET	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
54	59 (1)	Jun 24	WSH		DET	L,5-10	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	60	Jun 26	WSH		NYY	W,7-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B RF
56	61	Jun 27	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF
57	62	Jun 28	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	GS	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF LF
58	63	Jun 29 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	64	Jun 29 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	65	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	66	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
62	67	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
63	68	Jul 3	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	69	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
65	70	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
66	71	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	72	Jul 6	WSH		PHA	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	73	Jul 7	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	74	Jul 8 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	75	Jul 8 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	76	Jul 12	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
72	77	Jul 13	WSH	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	78	Jul 14	WSH	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	79	Jul 15 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
75	80	Jul 15 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	81	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
77	82	Jul 17 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	83	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	84	Jul 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	85	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	86	Jul 20	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
82	87	Jul 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
83	88	Jul 22 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	89	Jul 22 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	90	Jul 24	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	91	Jul 25	WSH		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
87	92	Jul 26	WSH		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	93	Jul 27	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
89	94	Jul 29 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
90	95	Jul 29 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
91	96	Jul 31	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	97	Aug 1 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	98	Aug 1 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
94	99	Aug 2	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	100	Aug 3	WSH		CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
96	101	Aug 4	WSH		CHW	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
97	102	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	103	Aug 6	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	104	Aug 8	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
100	105	Aug 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
101	106	Aug 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
102	107	Aug 11	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
103	108	Aug 12 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
104	109	Aug 12 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	110	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
106	111	Aug 15	WSH		NYY	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
107	112	Aug 16	WSH		NYY	L,3-5	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
108	113	Aug 17	WSH		BOS	L,4-7	CG	54	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
109	114	Aug 18	WSH		BOS	L,9-10	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
110	115	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
111	116	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
112	119 (2)	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	120	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
114	121	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	122	Aug 26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	123	Aug 26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	124	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
118	125	Aug 29	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	52	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	126	Sep 1	WSH		NYY	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
120	127	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
121	128	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
122	129	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	131 (1)	Sep 7	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
124	132	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
125	135 (2)	Sep 11	WSH		CHW	W,7-6	GF	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
126	136	Sep 12	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF
127	139 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
128	140	Sep 16 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
129	141	Sep 16 (2)	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
130	142	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,0-8	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
131	145 (2)	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
132	146	Sep 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
133	147	Sep 23 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
134	148	Sep 23 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
135	149	Sep 25	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
136	150	Sep 26	WSH		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
137	151	Sep 27	WSH		BOS	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
138	152	Sep 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							141gm		1188.2	383	17	2	402	12