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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	WSH		BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	5 (1)	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
4	6	Apr 20	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	8 (1)	Apr 22	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Chicago White Sox
6	12	Apr 27 susp	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Washington Nationals
7	9	Apr 30 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	13 (3)	May 3	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Chicago White Sox
9	18	May 4 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	19	May 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	20	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	21	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	22	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	23	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	69	16.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	25 (1)	May 11 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	26	May 11 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
17	27	May 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-0	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	28	May 14	CHW		BOS	W,6-3	CG	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	30 (1)	May 18 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	31	May 18 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	32	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
22	33	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	34	May 23	CHW		DET	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	35	May 25 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-0	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	39 (3)	May 28	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	40	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	41	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
28	42	May 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	43	Jun 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	44	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	45	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	19	4.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
32	46	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	49 (2)	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	50	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
35	51	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,15-4	GS	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF 1B
36	52	Jun 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	53	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	54	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	55	Jun 15 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	56	Jun 15 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	57	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
42	58	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	59	Jun 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	60	Jun 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
45	61	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	CG	50	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
46	62	Jun 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	63	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	64	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	70 (5)	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	73 (2)	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	74	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	75	Jul 3	CHW		SLB	W,12-3	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	76	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
54	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	78	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	79	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	80	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	81	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS	16	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	83	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	84	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	85	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	86	Jul 14	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	87	Jul 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	88	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	90 (1)	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
67	92 (1)	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	93	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	53	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	94	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	95	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	96	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	97	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	98	Jul 26	CHW		PHA	W,9-3	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
74	99	Jul 27 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	100	Jul 27 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	101	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	102	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
78	103	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	104	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	105	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	106	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	T,0-0	CG	33	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	107	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	108	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
84	109	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
85	110	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	111	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	112	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
88	113	Aug 10 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
89	114	Aug 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
90	115	Aug 12	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
91	116	Aug 13	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
92	117	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
93	118	Aug 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	119	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	121 (1)	Aug 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	122	Aug 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	123	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
98	124	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
99	125	Aug 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	129 (3)	Aug 27	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
101	130	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	131	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	132	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
104	133	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
105	134	Sep 3	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
106	135	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
107	136	Sep 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
108	137	Sep 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
109	138	Sep 7	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	142 (3)	Sep 11	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
111	143	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
112	144	Sep 13	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	GS	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF 1B
113	145	Sep 14	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	67	17.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
114	146	Sep 15	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
115	147	Sep 16 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
116	148	Sep 16 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
117	149	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	41	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
118	150	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
119	151	Sep 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
120	155 (3)	Sep 27	CHW		SLB	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							122gm		1012.2	174	6	1	181	1