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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BAL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
3	3	Apr 15	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 17	BAL		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 18	BAL		DET	L,3-8	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	8 (2)	Apr 23	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
7	10 (1)	Apr 25 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	12 (1)	Apr 29	BAL	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	13	Apr 30	BAL	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14	May 1	BAL	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	43	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	15	May 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
12	17 (1)	May 8	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	18	May 9	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	19	May 10	BAL		PHA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	20	May 11	BAL		PHA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	21	May 13	BAL		BOS	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	22	May 14	BAL		BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	23	May 15	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	24	May 16 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	25	May 16 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	26	May 18	BAL		WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	27	May 19	BAL		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	28	May 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	29	May 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	46	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	30	May 23 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	LF
26	31	May 23 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	45	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	32	May 25	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	11.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
28	33	May 26	BAL	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	34	May 27	BAL	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	35	May 28 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
31	37 (1)	May 29	BAL		CHW	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	38	May 30	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	39	May 31 (1)	BAL		DET	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
34	40	May 31 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	41	Jun 1	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	42	Jun 2	BAL	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	43	Jun 3	BAL	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	44	Jun 4	BAL	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
39	45	Jun 5 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
40	50 (4)	Jun 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	51	Jun 10 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	53 (1)	Jun 11	BAL	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS	32	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
43	54	Jun 12	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	55	Jun 13 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	58 (2)	Jun 16	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
46	59	Jun 17	BAL		NYY	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	61 (1)	Jun 19	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	63 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	65 (1)	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	GF	76	16.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
50	69 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	BAL		PHA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	73 (3)	Jul 3	BAL		DET	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	75 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
53	80 (4)	Jul 9	BAL	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
54	83 (2)	Jul 15	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
55	86 (2)	Jul 18 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	87	Jul 18 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	88	Jul 19 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	89	Jul 19 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	90	Jul 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	91	Jul 21	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	92	Jul 22	BAL	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	93	Jul 23	BAL	@	PHA	W,7-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Boston Red Sox
63	101	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,10-8	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
64	102	Aug 3	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
65	103	Aug 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	33	8.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
66	111 (7)	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
67	112	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
68	113	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
69	114	Aug 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
70	117 (2)	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	22	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
71	118	Aug 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-8	GS	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
72	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-6	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
73	127 (7)	Aug 28	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	128	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
75	129	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	130	Aug 30	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	131	Sep 1 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
78	132	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
79	133	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	GS	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
80	134	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
81	135	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-5	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	136	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-3	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
83	137	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	138	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-7	GS	30	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
85	139	Sep 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
86	140	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	GS	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
87	144 (3)	Sep 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
88	147 (2)	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
89	148	Sep 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	68	14.1	13	0	0	13	2	1B
90	150 (1)	Sep 20	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
91	151	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	GS	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B RF
92	152	Sep 21 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	153	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	45	11.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
94	154	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
95	155	Sep 25	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
96	156	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
							102gm		784.1	287	13	6	306	19