Sam Dente
Samuel Joseph Dente (Blackie)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 26, 1922 in Harrison, NJ
High School: Kearny (Kearny, NJ)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1947
Final Game: September 13, 1955
Died: April 21, 2002
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1947 25 BOS AL 46 189 168 14 39 4 2 0 11 0 1 19 15 .232 .310 .280 .590 60 47 6 0 2 5
1948 26 SLB AL 98 296 267 26 72 11 2 0 22 1 3 22 8 .270 .328 .326 .653 73 87 5 1 6 6/5
1949 27 WSH AL 153 625 590 48 161 24 4 1 53 4 4 31 24 .273 .309 .332 .641 71 196 17 0 4 *6
1950 28 WSH AL 155 654 603 56 144 20 5 2 59 1 1 39 19 .239 .286 .299 .585 53 180 25 1 11 *64 MVP-30
1951 29 WSH AL 88 301 273 21 65 8 1 0 29 3 0 25 10 .238 .302 .275 .577 58 75 12 0 3 64/5
1952 30 CHW AL 62 155 145 12 32 0 1 0 11 0 0 5 8 .221 .257 .234 .491 37 34 6 2 3 65/4O3
1953 31 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1954 32 CLE AL 68 194 169 18 45 7 1 1 19 0 0 14 4 .266 .319 .337 .656 79 57 5 0 9 2 6/4
1955 33 CLE AL 73 121 105 10 27 4 0 0 10 0 0 12 8 .257 .331 .295 .626 67 31 2 0 3 1 1 65/4
9 Seasons 745 2535 2320 205 585 78 16 4 214 9 9 167 96 .252 .303 .305 .608 63 707 78 4 41 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 551 504 45 127 17 3 1 47 2 2 36 21 .252 .303 .305 .608 63 154 17 1 9
WSH (3 yrs) 396 1580 1466 125 370 52 10 3 141 8 5 95 53 .252 .298 .308 .606 61 451 54 1 18
CLE (2 yrs) 141 315 274 28 72 11 1 1 29 0 0 26 12 .263 .323 .321 .645 74 88 7 0 12 3 1
CHW (2 yrs) 64 155 145 12 32 0 1 0 11 0 0 5 8 .221 .257 .234 .491 37 34 6 2 3
BOS (1 yr) 46 189 168 14 39 4 2 0 11 0 1 19 15 .232 .310 .280 .590 60 47 6 0 2
SLB (1 yr) 98 296 267 26 72 11 2 0 22 1 3 22 8 .270 .328 .326 .653 73 87 5 1 6

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1947 25 BOS AL 189 138 14 2.7 102 .255 .232 .270 .310 .352 .280 .389 .590 .741 60 .311 -9.4 -1.0 .478 .155 .048
1948 26 SLB AL 296 209 28 3.6 107 .278 .270 .275 .328 .361 .326 .398 .653 .759 73 .385 -10.9 -1.1 .532 .131 .056 .0
1949 27 WSH AL 625 454 60 3.5 105 .283 .273 .268 .309 .360 .332 .390 .641 .750 71 .382 -26.9 -2.7 .504 .112 .059 1.6
1950 28 WSH AL 654 496 51 2.7 109 .244 .239 .272 .286 .358 .299 .408 .585 .766 53 .251 -43.5 -4.2 .454 .124 .060 1.3
1951 29 WSH AL 301 223 23 2.8 100 .247 .238 .265 .302 .346 .275 .389 .577 .735 58 .291 -16.0 -1.6 .468 .139 .037 .0
1952 30 CHW AL 155 122 8 1.8 97 .234 .221 .261 .257 .341 .234 .381 .491 .723 37 .174 -13.0 -1.4 .345 .048 .014
1954 32 CLE AL 194 140 18 3.4 100 .265 .266 .268 .319 .344 .337 .391 .656 .735 79 .405 -5.0 -0.5 .550 .154 .071 .0
1955 33 CLE AL 121 84 11 3.5 106 .276 .257 .271 .331 .351 .295 .404 .626 .755 67 .379 -4.6 -0.5 .538 .152 .038
9 Seasons 2535 1866 213 3.0 105 .261 .252 .270 .303 .355 .305 .395 .608 .750 63 .320 -129.3 -13.0 .482 .125 .053 5.5
162 Game Avg. 551 406 46 3.0 105 .261 .252 .270 .303 .355 .305 .395 .608 .750 63 .320 -129.3 -13.0 .482 .125 .053 1
WSH (3 yrs) 1580 1173 134 3.0 106 .260 .252 .269 .298 .357 .308 .397 .606 .754 61 .309 -86.4 -8.5 .476 .122 .055 4.4
CLE (2 yrs) 315 224 29 3.5 102 .269 .263 .269 .323 .347 .321 .396 .645 .743 74 .395 -9.6 -1.0 .545 .153 .058 .0
BOS (1 yr) 189 138 14 2.7 102 .255 .232 .270 .310 .352 .280 .389 .590 .741 60 .312 -9.4 -1.0 .478 .155 .048
SLB (1 yr) 296 209 28 3.6 107 .278 .270 .275 .328 .361 .326 .398 .653 .759 73 .385 -10.9 -1.1 .532 .131 .056 .0
CHW (2 yrs) 155 122 8 1.8 97 .234 .221 .261 .257 .341 .234 .381 .491 .723 37 .174 -13.0 -1.4 .345 .048 .014

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 32 CLE AL WS NYG L 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 25 BOS AL 189 0.0% 7.9% 10.1% 3.2% 15% 0.79 11.2 15.3 81%
1948 26 SLB AL 296 0.0% 2.7% 7.4% 4.4% 18% 0.36 33.4 12.1 88%
1949 27 WSH AL 625 0.2% 3.8% 5.0% 4.6% 18% 0.77 24.6 590.0 11.1 90%
1950 28 WSH AL 654 0.3% 2.9% 6.0% 4.1% 19% 0.49 31.7 301.5 10.2 89%
1951 29 WSH AL 301 0.0% 3.3% 8.3% 3.0% 14% 0.40 27.3 9.4 87%
1952 30 CHW AL 155 0.0% 5.2% 3.2% 0.7% 3% 1.60 18.1 13.2 88%
1954 32 CLE AL 194 0.5% 2.1% 7.2% 4.6% 20% 0.29 42.3 169.0 8.9 1.13 86%
1955 33 CLE AL 121 0.0% 6.6% 9.9% 3.3% 15% 0.67 13.1 10.5 0.57 81%
9 Seasons 2535 0.2% 3.8% 6.6% 3.9% 17% 0.57 24.2 580.0 10.8 0.88 88%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 32 CLE AL 3 0 29% 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 29% 11 10 1 3 2 1 3 0 3
1955 33 CLE AL 1 0 26% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 13% 12 11 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
9 Seasons 4 0 27% 142 9 9 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 22% 23 21 2 4 3 1 5 1 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 32 CLE AL 194 30% 45 1 1 0 0 5.97 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 10 9 90% 42 5 12% 19 11 58% 123 18 15% 11 7 64% 7 4 57% 0
1955 33 CLE AL 121 39% 27 4 2 0 0 0.45 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 26 2 8% 11 5 45% 82 11 13% 8 4 50% 8 4 50% 0
9 Seasons 315 34% 585 5 3 0 0 1.55 4 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 14 41 293% 68 78 115% 30 16 53% 205 29 14% 19 11 58% 15 8 53% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 25 46 189 168 14 39 4 2 0 11 0 1 19 15 .232 .310 .280 .590 60 47 6 0 2
1948 26 144 485 435 40 111 15 4 0 33 1 4 41 23 .255 .321 .308 .629 68 134 11 1 8
1949 27 297 1110 1025 88 272 39 8 1 86 5 8 72 47 .265 .314 .322 .636 70 330 28 1 12
1950 28 452 1764 1628 144 416 59 13 3 145 6 9 111 66 .256 .304 .313 .617 63 510 53 2 23
1951 29 540 2065 1901 165 481 67 14 3 174 9 9 136 76 .253 .304 .308 .611 63 585 65 2 26
1952 30 602 2220 2046 177 513 67 15 3 185 9 9 141 84 .251 .300 .303 .603 61 619 71 4 29
1953 31 604 2220 2046 177 513 67 15 3 185 9 9 141 84 .251 .300 .303 .603 61 619 71 4 29
1954 32 672 2414 2215 195 558 74 16 4 204 9 9 155 88 .252 .302 .305 .607 62 676 76 4 38 2
1955 33 745 2535 2320 205 585 78 16 4 214 9 9 167 96 .252 .303 .305 .608 63 707 78 4 41 3 1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 25 48 193 174 14 40 4 2 0 11 0 19 16 .230 .306 .276 .582 15 46
1948 26 102 296 274 25 70 11 2 0 21 1 21 8 .255 .311 .310 .621 26 98
1949 27 160 644 612 48 164 24 4 1 54 4 32 25 .268 .304 .325 .630 61 153
1950 28 162 663 623 54 143 20 5 2 57 1 39 20 .230 .276 .287 .563 49 155
1951 29 93 315 288 22 69 8 1 0 30 3 27 11 .240 .305 .274 .579 24 88
1952 30 65 160 153 13 35 0 1 0 12 0 5 8 .229 .263 .242 .504 9 62
1954 32 71 195 178 19 48 7 1 1 21 0 15 4 .270 .323 .337 .660 20 68
1955 33 76 125 111 10 29 4 0 0 10 0 13 8 .261 .336 .297 .633 11 73
8 Seasons 777 2591 2413 205 598 78 16 4 216 9 171 100 .248 .298 .298 .597 215 743
162 Game Avg. 162 540 503 43 125 16 3 1 45 2 36 21 .248 .298 .298 .597 45 743

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1950-AL-30-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL--153--6th
1950 AL--155--5th

At Bats s c a p y
1949 AL--590--8th
1950 AL--603--6th

Singles s c a p y
1949 AL--132--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1950 AL--11--8th
1954 AL--9--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 AL--25--3rd

AB per SO s c a p y
1949 AL--24.583--5th
1950 AL--31.737--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 AL--454--3rd
1950 AL--496--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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  7. Doug Griffin (966)
  8. Ed Romero (965)
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  7. Rudy Hulswitt (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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