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Sam Dente

Samuel Joseph Dente (Blackie)

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 26, 1922 in Harrison, NJ
High School: Kearny HS (Kearny, NJ)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1947
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians/Browns/WhiteSox/RedSox 1947-1955

Final Game: September 13, 1955
Died: April 21, 2002 in Montclair, NJ
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ
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Standard Batting

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
1941	19	BOS-min	D	77	319	319		87	7	2	0						.273	.273	.307	.580		98							OWN · KITL
1942	20	BOS-min	B	119	397	397		83	4	4	0						.209	.209	.239	.448		95							GBO · PIED
1943	21	BOS-min	A	42	181	181		39	5	1	0						.215	.215	.254	.470		46							SCR · EL
1946	24	BOS-min	A	134	509	509		147	22	5	1						.289	.289	.358	.646		182							SCR · EL
1947	25	BOS-min	AAA	76	302	267	35	83	5	5	0	31	4		29	22	.311	.380	.367	.748		98	4	1	5				LOU · AA
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	72	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			65/4O739
1953	31	CLE-min	AAA	124	530	480	49	130	12	5	1	33	0		37	25	.271	.327	.323	.650		155	10	3	10				INA · AA
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 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1947	25	BOS	AL	46	189	-9	-0	0	-1	0	-10	-1.1	5	-5	-0.7	.476	.493	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	5
1948	26	SLB	AL	98	296	-10	-0	0	-1	5	-6	-0.6	7	1	0.1	.494	.496	0.2	0.4	2	$	6/5
1949	27	WSH	AL	153	625	-23	-2	1	-18	10	-32	-3.2	16	-16	-1.6	.479	.480	0.1	-0.8	2	$	*6
1950	28	WSH	AL	155	654	-41	2	-2	-6	10	-37	-3.5	17	-20	-1.8	.477	.478	-1.3	0.4	-14	$	*64	MVP-30
1951	29	WSH	AL	88	301	-15	1	-1	-5	5	-15	-1.5	8	-7	-0.7	.483	.491	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	64/5
1952	30	CHW	AL	62	155	-12	0	-0	0	2	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.482	.493	-0.7	0.2	-6	$	65/4O739
1953	31	CHW	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/6
1954	32	CLE	AL	68	194	-5	0	-0	7	3	5	0.6	5	11	1.1	.509	.504	0.4	1.1	4	$	6/4
1955	33	CLE	AL	73	121	-5	-0	1	-2	2	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.494	.497	0.1	0.1	1	$	65/4
9 Seasons				745	2535	-119	0	-1	-26	37	-109	-10.9	66	-43	-4.4	.485	.492	-1.9	1.3	-17	$

WSH (3 yrs)				396	1580	-79	1	-2	-29	25	-84	-8.2	41	-43	-4.1	.479	.483	-1.4	-0.4	-14	$
CLE (2 yrs)				141	315	-10	-0	1	5	6	1	0.2	8	10	1.0	.501	.501	0.5	1.2	5	$
CHW (2 yrs)				64	155	-12	0	-0	0	2	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.483	.497	-0.7	0.2	-6	$
BOS (1 yr)				46	189	-9	-0	0	-1	0	-10	-1.1	5	-5	-0.7	.476	.493	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$
SLB (1 yr)				98	296	-10	-0	0	-1	5	-6	-0.6	7	1	0.1	.494	.496	0.2	0.4	2	$

Advanced Batting

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	.271	.310	.352	.280	.389	.590	.741	60	.312	-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	104	.283	.273	.267	.309	.358	.332	.388	.641	.746	72	.382	-26.2	-2.6	.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	-4.7	-0.5	.538	.152	.038
9 Yrs				2535	1866	213	3.0	105	.261	.252	.269	.303	.354	.305	.395	.608	.749	63	.320	-128.7	-12.8	.482	.125	.053	5.5
162 Game Avg.				551	406	46	3.0	105	.261	.252	.269	.303	.354	.305	.395	.608	.749	63	.320	-128.7	-12.8	.482	.125	.053	1

WSH (3 yrs)				1580	1173	134	3.0	105	.260	.252	.269	.298	.356	.308	.396	.606	.752	61	.309	-85.6	-8.4	.476	.122	.055	4.4
CLE (2 yrs)				315	224	29	3.5	103	.269	.263	.269	.323	.347	.321	.396	.645	.743	74	.395	-9.7	-1.0	.545	.153	.058	.0
BOS (1 yr)				189	138	14	2.7	102	.255	.232	.271	.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

Postseason Gamelog

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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	1.23	88%
1949	27	WSH	AL	625	0.2%	3.8%	5.0%	4.6%	18%	0.77	24.6	590.0	11.1	0.96	90%
1950	28	WSH	AL	654	0.3%	2.9%	6.0%	4.1%	19%	0.49	31.7	301.5	10.2	1.00	89%
1951	29	WSH	AL	301	0.0%	3.3%	8.3%	3.0%	14%	0.40	27.3		9.4	1.09	87%
1952	30	CHW	AL	155	0.0%	5.2%	3.2%	0.7%	3%	1.60	18.1		13.2	1.28	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 Yrs				2535	0.2%	3.8%	6.6%	3.9%	17%	0.57	24.2	580.0	10.8	1.01	88%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.2%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.05	8.7	45.5	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	25	BOS	AL	-9.4	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	26	SLB	AL	-11.3	-1.1	96	-0.8	1.3	-2.1	1.05	-0.4	-0.3	-3.9	-0.4	0.93	-5.6	1.21	7
1949	27	WSH	AL	-26.9	-2.7	589	-3.1	9.8	-12.9	1.16	-2.8	0.1	-36.2	-3.7	1.00	-31.9		0
1950	28	WSH	AL	-43.5	-4.2	639	-5.2	8.7	-13.9	1.07	-4.2	-0.6	-46.6	-4.6	0.97	-53.0		0
1951	29	WSH	AL	-16.0	-1.6	300	-0.7	4.2	-4.9	.95	-1.4	0.7	-9.0	-0.9	0.97	-15.7	0.57	13
1952	30	CHW	AL	-13.0	-1.4	155	-1.7	1.9	-3.6	1.21	-1.3	-0.1	-14.5	-1.5	0.99	-14.5	1.51	14
1953	31	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1954	32	CLE	AL	-5.0	-0.5	195	-0.3	2.4	-2.8	.84	-0.1	-0.3	-3.1	-0.3	0.97	-1.7	6.17	1
1955	33	CLE	AL	-4.7	-0.5	123	-0.2	1.5	-1.7	.86	-0.4	0.1	-3.7	-0.4	0.96	-5.1	0.42	4
9 Yrs				-129.8	-12.9	2097	-12.0	29.9	-41.9	1.05	-10.7	-0.7	-117.0	-11.7	0.98	-127.5	1.15	39

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	26	SLB	AL	2	0	27%	30	1	3	25%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44%	7	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
1949	27	WSH	AL	4	0	25%	233	4	4	50%	4	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	8	4	40%	40	28	12	5	2	3	15	6	9
1950	28	WSH	AL	8	0	30%	186	1	1	50%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	7	68%	26	9	16	5	3	2	22	4	18
1951	29	WSH	AL	5	0	23%	113	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	36%	19	13	5	2	0	1	10	5	5
1952	30	CHW	AL	3	0	31%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	7	5	2	1	0	1	6	1	4

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 Yrs				26	0	27%	748	9	9	50%	8	5	0	0	0	2	4	0	24	19	45%	122	81	39	17	8	8	60	17	42

Situational Hitting*

						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
1948	26	SLB	AL	296	34%	72			7	2	0	2	1.21	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	600%	13	5	38%	13	6	46%	56	11	20%	8	3	38%	3	1	33%	0
1949	27	WSH	AL	625	37%	161			0	0	0	0		1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	80%	140	17	12%	62	20	32%	420	50	12%	39	20	51%	30	13	43%	0
1950	28	WSH	AL	654	33%	144			0	0	0	0		2	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	10	11	110%	142	25	18%	68	23	34%	453	57	13%	37	12	32%	21	12	57%	0
1951	29	WSH	AL	301	49%	65			13	2	0	0	0.57	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	59	12	20%	27	12	44%	202	30	15%	19	11	58%	13	5	38%	0
1952	30	CHW	AL	155	31%	32			14	2	0	2	1.51	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	39	6	15%	17	10	59%	112	12	11%	13	7	54%	6	5	83%	0

1954	32	CLE	AL	194	30%	45			1	1	0	0	6.17	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	10	9	90%	42	5	12%	19	11	58%	123	18	15%	11	7	64%	5	4	80%	0
1955	33	CLE	AL	121	39%	27			4	2	0	0	0.42	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	26	2	8%	11	5	45%	82	11	13%	8	4	50%	4	3	75%	0
9 Yrs				2346	36%	585			39	9	0	4	1.15	4	0	74	2	1	0	4	0	37	41	111%	461	78	17%	217	87	40%	1448	189	13%	135	64	47%	82	43	52%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			108%			14%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

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	64	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

Change to: / / / or

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	197	175	15	41	4	2	0	12	0	20	16	.234	.313	.280	.593	16	46
1948	26	102	305	276	25	72	11	2	0	21	1	22	8	.261	.318	.315	.633	27	98
1949	27	160	650	614	49	166	25	4	1	54	4	32	25	.270	.307	.329	.635	62	153
1950	28	162	674	623	54	143	20	5	2	56	1	39	20	.230	.276	.287	.563	49	155
1951	29	93	315	286	21	67	8	1	0	30	3	26	11	.234	.298	.269	.567	23	88
1952	30	65	163	153	13	35	0	1	0	12	0	5	8	.229	.263	.242	.504	9	62

1954	32	71	204	178	19	48	7	1	1	21	0	15	4	.270	.323	.337	.660	20	68
1955	33	76	126	110	10	28	4	0	0	10	0	12	8	.255	.325	.291	.616	10	73
8 Yrs		777	2634	2415	206	600	79	16	4	216	9	171	100	.248	.299	.299	.598	216	743
162 Game Avg.		162	549	504	43	125	16	3	1	45	2	36	21	.248	.299	.299	.598	45	743

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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 (1712th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1954 AL 1.1 (9th)	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 24.6 (5th) 1950 AL 31.7 (3rd)
Outs Made s c a p y 1949 AL 454 (3rd) 1950 AL 496 (2nd)

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