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+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 80 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 2 walk-off, 10 tying, 27 go ahead

6 Tms
CHW	26
WSH	22
BOS	21
BAL	5
CLE	4
CIN	2

Platoon
vs RHP	47
vs LHP	33

Home/Road
Away	45
Home	35

Outs
0	34
1	24
2	22

10 Opps
DET	13
BOS	10
NYY	10
BAL/SLB	10
PHA	9
CLE	9
CHW	9
WSH	8
PHI	1
STL	1

64 Pitchers
Ray Scarborough	4
Hal Newhouser	3
Bob Feller	3
Ted Gray	3
Billy Hoeft	2
Mike Garcia	2
Billy Pierce	2
Bill Henry	2
Joe Ostrowski	2
Bob Cain	2
Bill Wight	2
Mel Parnell	1
Ned Garver	1
Dick Weik	1
Jack Kramer	1
Bob Mahoney	1
Chuck Stobbs	1
Max Lanier	1
Connie Marrero	1
Bobby Hogue	1
Eddie Lopat	1
Leo Kiely	1
Morrie Martin	1
Dick Littlefield	1
Denny Galehouse	1
Dick Marlowe	1
Bryan Stephens	1
Connie Grob	1
Mickey Haefner	1
Joe Coleman	1
Red Embree	1
George Zuverink	1
Milt Jordan	1
Bobo Newsom	1
Fritz Dorish	1
Glen Moulder	1
Don Larsen	1
Hank Wyse	1
Vic Raschi	1
Early Wynn	1
Harvey Haddix	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Johnny Schmitz	1
Mike Fornieles	1
Milo Candini	1
Allie Reynolds	1
Charlie Bishop	1
Bob Chakales	1
Stubby Overmire	1
Bill McCahan	1
Hal Brown	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Johnny Kucab	1
Bob Muncrief	1
Harry Byrd	1
Walt Masterson	1
Willard Nixon	1
Bunky Stewart	1
Bill Bevens	1
Ron Negray	1
Don Johnson	1
Dick Fowler	1
Joe Page	1
Red Ruffing	1

10 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	23
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	18
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	9
GriffithStad (WAS)	7
Tiger Stad (DET)	7
ClevelandStd (CLE)	6
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	64
78	6
9	3
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	78
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	39
1--	18
12-	8
-2-	7
123	2
--3	2
-23	2
1-3	2

137 RBI
RISP	23
0 on	39
1 on	27
2 on	12
3 on	2
Any on	41

Inning
1	7
2	10
3	10
4	16
5	4
6	9
7	7
8	10
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	27
4-6	29
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	5
+2	5
+1	10
Tied	22
-1	12
-2	5
-3	6
-4..	10

Ahead	25
Tied	22
Behind	33

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	49
CF	12
LF	8
PH	6
1B	5

OrderPos
5th	39
4th	14
6th	12
3rd	5
1st	4
9th	3
7th	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	40
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1947-04-22	BOS	@	NYY	Bill Bevens	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.111	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1947-05-03	BOS	@	CLE	Red Embree	behind 2-9	t 9	0	---	1	6	8	0.001	0%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1947-06-04	BOS	@	SLB	Bob Muncrief	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	-2-	2	5	8
4	4	4	1	1947-06-09	BOS	@	CLE	Bryan Stephens	tied 5-5	t 8	0	1--	2	5	8	0.309	88%		Home Run; T. Williams Scores
5	5	5	1	1947-06-17	BOS		SLB	Denny Galehouse	tied 3-3	b 3	0	-23	3	5	8	0.135	84%		Home Run; W. Moses Scores; T. Williams Scores
6	6	6	1	1947-06-21	BOS		CLE	Bob Feller	ahead 5-0	b 4	2	1-3	3	5	8	0.040	99%		Home Run; J. Pesky Scores; T. Williams Scores
7	7	7	1	1947-08-08	BOS		NYY	Joe Page	ahead 7-6	b 8	1	1--	2	1	9	0.101	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Harris Scores
8	8	8	1	1947-08-11	BOS		WSH	Mickey Haefner	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	1	9	0.121	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1947-08-13	BOS		WSH	Milo Candini	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.100	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1947-09-03 (1)	BOS		NYY	Bobo Newsom	behind 1-9	b 8	0	---	1	9	PH	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	1947-09-15 (2)	BOS		CHW	Red Ruffing	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	9
12	12	12	1	1947-09-17 (2)	BOS		SLB	Jack Kramer	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.051	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1948-04-29	BOS	@	PHA	Bill McCahan	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	9	0.116	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Doerr Scores
14	14	2	1	1948-07-21 (2)	BOS		CHW	Glen Moulder	behind 3-6	b 3	2	-2-	2	6	9	0.168	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Doerr Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1949-06-22	WSH		CHW	Bill Wight	behind 0-3	b 6	1	---	1	3	9	0.089	22%		Home Run (LF-CF)
16	16	2	1	1949-09-18 (1)	WSH		DET	Hal Newhouser	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	1	3	9	0.159	52%		Home Run (LF-CF)
17	17	3	1	1949-09-20	WSH		SLB	Joe Ostrowski	behind 2-5	b 2	2	1--	2	2	8	0.173	40%		Home Run (LF-CF); E. Yost Scores
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1950-05-16	WSH	@	CHW	Bill Wight	behind 2-3	t 5	0	12-	3	5	8	0.246	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Stewart Scores; E. Robinson Scores
19	19	2	1	1950-05-21	WSH	@	DET	Ted Gray	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	1-3	3	5	8	0.065	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Stewart Scores/unER; E. Robinson Scores
20	20	3	1	1950-05-30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	Hank Wyse	behind 1-2	t 6	0	12-	3	5	8	0.275	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Stewart Scores/unER; E. Robinson Scores
21	21	4	1	1950-06-19	WSH	@	CHW	Bob Cain	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	5	9	0.119	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	5	1	1950-06-21	WSH	@	DET	Hal Newhouser	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	5	9	0.148	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Vernon Scores
23	23	6	1	1950-06-25 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	Early Wynn	ahead 3-1	t 3	1	---	1	5	9	0.086	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	7	1	1950-07-09 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	Dick Fowler	behind 2-3	t 3	1	1--	2	5	9	0.187	58%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Vernon Scores
25	25	8	1	1950-07-30 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	Stubby Overmire	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	12-	3	5	7	0.192	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); I. Noren Scores; M. Vernon Scores
26	26	9	1	1950-07-30 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	Ned Garver	behind 0-2	t 2	0	1--	2	5	9	0.146	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Vernon Scores
27	27	10	1	1950-08-04	WSH	@	DET	Ted Gray	behind 0-1	t 3	2	12-	3	5	7	0.276	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Yost Scores; M. Vernon Scores
28	28	11	1	1950-09-29	WSH	@	BOS	Walt Masterson	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.086	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	12	1	1950-10-01	WSH	@	PHA	Johnny Kucab	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---	1	5	9	0.069	15%		Home Run
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1951-05-15	WSH		DET	Hal Newhouser	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	0.175	71%		Home Run (LF-CF); E. Yost Scores
31	31	2	1	1951-06-09	WSH	@	SLB	Bob Mahoney	tied 0-0	t 1	1	123	4	5	9	0.218	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Michaels Scores; I. Noren Scores; M. Vernon Scores
32	32	3	1	1951-07-15 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	Bob Chakales	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	9	0.172	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); I. Noren Scores
33	33	4	1	1951-08-12 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	Ray Scarborough	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	1	5	8	0.157	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	5	1	1951-08-24	WSH	@	DET	Bob Cain	ahead 5-3	t 5	0	---	1	4	8	0.085	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1952-04-22	WSH	@	BOS	Bill Henry	behind 0-3	t 4	0	--3	2	4	9	0.112	37%		Home Run (Deep LF); I. Noren Scores
36	36	2	1	1952-05-03	WSH		CLE	Bob Feller	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	8	0.114	66%		Home Run (LF-CF)
37	37	3	1	1952-05-06	CHW	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	behind 0-7	t 7	1	---	1	5	9	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	4	1	1952-05-21	CHW		NYY	Allie Reynolds	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	9	0.140	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	5	1	1952-05-31	CHW	@	BOS	Ray Scarborough	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.126	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	6	2	1952-05-31	CHW	@	BOS	Ray Scarborough	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	1	5	9	0.163	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	7	1	1952-06-01	CHW	@	BOS	Bill Henry	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	5	9	0.164	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Robinson Scores
42	42	8	1	1952-06-10	CHW	@	PHA	Harry Byrd	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	12-	3	3	9	0.110	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Fox Scores; M. Miñoso Scores
43	43	9	1	1952-06-20	CHW		NYY	Bobby Hogue	tied 5-5	b 11	0	12-	3	3	9	0.190	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); N. Fox Scores; M. Miñoso Scores
44	44	10	1	1952-08-05 (2)	CHW		CLE	Mike Garcia	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	12-	3	5	9	0.120	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Miñoso Scores; E. Robinson Scores
45	45	11	1	1952-08-10 (1)	CHW		DET	Ted Gray	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.111	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	12	1	1952-08-20	CHW	@	NYY	Joe Ostrowski	ahead 10-2	t 8	1	1--	2	5	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Robinson Scores
47	47	13	1	1952-09-03	CHW		SLB	Dick Littlefield	tied 0-0	b 7	2	---	1	5	9	0.246	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	14	1	1952-09-09 (2)	CHW		WSH	Mike Fornieles	tied 2-2	b 9	1	---	1	7	PH	0.425	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	15	1	1952-09-12	CHW		NYY	Ray Scarborough	behind 2-3	b 3	2	---	1	5	9	0.131	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	16	1	1952-09-13	CHW		NYY	Vic Raschi	behind 1-3	b 4	0	1--	2	5	9	0.215	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Robinson Scores/unER
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1953-04-22	CHW	@	DET	Milt Jordan	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	9	0.112	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	2	1	1953-05-17	CHW	@	WSH	Chuck Stobbs	ahead 3-1	t 3	1	1--	2	4	9	0.137	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Fain Scores
53	53	3	1	1953-06-05	CHW		WSH	Connie Marrero	behind 1-7	b 7	0	---	1	4	9	0.018	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	4	1	1953-07-04 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	Max Lanier	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	1--	2	4	PH	0.033	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Fain Scores
55	55	5	1	1953-07-07	CHW		DET	Billy Hoeft	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.101	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	6	1	1953-07-08	CHW		DET	Dick Weik	tied 2-2	b 3	1	123	4	6	9	0.226	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Fain Scores; M. Miñoso Scores; B. Elliott Scores
57	57	7	1	1953-07-09	CHW		DET	Dick Marlowe	behind 1-2	b 4	2	1--	2	6	9	0.257	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Elliott Scores
58	58	8	1	1953-07-19 (1)	CHW		NYY	Eddie Lopat	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---	1	4	9	0.186	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	9	1	1953-07-26 (1)	CHW		PHA	Bobby Shantz	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---	1	5	9	0.111	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	10	1	1953-07-28	CHW	@	BOS	Hal Brown	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2	5	9	0.208	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Elliott Scores
61	61	11	1	1953-08-05	CHW	@	PHA	Morrie Martin	tied 7-7	t 14	2	1--	2	5	9	0.485	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Marsh Scores
62	62	12	1	1953-09-12	CHW	@	PHA	Joe Coleman	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.063	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1954-05-08	BAL		CLE	Mike Garcia	behind 1-5	b 6	1	-2-	2	5	7	0.107	20%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kryhoski Scores
64	64	2	1	1954-05-23 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	Bob Feller	behind 1-7	t 6	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.032	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kryhoski Scores
65	65	3	1	1954-05-26	BAL	@	DET	George Zuverink	behind 1-5	t 8	2	1--	2	4	7	0.050	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kryhoski Scores
66	66	4	1	1954-06-10 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	Leo Kiely	ahead 1-0	t 7	2	--3	2	4	9	0.197	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Young Scores
67	67	5	1	1954-07-19 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	Mel Parnell	ahead 5-3	t 7	1	---	1	5	7	0.085	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	6	1	1954-08-28	BOS		BAL	Don Larsen	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.097	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
69	69	7	1	1954-09-01 (2)	BOS		CHW	Fritz Dorish	behind 1-6	b 7	0	1--	2	5	9	0.070	13%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Agganis Scores
70	70	8	1	1954-09-05 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	Charlie Bishop	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	9	0.224	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Williams Scores; J. Jensen Scores
71	71	9	1	1954-09-08	BOS	@	DET	Billy Hoeft	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	---	1	6	9	0.134	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	10	1	1954-09-12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	Don Johnson	behind 4-5	t 8	2	---	1	4	PH	0.264	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	11	1	1954-09-25	BOS		WSH	Johnny Schmitz	behind 0-3	b 4	0	-23	3	4	3	0.184	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Williams Scores; J. Jensen Scores
74	74	12	1	1954-09-26	BOS		WSH	Bunky Stewart	ahead 9-2	b 8	2	1--	2	4	3	0.001	100%		Home Run; J. Jensen Scores
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1955-07-07	CIN		STL	Harvey Haddix	behind 3-8	b 6	1	-2-	2	9	PH	0.073	14%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Adams Scores
76	76	2	1	1955-08-28 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	Ron Negray	behind 2-4	t 6	0	---	1	6	7	0.121	34%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1956-06-02	CLE	@	WSH	Connie Grob	ahead 14-0	t 9	2	---	1	3	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	2	1	1956-07-14	CLE	@	NYY	Tommy Byrne	behind 3-4	t 9	1	---	1	9	PH	0.351	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	3	1	1956-08-31 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	Billy Pierce	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	1	5	3	0.105	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
80	80	4	1	1956-09-08	CLE		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-4	b 7	0	---	1	5	3	0.058	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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