Sam Mele
Sabath Anthony Mele
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: January 21, 1922 in Astoria, NY
High School: Bryant (Queens, NY)
School: New York University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: September 16, 1956
Relatives: Nephew of Tony Cuccinello
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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 123 497 453 71 137 14 8 12 73 0 3 37 35 .302 .356 .448 .805 117 203 11 1 6 *O/3
1948 26 BOS AL 66 198 180 25 42 12 1 2 25 1 1 13 21 .233 .292 .344 .637 66 62 5 2 3 O
1949 27 TOT AL 96 336 310 22 73 13 3 3 32 4 1 24 48 .235 .290 .326 .616 63 101 13 0 2 O3
1949 27 BOS AL 18 55 46 1 9 1 1 0 7 2 0 7 14 .196 .302 .261 .563 45 12 3 0 2 O
1949 27 WSH AL 78 281 264 21 64 12 2 3 25 2 1 17 34 .242 .288 .337 .625 67 89 10 0 0 O3
1950 28 WSH AL 126 490 435 57 119 21 6 12 86 2 0 51 40 .274 .351 .432 .783 104 188 21 1 3 O3
1951 29 WSH AL 143 594 558 58 153 36 7 5 94 2 3 32 31 .274 .315 .391 .705 91 218 22 1 3 *O3
1952 30 TOT AL 132 503 451 48 117 21 2 16 69 1 2 49 42 .259 .335 .421 .756 109 190 18 2 1 *O/3
1952 30 WSH AL 9 29 28 2 12 3 0 2 10 0 0 1 2 .429 .448 .750 1.198 234 21 0 0 0 /O
1952 30 CHW AL 123 474 423 46 105 18 2 14 59 1 2 48 40 .248 .328 .400 .727 101 169 18 2 1 *O/3
1953 31 CHW AL 140 544 481 64 132 26 8 12 82 3 1 58 47 .274 .353 .437 .789 109 210 14 0 5 *O/3
1954 32 TOT AL 114 406 362 39 97 15 4 12 55 1 1 30 38 .268 .323 .431 .753 107 156 16 2 6 6 793
1954 32 BAL AL 72 256 230 17 55 9 4 5 32 1 0 18 26 .239 .290 .378 .668 89 87 12 0 4 4 79
1954 32 BOS AL 42 150 132 22 42 6 0 7 23 0 1 12 12 .318 .378 .523 .901 134 69 4 2 2 2 39/7
1955 33 TOT MLB 49 100 93 5 17 3 0 2 8 1 1 5 20 .183 .230 .280 .510 32 26 6 1 0 1 0 7/93
1955 33 BOS AL 14 32 31 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 .129 .125 .194 .319 -18 6 1 0 0 1 0 /79
1955 33 CIN NL 35 68 62 4 13 1 0 2 7 0 1 5 13 .210 .279 .323 .602 57 20 5 1 0 0 0 7/39
1956 34 CLE AL 57 128 114 17 29 7 0 4 20 0 1 12 20 .254 .320 .421 .741 93 48 4 0 0 2 0 7/39
10 Seasons 1046 3796 3437 406 916 168 39 80 544 15 14 311 342 .267 .328 .408 .736 97 1402 130 10 29 9 0
162 Game Avg. 162 588 532 63 142 26 6 12 84 2 2 48 53 .267 .328 .408 .736 97 217 20 2 4
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
BOS (5 yrs) 263 932 842 120 234 35 10 21 129 4 5 69 89 .278 .335 .418 .753 99 352 24 5 13 3 0
WSH (4 yrs) 356 1394 1285 138 348 72 15 22 215 6 4 101 107 .271 .325 .402 .726 94 516 53 2 6
CHW (2 yrs) 263 1018 904 110 237 44 10 26 141 4 3 106 87 .262 .341 .419 .760 105 379 32 2 6
CLE (1 yr) 57 128 114 17 29 7 0 4 20 0 1 12 20 .254 .320 .421 .741 93 48 4 0 0 2 0
CIN (1 yr) 35 68 62 4 13 1 0 2 7 0 1 5 13 .210 .279 .323 .602 57 20 5 1 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 72 256 230 17 55 9 4 5 32 1 0 18 26 .239 .290 .378 .668 89 87 12 0 4 4
AL (10 yrs) 1011 3728 3375 402 903 167 39 78 537 15 13 306 329 .268 .329 .409 .739 98 1382 125 9 29 9 0
NL (1 yr) 35 68 62 4 13 1 0 2 7 0 1 5 13 .210 .279 .323 .602 57 20 5 1 0 0 0

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 497 336 71 5.6 102 .308 .302 .270 .356 .352 .448 .389 .805 .741 117 .634 7.9 0.8 .721 .221 .146 .0
1948 26 BOS AL 198 147 18 3.3 110 .255 .233 .279 .292 .365 .344 .403 .637 .768 66 .347 -9.7 -1.0 .535 .183 .111 1.3
1949 27 TOT AL 336 253 30 3.2 106 .270 .235 .270 .290 .362 .326 .392 .616 .754 63 .336 -18.1 -1.8 .510 .177 .090 3.4
1949 27 BOS AL 55 42 4 2.5 112 .281 .196 .279 .302 .372 .261 .405 .563 .778 45 .253 -3.9 -0.4 .525 .261 .065 .0
1949 27 WSH AL 281 211 26 3.3 105 .269 .242 .268 .288 .360 .337 .390 .625 .750 67 .351 -14.2 -1.4 .507 .163 .095 2.4
1950 28 WSH AL 490 340 66 5.2 109 .279 .274 .272 .351 .358 .432 .408 .783 .766 104 .517 1.8 0.2 .718 .280 .159 3.4
1951 29 WSH AL 594 433 68 4.2 100 .284 .274 .265 .315 .346 .391 .389 .705 .735 91 .470 -8.6 -0.9 .581 .172 .116 2.9
1952 30 TOT AL 503 355 63 4.8 97 .257 .259 .261 .335 .341 .421 .381 .756 .722 109 .565 4.4 0.5 .678 .268 .162 1.9
1952 30 WSH AL 29 16 9 15.2 94 .417 .429 .257 .448 .336 .750 .375 1.198 .710 234 .915 4.7 0.5 1.375 .357 .321 .0
1952 30 CHW AL 474 339 54 4.3 97 .247 .248 .261 .328 .341 .400 .381 .727 .723 101 .516 -0.3 0.0 .645 .262 .151 1.9
1953 31 CHW AL 544 369 74 5.4 105 .284 .274 .273 .353 .350 .437 .402 .789 .752 109 .585 5.8 0.6 .742 .287 .162 4.8
1954 32 TOT AL 406 294 51 4.6 98 .267 .268 .264 .323 .340 .431 .386 .753 .726 107 .540 2.2 0.2 .667 .246 .163 1.8
1954 32 BAL AL 256 195 26 3.6 92 .246 .239 .256 .290 .330 .378 .374 .668 .704 89 .421 -4.1 -0.4 .567 .222 .139 1.7
1954 32 BOS AL 150 99 25 6.8 108 .304 .318 .279 .378 .356 .523 .408 .901 .764 134 .700 6.3 0.6 .863 .288 .205 .0
1955 33 TOT MLB 100 84 5 1.6 110 .208 .183 .273 .230 .348 .280 .424 .510 .772 32 .123 -9.6 -0.9 .386 .151 .097 1.3
1955 33 BOS AL 32 29 1 0.9 111 .160 .129 .278 .125 .359 .194 .414 .319 .773 -18 .050 -5.4 -0.5 .250 .097 .065 .0
1955 33 CIN NL 68 55 4 1.9 110 .234 .210 .271 .279 .343 .323 .429 .602 .772 57 .166 -4.2 -0.4 .455 .177 .113 .0
1956 34 CLE AL 128 92 15 4.4 109 .272 .254 .271 .320 .353 .421 .413 .741 .767 93 .455 -1.4 -0.1 .656 .263 .167 .0
10 Seasons 3796 2703 461 4.6 103 .276 .267 .269 .328 .350 .408 .395 .736 .745 97 .509 -25.3 -2.4 .647 .232 .141 25.3
162 Game Avg. 588 419 71 4.6 103 .276 .267 .269 .328 .350 .408 .395 .736 .745 97 .509 -25.3 -2.4 .647 .232 .141 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BOS (5 yrs) 932 653 119 4.9 106 .290 .278 .274 .335 .357 .418 .397 .753 .753 99 .554 -4.8 -0.5 .667 .221 .140 6.7
WSH (4 yrs) 1394 1000 169 4.5 104 .282 .271 .268 .325 .353 .402 .395 .726 .748 94 .484 -16.3 -1.6 .625 .211 .131 9.4
CHW (2 yrs) 1018 708 128 4.9 101 .267 .262 .268 .341 .346 .419 .392 .760 .738 105 .555 5.5 0.6 .695 .275 .157 6.9
CLE (1 yr) 128 92 15 4.4 109 .272 .254 .271 .320 .353 .421 .413 .741 .767 93 .456 -1.4 -0.1 .656 .263 .167 .0
CIN (1 yr) 68 55 4 1.9 110 .234 .210 .271 .279 .343 .323 .429 .602 .772 57 .167 -4.2 -0.4 .455 .177 .113 .0
BAL (1 yr) 256 195 26 3.6 92 .246 .239 .256 .290 .330 .378 .374 .668 .704 89 .421 -4.1 -0.4 .567 .222 .139 1.7
AL (10 yrs) 3728 2648 457 4.6 103 .277 .268 .269 .329 .350 .409 .394 .739 .744 98 .516 -21.1 -2.0 .651 .233 .142 25.2
NL (1 yr) 68 55 4 1.9 110 .234 .210 .271 .279 .343 .323 .429 .602 .772 57 .167 -4.2 -0.4 .455 .177 .113 .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 497 2.4% 7.0% 7.4% 6.8% 25% 0.95 12.9 37.8 6.2 82%
1948 26 BOS AL 198 1.0% 10.6% 6.6% 7.6% 36% 1.62 8.6 90.0 7.2 79%
1949 27 TOT AL 336 0.9% 14.3% 7.1% 5.7% 26% 2.00 6.5 103.3 9.7 77%
1949 27 BOS AL 55 0.0% 25.5% 12.7% 3.6% 22% 2.00 3.3 6.6 58%
1949 27 WSH AL 281 1.1% 12.1% 6.1% 6.1% 27% 2.00 7.8 88.0 10.6 81%
1950 28 WSH AL 490 2.5% 8.2% 10.4% 8.0% 33% 0.78 10.9 36.3 5.1 78%
1951 29 WSH AL 594 0.8% 5.2% 5.4% 8.1% 31% 0.97 18.0 111.6 5.9 88%
1952 30 TOT AL 503 3.2% 8.4% 9.7% 7.8% 33% 0.86 10.7 28.2 6.5 78%
1952 30 WSH AL 29 6.9% 6.9% 3.5% 17.2% 42% 2.00 14.0 14.0 2.8 83%
1952 30 CHW AL 474 3.0% 8.4% 10.1% 7.2% 32% 0.83 10.6 30.2 7.2 78%
1953 31 CHW AL 544 2.2% 8.6% 10.7% 8.5% 35% 0.81 10.2 40.1 5.9 78%
1954 32 TOT AL 406 3.0% 9.4% 7.4% 7.6% 32% 1.27 9.5 30.2 6.6 1.01 78%
1954 32 BAL AL 256 2.0% 10.2% 7.0% 7.0% 33% 1.44 8.8 46.0 7.2 0.94 79%
1954 32 BOS AL 150 4.7% 8.0% 8.0% 8.7% 31% 1.00 11.0 18.9 5.7 1.17 77%
1955 33 TOT MLB 100 2.0% 20.0% 5.0% 5.0% 29% 4.00 4.7 46.5 11.6 0.85 72%
1955 33 BOS AL 32 0.0% 21.9% 0.0% 6.3% 50% 4.4 31.0 0.43 78%
1955 33 CIN NL 68 2.9% 19.1% 7.4% 4.4% 23% 2.60 4.8 31.0 8.9 1.16 69%
1956 34 CLE AL 128 3.1% 15.6% 9.4% 8.6% 38% 1.67 5.7 28.5 5.7 0.67 72%
10 Seasons 3796 2.1% 9.0% 8.2% 7.6% 31% 1.10 10.1 43.0 6.3 0.91 80%
MLB Averages
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

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 TOT AL 6 0 23% 145 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 37% 28 19 9 7 6 1 8 1 6
1954 32 BAL AL 2 0 18% 78 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 32% 17 12 5 4 4 0 4 0 3
1954 32 BOS AL 4 0 31% 67 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 44% 11 7 4 3 2 1 4 1 3
1955 33 TOT MLB 2 0 14% 23 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 33 BOS AL 1 0 25% 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 33 CIN NL 1 0 12% 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 34 CLE AL 0 0 35% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55% 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 4
10 Seasons 8 0 28% 195 15 14 52% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 38% 37 26 11 8 7 1 13 2 10
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 TOT AL 384 45% 97 18 7 1 5 1.82 12 0 15 7 4 4 7 0 7 6 86% 88 16 18% 41 18 44% 283 43 15% 28 19 68% 22 11 50% 22
1954 32 BAL AL 244 41% 55 10 3 0 3 1.44 5 0 8 3 2 1 4 0 5 4 80% 52 12 23% 25 10 40% 170 28 16% 17 12 71% 8 4 50% 12
1954 32 BOS AL 140 51% 42 8 4 1 2 2.29 7 0 7 4 2 3 3 0 2 2 100% 36 4 11% 16 8 50% 113 15 13% 11 7 64% 14 7 50% 10
1955 33 TOT MLB 101 42% 17 25 1 1 1 1.79 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0% 22 6 27% 13 4 31% 76 7 9% 5 4 80% 6 2 33% 0
1955 33 BOS AL 33 58% 4 7 0 0 0 1.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 4 2 50% 24 1 4% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1955 33 CIN NL 68 34% 13 18 1 1 1 1.88 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 15 5 33% 9 2 22% 52 6 12% 4 3 75% 5 2 40% 0
1956 34 CLE AL 128 45% 29 30 9 1 5 1.86 4 0 5 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 36 4 11% 14 6 43% 102 16 16% 11 7 64% 5 1 20% 0
10 Seasons 613 44% 916 73 17 3 11 1.83 80 0 24 9 8 6 11 0 8 29 363% 146 130 89% 68 28 41% 461 66 14% 44 30 68% 33 14 42% 22
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 25 123 497 453 71 137 14 8 12 73 0 3 37 35 .302 .356 .448 .805 117 203 11 1 6
1948 26 189 695 633 96 179 26 9 14 98 1 4 50 56 .283 .338 .419 .757 102 265 16 3 9
1949 27 285 1031 943 118 252 39 12 17 130 5 5 74 104 .267 .323 .388 .711 89 366 29 3 11
1950 28 411 1521 1378 175 371 60 18 29 216 7 5 125 144 .269 .332 .402 .734 94 554 50 4 14
1951 29 554 2115 1936 233 524 96 25 34 310 9 8 157 175 .271 .327 .399 .726 93 772 72 5 17
1952 30 686 2618 2387 281 641 117 27 50 379 10 10 206 217 .269 .328 .403 .731 96 962 90 7 18
1953 31 826 3162 2868 345 773 143 35 62 461 13 11 264 264 .270 .333 .409 .741 98 1172 104 7 23
1954 32 940 3568 3230 384 870 158 39 74 516 14 12 294 302 .269 .331 .411 .743 99 1328 120 9 29 6
1955 33 989 3668 3323 389 887 161 39 76 524 15 13 299 322 .267 .329 .407 .736 97 1354 126 10 29 7 0
1956 34 1046 3796 3437 406 916 168 39 80 544 15 14 311 342 .267 .328 .408 .736 97 1402 130 10 29 9 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 25 128 508 469 74 141 14 8 12 76 0 38 36 .301 .354 .441 .796 74 123
1948 26 69 200 185 24 41 12 1 2 24 1 13 22 .222 .280 .330 .610 17 66
1949 27 100 346 322 22 74 13 3 3 32 4 24 50 .230 .283 .317 .600 29 96
1950 28 132 501 449 55 119 21 6 12 83 2 51 42 .265 .341 .419 .760 64 126
1951 29 150 618 584 60 158 37 7 5 97 2 33 33 .271 .311 .384 .694 69 143
1952 30 138 531 476 53 127 23 2 17 76 1 53 44 .267 .343 .431 .773 70 132
1953 31 146 559 500 64 135 27 8 12 82 3 59 49 .270 .347 .428 .775 74 140
1954 32 119 422 382 43 105 16 4 13 61 1 32 40 .275 .329 .440 .769 56 114
1955 33 51 100 94 4 14 2 0 2 7 1 4 21 .149 .190 .234 .424 4 49
1956 34 60 131 117 17 28 7 0 4 20 0 12 21 .239 .305 .402 .707 15 57
10 Seasons 1093 3916 3578 416 942 172 39 82 558 15 319 358 .263 .325 .402 .726 472 1046
162 Game Avg. 162 580 530 62 140 25 6 12 83 2 47 53 .263 .325 .402 .726 70 1046

* 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

Slugging % s c a p y
1947 AL--.448--6th

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL--558--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL--36--1st

Triples s c a p y
1947 AL--8--10th
1951 AL--7--7th
1953 AL--8--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1951 AL--94--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 AL--21--6th
1951 AL--22--1st
1952 AL--18--4th
1954 AL--16--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1951 AL--18.000--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 AL--433--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 10 (1256), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1599), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1659), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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