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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 BOS AL 25 OF 116 245 233 10 2 1 .992 2.09 .979 2.35 3-29-87
1947 BOS AL 25 1B 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 9.30
1948 BOS AL 26 OF 55 104 99 2 3 0 .971 1.84 .975 2.36 3-0-52
1949 TOT AL 27 OF 74 139 128 6 5 3 .964 1.81 .981 2.27 1-24-55
1949 BOS AL 27 OF 11 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.91 .982 2.27 0-0-11
1949 WSH AL 27 OF 63 117 108 5 4 3 .966 1.79 .980 2.27 1-24-44
1949 WSH AL 27 1B 11 87 79 7 1 9 .989 7.82 .989 9.15
1950 WSH AL 28 OF 99 202 192 8 2 0 .990 2.02 .979 2.34 6-26-72
1950 WSH AL 28 1B 16 169 149 18 2 13 .988 10.44 .989 8.51
1951 WSH AL 29 OF 124 273 263 8 2 1 .993 2.19 .977 2.23 2-17-107
1951 WSH AL 29 1B 15 129 122 7 0 11 1.000 8.60 .990 8.49
1952 TOT AL 30 OF 119 177 168 8 1 1 .994 1.48 .980 2.18 0-1-118
1952 WSH AL 30 OF 7 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.57 .983 2.19 0-1-6
1952 CHW AL 30 OF 112 165 157 8 0 1 1.000 1.47 .979 2.18 0-0-112
1952 CHW AL 30 1B 3 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 .990 8.87
1953 CHW AL 31 OF 138 228 213 14 1 1 .996 1.64 .981 2.18 0-4-138
1953 CHW AL 31 1B 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 8.85
1954 TOT AL 32 OF 75 69 625.0 128 117 6 5 2 .961 -8.1 -15.6 -7.1 -3.4 -3.8 -1 1.77 1.64 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 TOT AL 32 LF 43 35 332.0 69 63 3 3 0 .957 -7.8 -28.2 -6.8 -3.6 -3.2 -1 1.79 1.53 .977 2.26 1.93
1954 TOT AL 32 RF 37 34 293.0 60 56 2 2 2 .967 -0.3 -1.2 -0.3 0.2 -0.6 0 1.78 1.57 .975 2.05 1.82
1954 BAL AL 32 OF 62 58 515.0 106 97 5 4 1 .962 -8.1 -18.9 -7.1 -3.9 -3.2 -1 1.78 1.65 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 BAL AL 32 LF 40 35 323.0 66 60 3 3 0 .955 -8.2 -30.5 -7.2 -4.2 -3.0 -1 1.76 1.58 .977 2.26 1.93
1954 BAL AL 32 RF 24 23 192.0 40 38 1 1 1 .975 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 1.83 1.63 .975 2.05 1.82
1954 BOS AL 32 1B 22 21 159.1 177 168 8 1 17 .994 -3.5 -26.4 -3.5 -2.2 -1.3 0 9.94 8.00 .990 9.60 8.00
1954 BOS AL 32 OF 13 11 110.0 22 20 1 1 1 .955 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 -0.6 0 1.72 1.62 .977 2.39 2.17
1954 BOS AL 32 RF 13 11 101.0 20 18 1 1 1 .950 -0.4 -4.8 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0 1.69 1.46 .975 2.05 1.82
1954 BOS AL 32 LF 3 0 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.6 -0.2 0 3.00 1.00 .967 2.30 1.93
1955 TOT MLB 33 OF 20 17 145.0 42 38 3 1 0 .976 3.9 32.3 1.9 1.6 0.3 2 2.54 2.05 .979 2.34 2.09
1955 TOT MLB 33 LF 18 16 131.0 39 36 2 1 0 .974 4.1 37.6 2.1 1.8 0.3 2 2.61 2.11 .977 2.17 1.81
1955 TOT MLB 33 RF 2 1 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -17.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.64 0.50 1.000 2.06 1.80
1955 BOS AL 33 OF 7 6 54.0 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 3.1 68.9 1.1 0.8 0.3 2 2.83 2.43 .982 2.40 2.09
1955 BOS AL 33 LF 6 5 46.0 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 3.4 88.7 1.4 1.1 0.3 2 3.13 2.67 .981 2.27 1.78
1955 BOS AL 33 RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.70
1955 CIN NL 33 OF 13 11 91.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 0.8 10.5 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 2.37 1.85 .976 2.30 2.10
1955 CIN NL 33 LF 12 11 85.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 0.7 9.9 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.33 1.83 .974 2.12 1.82
1955 CIN NL 33 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 9.10
1955 CIN NL 33 RF 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.90
1956 CLE AL 34 OF 20 15 130.2 32 29 2 1 0 .969 0.4 3.7 0.4 0.1 0.2 0 2.14 1.55 .978 2.34 2.04
1956 CLE AL 34 LF 14 10 88.0 22 19 2 1 0 .955 -0.6 -8.2 -0.6 -0.9 0.2 0 2.15 1.50 .977 2.10 1.69
1956 CLE AL 34 1B 8 6 56.0 64 59 5 0 5 1.000 0.7 15.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0 10.29 8.00 .991 9.43 7.99
1956 CLE AL 34 RF 6 5 42.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 28.1 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 2.32 1.83 .973 2.09 1.80
10 Seasons OF 840 101 900.2 1570 1480 67 23 9 .985 -3.8 -5.1 -4.8 -1.7 -3.3 1 15.46 1.84 .979 2.38 2.24 90-101-674
9 Seasons 1B 79 27 216.1 645 596 45 4 55 .994 -2.9 -16.1 -2.9 -1.9 -1.0 0 26.67 8.11 .989 9.56 8.44
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 75 61 551.0 130 118 7 5 0 .962 -4.3 -9.4 -5.3 -2.7 -2.7 1 2.04 1.67 .977 2.21 1.86
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 45 40 349.2 72 68 2 2 2 .972 0.5 1.7 0.5 1.0 -0.6 0 1.80 1.56 .975 2.05 1.82
10 Seasons TOT 919 128 1117.0 2215 2076 112 27 64 .988 -6.7 -7.2 -7.7 -3.6 -4.3 1 0 17.63 2.38 .970 3.77 2.78 90-101-674
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 BOS AL 25 123 123 123 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 29 87 116
1948 BOS AL 26 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 52 55
1949 WSH AL 27 78 78 78 0 0 11 0 0 0 1 24 44 63
1949 BOS AL 27 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11
1950 WSH AL 28 126 126 126 0 0 16 0 0 0 6 26 72 99
1951 WSH AL 29 143 143 143 0 0 15 0 0 0 2 17 107 124
1952 CHW AL 30 123 123 123 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 112 112
1952 WSH AL 30 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7
1953 CHW AL 31 140 140 140 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 138 138
1954 BAL AL 32 72 58 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 24 62 13 0
1954 BOS AL 32 42 32 42 42 0 0 22 0 0 0 3 0 13 13 10 0
1955 CIN NL 33 35 11 35 35 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 1 13 22 0
1955 BOS AL 33 14 6 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 7 7 0
1956 CLE AL 34 57 21 57 57 0 0 8 0 0 0 14 0 6 20 33 0
10 Seasons 1046 128 1046 1046 0 0 79 0 0 0 90 101 674 840 85 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BAL AL 32 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 14 10 1 11 0 0 11 4 1 4 1 0 2 2 0 42 17 40.5% 23 2 4.8% 1 1301 63% 79% 29% 139 42%
1954 BOS AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 68% 76% 29% 3 100%
1955 CIN NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 394 65% 79% 34% 35 63%
1955 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 7 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 10 71.4% 3 1 7.1% 1 215 61% 78% 24% 30 53%
1956 CLE AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 7 0 5 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 21 13 61.9% 7 1 4.8% 1 418 61% 69% 25% 53 40%
3 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 7 0 4 2 1 33 27 2 20 1 0 19 8 2 9 4 0 8 8 0 89 48 53.9% 37 4 4.5% 3 2369 63% 77% 29% 260 46%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BAL AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 20 13 65.0% 7 0 0.0% 1 857 67% 76% 26% 74 51%
1954 BOS AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 9 2 22.2% 6 1 11.1% 0 393 75% 77% 24% 29 59%
1955 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 65% 81% 42% 0
1955 CIN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 41% 86% 17% 1 100%
1956 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 178 58% 79% 29% 18 61%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 11 6 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 8 8 0 29 15 51.7% 13 1 3.4% 1 1488 67% 77% 26% 122 55%
MLB Averages 44.7% 3.3% 63% 79% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BOS AL 32 674 67% 80% 28% 26 92% 1 160 8 151 1 9 7 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1955 CIN NL 33 4 75% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CLE AL 34 251 51% 78% 24% 18 94% 0 59 5 54 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
3 Seasons 929 63% 79% 27% 44 93% 1 219 13 205 1 17 12 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 21 0 0 0 20 0 1 0 1 2 50%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* 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.

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