Sam Dente

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 26, 1922 in Harrison, NJ us

Died: April 21, 2002 in Montclair, NJ

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ

High School: Kearny HS (Kearny, NJ)

School: Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, NJ)

Debut: July 10, 1947 (Age 25-075d, 10,339th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 13, 1955 (Age 33-140d)
vs. WSH 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Samuel Joseph Dente

Nicknames: Blackie

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Relatives: Grandfather of Rick Porcello

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.3

2320

585

.252

205

RBI

214

OBP

.303

SLG

.305

OPS

.608

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	22 (14)	May 11	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
3	23	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
4	33 (9)	May 23 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,14-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
5	41 (7)	May 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	44 (2)	Jun 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	GF	17	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
7	48 (3)	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
8	49	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
9	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
10	51	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
11	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
12	53	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	75 (21)	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,13-6	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
14	81 (5)	Jul 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
15	83 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
16	84	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
17	85	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
18	86	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	GS	2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
19	90 (3)	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	T,5-5	GF	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
20	94 (3)	Jul 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
21	95	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
22	96	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
23	97	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
24	98	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
25	99	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-10	GS	34	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
26	100	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	101	Jul 31	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	102	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
29	103	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
30	104	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
31	105	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
32	106	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
33	107	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
34	108	Aug 7	CLE		PHA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
35	109	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	10	0	12	2	SS
36	110	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
37	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
38	112	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
39	113	Aug 12	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
40	114	Aug 13	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
41	115	Aug 14	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
42	116	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
43	117	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
44	118	Aug 17	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
45	119	Aug 18	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
46	120	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
47	121	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
48	122	Aug 20	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
49	123	Aug 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
50	124	Aug 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	2	6	1	SS
51	125	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS	19	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
52	126	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	127	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
54	128	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
55	129	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
56	130	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
57	131	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
58	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	26	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	133	Aug 31	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	134	Sep 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
61	135	Sep 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
62	136	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
63	137	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS	10	3.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
64	138	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
65	139	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-1	GS	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
66	149 (9)	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							67gm		455.0	76	147	8	231	36