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+

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

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 30	BOS		NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	BOS		NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	May 2	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	May 5	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 6	BOS		DET	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 8	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
16	16	May 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 9 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	24 (6)	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
19	26 (1)	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	27	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	31 (3)	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	39 (7)	Jun 2	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	40	Jun 3	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	42 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	45 (2)	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	47 (1)	Jun 11	BOS		CHW	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	53 (5)	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	55 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	58 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	60 (1)	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	63 (2)	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	67 (3)	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	73 (5)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
34	79 (5)	Jul 18 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	82 (2)	Jul 20	BOS		SLB	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	84 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	86	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	87	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	88	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	89	Jul 24 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	90	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	91	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	94 (2)	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	96 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-12	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	97	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
47	98	Aug 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-8	GF	13	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
48	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
49	100	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	101	Aug 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	105 (3)	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	131 (25)	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,10-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	132	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	137 (4)	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	140 (2)	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
							55gm		414.1	87	2	3	92	0