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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
2	2	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	4	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
7	7	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
8	8	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	9	Apr 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	10	Apr 26 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
11	11	Apr 26 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
12	12	Apr 28	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	14 (1)	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
15	16	May 2	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	17	May 3 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
17	18	May 3 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
18	19	May 5	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	20	May 6	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	21	May 8	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	22	May 9	CHW		DET	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	23	May 10 (1)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	24	May 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	25	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	26	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	50	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	27	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	28	May 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
28	29	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	30	May 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	31	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
31	32	May 19	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
32	33	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	35 (1)	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	36	May 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	37	May 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	38	May 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	39	May 27	CHW		DET	T,2-2	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	40	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	43 (1)	May 31 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	44	May 31 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
43	46	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,2-18	CG	56	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	47	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,5-9	CG	48	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	48	Jun 5	CHW		WSH	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
46	49	Jun 7 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,2-16	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
47	50	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	51	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	52	Jun 10	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	53	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
51	55 (1)	Jun 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	57 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	58	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	59	Jun 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	60	Jun 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
56	61	Jun 19	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	62	Jun 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	63	Jun 21 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	64	Jun 21 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	GF	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
60	66 (1)	Jun 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH RF
61	67	Jun 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
62	68	Jun 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	69	Jun 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
64	70	Jun 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	71	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	72	Jul 1	CHW		SLB	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-0	GF	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH RF 1B
68	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	75	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	76	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	77	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
72	78	Jul 7	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	79	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,14-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	80	Jul 9	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
75	81	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	82	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,16-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
77	83	Jul 11	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	84	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	85	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	86	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	87	Jul 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	88	Jul 17	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	89	Jul 18	CHW		WSH	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	90	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	91	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	92	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	93	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	94	Jul 24	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
89	95	Jul 25	CHW		PHA	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
90	96	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
91	97	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
92	98	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	99	Jul 29	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
94	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,17-1	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
95	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
97	106 (3)	Aug 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-7	GF	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
98	107	Aug 6	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
99	108	Aug 7	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	109	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	36	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	RF
101	110	Aug 8 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
102	111	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	112	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
104	113	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
105	114	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
106	115	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
107	116	Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
108	117	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
109	118	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
110	119	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
111	120	Aug 19	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	48	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
112	121	Aug 21	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
113	122	Aug 22	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
114	123	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
115	124	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	125	Aug 25	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
117	126	Aug 26	CHW		PHA	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
118	127	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
119	128	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
120	129	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
121	130	Aug 30 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-10	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
122	131	Aug 30 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	132	Sep 1	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
124	133	Sep 2	CHW		WSH	W,7-3	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
125	134	Sep 3	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
126	136 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
127	138 (1)	Sep 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
128	140 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
129	141	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
130	142	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
131	143	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
132	144	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
133	145	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF RF
134	146	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-6	GS	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
135	147	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
136	150 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
137	151	Sep 20 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
138	152	Sep 22	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
139	153	Sep 23	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							144gm		1139.1	215	14	1	230	1