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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-21 / in Starts: 24-19
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	45 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 189 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	102 (50-37-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 189 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	124 (64-39-19)

Most Driven In
J Jones	4
B Tebbetts	2
B Doerr	2
T Williams	1
T Hughson	1
R Partee	0

Most Driven In By
S Mele	7
J Pesky	1
B Doerr	1
D Ferriss	1
T Williams	1
D DiMaggio	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	73 (72)	Jul 10	BOS	@	DET	T,2-2	CG(8)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	1.15	0.064	2.75	0.09%	0.64	3B
2	2	74	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.77	-0.133	1.81	-0.19%	-1.58	3B
3	3	75	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	7	.85	0.050	2.24	0.08%	0.41	3B
4	4	76	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	7	.71	-0.109	1.47	-0.14%	-1.38	3B
5	5	77	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.316	.632	7	.28	-0.023	.54	-0.03%	-0.27	3B
6	6	78	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.318	.666	7	1.24	0.019	2.24	0.02%	0.29	3B
7	7	79	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.333	.308	.641	1	1.41	-0.082	1.61	-0.06%	-0.47	3B
8	8	80	Jul 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.355	.400	.755	1	1.39	0.129	1.68	0.09%	0.99	3B
9	9	81	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.314	.333	.371	.705	1	.34	0.021	.27	0.01%	0.67	3B
10	10	82	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.275	.293	.325	.618	1	.52	-0.036	.46	-0.02%	-0.72	3B
11	11	83	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG(11)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.277	.289	.565	1						3B
12	12	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.255	.283	.314	.597	1						3B
13	13	85	Jul 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.236	.263	.291	.554	1	.89	-0.049	.71	-0.02%	-0.35	3B
14	14	86	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.233	.258	.300	.558	1	1.35	-0.040	1.03	-0.02%	0.07	3B
15	15	87	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.254	.281	.535	1	1.24	-0.115	.79	-0.05%	-0.79	3B
16	16	88	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.275	.525	1	1.08	-0.126	.74	-0.05%	-1.14	3B
17	17	89	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG(14)	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.241	.253	.494	1	1.78	-0.305	1.25	-0.13%	-1.23	3B
18	18	90	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	1	.73	-0.009	.71	-0.01%	0.04	3B
19	19	91	Jul 25	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.188	.225	.235	.460	1						3B
20	20	92	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.200	.234	.244	.478	1	.54	-0.042	.53	-0.03%	-0.07	3B
21	21	93	Jul 27 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.242	.245	.487	1	.70	-0.007	.92	-0.01%	0.07	3B
22	22	94	Jul 27 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.260	.273	.532	1						3B
23	23	95	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.275	.282	.557	1	1.37	-0.015	1.99	-0.01%	-0.47	3B
24	24	96	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,7-13	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.231	.272	.278	.550	1	.25	-0.021	.30	-0.02%	-0.89	3B
25	25	97	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.263	.268	.531	1	1.41	-0.140	1.30	-0.08%	-1.12	3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	26	98	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.264	.270	.534	8	1.14	0.094	.81	0.04%	0.68	3B
27	27	99	Aug 2	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.266	.271	.537	8	.53	-0.021	.39	-0.01%	-0.21	3B
28	28	100	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.273	.273	.546	8	.57	0.019	.35	0.01%	0.55	3B
29	29	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.234	.275	.274	.549	8	1.10	-0.040	.55	-0.01%	-0.33	3B
30	30	102	Aug 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.269	.268	.536	8	1.18	-0.091	.38	-0.02%	-0.57	3B
31	31	103	Aug 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	5	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.288	.290	.578	8	.27	0.002	.08	0.00%	2.30	3B
32	32	104	Aug 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.246	.289	.306	.595	8	1.92	0.085	1.29	0.03%	0.42	3B
33	33	105	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.295	.301	.596	8	.82	-0.021	.77	-0.01%	-0.34	3B
34	34	106	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.289	.295	.584	8	1.25	-0.096	1.49	-0.07%	-0.68	3B
35	35	107	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.294	.291	.585	8	.72	-0.013	.26	0.00%	-0.02	3B
36	36	108	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.301	.289	.590	8	1.57	0.058	.82	0.02%	0.14	3B
37	37	109	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.233	.304	.288	.592	8	.04	-0.004	.03	0.00%	-1.24	3B
38	38	110	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.309	.289	.598	8	1.39	0.078	1.42	0.05%	0.55	3B
39	39	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.310	.289	.599	8	1.20	-0.056	.77	-0.02%	-0.38	3B
40	40	112	Aug 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.237	.308	.288	.597	8	1.86	-0.019	.62	0.00%	-0.20	3B
41	41	113	Aug 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.305	.281	.586	8	.89	-0.111	.28	-0.02%	-1.22	3B
42	42	114	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.306	.282	.588	8	1.17	-0.088	.41	-0.02%	-0.66	3B
43	43	115	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.306	.282	.588	8						3B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	44	137 (21)	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.309	.287	.596	8	.08	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.21	3B
45	45	138	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,8-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.308	.281	.590	8	1.15	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.49	3B
46	46	139	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG(6)	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.232	.310	.280	.590	8	.73	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.30	3B
							24-21		189	168	14	39	4	2	0	11	19	4	15	0	2		5	6	0	1	.232	.310	.280	.590		.97	-1.280	.89	-0.58%	-9.05

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