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	47-20 / in Starts: 41-13
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	53 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 194 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	123 (69-33-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 194 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	125 (65-39-19)

Most Driven In
A Rosen	8
D Pope	4
V Wertz	4
B Glynn	2
Self	1
D Philley	0
A Smith	0

Most Driven In By
A Smith	6
B Ãvila	3
J Hegan	3
M Garcia	2
L Doby	1
H Newhouser	1
Self	1
D Philley	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 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	605	7 (6)	Apr 22	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7						SS
May		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
2	606	22 (14)	May 11	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7						SS
3	607	23	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						PR SS
4	608	33 (9)	May 23 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,14-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7						SS
5	609	41 (7)	May 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7						SS
Jun		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
6	610	44 (2)	Jun 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	1.07	0.044	6.15	0.15%	0.38	2B
7	611	48 (3)	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	.66	-0.045	3.05	-0.12%	0.10	2B
8	612	49	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	.76	-0.056	3.34	-0.15%	-0.38	2B
9	613	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	.56	-0.003	2.45	-0.01%	-0.17	2B SS
10	614	51	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	.188	.235	.313	.548	2	.57	0.052	2.40	0.13%	0.48	2B
11	615	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.200	.263	.463	2	1.70	-0.126	7.84	-0.35%	-1.12	2B
12	616	53	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.250	.440	8	.42	-0.011	2.02	-0.03%	-0.11	2B
13	617	67 (13)	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.190	.250	.440	3						PR
Jul		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
14	618	73 (5)	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	15-GF(15)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.286	.513	5	6.17	0.226	47.68	1.05%	0.85	PH
15	619	75 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,13-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.318	.579	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	SS
16	620	81 (5)	Jul 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.318	.579	7						SS
17	621	83 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.348	.639	7	.01	0.000	.08	0.00%	1.00	SS
18	622	84	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.296	.546	7	.54	-0.054	2.93	-0.18%	-1.02	SS
19	623	85	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.290	.303	.419	.722	7	.72	0.131	3.92	0.43%	1.58	SS
20	624	86	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.303	.419	.722	7						SS
21	625	90 (3)	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	T,5-5	10-GF(16)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.286	.394	.680	7	2.09	-0.106	12.04	-0.37%	-0.41	PR SS
22	626	94 (3)	Jul 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.286	.394	.680	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR SS
23	627	95	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.256	.351	.608	7	1.28	-0.126	13.37	-0.79%	-1.19	SS
24	628	96	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.233	.317	.550	7	1.23	-0.126	11.84	-0.72%	-0.88	SS
25	629	97	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.213	.289	.502	7	.49	-0.012	2.91	-0.04%	-0.12	SS
26	630	98	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.220	.292	.512	7	1.10	-0.015	6.35	-0.05%	-0.07	SS
27	631	99	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-10	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.250	.306	.556	7	.43	0.039	2.49	0.13%	0.63	SS
28	632	100	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.327	.600	7	.56	0.060	3.29	0.21%	0.64	SS
29	633	101	Jul 31	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.254	.304	.558	7	.15	-0.015	.90	-0.05%	-0.77	SS
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
30	634	102	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.242	.288	.530	7	.78	-0.058	4.62	-0.21%	-0.61	SS
31	635	103	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.242	.302	.544	7	.95	0.009	5.29	0.03%	-0.92	SS
32	636	104	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.246	.292	.539	7	1.38	-0.009	14.85	-0.06%	0.01	SS
33	637	105	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.274	.333	.607	7	.44	0.064	5.08	0.45%	0.41	SS
34	638	106	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.280	.329	.609	7	1.10	0.032	12.17	0.21%	0.16	SS
35	639	107	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.260	.304	.342	.646	7	.89	0.181	6.11	0.75%	1.66	SS
36	640	108	Aug 7	CLE		PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.313	.351	.664	7	.94	-0.026	6.43	-0.11%	-0.34	SS
37	641	109	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.322	.358	.680	7	.97	0.012	6.50	0.05%	0.53	SS
38	642	110	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.315	.349	.664	7	.73	-0.065	4.70	-0.25%	-1.80	SS
39	643	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.308	.341	.649	7	1.06	-0.051	6.00	-0.17%	-0.37	SS
40	644	112	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.298	.330	.627	7	.80	-0.001	5.03	0.00%	-0.19	SS
41	645	113	Aug 12	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.313	.344	.657	7	.35	0.118	2.19	0.45%	1.59	SS
42	646	114	Aug 13	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	GS-8	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.330	.361	.691	7	.35	0.075	2.24	0.29%	1.27	SS
43	647	115	Aug 14	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.318	.347	.664	7	1.65	-0.138	10.61	-0.53%	-0.97	SS
44	648	116	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.318	.340	.658	7	1.10	-0.015	7.38	-0.06%	-0.13	SS
45	649	117	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.325	.349	.674	7	.59	0.078	3.74	0.30%	0.80	SS
46	650	118	Aug 17	CLE		DET	W,4-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.325	.343	.667	7	.98	-0.020	6.20	-0.08%	0.00	SS
47	651	119	Aug 18	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.322	.333	.656	7	.79	-0.079	4.90	-0.30%	-0.63	SS
48	652	120	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.320	.330	.650	7	.72	0.059	4.60	0.23%	0.11	SS
49	653	121	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.318	.328	.646	7	.83	0.062	4.97	0.22%	0.45	SS
50	654	122	Aug 20	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.274	.321	.339	.660	7	.15	-0.002	1.03	-0.01%	0.03	SS
51	655	123	Aug 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.341	.675	7	.94	0.081	5.80	0.30%	1.53	SS
52	656	124	Aug 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,12-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.282	.336	.344	.679	7	.31	-0.058	1.59	-0.18%	0.22	SS
53	657	125	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.333	.341	.674	7	1.50	-0.062	6.04	-0.15%	-0.57	SS
54	658	126	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.276	.329	.336	.665	7	1.64	-0.129	8.44	-0.40%	-1.03	SS
55	659	127	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.329	.343	.672	7	1.42	-0.055	7.12	-0.17%	-0.44	SS
56	660	128	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.333	.348	.681	7	.72	0.027	3.45	0.08%	0.05	SS
57	661	129	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.338	.352	.689	7	.67	0.012	4.08	0.04%	-0.20	SS
58	662	130	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.329	.342	.671	7	.97	-0.110	5.72	-0.39%	-1.10	SS
59	663	131	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.335	.344	.680	7	.42	0.045	2.17	0.14%	0.93	SS
60	664	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.333	.342	.675	7	.86	-0.025	4.16	-0.07%	-0.24	SS
61	665	133	Aug 31	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.279	.331	.338	.669	7	.68	-0.003	5.38	-0.01%	-0.37	SS
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
62	666	134	Sep 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.327	.333	.661	7	.88	-0.045	4.36	-0.13%	-0.36	SS
63	667	135	Sep 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.328	.352	.680	7	.97	0.103	6.85	0.44%	0.57	SS
64	668	136	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.320	.344	.664	7	1.87	-0.188	9.55	-0.58%	-1.98	SS
65	669	137	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.318	.341	.660	7	.68	-0.017	3.33	-0.05%	-0.16	SS
66	670	138	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS-9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.319	.337	.656	7	.60	0.012	2.94	0.03%	-0.36	SS
67	671	139	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-1	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.315	.333	.649	7	.86	-0.029	2.56	-0.05%	-0.31	SS
68	672	149 (9)	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.319	.337	.656	7	.32	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.12	SS
							47-20		194	169	18	45	7	1	1	19	14	1	4	0	9	2	3	5	0	0	.266	.319	.337	.656		.84	-0.350	5.34	-0.71%	-3.11

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