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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	73 (72)	Jul 10	BOS	@	DET	T,2-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	74	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	75	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	76	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	77	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	78	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
7	79	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	80	Jul 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
9	81	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	82	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
11	83	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	85	Jul 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	86	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
15	87	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
16	88	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	1	2	1	4	1
17	89	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	58	14.0	1	1	0	2	1
18	90	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
19	91	Jul 25	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	92	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	93	Jul 27 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	94	Jul 27 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	95	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	96	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,7-13	CG	45	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
25	97	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	98	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	99	Aug 2	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
28	100	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
30	102	Aug 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	103	Aug 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	104	Aug 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
33	105	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
34	106	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	107	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	108	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	109	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	110	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
40	112	Aug 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	40	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
41	113	Aug 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
42	114	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	115	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	137 (21)	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,0-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	138	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,8-10	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	139	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
							46gm		393.0	40	83	8	131	11