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.

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	4 (3)	Apr 25 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	7 (2)	Apr 28	SLB		DET	L,4-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	10 (2)	May 4	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	GF	12	2.0	2	2	0	4	2
4	15 (4)	May 11	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	3	3	1	7	1
5	16	May 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-8	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	26 (9)	May 23 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-8	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	28 (1)	May 26	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	1	4	1	6	1
8	29	May 28	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	30	May 29	SLB		DET	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
10	31	May 30	SLB		DET	L,4-6	CG	0	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
11	32	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	3
12	33	May 31 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	34	Jun 2	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	35	Jun 3	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
15	36	Jun 4 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	37	Jun 4 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	38	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
18	39	Jun 6 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	4	0	5	1
19	40	Jun 6 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
20	41	Jun 7	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
21	42	Jun 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	43	Jun 9	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
23	44	Jun 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	8.1	3	2	0	5	1
24	45	Jun 11	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
25	46	Jun 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	6	1	8	1
26	47	Jun 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
27	48	Jun 13 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
28	49	Jun 16	SLB		WSH	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
29	52 (2)	Jun 20 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-4	GF	0	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	53	Jun 20 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
31	54	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
32	55	Jun 22	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
33	56	Jun 23	SLB		PHA	L,1-12	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
34	57	Jun 24	SLB		PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
35	58	Jun 25	SLB		BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
36	59	Jun 27 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
37	60	Jun 27 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
38	61	Jun 29	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	62	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	63	Jul 1	SLB		CHW	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
41	64	Jul 2	SLB		CLE	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
42	65	Jul 3	SLB		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
43	66	Jul 5 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	7	1	12	0
44	67	Jul 5 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	12.2	5	4	2	11	0
45	68	Jul 6	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
46	69	Jul 7	SLB	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	73 (3)	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	81 (7)	Jul 21	SLB	@	PHA	W,17-5	GF	20	4.0	0	6	0	6	0
49	82	Jul 22	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-8	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	95 (12)	Aug 5	SLB		BOS	L,7-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	98 (2)	Aug 8	SLB		PHA	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	99	Aug 9	SLB		CHW	W,8-6	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	101 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-7	GS	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
54	102	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	103	Aug 12 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	104	Aug 12 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-26	GF	48	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
57	106 (1)	Aug 14	SLB		DET	L,3-10	GF	30	6.0	2	4	0	6	0
58	108 (1)	Aug 17	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-8	GF	14	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
59	109	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	110	Aug 20	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	114 (3)	Aug 25	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-14	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	120 (5)	Aug 29 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	126 (5)	Sep 6 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-8	GF	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	135 (8)	Sep 13	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	136	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,2-12	GF	0	3.0	1	1	1	3	1
66	137	Sep 15	SLB		PHA	L,7-8	GF	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	1
67	139 (1)	Sep 17	SLB		BOS	L,3-9	GF	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
68	141 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,8-6	GF	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
69	142	Sep 19 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
70	143	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
71	144	Sep 22	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	145	Sep 23	SLB		WSH	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	4	6	1	11	1
73	146	Sep 24	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
74	147	Sep 25	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
75	148	Sep 26	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
76	149	Sep 28	SLB	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
77	150	Sep 29	SLB	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
78	151	Sep 30	SLB	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	152	Oct 1 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
80	153	Oct 1 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	155 (1)	Oct 3 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	T,2-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
							82gm		578.0	141	216	16	373	47