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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
2	2	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 21	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-14	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
4	4	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 26	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 27	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 28	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 3	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
11	11	May 4	WSH		SLB	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
12	12	May 5	WSH		DET	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
13	13	May 6	WSH		DET	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
14	14	May 7	WSH		CLE	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
15	15	May 8	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
16	16	May 9	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
17	17	May 10	WSH		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	2B
18	18	May 11	WSH		CHW	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
19	19	May 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
20	20	May 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B SS
21	21	May 14 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
22	22	May 14 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
23	23	May 16	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
24	24	May 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	0	2B
25	25	May 18	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	8	0	12	2	2B
26	26	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
27	27	May 21	WSH	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
28	28	May 22	WSH	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	2B
29	29	May 23	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
30	30	May 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
31	31	May 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	42	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
32	32	May 27 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	49	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
33	33	May 27 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
34	34	May 28	WSH		BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
35	35	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
36	36	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	53	12.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
38	38	Jun 2 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
39	39	Jun 2 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
40	40	Jun 4	WSH		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
41	41	Jun 5	WSH		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
42	42	Jun 6	WSH		DET	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
43	43	Jun 7	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
44	44	Jun 8	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
45	45	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
46	46	Jun 10	WSH		CHW	W,6-0	CG	18	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
47	47	Jun 11 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
48	48	Jun 11 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
49	49	Jun 13 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
50	50	Jun 13 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
51	51	Jun 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	1	0	2	3	0	SS
52	52	Jun 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,9-16	CG	49	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
53	53	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
54	54	Jun 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
55	55	Jun 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
56	56	Jun 20	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS 2B
57	57	Jun 21	WSH	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 22	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
59	59	Jun 23	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
60	60	Jun 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
61	61	Jun 25 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
62	62	Jun 25 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	2B
63	63	Jun 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
64	64	Jun 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
65	65	Jun 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
66	66	Jun 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
67	67	Jun 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
69	69	Jul 2	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
70	70	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,9-16	CG	50	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
73	73	Jul 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	36	7.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
74	74	Jul 7	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
75	75	Jul 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
76	76	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
77	77	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
78	78	Jul 13	WSH		DET	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
79	79	Jul 14	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
80	80	Jul 16 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
81	81	Jul 16 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
82	82	Jul 17	WSH		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
83	83	Jul 18	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
84	84	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
85	85	Jul 21	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
86	86	Jul 22	WSH		CLE	L,3-8	CG	46	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
87	87	Jul 23	WSH		CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
88	88	Jul 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
89	89	Jul 27 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
90	90	Jul 27 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
91	91	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	SS
92	92	Jul 29	WSH	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	41	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
93	93	Jul 30 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
94	94	Jul 30 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	95	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	96	Aug 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
97	97	Aug 4	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	SS
98	98	Aug 5	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
99	99	Aug 6	WSH	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
100	100	Aug 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
101	101	Aug 9	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	53	10.2	2	1	0	3	0	SS
102	102	Aug 10 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
103	103	Aug 10 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
104	104	Aug 11	WSH		BOS	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	8	1	11	0	SS
105	105	Aug 12	WSH		BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
106	106	Aug 13	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
107	107	Aug 15 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
108	108	Aug 15 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
109	109	Aug 16	WSH		NYY	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
110	110	Aug 17	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
111	111	Aug 18	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
112	112	Aug 19	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	1	4	1	6	1	SS
113	113	Aug 22	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
114	114	Aug 24 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
115	115	Aug 24 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
116	116	Aug 25 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
117	117	Aug 25 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
118	118	Aug 26	WSH		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
119	119	Aug 27 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
120	120	Aug 27 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,10-11	CG	52	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
121	121	Aug 28	WSH		SLB	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
122	122	Aug 29	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
123	123	Aug 30 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
124	124	Aug 30 (2)	WSH		DET	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
125	125	Aug 31	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
127	127	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
128	128	Sep 4 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
129	129	Sep 4 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
130	130	Sep 6	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
131	131	Sep 7	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
132	132	Sep 8	WSH		PHA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	SS
133	133	Sep 10	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
134	134	Sep 11 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
135	135	Sep 11 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
136	136	Sep 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
137	137	Sep 13	WSH	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
138	138	Sep 15 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.1	2	4	0	6	3	SS
139	139	Sep 15 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
140	140	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
141	141	Sep 17 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
142	142	Sep 17 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
143	143	Sep 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
144	144	Sep 20	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
145	145	Sep 23	WSH		PHA	L,5-16	CG	52	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
146	146	Sep 24	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
147	147	Sep 25 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
148	148	Sep 25 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
149	149	Sep 26 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
150	150	Sep 26 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	48	8.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
151	151	Sep 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
152	152	Sep 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
153	153	Sep 28	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
154	154	Sep 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
155	155	Oct 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
							157gm		1362.2	316	497	34	847	111