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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 20 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 20 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 21	WSH		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
8	8	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
10	10	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	53	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	12	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	2	8	0	10	3	SS
13	13	May 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
14	14	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	46	10.1	0	3	0	3	1	SS
15	15	May 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
16	16	May 6 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
17	17	May 6 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
18	18	May 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
19	19	May 9	WSH	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
20	20	May 12	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
21	21	May 13	WSH		BOS	L,1-10	CG	50	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
22	22	May 14	WSH		BOS	L,7-8	CG	54	11.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
23	23	May 15	WSH		DET	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
24	24	May 16	WSH		DET	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
25	31 (6)	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-14	CG	47	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
26	32	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	46	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
27	33	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
28	34	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
29	35	May 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
30	36	May 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	37	Jun 1	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
32	38	Jun 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
33	39	Jun 3 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
34	40	Jun 3 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
35	41	Jun 4	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	5	3	0	8	2	SS
36	42	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
37	43	Jun 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
38	44	Jun 7	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
39	45	Jun 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	48	10.1	4	2	0	6	0	SS
40	46	Jun 10 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
41	47	Jun 10 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
42	48	Jun 12	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
43	49	Jun 14 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
44	50	Jun 14 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,5-14	CG	48	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
45	63 (12)	Jun 29 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
46	64	Jun 29 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-11	GS	45	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	65	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
48	67 (1)	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
49	72 (4)	Jul 6	WSH		PHA	W,6-3	GF	21	5.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
50	73	Jul 7	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	3	2B
51	74	Jul 8 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
52	76 (1)	Jul 12	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
53	77	Jul 13	WSH	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
54	78	Jul 14	WSH	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
55	79	Jul 15 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B SS
56	81 (1)	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
57	82	Jul 17 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-2	GF	0	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	83	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
59	87 (3)	Jul 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
60	88	Jul 22 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
61	89	Jul 22 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-5	GF	23	5.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
62	91 (1)	Jul 25	WSH		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
63	92	Jul 26	WSH		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
64	93	Jul 27	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH SS
65	94	Jul 29 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,7-2	GF	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
66	95	Jul 29 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
67	96	Jul 31	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	107 (10)	Aug 11	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
69	108	Aug 12 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
70	109	Aug 12 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
71	110	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
72	124 (13)	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	128 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
74	131 (2)	Sep 7	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
75	132	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
76	136 (3)	Sep 12	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
77	141 (4)	Sep 16 (2)	WSH		DET	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
78	142	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,0-8	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
							80gm		623.2	161	210	14	385	52