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	27-34 / in Starts: 16-18
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	58 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 9 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 155 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	112 (56-39-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 155 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (51-30-15)

Most Driven In
H RodrÃguez	3
E Robinson	2
P Masi	2
J Busby	1
R Coleman	1
T Wright	1
H Brown	1
S Mele	0

Most Driven In By
N Fox	4
S Rogovin	1
P Masi	1
S Lollar	1
B Stewart	1
W Miranda	1
L Thomas	1
C Carrasquel	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 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	541	7 (6)	Apr 20 susp	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.25	PH 3B RF
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	542	16 (8)	May 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,12-13	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.31	-0.022	6.64	-0.04%	-0.15	PH
3	543	17	May 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	7	.52	0.025	1.40	0.04%	0.61	PH
4	544	19 (1)	May 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	3.40	-0.149	8.34	-0.22%	-0.68	PH
5	545	20	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	6-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	.20	0.007	.49	0.01%	0.39	2B
6	546	21	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	.92	-0.023	2.17	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
7	547	27 (5)	May 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	8	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.10	PH 3B
8	548	28	May 14	CHW		BOS	W,6-3	CG(7)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	8	1.12	0.136	2.96	0.22%	0.59	3B
9	549	29	May 15	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	8	1.40	-0.075	4.40	-0.14%	-0.53	3B
10	550	30	May 18 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	9	1.73	-0.044	5.09	-0.08%	-0.10	PH
11	551	34 (3)	May 23	CHW		DET	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9	.03	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.28	PH
12	552	39 (4)	May 28	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	7	1.21	0.002	3.25	0.00%	0.23	LF
13	553	42 (2)	May 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.211	.496	8	.90	0.098	3.08	0.20%	0.77	3B LF
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
14	554	43	Jun 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.240	.174	.414	8	1.10	-0.114	4.45	-0.28%	-0.98	3B
15	555	45 (1)	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	12-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.240	.174	.414	5						RF
16	556	46	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.200	.459	9	.48	0.037	1.36	0.06%	0.28	PH 3B
17	557	47	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.185	.241	.185	.427	8	.95	0.030	2.48	0.05%	0.37	2B
18	558	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.212	.161	.373	8	1.04	-0.105	2.47	-0.15%	-0.84	2B
19	559	49	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.216	.147	.363	8	.81	-0.068	2.19	-0.11%	-0.41	2B
20	560	54 (4)	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.211	.143	.353	9	1.79	-0.045	6.04	-0.09%	-0.22	3B
21	561	57 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,13-1	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.205	.139	.344	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PR 3B
22	562	61 (3)	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.135	.200	.135	.335	8	4.32	-0.070	20.82	-0.20%	-0.40	SS
23	563	64 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	2-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.209	.150	.359	1	1.35	-0.024	6.89	-0.07%	-0.03	2B
24	564	65	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.140	.196	.140	.335	8	.98	-0.074	4.48	-0.20%	-0.86	2B
25	565	67 (1)	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	L,6-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	8	1.19	-0.106	4.31	-0.23%	-0.90	3B
26	566	68	Jun 27	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.212	.163	.375	8	.87	-0.020	3.08	-0.04%	-0.28	SS
27	567	69	Jun 28	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.218	.173	.391	8	.67	-0.006	2.49	-0.01%	-0.05	SS
28	568	70	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.185	.228	.185	.413	8	1.99	0.130	7.37	0.29%	0.47	SS
29	569	71	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,7-7	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.258	.254	.512	8	1.74	0.327	6.62	0.75%	1.97	SS 1B
30	570	72	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.254	.250	.504	8	.37	-0.048	1.28	-0.10%	-1.01	SS
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
31	571	73	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.268	.265	.532	8	1.05	0.035	3.93	0.08%	0.23	SS
32	572	76 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.278	.275	.553	5	1.51	0.045	6.13	0.11%	0.66	SS
33	573	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.293	.292	.585	7	.74	0.007	3.24	0.02%	0.10	LF SS
34	574	78	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.291	.289	.581	8	1.42	-0.098	7.45	-0.31%	-0.39	SS
35	575	79	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG(13)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.275	.561	8	2.16	-0.144	10.30	-0.41%	-0.81	SS
36	576	80	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.241	.276	.265	.541	8	1.17	-0.124	5.75	-0.37%	-1.21	SS
37	577	81	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.286	.276	.562	8	1.34	0.022	6.94	0.07%	0.26	SS
38	578	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.295	.286	.580	8	1.45	0.040	7.88	0.13%	0.29	SS
39	579	83	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.253	.283	.274	.557	8	1.63	-0.132	8.48	-0.41%	-0.62	SS 3B
40	580	84	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.245	.275	.265	.540	8	2.32	-0.298	9.79	-0.75%	-2.12	SS
41	581	85	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.280	.272	.552	8	.71	0.020	2.74	0.05%	-0.30	SS
42	582	87 (1)	Jul 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.275	.267	.542	8	1.17	-0.056	4.97	-0.14%	-0.64	SS
43	583	88	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.273	.264	.537	9	.34	-0.009	1.34	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
44	584	89	Jul 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.270	.262	.532	9	6.04	-0.053	20.60	-0.11%	-0.15	PH
45	585	90	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.268	.259	.527	9	.66	-0.016	2.55	-0.04%	-0.21	SS
46	586	91	Jul 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.236	.263	.255	.518	8	.96	-0.071	3.02	-0.14%	-0.56	3B
47	587	92	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.261	.252	.513	1	.57	-0.014	1.43	-0.02%	-0.21	SS
48	588	93	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	12-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.259	.250	.509	1	2.23	-0.056	5.34	-0.08%	-0.22	PH SS
49	589	95 (1)	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.261	.252	.513	7	.39	-0.016	.57	-0.01%	-0.19	3B
50	590	96	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.268	.254	.523	7	.49	0.010	.76	0.01%	-0.31	3B
51	591	97	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.262	.248	.510	7	.86	-0.064	1.60	-0.07%	-0.63	3B
52	592	98	Jul 26	CHW		PHA	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.269	.250	.519	7	.54	0.015	1.01	0.02%	0.37	3B SS
53	593	99	Jul 27 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.263	.244	.507	7	1.51	-0.119	3.35	-0.16%	-0.81	LF
54	594	100	Jul 27 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,3-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.231	.265	.246	.511	7	.47	-0.034	.94	-0.04%	-0.27	3B
55	595	103 (2)	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.263	.244	.507	8	.50	-0.014	1.04	-0.02%	-0.35	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
56	596	104	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.268	.244	.512	9	2.50	0.078	2.92	0.06%	0.22	SS
57	597	108 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.261	.237	.498	8	.25	-0.025	.16	-0.01%	-0.93	SS 3B
58	598	109	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.217	.255	.232	.487	8	1.00	-0.103	.76	-0.05%	-0.87	SS
59	599	111 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.253	.230	.484	8	1.92	-0.031	1.18	-0.01%	-0.71	PR 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
60	600	137 (25)	Sep 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.253	.230	.484	7						PR
61	601	145 (7)	Sep 14	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	8-GF(17)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.222	.258	.236	.494	7	3.54	-0.281	.00	0.00%	-1.34	PH 1B
62	602	156 (10)	Sep 28	CHW		SLB	L,1-12	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.257	.234	.491	9	.27	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
							27-34		155	145	12	32	0	1	0	11	5	1	8	2	3		3	6	0	0	.221	.257	.234	.491		1.21	-1.694	3.94	-3.02%	-14.43

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