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Sam Dente

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Full Name: Samuel Joseph Dente Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175 First Game: July 10, 1947
Birthdate: April 26, 1922 Final Game: September 13, 1955
Birthplace: Harrison, New Jersey MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: April 21, 2002
Deathplace: Montclair, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Sam Dente (Samuel Joseph Dente) was born on April 26, 1922 in Harrison, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on July 10, 1947 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .232 with 0 home runs and 11 RBI. Dente played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Sam Dente's best season was 1949, when he knocked in 53 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1947 BOS A 46 168 14 39 0 11 .232 .310 .280 4 2 19 15 0 2 0 0 6
1948 STL A 98 267 26 72 0 22 .270 .328 .326 11 2 22 8 1 6 1 0 5
1949 WAS A 153 590 48 161 1 53 .273 .309 .332 24 4 31 24 0 4 4 0 17
1950 WAS A 155 603 56 144 2 59 .239 .286 .299 20 5 39 19 1 11 1 0 25
1951 WAS A 88 273 21 65 0 29 .238 .302 .275 8 1 25 10 0 3 3 0 12
1952 CHI A 62 145 12 32 0 11 .221 .257 .234 0 1 5 8 2 3 0 0 6
1953 CHI A 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE A 68 169 18 45 1 19 .266 .319 .337 7 1 14 4 0 9 0 0 5
1955 CLE A 73 105 10 27 0 10 .257 .331 .295 4 0 12 8 0 3 0 1 2
Total 745 2320 205 585 4 214 .252 .303 .305 78 16 167 96 4 41 9 1 78

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1947 BOS A 3B 46 0 0 40 83 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1948 STL A 3B 6 0 0 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1948 STL A SS 76 0 0 138 207 15 46 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1949 WAS A SS 153 0 0 314 462 35 106 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1950 WAS A 2B 29 0 0 91 91 2 23 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1950 WAS A SS 128 0 0 225 406 32 88 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1951 WAS A 3B 5 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 WAS A SS 65 0 0 128 173 12 43 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1951 WAS A 2B 10 0 0 32 30 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1952 CHI A OF 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CHI A SS 27 0 0 42 56 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1952 CHI A 2B 6 0 0 24 20 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CHI A 3B 18 0 0 7 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CHI A 1B 2 0 0 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CHI A SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1954 CLE A SS 60 0 0 66 133 6 33 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1954 CLE A 2B 7 0 0 10 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1955 CLE A SS 53 0 0 33 87 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1955 CLE A 3B 13 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 CLE A 2B 4 0 0 5 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 88 0 0 55 128 9 14 0 0 0 0 0 .953
Total 1B 2 0 0 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 56 0 0 162 161 6 43 0 0 0 0 0 .982
Total SS 563 0 0 946 1524 109 345 0 0 0 0 0 .958

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1941).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Clem Dreisewerd, Bill Sommers and $65000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Ellis Kinder and Billy Hitchcock (November 18, 1947).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators in exchange for Tom Ferrick, John Sullivan and $25000 (October 4, 1948).
  • Traded by Washington Senators to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Tom Upton (November 27, 1951).
  • Sold by Chicago White Sox to Cleveland Indians (May 5, 1953).

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