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
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7 See Also
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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.

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[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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