Sam Mele

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Full Name: Sabath Anthony Mele	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/183	First Game: April 15, 1947
Birthdate: January 21, 1922	Final Game: September 16, 1956
Birthplace: Astoria, New York	MLB Experience: 10 years
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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[edit] Biography

Sam Mele (Sabath Anthony Mele) was born on January 21, 1922 in Astoria, New York. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1947 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .302 with 12 home runs and 73 RBI. Mele played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Sam Mele's best season was 1951, when he knocked in 94 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	123	453	71	137	12	73	.302	.356	.448	14	8	37	35	1	6	0	0	11
1948	BOS	A	66	180	25	42	2	25	.233	.292	.344	12	1	13	21	2	3	1	0	5
1949	WAS	A	78	264	21	64	3	25	.242	.288	.337	12	2	17	34	0	0	2	0	10
1949	BOS	A	18	46	1	9	0	7	.196	.302	.261	1	1	7	14	0	2	2	0	3
1949	TOT	A	96	310	22	73	3	32	.235	.290	.326	13	3	24	48	0	2	4	0	13
1950	WAS	A	126	435	57	119	12	86	.274	.351	.432	21	6	51	40	1	3	2	0	21
1951	WAS	A	143	558	58	153	5	94	.274	.315	.391	36	7	32	31	1	3	2	0	22
1952	WAS	A	9	28	2	12	2	10	.429	.448	.750	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1952	CHI	A	123	423	46	105	14	59	.248	.328	.400	18	2	48	40	2	1	1	0	18
1952	TOT	A	132	451	48	117	16	69	.259	.335	.421	21	2	49	42	2	1	1	0	18
1953	CHI	A	140	481	64	132	12	82	.274	.353	.437	26	8	58	47	0	5	3	0	14
1954	BOS	A	42	132	22	42	7	23	.318	.378	.523	6	0	12	12	2	2	0	0	4
1954	BAL	A	72	230	17	55	5	32	.239	.290	.378	9	4	18	26	0	4	1	0	12
1954	TOT	A	114	362	39	97	12	55	.268	.322	.431	15	4	30	38	2	6	1	0	16
1955	CIN	N	35	62	4	13	2	7	.210	.279	.323	1	0	5	13	1	0	0	0	5
1955	BOS	A	14	31	1	4	0	1	.129	.125	.194	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	1
1955	Total		49	93	5	17	2	8	.183	.230	.280	3	0	5	20	1	0	1	0	6
1956	CLE	A	57	114	17	29	4	20	.254	.320	.421	7	0	12	20	0	0	0	0	4
Total	NL		35	62	4	13	2	7	.210	.279	.323	1	0	5	13	1	0	0	0	5
Total	AL		1011	3375	402	903	78	537	.268	.329	.409	167	39	306	329	9	29	15	0	125
Total			1046	3437	406	916	80	544	.267	.328	.408	168	39	311	342	10	29	15	0	130

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	BOS	A	OF	116	0	0	233	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1947	BOS	A	1B	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	BOS	A	OF	55	0	0	99	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1949	WAS	A	1B	11	0	0	79	7	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1949	WAS	A	OF	63	0	0	108	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1949	BOS	A	OF	11	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1949	TOT	A	OF	74	0	0	128	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1949	TOT	A	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1950	WAS	A	OF	99	0	0	192	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1950	WAS	A	1B	16	0	0	149	18	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1951	WAS	A	OF	124	0	0	263	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1951	WAS	A	1B	15	0	0	122	7	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	WAS	A	OF	7	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1952	CHI	A	OF	112	0	0	157	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	CHI	A	1B	3	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	TOT	A	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	TOT	A	OF	119	0	0	168	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1953	CHI	A	OF	138	0	0	213	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1953	CHI	A	1B	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	BOS	A	1B	22	0	0	168	8	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1954	BOS	A	OF	13	0	0	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1954	BAL	A	OF	62	0	0	97	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1954	TOT	A	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1954	TOT	A	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1954	TOT	A	OF	75	0	0	117	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1955	CIN	N	OF	13	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1955	CIN	N	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1955	BOS	A	OF	7	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	Total		RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1955	Total		LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1955	Total		OF	20	0	0	38	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1956	CLE	A	1B	8	0	0	59	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CLE	A	OF	20	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969
Total			1B	79	0	0	596	45	4	55	0	0	0	0	0	.994
Total			OF	840	0	0	1480	67	23	9	0	0	0	0	0	.985

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1946).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Mickey Harris to Washington Senators in exchange for Walt Masterson (June 13, 1949).
Traded by Washington Senators to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Jim Busby and Mel Hoderlein (May 3, 1952).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Neil Berry to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Johnny Groth and Johnny Lipon (February 5, 1954).
Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from Baltimore Orioles (July 29, 1954).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Cincinnati Reds (June 23, 1955).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (January 18, 1956).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (March 24, 1956).
Released by Cleveland Indians (April 16, 1957).

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