#67 Sam Mele, Rightfield, 33 yrs, Washington Senators Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sam Mele
1/21/1923 33 USA,NY,ASTORIA 6"1 192
Rightfield R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal Great Leader 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 5,200,000 1956 $ 5,000,000 (2 year(s)) 10 Year(s), 11 Days (1731 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 34 Days (1754 total Days) 11 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Talent | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 1 1 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 3 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 1 (Range), .988 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 2 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 2 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 2 Outfield Arm : 9
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/13 | BAL | L 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/14 | BAL | L 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/15 | DET | W 12-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/16 | DET | L 3-7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
9/17 | DET | W 6-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/19 | CLE | W 6-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/20 | CLE | W 9-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/21 | CLE | L 5-6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/22 | @BOS | W 10-6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | #4 | PoG | |
9/23 | @BOS | W 7-5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 144 | 506 | 147 | 28 | 5 | 20 | 98 | 67 | 51 | 40 | .291 | .355 | .484 | .839 | .792 | .194 |
Projected | 151 | 532 | 155 | 29 | 5 | 21 | 103 | 70 | 54 | 42 | .291 | .355 | .484 | .839 | .792 | .194 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 128 | 563 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 245 | 53 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 84.8 | 6.0 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 221 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 49 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .339 | .475 | .814 |
vs. RHP | 285 | 91 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .319 | .368 | .491 | .859 |
Close/Late | 63 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .319 | .556 | .874 |
Scoring Position | 153 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 76 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .374 | .529 | .904 |
Pinch Hitting | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .214 | .417 | .631 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 71 | 258 | 79 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 35 | 22 | 21 | .306 | .360 | .500 | .860 |
Road | 73 | 248 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 32 | 29 | 19 | .274 | .346 | .468 | .814 |
March/April | 23 | 70 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | .300 | .338 | .443 | .780 |
May | 25 | 83 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 9 | .205 | .298 | .349 | .647 |
June | 26 | 91 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 12 | .253 | .349 | .374 | .723 |
July | 26 | 103 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 5 | .272 | .324 | .544 | .868 |
August | 25 | 91 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | .330 | .378 | .484 | .861 |
Sept/Oct | 19 | 68 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | .412 | .459 | .750 | 1.209 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1947 | 133 | 500 | 157 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 87 | 85 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 2 | .314 | .366 | .466 | .832 | BOS |
1948 | 150 | 500 | 138 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 84 | 64 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 2 | .276 | .337 | .422 | .759 | BOS |
1949 | 150 | 500 | 138 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 84 | 64 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 2 | .276 | .337 | .422 | .759 | BOS |
1950 | 135 | 452 | 112 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 51 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 2 | .248 | .309 | .365 | .674 | WS1 |
1951 | 112 | 305 | 85 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 61 | 43 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .345 | .452 | .798 | WS1 |
1952 | 139 | 447 | 130 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 81 | 75 | 53 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 2 | .291 | .361 | .470 | .831 | WS1 |
1953 | 148 | 534 | 175 | 29 | 3 | 19 | 132 | 85 | 63 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 1 | 1 | .328 | .396 | .500 | .896 | WS1,AL |
1954 | 145 | 543 | 165 | 33 | 2 | 27 | 109 | 86 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 1 | .304 | .367 | .521 | .888 | WS1 |
1955 | 143 | 499 | 140 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 103 | 82 | 50 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 2 | .281 | .343 | .483 | .826 | WS1 |
1956 | 144 | 506 | 147 | 28 | 5 | 20 | 98 | 67 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .355 | .484 | .839 | WS1 |
Total | 1399 | 4786 | 1387 | 238 | 45 | 163 | 896 | 702 | 477 | 15 | 48 | 446 | 11 | 14 | .290 | .353 | .461 | .813 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1953 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .444 | .600 | 1.044 |
Total | 6 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .444 | .600 | 1.044 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 60 | 59 | 625 | 50 | 67 | 681 | 6 | .991 | 516.1 | 11.87 | | | | |
Leftfield | 63 | 59 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 2 | .984 | 524.1 | 2.11 | | | | |
Centerfield | 7 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.000 | 41.1 | 2.83 | | | | |
Rightfield | 7 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1.000 | 55.0 | 2.78 | | | | |
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Transactions 7/6/1952: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $5,200,000 per year, for 4 years. Achievements Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 4/22/1952... Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 9/6/1953... Won World Championship with Washington in 1953... Drove in 6 runs against Boston on 4/22/1955... Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/23/1955... 9/6/1956: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $5,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1953 - .328 - 7th
| SLG 1954 - .521 - 9th
| Doubles 1954 - 33 - 10th
| Homeruns 1954 - 27 - 9th
| RBI 1953 - 132 - 2nd 1954 - 109 - 8th 1955 - 103 - 10th
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