#67 Sam Mele, Leftfield, 38 yrs, Detroit Tigers Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sam Mele
1/21/1923 38 USA,NY,ASTORIA 6"1 192
Leftfield 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) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : 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 $ 7,100,000 1961 15 Year(s), 11 Days (2591 total Days) 172 Day(s) 15 Year(s), 34 Days (2614 total Days) 16 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Talent | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
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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 | | |
9/27 | @CLE | L 1-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/28 | @CLE | W 2-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/29 | NYY | L 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #2 | | |
10/1 | MIN | W 5-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/2 | MIN | W 12-10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/4 | @WS2 | L 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/5 | @BOS | W 10-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/7 | @BAL | W 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #2 | | |
10/9 | WS2 | L 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
10/10 | @CLE | W 9-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 150 | 505 | 147 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 72 | 82 | 56 | 53 | .291 | .361 | .453 | .815 | .752 | .162 |
Projected | 150 | 505 | 147 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 72 | 82 | 56 | 53 | .291 | .361 | .453 | .815 | .752 | .162 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 119 | 563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 229 | 41 | 0 | 2 | .0 | 81.0 | 5.7 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 203 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .374 | .493 | .867 |
vs. RHP | 302 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 48 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .351 | .427 | .779 |
Close/Late | 61 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .353 | .361 | .714 |
Scoring Position | 112 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .389 | .429 | .817 |
Pinch Hitting | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .417 | .462 | .500 | .962 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 76 | 251 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 48 | 38 | 32 | 25 | .311 | .387 | .474 | .861 |
Road | 74 | 254 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 44 | 24 | 28 | .272 | .333 | .433 | .766 |
Last Week | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 |
March/April | 21 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .292 | .368 | .521 | .889 |
May | 25 | 85 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | .341 | .398 | .494 | .892 |
June | 24 | 72 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 6 | .250 | .316 | .444 | .761 |
July | 20 | 61 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | .279 | .353 | .443 | .796 |
August | 27 | 108 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 15 | .296 | .367 | .435 | .802 |
Sept/Oct | 33 | 131 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 13 | .282 | .356 | .427 | .784 |
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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 |
1957 | 142 | 504 | 162 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 91 | 83 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 2 | .321 | .378 | .524 | .902 | WS1 CHA |
1958 | 148 | 552 | 185 | 32 | 4 | 17 | 73 | 101 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .335 | .396 | .500 | .896 | CHA,AL |
1959 | 146 | 502 | 160 | 29 | 1 | 22 | 81 | 81 | 58 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 2 | .319 | .386 | .512 | .898 | CHA |
1960 | 146 | 561 | 183 | 38 | 6 | 17 | 96 | 106 | 71 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 1 | .326 | .400 | .506 | .906 | CHA,AL |
1961 | 150 | 505 | 147 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 72 | 82 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 2 | .291 | .361 | .453 | .815 | CHA DET |
Total | 2131 | 7410 | 2224 | 383 | 59 | 263 | 1309 | 1155 | 768 | 19 | 71 | 689 | 12 | 21 | .300 | .364 | .474 | .838 | |
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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 |
1960 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .313 | .400 | .713 |
Total | 10 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .350 | .395 | .525 | .920 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 4 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1.000 | 19.0 | 12.79 | | | | |
Leftfield | 95 | 84 | 135 | 6 | 1 | 143 | 2 | .986 | 761.0 | 1.69 | | | | |
Centerfield | 32 | 29 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1 | .985 | 254.2 | 2.40 | | | | |
Rightfield | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 41.1 | 2.40 | | | | |
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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. Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 6/10/1957... Traded from Washington to Chicago (A) on 7/30/1957 (Going to WS1: RF Bob Nieman, P Bud Byerly, 1B Bob Hale, P George Susce, P Tom Qualters. Going to CHA: RF Jim Busby, RF Sam Mele)... Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Detroit on 9/2/1957... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 9/23/1957... Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 6/3/1958... 7/6/1958: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $7,100,000 per year, for 3 years. Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1958... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1959, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1959, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 7/5/1960, off Johnny Kucks (DET)... Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1960, hitting .414 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game... Traded from Chicago (A) to Detroit on 6/29/1961 (Going to CHA: CF Jim Landis, P Mel Nelson. Going to DET: 3B Randy Jackson, RF Sam Mele)... Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 7/15/1961... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland on 8/26/1961...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1953 - .328 - 7th 1957 - .321 - 9th 1958 - .335 - 5th 1960 - .326 - 6th
| OBP 1960 - .400 - 8th
| SLG 1954 - .521 - 9th 1956 - .484 - 9th 1957 - .524 - 10th
| Hits 1958 - 185 - 6th 1960 - 183 - 6th
| Doubles 1954 - 33 - 10th 1958 - 32 - 9th 1960 - 38 - 5th
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Triples 1960 - 6 - 4th
| Homeruns 1954 - 27 - 9th
| RBI 1953 - 132 - 2nd 1954 - 109 - 8th 1955 - 103 - 10th 1956 - 98 - 5th
| Runs 1958 - 101 - 7th 1960 - 106 - 9th
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