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Sam
Mele		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 192
 
Born: January 21, 1923 in Usa, NY, ASTORIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1948    1951    1952    1953    1954   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 24 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 9 9 9
1948 25 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 9 9 9
1949 26 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 10 9 9
1950 27 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1951 28 STL NL $ 870,000   6 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 8
1952 29 STL NL $ 3,085,714   6 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 8
1953 30 STL NL $ 3,085,714   6 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7
1954 31 STL NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1955 32 STL NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1956 33 SDP NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1957 34 PIT NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1958 35 SDP NL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1959 36 SDP NL $ 3,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   7 7 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 24 STL NL 128 469 69 143 24 3 13 75 0 0 42 25 .305 .358 .452 .810 72.0 13.5
    AAA   23 98 15 33 5 2 3 16 0 1 12 5 .337 .409 .520 .929 19.0  
1948 25 STL NL 155 599 77 179 23 4 23 96 0 2 59 38 .299 .361 .466 .827 94.6 16.4
1949 26 STL NL 136 487 71 136 19 3 23 94 0 0 47 31 .279 .342 .472 .814 76.3 11.4
1950 27 STL NL 53 185 19 48 6 2 3 23 0 0 23 6 .259 .340 .362 .702 21.7 2.5
1951 28 STL NL 150 604 102 187 26 6 32 109 0 0 49 50 .310 .361 .531 .892 107.8 17.5
1952 29 STL NL 156 568 80 172 21 3 21 81 0 0 47 64 .303 .355 .461 .816 86.5 14.8
1953 30 STL NL 155 602 99 192 22 2 29 100 0 0 39 81 .319 .359 .507 .865 100.1 19.7
1954 31 STL NL 155 570 73 148 23 6 15 77 0 0 53 95 .260 .322 .400 .722 70.1 8.9
1955 32 STL NL 126 365 44 100 13 2 11 66 0 0 24 49 .274 .315 .411 .726 42.3 4.8
1956 33 STL NL 104 392 53 119 13 3 18 67 0 0 24 45 .304 .341 .490 .831 59.8 9.5
  SDP NL 53 198 24 59 10 1 5 29 0 0 13 27 .298 .338 .434 .772 26.6 5.5
  TOT   157 590 77 178 23 4 23 96 0 0 37 72 .302 .340 .471 .811 86.5 15.0
1957 34 PIT NL 124 363 54 112 16 4 15 65 0 0 27 60 .309 .355 .499 .853 58.5 11.9
1958 35 SDP NL 106 284 29 56 5 0 5 25 0 0 22 56 .197 .255 .268 .523 17.4 0.0
1959 36 SDP NL 66 135 7 22 1 0 1 5 0 0 10 47 .163 .221 .193 .413 2.4 0.0
13 Years Sim 1667 5821 801 1673 222 39 214 912 0 2 479 674 .287 .340 .449 .789 836.2 136.4
1 Years AAA 23 98 15 33 5 2 3 16 0 1 12 5 .337 .405 .520 .926 19.0  
162 Game Average 565 77 162 21 3 20 88 0 0 46 65 .287 .340 .449 .789 81.3  
Career Highs 157 604 102 192 26 6 32 109 0 2 59 95 .319 .361 .531 .892 107.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3313 430 913 119 17 132 523 0 2 225 367 .276 .320 .441 .762 461.4
vs LH   2508 371 760 103 22 82 389 0 0 254 307 .303 .365 .460 .825 410.2
Home 808 2778 397 816 110 22 112 450 0 1 234 309 .294 .348 .470 .818 440.2
Away 859 3043 404 857 112 17 102 462 0 1 245 365 .282 .333 .430 .763 431.3
RISP   1494 0 419 58 12 62 665 0 0 159 162 .280 .342 .460 .802 237.9
Pinch Hitting   147 23 39 3 3 8 29 0 0 10 20 .265 .310 .490 .800 22.3
Close/Late   681 81 204 22 5 30 116 0 0 62 85 .300 .357 .479 .835 113.0
Mar/Apr 274 1002 133 302 38 5 42 160 0 1 76 120 .301 .349 .475 .824 159.9
May 308 1085 143 277 29 10 39 158 0 0 89 118 .255 .311 .408 .719 139.6
June 265 908 113 261 40 6 25 141 0 0 73 103 .287 .340 .427 .767 128.7
July 258 869 133 256 35 8 39 151 0 0 82 96 .295 .353 .488 .841 145.7
August 285 997 134 273 36 7 30 137 0 0 73 122 .274 .322 .414 .736 131.7
Sep/Oct 276 960 145 304 44 3 39 165 0 1 86 115 .317 .370 .491 .861 165.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1947 24 STL NL CF 124 119 1031.7 305 16 1 5 .997 2.80   5.5
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1948 25 STL NL CF 150 149 1327.3 343 14 0 5 1.000 2.42   5.6
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 26 STL NL CF 89 83 713.3 180 0 0 0 1.000 2.27   3.4
    RF 39 37 302.3 63 1 2 0 .970 1.91    
1950 27 STL NL CF 52 52 449.3 139 4 0 2 1.000 2.86   1.9
1951 28 STL NL CF 143 142 1240.3 344 13 2 3 .994 2.59   5.6
    RF 4 3 25.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.80    
1952 29 STL NL CF 146 140 1220.7 317 15 1 8 .997 2.45   4.6
    RF 6 5 47.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.49    
1953 30 STL NL CF 151 147 1284.0 356 5 0 2 1.000 2.53   4.4
    RF 5 0 10.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
1954 31 STL NL CF 150 147 1262.7 360 10 0 3 1.000 2.64   6.1
    RF 5 2 22.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1955 32 STL NL CF 59 54 451.3 95 2 0 1 1.000 1.93   2.4
    1B 23 23 179.0 196 27 1 17 .996 11.21   0.4
    RF 28 18 171.7 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.04    
1956 33 STL NL CF 87 85 767.8 189 7 2 1 .990 2.30   2.0
    1B 13 13 112.8 139 12 1 8 .993 12.05   0.3
    RF 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  SDP NL CF 44 44 391.2 96 3 1 0 .990 2.28   1.4
    1B 7 7 57.5 71 6 1 4 .987 12.05   0.1
    RF 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
  TOT   CF 131 129 1159.0 285 10 3 1 .990 2.29   3.4
      1B 20 20 170.3 210 18 2 12 .991 12.05   0.4
      RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1957 34 PIT NL RF 78 74 637.7 129 4 1 2 .993 1.88   1.3
    CF 13 7 71.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    1B 5 0 6.7 10 0 0 1 1.000 13.51   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1958 35 SDP NL CF 65 58 511.0 119 6 1 1 .992 2.20   1.8
    1B 25 7 101.7 118 13 0 12 1.000 11.60   0.3
    RF 6 4 40.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1959 36 SDP NL 1B 29 18 176.7 219 15 1 23 .996 11.92   0.5
    CF 14 9 87.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.4
    RF 9 3 32.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
  CF 1287 1236 10808.6 2889 96 8 31 .997 2.49   45.2
  RF 183 146 1294.0 273 5 4 2 .986 1.93   1.3
  1B 102 68 634.3 753 73 4 65 .995 11.72   1.7
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1574 1450 12738.9 3915 175 16 98 .996 2.89   48.1
Career Highs   156 149 1331.3 497 29 5 23 1.000 8.19    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 30 STL NL 6 31 2 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .226 .273 .355 .628
1954 31 STL NL 13 49 4 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .265 .265 .306 .571
1955 32 STL NL 10 29 8 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 .414 .455 .448 .903
Career Post-Season Batting 29 109 14 32 4 0 1 9 0 0 5 11 .294 .322 .358 .680
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1947-9-.305
1952-6-.303
1953-6-.319
1956-9-.302
 Slugging Pct
1951-4-.531
 XR
1951-9-107.8
 Games
1948-9-155
1952-4-156
1953-5-155
1956-3-157
 At-Bats
1948-7-599
1951-2-604
1952-10-568
1953-2-602
1956-6-590
 Hits
1948-3-179
1951-3-187
1952-8-172
1953-2-192
1956-4-178
Total Bases
1948-9-279
1951-2-321
1953-7-305
 Singles
1948-6-129
1951-8-123
1952-7-127
1953-4-139
1956-4-128
 Triples
1951-5-6
1954-5-6
 Homeruns
1951-5-32
 RBIs
1949-10-94
1951-7-109
1956-10-96
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 61    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1947
Had first career hit on 5/2/1947, off Bob Lemon (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1947, off Cliff Fannin (SEM)
Drove in 7 runs against Montreal on 7/13/1947
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 9/4/1947
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1948
Injured on 6/1/1950 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1951, hitting .352 with 8 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1951, hitting .333 with 6 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 8/17/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1951, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1952, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/20/1953
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/16/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1953, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1953
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 4/30/1954
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1954
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 7/21/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1956, hitting .409 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from St. Louis to San Diego on 7/31/1956 (Going to SDP: CF Sam Mele. Going to STL: SS Eddie O'brien)
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/19/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1956, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/2/1957 to a 4-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Traded from Pittsburgh to San Diego on 2/21/1958 (Going to PIT: P Bill Connelly. Going to SDP: C Sam Calderone, RF Gus Zernial, P Jack Harshman, CF Sam Mele)
 
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