LF Sam Mele #15
New York Giants MLB
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
01/13/1955
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LF SAM MELE #15 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
95 288 65 7 3 10 51 28 46 .226 .296 .375 2 -0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 55 55 55 55
Power 50 50 50 50
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 50 50 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 40 45
Errors: - 40 70
Arm: - 40 55
Turn DP: - 40 -
Framing: - - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 50
1st Base: 50 Center Field: 20
2nd Base: - Right Field: 45
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 45
Stealing Aggressiveness: 40
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 30
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/04/1954 @ NYY Win, 6-4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
10/03/1954 @ NYY Win, 9-6 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
09/30/1954 NYY Loss, 0-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/29/1954 NYY Win, 6-0 4 1 2 5 1 0 0 0
09/26/1954 @ PHI Loss, 7-10 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
09/25/1954 @ PHI Loss, 1-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/22/1954 @ BRO Loss, 2-6 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
09/21/1954 @ BRO Win, 7-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/1954 @ BRO Loss, 3-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/18/1954 PHI Win, 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Birthday:01/21/1922
Born in:Astoria, OR
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$19,000
Signed Through:1955 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 41 Days
Service This Yr:167 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1954 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 95 288 65 7 3 10 51 35 28 46 .226 .296 .375 .671 .309 .149 85
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 75 321 2 0 0 9 7 3 108 20 2 1 66.7 31.6 3.51 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   179 37 6 2 7 31 24 16 32 2 4 1 .207 .273 .380 .653
Versus Right   109 28 1 1 3 20 11 12 14 1 3 1 .257 .333 .367 .700
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   29 4 0 0 1 6 2 0 5 0 0 0 .138 .138 .241 .379
May   56 15 3 3 2 16 10 5 6 1 1 0 .268 .323 .536 .858
June   65 9 0 0 2 7 7 5 13 0 4 0 .138 .200 .231 .431
July   47 17 2 0 2 7 5 3 7 1 1 1 .362 .404 .532 .936
August   52 13 0 0 1 9 8 9 11 1 1 1 .250 .365 .308 .673
September   39 7 2 0 2 6 3 6 4 0 0 0 .179 .289 .385 .674
Spring Training   49 11 2 0 3 6 5 4 10 0 0 0 .224 .283 .449 .732
Postseason   15 6 1 0 1 6 2 1 2 0 0 0 .400 .438 .667 1.104
Last Year   288 65 7 3 10 51 35 28 46 3 7 2 .226 .296 .375 .671
2 Years Ago   358 99 15 9 7 56 49 43 33 4 9 0 .277 .351 .427 .778
Career   2275 590 98 31 65 369 305 196 208 25 41 4 .259 .316 .415 .731
Home   144 34 5 2 6 35 19 13 16 1 2 1 .236 .302 .424 .725
Road   144 31 2 1 4 16 16 15 30 2 5 1 .215 .290 .326 .617
Grass   288 65 7 3 10 51 35 28 46 3 7 2 .226 .296 .375 .671
Day   180 41 5 2 7 32 21 19 25 2 6 2 .228 .305 .394 .700
Night   108 24 2 1 3 19 14 9 21 1 1 0 .222 .280 .343 .622
As Starter   271 61 7 3 9 49 32 27 40 3 5 2 .225 .297 .373 .670
As Reliever / Substitution   17 4 0 0 1 2 3 1 6 0 2 0 .235 .278 .412 .690
Pinch Hitting   14 4 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 2 0 .286 .333 .500 .833
Close/Late   58 18 2 0 4 17 13 8 12 0 2 1 .310 .403 .552 .955
Inning 1-3   82 16 2 2 1 16 6 5 8 3 2 0 .195 .233 .305 .538
Inning 4-6   108 22 1 1 5 17 15 9 20 0 3 1 .204 .271 .370 .642
Inning 7-9   95 26 4 0 3 17 13 14 18 0 1 1 .274 .373 .411 .783
Extra Innings   3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
0 Outs   110 28 3 3 3 11 14 5 20 1 7 0 .255 .284 .418 .703
1 Outs   90 21 3 0 3 23 15 12 11 2 0 1 .233 .324 .367 .690
2 Outs   88 16 1 0 4 17 6 11 15 0 0 1 .182 .280 .330 .610
Scoring Position   82 21 0 1 3 38 10 8 12 3 7 0 .256 .312 .390 .702
Bases Empty   149 32 4 0 5 5 16 13 24 0 0 2 .215 .287 .342 .629
Runner on 1st   57 12 3 2 2 8 9 7 10 0 0 0 .211 .297 .439 .735
Runner on 2nd   22 5 0 0 1 6 2 3 2 0 6 0 .227 .320 .364 .684
Runner on 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 1st & 2nd   27 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 0 1 0 .111 .143 .111 .254
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 5 0 0 1 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 .556 .455 .889 1.343
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .200 .429 .600 1.029
Bases Loaded   16 7 0 0 1 18 3 1 3 1 0 0 .438 .444 .625 1.069
Two Strikes   128 26 2 1 5 25 13 11 46 2 0 1 .203 .268 .352 .619
First Pitch   45 10 1 1 1 6 5 0 0 0 3 1 .222 .239 .356 .595
Count 0-1   24 7 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 .292 .292 .292 .583
Count 0-2   11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   17 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .176 .167 .235 .402
Count 1-1   34 9 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .265 .353 .618
Count 1-2   40 8 1 0 1 8 2 0 18 0 0 1 .200 .220 .300 .520
Count 2-0   11 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .545 .818
Count 2-1   19 5 0 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .263 .684 .947
Count 2-2   48 9 1 1 2 9 5 0 15 0 0 0 .188 .188 .375 .562
Count 3-0   1 1 0 0 1 3 4 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Count 3-1   9 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 .111 .529 .111 .641
Full Count   29 9 0 0 2 6 6 11 9 0 0 0 .310 .500 .517 1.017
Behind in Count   75 15 1 0 1 15 3 0 22 2 3 1 .200 .205 .253 .458
Ahead in Count   57 13 1 1 4 11 13 17 0 1 1 0 .228 .400 .491 .891
Batting Leadoff   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   10 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 .100 .182 .400 .582
Batting 5th   192 41 7 2 6 32 22 16 33 2 3 1 .214 .275 .365 .639
Batting 6th   69 19 0 1 2 15 8 10 6 1 1 1 .275 .370 .391 .762
Batting 8th   1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Batting 9th   15 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 1 0 .200 .250 .200 .450
Low Leverage   111 18 3 0 1 2 7 13 17 0 0 2 .162 .262 .216 .478
Medium Leverage   119 27 3 3 6 21 17 9 19 1 5 0 .227 .279 .454 .733
High Leverage   57 19 1 0 3 28 11 5 10 2 2 0 .333 .375 .509 .884
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1947 New York - MLB 25 133 479 140 17 6 16 92 55 28 0 3 36 0 3 .292 .329 .453 .782 116 115 1.0
1949 New York - MLB 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -123 -0.0
1950 New York - MLB 28 61 135 24 9 1 4 19 11 12 0 2 15 0 0 .178 .242 .348 .590 55 52 -0.5
1951 New York - MLB 29 134 488 128 28 8 12 66 85 39 1 7 33 5 5 .262 .314 .426 .740 101 99 0.5
1952 New York - MLB 30 144 526 134 22 4 16 85 70 46 1 6 44 1 2 .255 .313 .403 .716 105 105 0.5
1953 New York - MLB 31 116 358 99 15 9 7 56 49 43 0 4 33 7 5 .277 .351 .427 .778 104 105 -0.0
1954 New York - MLB 32 95 288 65 7 3 10 51 35 28 2 3 46 2 1 .226 .296 .375 .671 79 85 -0.1
Total MLB 684 2275 590 98 31 65 369 305 196 4 25 208 15 16 .259 .316 .415 .731 100 100 1.4
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1953 New York - MLB 31 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 -63 -55 -1.7
1954 New York - MLB 32 4 15 6 1 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .438 .667 1.104 192 205 -0.4
Total MLB 7 22 6 1 0 1 6 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .273 .333 .455 .788 107 118
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1947 New York - MLB RF 131 131 247 11 0 265 7 .974 1124.1 2.07 -10.3 .943
1950 New York - MLB 1B 22 16 143 9 15 153 1 .993 153.2 8.90 -0.0 1.001
1950 New York - MLB RF 17 15 36 2 1 39 1 .974 140.1 2.44 -0.3 .960
1951 New York - MLB 1B 4 0 8 0 1 8 0 1.000 6.0 12.00 0.0 .000
1951 New York - MLB RF 130 130 252 4 1 258 2 .992 1126.2 2.04 -6.1 .961
1952 New York - MLB RF 143 143 289 10 2 299 0 1.000 1241.2 2.17 -15.7 .928
1953 New York - MLB RF 70 69 147 2 1 151 2 .987 594.1 2.26 -8.7 .905
1953 New York - MLB 1B 25 25 236 14 15 251 1 .996 222.1 10.12 -0.4 .993
1953 New York - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 New York - MLB LF 60 59 94 2 0 99 3 .970 509.2 1.70 -3.9 .942
1954 New York - MLB RF 6 3 7 2 0 9 0 1.000 36.1 2.23 +0.1 .978
1954 New York - MLB 1B 16 13 114 8 11 123 1 .992 112.2 9.75 -0.4 .984
TOTAL 1B 67 54 501 31 42 535 3 .994 494.2 9.68 -0.9 .993
TOTAL LF 61 59 94 2 0 99 3 .970 511.2 1.69 -3.9 .942
TOTAL RF 497 491 978 31 5 1021 12 .988 4263.2 2.13 -41.0 .938
PLAYER HISTORY
10/09/1946 Signed with the Boston Red Sox.
10/18/1946 Was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies, along with 1B Billy Goodman, in exchange for LF Ron Northey.
10/26/1946 Was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants, along with RP Dick Mauney, in exchange for 3B Jack Lohrke and C Wes Westrum.
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (50).
04/14/1947 Named the #19 prospect in the MLB
06/01/1947 Wins the MLB NL Rookie of the Month Award.
06/02/1947 Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/1951 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (50).
05/07/1951 Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1952 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
01/01/1953 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
01/01/1954 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
10/07/1954 Wins the 1954 World Series with the New York Giants.
01/01/1955 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 3B Rank
1951 8 8
1953 9 10
Year RBI Rank
1947 92 9
Year SF Rank
1951 7 8
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