Sam Dente
1947–1955 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
745G
.252AVG
.303OBP
.305SLG
More career statistics
585H
4HR
214RBI
9SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 9 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 96 | 97 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 745 | 2,535 | 2,320 | 205 | 585 | 78 | 16 | 4 | 214 | 167 | 96 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 707 | .252 | .303 | .305 | .608 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1950-06-29 to 1950-07-08
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 walks | 1955-05-18 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1949-05-14 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1948-06-21 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 361 | 1201 | 281 | 0 | 103 | 80 | 39 | .256 | .301 | .312 |
| Away | 384 | 1334 | 304 | 4 | 111 | 87 | 58 | .249 | .293 | .298 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 40 | 141 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 5 | .232 | .319 | .264 |
| May | 126 | 446 | 99 | 0 | 46 | 39 | 23 | .248 | .309 | .286 |
| June | 146 | 502 | 114 | 1 | 45 | 26 | 12 | .246 | .279 | .312 |
| July | 164 | 569 | 137 | 0 | 45 | 26 | 32 | .258 | .286 | .295 |
| August | 157 | 519 | 125 | 0 | 43 | 41 | 14 | .269 | .320 | .320 |
| September | 105 | 333 | 75 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 10 | .241 | .282 | .328 |
| October | 7 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .240 | .292 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 111 | 355 | 81 | 1 | 32 | 26 | 13 | .252 | .301 | .299 |
| new-york-yankees | 106 | 327 | 59 | 1 | 24 | 26 | 21 | .199 | .260 | .256 |
| detroit-tigers | 101 | 347 | 83 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 13 | .254 | .282 | .275 |
| chicago-white-sox | 96 | 360 | 74 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 15 | .222 | .258 | .285 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 94 | 340 | 91 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 9 | .297 | .341 | .346 |
| cleveland-guardians | 84 | 318 | 70 | 1 | 33 | 21 | 13 | .241 | .286 | .302 |
| st-louis-browns | 70 | 278 | 77 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 9 | .295 | .327 | .364 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 50 | 140 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | .252 | .321 | .309 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Boston Red Sox | 46 | 168 | 39 | – | 11 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1948 |  St. Louis Browns | 98 | 267 | 72 | – | 22 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 153 | 590 | 161 | 1 | 53 | 4 | .273 | – | – |
| 1950 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 155 | 603 | 144 | 2 | 59 | 1 | .239 | – | – |
| 1951 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 88 | 273 | 65 | – | 29 | 3 | .238 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Chicago White Sox | 62 | 145 | 32 | – | 11 | – | .221 | – | – |
| 1953 | Chicago White Sox | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1954 |  Cleveland Guardians | 68 | 169 | 45 | 1 | 19 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 73 | 105 | 27 | – | 10 | – | .257 | – | – |