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Sam Dente
	Samuel Joseph Dente
	(Blackie)

	Born: April 26, 1922 in Harrison, NJ
	Died: April 21, 2002 - 79 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 5'11"	Wt: 175

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an Amateur Free Agent in 1941
- Served in the Army during World War II
- High School: Kearny (Kearny, NJ)

Comparison

Shortstops				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	NgLg	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Luke Appling	1930 - 1950	SS	74.5	Pl	WW2		70.4	19.0	0.0	15.0
2	Pee Wee Reese	1940 - 1958	SS	66.2	Pl	WW2		55.4	25.6	0.0	14.8
3	Lou Boudreau	1938 - 1952	SS	63.0	Pl			50.3	23.4	0.0	10.7
4	Vern Stephens	1941 - 1955	SS	45.4				45.5	9.1	0.0	9.2
5	Alvin Dark	1946 - 1960	SS	42.9		WW2		41.4	12.2	-0.1	10.5
6	Phil Rizzuto	1941 - 1956	SS	40.6	Pl	WW2		28.1	22.9	0.0	10.4
7	Dick Groat	1952 - 1967	SS	36.8		KOR		32.1	17.2	0.0	12.5
8	Johnny Logan	1951 - 1963	SS	32.6		WW2		28.1	14.0	0.0	9.6
9	Johnny Pesky	1942 - 1954	SS	31.8		WW2		29.8	6.6	0.0	4.6
10	Marty Marion	1940 - 1953	SS	31.8				17.7	25.0	0.0	11.0
11	Eddie Joost	1936 - 1955	SS	30.6				30.0	10.1	0.0	9.5
12	Harvey Kuenn	1952 - 1966	SS	26.0				35.4	-8.4	0.0	1.0
13	Solly Hemus	1949 - 1959	SS	25.5				24.1	5.5	0.0	4.1
14	Roy McMillan	1951 - 1966	SS	25.3				16.7	21.6	0.0	13.0
15	Eddie Miller	1936 - 1950	SS	23.7				15.1	19.0	0.0	10.4
16	Chico Carrasquel	1950 - 1959	SS	21.2				14.4	14.5	0.0	7.7
17	Granny Hamner	1944 - 1962	SS	18.6		WW2		19.2	9.0	-0.3	9.3
18	Daryl Spencer	1952 - 1963	SS	13.5				16.6	2.5	0.0	5.6
19	Buddy Kerr	1943 - 1951	SS	11.5				10.0	8.7	0.0	7.2
20	Eddie Lake	1939 - 1950	SS	10.7				12.2	3.5	-0.3	4.8
21	Bobby Morgan	1950 - 1958	SS	9.8		WW2		7.9	4.4	0.0	2.5
22	Billy Klaus	1952 - 1963	SS	8.0				6.6	4.4	0.0	3.0
23	George Strickland	1950 - 1960	SS	6.6		WW2		4.6	7.0	0.0	5.1
24	Johnny Lipon	1942 - 1954	SS	5.8		WW2		5.2	5.1	0.0	4.5
25	Stan Rojek	1942 - 1952	SS	5.3		WW2		4.5	4.1	0.0	3.4
26	Rocky Bridges	1951 - 1961	SS	2.9				0.8	5.9	0.0	3.8
27	Roy Smalley	1948 - 1958	SS	2.9				6.0	2.1	0.0	5.3
28	Milt Bolling	1952 - 1958	SS	2.2				1.4	2.8	0.0	2.0
29	Jim Brideweser	1951 - 1957	SS	1.4		WW2		2.1	0.6	0.0	1.3
30	Clem Koshorek	1952 - 1953	SS	0.7		WW2		0.6	0.5	0.0	0.4
31	Bud Thomas	1951 - 1951	SS	0.2				0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Leon Brinkopf	1952 - 1952	SS	0.0				-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
33	Jerry Snyder	1952 - 1958	SS	-0.0				-0.3	1.4	0.0	1.2
34	Merl Combs	1947 - 1952	SS	-0.0		WW2		-0.4	0.9	0.0	0.5
35	Jim Baumer	1949 - 1961	SS	-0.0		KOR		-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
36	Bud Hardin	1952 - 1952	SS	-0.1		WW2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
37	Buzz Clarkson	1952 - 1952	SS	-0.2		WW2	Y	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
38	Al Richter	1951 - 1953	SS	-0.2		WW2		-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Tod Davis	1949 - 1951	SS	-0.2		WW2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
40	Sammy Meeks	1948 - 1951	SS	-0.2				-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3
41	Rudy Rufer	1949 - 1950	SS	-0.3				-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Johnny Bero	1948 - 1951	SS	-0.3		WW2		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.3
43	Willy Miranda	1951 - 1959	SS	-0.4				-2.3	5.8	0.0	3.9
44	Gene Verble	1951 - 1953	SS	-0.7				-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.3
45	Dick Cole	1951 - 1957	SS	-0.7		WW2		1.4	-0.4	0.0	1.7
46	Jack Cusick	1951 - 1952	SS	-1.3				-1.0	0.2	0.0	0.5
47	Billy DeMars	1948 - 1951	SS	-1.5		WW2		-0.2	-1.0	0.0	0.4
48	Bill Jennings	1951 - 1951	SS	-1.6		WW2		-0.7	-0.6	0.0	0.3
49	Jack Littrell	1952 - 1957	SS	-1.6				-0.9	-0.3	0.0	0.5
50	Neil Berry	1948 - 1954	SS	-2.1		WW2		-1.0	0.6	0.0	1.7

	Sam Dente	1947 - 1955	SS	-3.4		WW2		-1.1	1.2	0.0	3.6

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com