Sam Dente Baseball player

Samuel Joseph Dente [Blackie] (April 26, 1922 – April 21, 2002) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between 1947 and 1955. Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 175 lb., Dente batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Harrison, New Jersey and played high school baseball at Kearny High School.

Personal facts

Sam Dente
Birth dateApril 26, 1922
Date of deathApril 21, 2002

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Baseball player

Career startJuly 10, 1947
Career endSeptember 13, 1955
batting sideRight
former teams
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
position
Shortstop
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins
throwing sideRight

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External resources

  1. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=90
  2. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=dentesa01
  3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dentesa01.shtml
  4. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Sam_Dente_1922
  5. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13117167
  6. http://www.garybed.co.uk/those_who_served.htm
  7. http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/d/dente_sam.html
  8. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdents101.htm