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Sam Mele

Manager

Sabath Anthony Mele

963 Games

524-436 Record

0.546 Win%

8 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats R

Throws R

Born 1/21/1922
Astoria, NY, USA

Died 5/1/2017
Quincy, MA, USA

MLB Debut 1947-04-15

Final Game 1956-09-16

📊 Career Record

963 Games Managed

524 Wins

436 Losses

                        0.546
                        Win Percentage
                    

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

8 seasons

Managing Career Arc

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Sam Mele — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year	Team	Lg	G	W	L	Win%	Rank	P-M
1961	MIN	AL	7	2	5	0.286	7	N
1961	MIN	AL	95	45	49	0.479	7	N
1962	MIN	AL	163	91	71	0.562	2	N
1963	MIN	AL	161	91	70	0.565	3	N
1964	MIN	AL	163	79	83	0.488	6	N
1965	MIN	AL	162	102	60	0.630	1st 🏆	N
1966	MIN	AL	162	89	73	0.549	2	N
1967	MIN	AL	50	25	25	0.500	2	N

Sam Mele as a manager

Sam Mele's clubs went 524-436 in the 963 games Mele managed between 1961 and 1967. Clubs managed, in order: the Minnesota Twins (1961-1967). By winning percentage, 1965 (102-60) tops the season table. The low point came in 1961: 45-49. With the Minnesota Twins (1961-1967), the finishes read 7th, 7th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 1st, 2nd, and 2nd. The first season in the table, 1961, ended 2-5; the last, 1967, ended 25-25.

Mele's clubs finished first in 1965. The Lg column places these seasons in the American League. In 1961, Mele took over a club already in progress that season. The personal information panel gives a birth date of January 21, 1922 in Astoria, NY, USA. Mele's death is recorded on May 1, 2017. Mele also played in the majors, from 1947 to 1956, as the player page shows.

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