STATISTICS & HISTORY
Sam Mele attended New York University where he starred on both the basketball and baseball teams. He had a one-game professional basketball career , but remained active in professional baseball for over twenty seasons as a player , coach and manager. During his playing days (1947–56), Mele saw duty with six major league clubs and finished with a .267 average and 80 home runs in 1,046 game. He was hired as manager of the Minnesota Twins in June of 196. In seven seasons he posted a 524-436 record and led Twins to the 1965 American League championship.
| SAM MELE | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 185 | College: | NYU’43 | |||||
| Sebath Anthony Mele | Born: | Jan 21, 1922 | Died: May 1, 2017 | Hometown: | Astoria, NY | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | 8 |
| 1940-41 | N.Y.U.(Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | N.Y.U. | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | N.Y.U. | College | |||||||||
| 1943-46 | U.S. Marines | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Trenton | ABL | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14.0 | ||||||