Sammy Esposito

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: December 15, 1931 in Chicago, IL us

Died: July 9, 2018 in Newland, NC

High School: Fenger HS (Chicago, IL)

School: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

Debut: September 28, 1952 (Age 20-288d, 10,976th in major league history)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 23, 1963 (Age 31-251d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Samuel Esposito

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

792

164

.207

130

RBI

OBP

.330

SLG

.277

OPS

.606

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	49-19 / in Starts: 5-4
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 81 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	44 (27-12-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 81 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (26-15-8)

Most Driven In
S Lollar	2
E Battey	1
E Torgeson	1
Self	1
A Smith	0
B Latman	0

Most Driven In By
N Fox	3
J Rivera	2
Self	1
H Simpson	1
B Phillips	1
J McAnany	1
A Smith	1
R Boone	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	278	1	Apr 10	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	7-GF(14)	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1.67	-0.063	4.09	-0.09%	-0.22	PR SS
2	279	5 (3)	Apr 15	CHW		KCA	L,8-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2						PR 2B
3	280	7 (1)	Apr 17	CHW		DET	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1						SS
4	281	8	Apr 18	CHW		DET	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.96	-0.047	2.75	-0.08%	-0.38	SS
5	282	10 (1)	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,20-6	5-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	1.36	0.017	3.48	0.03%	0.23	PR 3B
6	283	16 (5)	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	11-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	6						3B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	284	17	May 1	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	3						3B
8	285	18	May 2	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	3						PR
9	286	23 (4)	May 9	CHW		CLE	W,9-5	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	.17	-0.010	.43	-0.02%	-0.83	SS
10	287	30 (6)	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	8	3.26	-0.090	11.93	-0.20%	-0.34	3B SS
11	288	35 (4)	May 20	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	8						PR 3B
12	289	44 (8)	May 31	CHW		KCA	L,1-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	290	57 (12)	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	3						PR 3B
14	291	58	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	8	1.40	-0.144	6.78	-0.42%	-0.82	3B
15	292	62 (3)	Jun 20 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	3-GF	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.176	.440	1	.43	0.050	1.69	0.12%	0.70	PH SS
16	293	63	Jun 20 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.158	.396	8	.60	-0.032	2.19	-0.07%	-0.47	SS
17	294	64	Jun 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.280	.318	.598	8	.56	0.092	1.92	0.19%	0.90	SS
18	295	69 (4)	Jun 27	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.280	.318	.598	9						2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	296	74 (4)	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,7-9	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.318	.626	9	.04	0.001	.21	0.00%	0.39	PH
20	297	87 (12)	Jul 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.308	.318	.626	7						3B
21	298	88	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.308	.318	.626	7						3B
22	299	89	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.318	.626	9	1.06	-0.018	6.91	-0.07%	-0.19	PH
23	300	91 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.308	.318	.626	5						3B
24	301	94 (2)	Jul 25	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	17-GF(17)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.308	.318	.626	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
25	302	95	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,4-1	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.333	.391	.725	5	.05	0.003	.32	0.01%	0.62	3B
26	303	97 (1)	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.321	.375	.696	5	.07	-0.002	.45	-0.01%	-0.16	3B
27	304	99 (1)	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.310	.360	.670	5	.44	-0.011	2.95	-0.05%	-0.43	PR 3B
28	305	100	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.310	.360	.670	5						3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	306	101	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.310	.360	.670	5						PR 3B
30	307	105 (3)	Aug 5 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.300	.346	.646	5	.27	-0.007	1.69	-0.03%	-0.22	3B
31	308	107 (1)	Aug 6	CHW	@	BAL	T,1-1	17-GF(18)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.323	.370	.693	9	2.81	0.129	17.83	0.49%	0.50	3B
32	309	108	Aug 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.357	.670	5	.24	-0.006	1.49	-0.02%	-0.43	PR 3B
33	310	109	Aug 9 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.313	.357	.670	6						PR 3B
34	311	110	Aug 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-0	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.303	.345	.648	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PR 3B
35	312	111	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.297	.333	.631	8	.29	-0.020	1.70	-0.07%	0.02	SS
36	313	112	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.310	.306	.615	8	.35	-0.003	2.10	-0.01%	-0.14	SS
37	314	114 (1)	Aug 14	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.302	.297	.600	6	.42	-0.028	2.41	-0.10%	-0.52	PR 3B
38	315	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.295	.289	.585	9	1.45	-0.037	7.81	-0.12%	-0.24	PH
39	316	117 (1)	Aug 18	CHW		BAL	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.295	.289	.585	6						3B
40	317	118	Aug 19	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.289	.282	.571	7	1.47	-0.041	6.84	-0.12%	-0.22	PH
41	318	120 (1)	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.306	.268	.574	8	1.47	0.027	8.90	0.10%	-0.12	3B
42	319	121	Aug 22	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.306	.268	.574	6						3B
43	320	123 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	7-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.306	.268	.574	5	.01	0.000	.07	0.00%	-0.20	PR 3B
44	321	124	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.300	.262	.562	5	.81	-0.018	5.74	-0.08%	-0.47	PR 3B
45	322	126 (1)	Aug 26	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.314	.279	.593	5	.72	0.030	4.92	0.12%	0.38	PR 3B
46	323	127	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.186	.314	.279	.593	7	.12	-0.004	.90	-0.02%	-0.81	PR 3B
47	324	129 (1)	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.580	5	.21	-0.005	2.78	-0.04%	-0.15	3B
48	325	130	Aug 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.302	.267	.569	6	.34	-0.009	3.72	-0.06%	-0.35	3B
49	326	131	Aug 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-4	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.178	.296	.267	.563	6	.00	0.003	.00	0.01%	0.18	3B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	327	132	Sep 1	CHW		DET	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.296	.267	.563	4						PR
51	328	133	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-2	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.291	.261	.552	6	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.10	3B
52	329	134	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.281	.250	.531	6	.01	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.51	3B
53	330	135	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.281	.250	.531	6	.35	-0.003	1.94	-0.01%	-0.20	3B
54	331	137 (1)	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.276	.245	.521	6	.68	-0.016	3.48	-0.05%	-0.29	3B
55	332	138	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.276	.245	.521	6						3B
56	333	139	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,13-7	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.271	.240	.511	6	.02	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.10	3B
57	334	140	Sep 8	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.271	.240	.511	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
58	335	141	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.267	.235	.502	6	.06	-0.002	.18	0.00%	-0.23	PR 3B
59	336	144 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	12-GF(16)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.262	.231	.493	6	1.75	-0.043	7.85	-0.12%	-0.15	3B
60	337	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-1	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.274	.245	.519	7	.39	0.017	1.61	0.04%	1.15	PH 3B
61	338	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.286	.259	.545	7	.10	0.004	.40	0.01%	0.13	3B
62	339	148 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.281	.255	.536	3	3.56	-0.080	8.13	-0.11%	-0.35	PH 3B
63	340	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.281	.255	.536	3						PR
64	341	150	Sep 18	CHW		DET	W,1-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.277	.250	.527	3	.50	-0.014	.24	0.00%	-0.22	3B
65	342	151	Sep 19	CHW		DET	L,4-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.277	.250	.527	3						PR 3B
66	343	152	Sep 20	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.169	.265	.237	.502	8	1.71	-0.193	2.01	-0.14%	-1.28	3B
67	344	154 (1)	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.271	.233	.505	1	.78	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.02	SS
68	345	155	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.263	.215	.479	1	.64	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.93	SS
69	346	156	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	6-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.282	.227	.509	1	.48	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.36	SS
							49-19		81	66	12	11	1	0	1	5	11	1	16	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	.167	.282	.227	.509		.79	-0.588	3.16	-0.97%	-6.67

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