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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	May 1	CHW		BAL	W,9-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
2	19 (7)	May 9	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
3	20	May 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	25 (4)	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	T,4-4	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
5	34 (8)	May 28	CHW		KCA	W,3-1	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
6	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	44 (7)	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	GF	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
8	45	Jun 7	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
9	46	Jun 8	CHW		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
10	47	Jun 9 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
11	48	Jun 9 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	9	0	13	0	SS
12	52 (3)	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,10-4	GF	17	3.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
13	55 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
14	56	Jun 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
15	57	Jun 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
16	58	Jun 20	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
17	60 (1)	Jun 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	PR 3B
18	61	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
19	62	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
20	63	Jun 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
21	64	Jun 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	74 (9)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
23	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	GS	10	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	76	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
25	77	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	3B
26	78	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,9-8	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
27	79	Jul 7 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
28	80	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	81	Jul 13	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
30	82	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
31	83	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
32	84	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
33	85	Jul 17	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	3B
34	86	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
35	87	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
36	88	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
37	89	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
38	90	Jul 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	5	3	0	8	3	3B
39	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
40	92	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
41	93	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
42	94	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	95	Jul 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
44	96	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
45	97	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
46	98	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	99	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	100	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	101	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
50	102	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	22	5.0	0	0	3	3	0	3B
51	110 (7)	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
52	112 (1)	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	GF	11	2.0	2	3	1	6	1	PR 2B
53	117 (4)	Aug 18 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
54	118	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
55	121 (2)	Aug 23	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
56	124 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
57	126 (1)	Aug 28	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	128 (1)	Aug 30	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
59	129	Aug 31	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-0	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	131	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	GF	11	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
62	133 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
63	136 (2)	Sep 8	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	GF	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	138 (1)	Sep 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	139	Sep 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	GF	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
66	141 (1)	Sep 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
67	142	Sep 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
68	143	Sep 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-7	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
69	144	Sep 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-5	GF	19	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
70	145	Sep 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	37	8.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
71	146	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
72	147	Sep 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
73	148	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS	22	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
74	149	Sep 23	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
75	150	Sep 24	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
76	151	Sep 25	CHW		DET	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
77	152	Sep 26	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	9	0	11	2	SS
78	153	Sep 27	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
79	154	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
80	155	Sep 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
							80gm		512.2	84	168	10	262	23