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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW		LAA	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	3 (1)	Apr 13	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
3	5 (1)	Apr 15	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	GF	37	8.2	2	4	0	6	0	2B
4	6	Apr 17	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-0	GF	13	3.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
5	7	Apr 18	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
6	8	Apr 19	CHW	@	MIN	W,10-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	19 (10)	May 1	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
8	20	May 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
9	31 (10)	May 13	CHW	@	LAA	W,15-6	GF	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	40 (8)	May 25	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
11	41	May 26	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
12	44 (2)	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	48 (3)	Jun 1	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	41	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
14	58 (9)	Jun 10 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-11	GS	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS 3B
15	60 (1)	Jun 13	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
16	61	Jun 14	CHW	@	KCA	L,8-11	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
17	69 (7)	Jun 22	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
18	70	Jun 23	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
19	71	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	78 (6)	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
21	79	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	GS	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
22	80	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
23	81	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	89 (7)	Jul 12	CHW		DET	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	90	Jul 13	CHW		DET	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	91	Jul 14	CHW		DET	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	92	Jul 15	CHW		DET	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	97 (4)	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	98	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	105 (6)	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	111 (5)	Aug 6	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	GF	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	112	Aug 7	CHW		BAL	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
33	114 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
34	115	Aug 9	CHW		LAA	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
35	116	Aug 10	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 3B
36	117	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,11-2	GS	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
37	118	Aug 12	CHW	@	KCA	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	119	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-0		8	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
39	120	Aug 15 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
40	124 (3)	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	125	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		DET	W,11-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
42	128 (2)	Aug 22	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	129	Aug 24	CHW	@	LAA	W,7-1	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	134 (4)	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	136 (1)	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
46	137	Sep 2	CHW	@	DET	W,10-8	GF	17	2.0	0	0	2	2	0	3B
47	139 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
48	140	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
49	141	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
50	142	Sep 7	CHW		WSA	L,2-7	GS	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS 3B
51	143	Sep 8	CHW		WSA	W,6-3	GS	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
52	144	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	145	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
54	146	Sep 10	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	147	Sep 12	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
56	149 (1)	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	151 (1)	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	154 (2)	Sep 20	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	156 (1)	Sep 22	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	157	Sep 23	CHW		NYY	L,1-5		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	159 (1)	Sep 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	160	Sep 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	161	Sep 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-8	GF	13	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
64	162	Sep 30	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							68gm		272.0	29	72	7	108	7