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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	4	Apr 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-15	GF	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	5	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	9 (3)	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
5	10	May 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
6	12 (1)	May 6 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS	22	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
7	16 (3)	May 11	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	GF	20	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
8	18 (1)	May 13	CHW	@	DET	W,8-1	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
9	23 (4)	May 19	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
10	26 (2)	May 23	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
11	27	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	28	May 27 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	66	15.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
13	29	May 27 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	GS	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B SS
14	30	May 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-6	GS	39	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	3B SS
15	31	May 29	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
16	32	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
17	33	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-8	GF	14	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	34	Jun 1	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
19	39 (4)	Jun 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
20	40	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
21	44 (3)	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
22	47 (2)	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
23	49 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,20-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
24	50	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
25	51	Jun 18	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
26	55 (3)	Jun 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
27	57 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
28	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
29	61 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	63 (1)	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	66 (2)	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
32	67	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
33	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
34	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	GS	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B SS
35	71 (1)	Jul 7	CHW		DET	L,8-12	GS	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
36	72	Jul 8 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-17	GF	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
37	73	Jul 8 (2)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	GF	20	4.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
38	74	Jul 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
39	75	Jul 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
40	76	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	3	3B
41	77	Jul 15 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	80 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
43	81	Jul 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
44	83 (1)	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	84	Jul 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
46	86 (1)	Jul 24	CHW		NYY	W,11-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	88 (1)	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	GS	33	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
48	90 (1)	Jul 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-13	GF	17	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
49	92 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,6-3	GS	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B SS
50	93	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	94	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	GF	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
52	95	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	96	Aug 3	CHW		BAL	W,13-3	GS	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	97	Aug 4	CHW		BAL	W,15-4	GS	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B 2B
55	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
56	100 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	GF	14	4.0	2	2	0	4	0	PH 3B SS
57	101	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,4-3		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
58	102	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
59	108 (5)	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	W,10-0	GF	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
60	109	Aug 16	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	112 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	GF	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
62	113	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	122 (8)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	123	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	0	3	0	3	1	PR SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	133 (9)	Sep 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
66	139 (5)	Sep 14	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
67	140	Sep 15	CHW		BAL	L,1-4	GS	24	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
68	143 (2)	Sep 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	146 (2)	Sep 22	CHW		KCA	W,17-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
70	148 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	GS	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	149	Sep 24	CHW	@	DET	W,14-11	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
72	150	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	152 (1)	Sep 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
74	154 (1)	Sep 30	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-7	GS	42	8.0	0	3	1	4	2	3B 2B
							83gm		474.1	52	132	6	190	19