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Sammy Esposito

Samuel Esposito

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 15, 1931 in Chicago, IL
High School: Fenger HS (Chicago, IL)
School: Indiana University-Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1952
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Athletics 1952-1963

Final Game: August 23, 1963
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 CHW AL 20 SS 1 1 1 9.0 4 1 1 2 0 .500 2.00 2.00 .962 4.90 4.90
1955 CHW AL 23 3B 2 1 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -44 0.82 0.50 .950 3.19 3.15
1956 CHW AL 24 3B 61 47 29 417.1 156 41 109 6 17 .962 3 9 3.23 2.46 .949 3.22 3.19
1956 CHW AL 24 SS 19 1 1 48.0 30 9 21 0 1 1.000 4 88 5.62 1.58 .960 4.99 4.94
1956 CHW AL 24 2B 3 0 0 9.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0 40 4.00 1.33 .972 5.40 5.40
1957 CHW AL 25 3B 53 37 30 347.0 150 52 92 6 10 .960 6 22 3.73 2.72 .951 3.23 3.24
1957 CHW AL 25 SS 22 16 13 155.2 104 28 73 3 12 .971 5 39 5.84 4.59 .963 5.11 5.13
1957 CHW AL 25 2B 4 0 0 9.0 8 4 3 1 1 .875 -0 -67 7.00 1.75 .980 5.40 5.40
1957 CHW AL 25 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1957 CHW AL 25 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1958 CHW AL 26 3B 63 5 3 172.1 47 11 35 1 2 .979 2 13 2.40 0.73 .951 3.11 3.08
1958 CHW AL 26 SS 22 10 10 117.2 71 24 43 4 7 .944 -1 -11 5.12 3.05 .964 4.96 4.91
1958 CHW AL 26 2B 2 0 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -45 1.12 0.50 .980 5.29 5.20
1958 CHW AL 26 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1958 CHW AL 26 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1959 CHW AL 27 3B 45 3 2 127.2 48 22 25 1 1 .979 0 4 3.31 1.04 .952 3.21 3.19
1959 CHW AL 27 SS 14 6 4 86.2 50 17 32 1 5 .980 1 17 5.09 3.50 .959 4.87 4.84
1959 CHW AL 27 2B 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.25
1960 CHW AL 28 3B 37 13 10 177.0 56 12 40 4 4 .929 -0 -2 2.64 1.41 .952 3.14 3.14
1960 CHW AL 28 SS 11 2 1 36.0 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 -0 -17 2.25 0.82 .960 5.10 5.10
1960 CHW AL 28 2B 5 1 1 14.1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 -1 -59 4.40 1.40 .979 5.46 5.44
1961 CHW AL 29 3B 28 5 4 97.0 41 10 30 1 5 .976 -0 -5 3.71 1.43 .950 3.18 3.15
1961 CHW AL 29 SS 20 12 7 117.2 59 18 39 2 3 .966 -1 -8 4.36 2.85 .956 4.84 4.78
1961 CHW AL 29 2B 11 7 4 64.0 39 23 16 0 3 1.000 -1 -13 5.48 3.55 .978 5.25 5.18
1962 CHW AL 30 3B 41 5 4 108.1 26 6 16 4 1 .846 -3 -32 1.83 0.54 .952 3.08 3.07
1962 CHW AL 30 SS 20 17 8 141.0 69 20 47 2 5 .971 1 6 4.28 3.35 .962 4.84 4.83
1962 CHW AL 30 2B 7 0 0 22.2 13 3 9 1 1 .923 2 85 4.76 1.71 .980 5.24 5.24
1963 KCA AL 31 2B 7 3 3 33.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 -0 -14 2.14 1.14 .980 5.08 5.09
1963 KCA AL 31 SS 4 2 1 22.0 12 4 6 2 1 .833 -2 -93 4.09 2.50 .965 4.79 4.78
1963 KCA AL 31 3B 3 2 2 22.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -65 1.64 1.33 .948 3.03 3.03
9 Seasons 3B 333 118 85 1479.2 529 156 350 23 40 .957 7 5 3.08 1.52 .951 3.18 3.15
9 Seasons SS 133 67 46 733.2 408 123 269 16 35 .961 6 10 4.81 2.95 .961 4.94 4.92
8 Seasons 2B 41 11 8 162.2 81 38 40 3 7 .963 -1 -7 4.32 1.90 .979 5.25 5.25
2 Seasons OF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.20
1 Season CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1 Season LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
10 Seasons TOT 509 196 139 2379.0 1018 317 659 42 82 .959 12 6 3.69 1.92 .957 3.87 3.78
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1952 CHW AL 20 SS
1955 CHW AL 23 3B -0 -44 -0 -0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 24 3B 3 9 2 5 -2 1
1956 CHW AL 24 SS 4 88 4 3 1 0
1956 CHW AL 24 2B 0 40 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 25 3B 6 22 6 4 3 0
1957 CHW AL 25 SS 5 39 5 5 0 0
1957 CHW AL 25 2B -0 -67 -0 -0 -0 0
1957 CHW AL 25 CF -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1958 CHW AL 26 3B 2 13 2 1 1 0
1958 CHW AL 26 SS -1 -11 -1 -0 -1 0
1958 CHW AL 26 2B -0 -45 -0 0 -0 0
1958 CHW AL 26 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 27 3B 0 4 0 -0 1 0
1959 CHW AL 27 SS 1 17 1 -1 2 0
1959 CHW AL 27 2B -0 -180 -0 -0 0
1960 CHW AL 28 3B -0 -2 -0 -0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 28 SS -0 -17 -0 -0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 28 2B -1 -59 -1 -0 -0 0
1961 CHW AL 29 3B -0 -5 -0 -1 1 0
1961 CHW AL 29 SS -1 -8 0 1 -1 -1
1961 CHW AL 29 2B -1 -13 -1 -0 -0 0
1962 CHW AL 30 3B -3 -32 -3 1 -4 0
1962 CHW AL 30 SS 1 6 1 -1 1 0
1962 CHW AL 30 2B 2 85 2 1 1 0
1963 KCA AL 31 2B -0 -14 -0 1 -1 0
1963 KCA AL 31 SS -2 -93 -2 -1 -1 0
1963 KCA AL 31 3B -1 -65 -1 -1 0 0
9 Seasons 3B 7 5 6 6 -0 1
9 Seasons SS 6 10 7 6 2 -1
8 Seasons 2B -1 -7 -1 1 -2 0
1 Season CF -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1 Season LF 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons TOT 12 6 12 12 0 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 CHW AL 20 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 23 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1956 CHW AL 24 81 48 81 74 0 0 0 3 61 19 0 0 0 0 0 11 7
1957 CHW AL 25 94 53 94 80 0 0 0 4 53 22 0 1 0 1 0 12 15
1958 CHW AL 26 98 15 98 88 0 0 0 2 63 22 1 0 0 1 0 8 21
1959 CHW AL 27 69 9 69 60 0 0 0 2 45 14 0 0 0 0 0 7 22
1960 CHW AL 28 57 16 57 53 0 0 0 5 37 11 0 0 0 0 0 6 14
1961 CHW AL 29 63 24 63 55 0 0 0 11 28 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 12
1962 CHW AL 30 75 22 75 64 0 0 0 7 41 20 0 0 0 0 0 4 13
1963 KCA AL 31 18 7 18 13 0 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
1963 CHW AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 560 196 560 490 0 0 0 41 333 133 1 1 0 2 0 51 113
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 CHW AL 23 37 73% 65% 22% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 24 1797 67% 82% 26% 147 90% 1 38 26 1 11 109 79 27 0 7 6 0 5 1 4 17 13 0 13 3 1 2 4 50%
1957 CHW AL 25 1402 68% 83% 30% 142 92% 1 48 37 4 7 92 76 15 0 4 6 0 6 0 6 10 6 0 7 2 2 0 7 43%
1958 CHW AL 26 726 63% 77% 25% 49 96% 0 12 10 1 1 36 27 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1959 CHW AL 27 532 56% 84% 30% 47 87% 0 20 16 1 3 26 19 7 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1960 CHW AL 28 753 67% 76% 30% 57 89% 1 14 11 2 1 40 29 10 1 0 4 0 3 1 4 5 2 2 4 0 0 0 3 100%
1961 CHW AL 29 437 71% 81% 27% 39 95% 0 10 9 1 0 28 20 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 100%
1962 CHW AL 30 462 60% 83% 30% 24 83% 0 6 3 2 1 16 14 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1963 KCA AL 31 103 52% 79% 17% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Seasons 6249 65% 81% 28% 511 91% 3 150 114 12 24 350 266 77 2 13 23 0 19 4 21 41 28 2 31 7 4 3 19 63%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1952 CHW AL 20 50 84% 88% 26% 4 25% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 24 200 75% 79% 25% 31 97% 2 11 9 1 1 21 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 25 659 67% 81% 31% 92 90% 0 32 18 11 3 73 58 12 0 3 3 0 2 1 3 12 7 1 3 0 0 11 8 3 1 1 0
1958 CHW AL 26 519 67% 80% 28% 56 91% 0 25 11 9 5 43 39 3 0 3 4 1 2 1 2 7 2 1 3 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 27 379 69% 80% 27% 41 95% 1 17 9 5 3 32 27 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 3 0 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 28 168 67% 85% 23% 16 75% 1 3 2 1 0 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 29 506 70% 78% 28% 46 91% 1 15 4 10 1 42 31 8 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
1962 CHW AL 30 595 63% 81% 32% 57 95% 0 21 11 9 1 45 38 6 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0
1963 KCA AL 31 93 61% 83% 23% 9 67% 0 4 2 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3169 67% 81% 29% 352 90% 5 129 66 49 14 272 218 42 1 9 16 1 10 5 13 36 14 4 11 1 1 32 18 13 2 2 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1956 CHW AL 24 37 65% 81% 32% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 25 37 73% 92% 27% 5 100% 0 4 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 26 33 94% 88% 24% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 27 12 33% 67% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 28 66 52% 86% 29% 8 88% 0 4 2 0 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 29 279 71% 80% 23% 23 100% 0 23 9 5 9 16 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1962 CHW AL 30 90 64% 83% 36% 12 100% 0 3 2 1 0 11 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1963 KCA AL 31 146 57% 75% 23% 5 100% 0 2 0 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 700 66% 81% 26% 57 98% 0 40 18 10 12 43 37 5 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 7 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 1 1 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 80% 20% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 80% 20% 0
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.4% 63% 80% 30% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 100% 50% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 100% 50% 0
MLB Averages 58.2% 2.5% 63% 80% 30% 49%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1956 AL  3 (4th)
1957 AL  6 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1956 AL  4 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1952 AL  born 1931-12-15 (7th)

             

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