Sammy Esposito
Samuel Esposito
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 15, 1931 in Chicago, IL
High School: Fenger Academy (Chicago, IL)
School: Indiana University
Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1952
Final Game: August 23, 1963
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 CHW AL 20 SS 1 4 1 1 2 0 .500 2.00 .975 4.30
1955 CHW AL 23 3B 2 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -43.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.82 0.50 .900 3.19 2.75
1956 CHW AL 24 3B 61 47 417.1 156 41 109 6 17 .962 3.2 9.2 2.2 -2.3 4.6 1 3.23 2.46 .948 3.22 2.78
1956 CHW AL 24 SS 19 1 48.0 30 9 21 0 1 1.000 3.5 87.5 3.5 0.6 3.0 0 5.62 1.58 .960 4.99 4.10
1956 CHW AL 24 2B 3 0 9.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.3 40.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.00 1.33 .975 5.40 4.73
1957 CHW AL 25 3B 53 37 347.0 150 52 92 6 10 .960 6.3 21.8 6.3 2.6 3.7 0 3.73 2.72 .951 3.23 2.77
1957 CHW AL 25 SS 22 16 155.2 104 28 73 3 12 .971 5.1 39.3 5.1 0.5 4.7 0 5.84 4.59 .962 5.11 4.43
1957 CHW AL 25 2B 4 0 9.0 8 4 3 1 1 .875 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 -0.4 -0.2 0 7.00 1.75 .988 5.40 4.85
1957 CHW AL 25 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1957 CHW AL 25 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1958 CHW AL 26 3B 63 5 172.1 47 11 35 1 2 .979 1.8 12.5 1.8 1.1 0.7 0 2.40 0.73 .949 3.11 2.59
1958 CHW AL 26 SS 22 10 117.2 71 24 43 4 7 .944 -1.1 -11.2 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 0 5.12 3.05 .965 4.96 4.17
1958 CHW AL 26 2B 2 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.12 0.50 1.000 5.29 4.70
1958 CHW AL 26 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.60
1958 CHW AL 26 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1959 CHW AL 27 3B 45 3 127.2 48 22 25 1 1 .979 0.4 3.8 0.4 0.8 -0.5 0 3.31 1.04 .950 3.21 2.72
1959 CHW AL 27 SS 14 6 86.2 50 17 32 1 5 .980 1.2 16.6 1.2 1.9 -0.7 0 5.09 3.50 .958 4.87 3.97
1959 CHW AL 27 2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.75
1960 CHW AL 28 3B 37 13 177.0 56 12 40 4 4 .929 -0.3 -2.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.5 0 2.64 1.41 .954 3.14 2.72
1960 CHW AL 28 SS 11 2 36.0 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -16.7 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 0 2.25 0.82 .956 5.10 4.37
1960 CHW AL 28 2B 5 1 14.1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 -0.7 -58.6 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 4.40 1.40 .975 5.46 4.66
1961 CHW AL 29 3B 28 5 97.0 41 10 30 1 5 .976 -0.4 -4.9 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 0 3.71 1.43 .949 3.18 2.79
1961 CHW AL 29 SS 20 12 117.2 59 18 39 2 3 .966 -0.8 -8.2 0.2 -0.6 0.9 -1 4.36 2.85 .956 4.84 4.37
1961 CHW AL 29 2B 11 7 64.0 39 23 16 0 3 1.000 -0.7 -13.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 5.48 3.55 .977 5.25 4.72
1962 CHW AL 30 3B 41 5 108.1 26 6 16 4 1 .846 -2.9 -32.1 -2.9 -3.5 0.6 0 1.83 0.54 .958 3.08 2.79
1962 CHW AL 30 SS 20 17 141.0 69 20 47 2 5 .971 0.7 6.0 0.7 1.4 -0.7 0 4.28 3.35 .962 4.84 4.47
1962 CHW AL 30 2B 7 0 22.2 13 3 9 1 1 .923 1.6 84.7 1.6 1.0 0.6 0 4.76 1.71 .985 5.24 4.87
1963 KCA AL 31 2B 7 3 33.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -14.3 -0.4 -1.2 0.8 0 2.14 1.14 .975 5.08 4.69
1963 KCA AL 31 SS 4 2 22.0 12 4 6 2 1 .833 -1.7 -92.7 -1.7 -0.9 -0.8 0 4.09 2.50 .967 4.79 4.55
1963 KCA AL 31 3B 3 2 22.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -65.5 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 0 1.64 1.33 .950 3.03 2.87
9 Seasons 3B 333 118 1479.2 529 156 350 23 40 .957 6.5 5.3 5.5 -0.3 5.9 1 3.08 1.52 .950 3.18 2.73
9 Seasons SS 133 66 724.2 408 123 269 16 35 .961 6.4 10.6 7.4 2.2 5.6 -1 4.87 2.95 .961 4.94 4.29
8 Seasons 2B 41 11 162.2 81 38 40 3 7 .963 -1.0 -7.4 -1.0 -1.7 0.6 0 4.32 1.90 .979 5.25 4.75
2 Seasons OF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.95
1 Season CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1 Season LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.60
10 Seasons TOT 509 195 2370.0 1018 317 659 42 82 .959 11.8 6.0 11.8 0.2 12.0 0 3.71 1.92 .916 3.86 3.30
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 23 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1956 CHW AL 24 81 48 81 81 0 0 0 3 61 19 0 0 0 0 11 7
1957 CHW AL 25 94 53 94 94 0 0 0 4 53 22 0 1 0 1 12 15
1958 CHW AL 26 98 15 98 98 0 0 0 2 63 22 1 0 0 1 8 21
1959 CHW AL 27 69 9 69 69 0 0 0 2 45 14 0 0 0 0 7 22
1960 CHW AL 28 57 16 57 57 0 0 0 5 37 11 0 0 0 0 6 14
1961 CHW AL 29 63 24 63 63 0 0 0 11 28 20 0 0 0 0 2 12
1962 CHW AL 30 75 22 75 75 0 0 0 7 41 20 0 0 0 0 4 13
1963 KCA AL 31 18 7 18 18 0 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 6
1963 CHW AL 31 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 560 195 560 560 0 0 0 41 333 133 1 1 0 2 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 38 71% 63% 21% 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 1828 66% 81% 25% 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 1429 67% 82% 29% 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 26 738 62% 75% 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 27 541 55% 82% 29% 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 28 764 66% 75% 29% 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 29 440 70% 81% 26% 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 30 466 59% 82% 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 31 105 51% 77% 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 6349 64% 80% 27% 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 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1956 CHW AL 24 204 73% 77% 24% 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 25 680 65% 79% 30% 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 26 534 65% 78% 27% 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 27 386 67% 79% 26% 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 28 173 65% 82% 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 29 518 69% 76% 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 30 615 61% 79% 31% 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 97 59% 79% 22% 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
8 Seasons 3207 65% 78% 28% 348 91% 5 128 66 48 14 271 217 42 1 9 14 1 8 5 11 36 14 4 11 1 1 32 18 13 2 2 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 67 51% 85% 28% 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 29 286 70% 78% 22% 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 91 64% 82% 35% 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 31 152 55% 72% 22% 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 715 64% 79% 25% 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 62% 78% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 42.4% 2.1% 62% 78% 29% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 56.7% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

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