#47 Sammy Esposito, Shortstop, 26 yrs, Cleveland Indians Friday, 10/6/1958 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sammy Esposito
12/15/1931 26 USA,IL,CHICAGO 5"9 165
Shortstop R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average Some ability 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Average Suffers Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1958 (Automatic) 1 Year(s), 153 Days (325 total Days) 172 Day(s) 1 Year(s), 153 Days (325 total Days) 6 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
Talent | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 2 5 6 5 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 3B : 6 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 4 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 9 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/1 | DET | L 6-8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/3 | DET | L 11-12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/5 | @KC | L 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
9/6 | @KC | L 3-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
9/7 | @KC | W 6-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
9/8 | DET | L 6-7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/10 | DET | L 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #9 | | |
9/21 | BOS | W 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/22 | @BAL | L 4-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/23 | @BAL | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 76 | 118 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 23 | .237 | .318 | .331 | .649 | .564 | .093 |
Projected | 80 | 124 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 24 | .237 | .318 | .331 | .649 | .564 | .093 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 19 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 12.3 | 3.5 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .389 | .406 | .795 |
vs. RHP | 86 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .209 | .292 | .302 | .594 |
Close/Late | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .194 | .143 | .336 |
Scoring Position | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .355 | .407 | .762 |
Pinch Hitting | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 | .265 | .323 | .587 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 38 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | .237 | .308 | .407 | .714 |
Road | 38 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | .237 | .324 | .254 | .578 |
March/April | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 |
May | 16 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .192 | .276 | .308 | .584 |
June | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .067 | .167 | .067 | .233 |
July | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .444 | .474 | .722 | 1.196 |
August | 16 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .300 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
Sept/Oct | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .222 | .263 | .222 | .485 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1957 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .500 | .643 | 1.143 | CLE |
1958 | 76 | 118 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .318 | .331 | .649 | CLE |
Total | 97 | 132 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .338 | .364 | .701 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1952, A | 138 | 460 | 126 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 58 | 78 | 152 | 71 | 2 | 0 | .274 | .444 | .446 | .890 |
1953, A | 138 | 421 | 116 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 74 | 106 | 189 | 86 | 2 | 1 | .276 | .494 | .527 | 1.021 |
1954, A | 119 | 363 | 94 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 54 | 63 | 151 | 56 | 6 | 0 | .259 | .474 | .466 | .939 |
1955, A | 138 | 460 | 136 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 68 | 82 | 164 | 68 | 2 | 0 | .296 | .477 | .500 | .977 |
1956, AA | 138 | 467 | 130 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 99 | 82 | 135 | 82 | 2 | 1 | .278 | .431 | .497 | .928 |
1957, AAA | 21 | 66 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .483 | .485 | .968 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Third Base | 35 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 4 | 49 | 3 | .939 | 145.1 | 3.03 | | | | |
Shortstop | 24 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 8 | 62 | 5 | .919 | 98.0 | 5.69 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1952... Injured on 5/18/1954 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 3 weeks... Injured on 9/1/1955 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 9/3/1956 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days... Had first career hit on 6/24/1957, off Kent Peterson (DET)... Hit first career homerun on 8/16/1957, off Hank Aguirre (BOS)...
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