#47 Sammy Esposito, Shortstop, 32 yrs, Cleveland Indians Thursday, 10/19/1964 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sammy Esposito
12/15/1931 32 USA,IL,CHICAGO 5"9 175
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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Average Suffers Normal 3.0 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 $ 6,580,000 1965 7 Year(s), 153 Days (1357 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 153 Days (1357 total Days) 12 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
Talent | 8 | 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 : 5 (Range), .953 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 3 (Range), .972 (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 | | |
9/24 | NYY | W 4-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/26 | @LAA | L 4-8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/27 | @LAA | W 14-7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | #1 | | |
9/29 | MIN | L 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #1 | | |
9/30 | MIN | W 6-5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | #1 | | |
10/1 | @BAL | L 0-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
10/3 | @KC | L 7-8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | #1 | | |
10/5 | KC | W 8-7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #1 | | |
10/6 | @CHA | W 14-6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | #1 | | |
10/8 | BAL | W 5-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #1 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 154 | 575 | 175 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 89 | 108 | 91 | .304 | .418 | .400 | .818 | .837 | .096 |
Projected | 154 | 575 | 175 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 89 | 108 | 91 | .304 | .418 | .400 | .818 | .837 | .096 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 146 | 687 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 104.5 | 6.9 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 228 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 42 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .376 | .351 | .727 |
vs. RHP | 347 | 116 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 54 | 66 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .334 | .445 | .432 | .877 |
Close/Late | 73 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .342 | .435 | .425 | .860 |
Scoring Position | 116 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .377 | .310 | .687 |
Pinch Hitting | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 77 | 277 | 85 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 44 | 56 | 41 | .307 | .429 | .386 | .815 |
Road | 77 | 298 | 90 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 45 | 52 | 50 | .302 | .407 | .413 | .820 |
March/April | 23 | 84 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | .274 | .378 | .321 | .699 |
May | 27 | 95 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 19 | .316 | .425 | .411 | .835 |
June | 25 | 98 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 14 | .347 | .448 | .480 | .928 |
July | 22 | 84 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | .226 | .323 | .250 | .573 |
August | 27 | 99 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 12 | .313 | .456 | .404 | .860 |
Sept/Oct | 30 | 115 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 24 | 21 | .330 | .446 | .487 | .933 |
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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 |
1959 | 144 | 482 | 152 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 85 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 77 | 0 | 0 | .315 | .409 | .429 | .839 | CLE |
1960 | 141 | 376 | 102 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 37 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .361 | .335 | .696 | CLE |
1961 | 154 | 518 | 182 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 83 | 87 | 86 | 2 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 1 | .351 | .443 | .485 | .927 | CLE,AL |
1962 | 150 | 486 | 151 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 79 | 109 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 0 | .311 | .438 | .379 | .817 | CLE |
1963 | 157 | 566 | 181 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 84 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 80 | 0 | 1 | .320 | .424 | .403 | .827 | CLE |
1964 | 154 | 575 | 175 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 89 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 0 | .304 | .418 | .400 | .818 | CLE |
Total | 997 | 3135 | 977 | 140 | 14 | 43 | 344 | 472 | 545 | 17 | 9 | 491 | 3 | 2 | .312 | .415 | .406 | .822 | |
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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 | 150 | 146 | 82 | 356 | 38 | 465 | 27 | .942 | 1270.0 | 3.30 | | | | |
Shortstop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 3.00 | | | | |
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Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 10/3/1963...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1961 - .351 - 2nd 1963 - .320 - 10th
| OBP 1959 - .409 - 9th 1961 - .443 - 3rd 1962 - .438 - 5th 1963 - .424 - 3rd
| Hits 1963 - 181 - 10th
| BB 1962 - 109 - 6th 1963 - 101 - 8th
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