Sammy Esposito Explained

Sammy Esposito
Position:Third baseman / Shortstop
Birth Date:15 December 1931
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Newland, North Carolina, U.S.
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 28
Debutyear:1952
Debutteam:Chicago White Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:August 23
Finalyear:1963
Finalteam:Kansas City Athletics
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.207
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:8
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:73
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Samuel Esposito (December 15, 1931 – July 9, 2018) was an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 10 seasons on the Chicago White Sox (1952, 1955–1963) and Kansas City Athletics (1963). In 1959, he helped the White Sox win the American League pennant. He was the head baseball coach at North Carolina State University from 1967 to 1987. He was also an assistant coach on the North Carolina State basketball team that won the 1974 NCAA Championship.

He graduated from Chicago's Christian Fenger High School and attended briefly Indiana University.

Esposito threw and batted right-handed, stood 5feet tall and weighed .

In ten MLB seasons, he played in 560 games and had 792 at bats, 130 runs, 164 hits, 27 doubles, 2 triples, 8 home runs, 73 RBI, 7 stolen bases, 145 walks, a .207 batting average, .330 on-base percentage, .277 slugging percentage, 219 total bases, 21 sacrifice hits, 8 sacrifice flies and 4 intentional walks.

Esposito replaced starting third baseman Billy Goodman and batted twice in Game 1 of the 1959 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, going 0-for-2.