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Sammy
Esposito		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 165
 
Born: December 15, 1931 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 20 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 9 9 6 6 6
1953 21 NYG NL     3 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
1954 22 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
1955 23 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
1956 24 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
1957 25 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
1958 26 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1959 27 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1960 28 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1961 29 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1962 30 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1963 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1964 32 NYG NL     2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 6
1965 33 NYG NL     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 10 10 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 9 9 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 20 AA   81 251 33 63 10 2 2 20 1 0 78 48 .251 .429 .331 .759 45.3  
    A   56 192 29 54 10 3 4 28 1 0 61 32 .281 .455 .427 .882 42.3  
1953 21 A   136 444 89 139 27 2 5 57 1 2 163 70 .313 .498 .417 .914 106.9  
1954 22 AA   137 514 71 116 16 3 6 49 3 0 132 79 .226 .384 .304 .687 76.0  
1955 23 AA   137 487 66 121 18 1 5 37 4 1 135 71 .248 .412 .320 .732 80.9  
1956 24 AA   114 391 64 86 16 2 7 27 3 0 140 65 .220 .426 .325 .750 73.0  
1957 25 AA   135 513 63 117 23 2 8 38 1 2 115 85 .228 .369 .327 .697 72.8  
1958 26 AA   136 489 76 123 22 3 12 30 3 3 121 74 .252 .400 .382 .782 84.8  
1959 27 AA   136 490 81 118 23 1 18 47 2 2 145 107 .241 .414 .402 .816 94.8  
1960 28 AA   135 518 49 125 27 1 9 46 4 0 109 105 .241 .373 .349 .723 77.5  
1961 29 AA   137 494 62 114 21 1 8 29 0 1 130 105 .231 .391 .326 .717 77.1  
1962 30 A   137 428 74 96 18 0 13 44 2 4 186 78 .224 .459 .357 .817 94.6  
1963 31 NYG NL 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   98 270 37 51 13 0 6 32 0 1 47 49 .189 .309 .304 .613 28.6  
1964 32 AAA   136 450 53 88 22 1 5 44 1 1 89 73 .196 .328 .282 .611 49.4  
1965 33 AAA   131 411 45 70 10 3 9 35 0 0 75 89 .170 .298 .275 .573 40.0  
1 Years Sim 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
3 Years AAA 365 1131 135 209 45 4 20 111 1 2 211 211 .185 .313 .285 .598 118.1  
9 Years AA 1148 4147 565 983 176 16 75 323 21 9 1105 739 .237 .398 .341 .740 682.2  
3 Years A 329 1064 192 289 55 5 22 129 4 6 410 180 .272 .473 .395 .868 243.8  
15 Years Minors 1842 6342 892 1481 276 25 117 563 26 17 1726 1130 .234 .398 .340 .738 1044.1  
162 Game Average 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -8.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Home 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Away 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1963 31 NYG NL SS 5 0 8.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.63   0.0
Career Totals   5 0 8.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.63   0.0
Career Highs   5 0 8.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.63    
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1952
Traded from New York (A) to New York (N) on 3/3/1952 (Going to NYA: LF Pat Seerey. Going to NYG: 1B Wayne Belardi, 3B Sammy Esposito)
Injured on 5/23/1955 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/2/1956 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/2/1956 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/5/1957 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/22/1958 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
4/2/1963: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Injured on 8/31/1964 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
 
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