Sammy Esposito, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sammy Esposito

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1931

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 09-Jul-2018

Profession: basketball coach, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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 graduated from Chicago's Christian Fenger High School and attended Indiana University. Esposito threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg). 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.