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Sammy Esposito

Third baseman / Shortstop
Born: (1931-12-15)December 15, 1931 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died: July 9, 2018(2018-07-09) (aged 86) Newland, North Carolina, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 28, 1952, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
August 23, 1963, for the Kansas City Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.207
Home runs	8
Runs batted in	73
Stats at Baseball Reference

Teams
Chicago White Sox (1952, 1955–1963) Kansas City Athletics (1963)

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 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.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

NC State Wolfpack head baseball coaches

C. D. Welch (1903–1904)
M. J. Kittredge (1905–1906)
Unknown (1907)
Frank Thompson (1908–1911)
Edward L. Greene (1912)
Fred A. Anderson (1913)
Harry Hartsell (1917–1918)
Tal Stafford (1919)
Bill Fetzer (1920)
Harry Hartsell (1921–1923)
Charles Doak (1924–1939)
Williams Newton (1940–1944)
Beattie Feathers (1945)
Vic Sorrell (1946–1966)
Sammy Esposito (1967–1987)
Ray Tanner (1988–1996)
Elliott Avent (1997– )

v t e NC State Wolfpack men's basketball 1973–74 NCAA champions
10 Moe Rivers 24 Tommy Burleson 25 Monte Towe 30 Phil Spence 42 Tim Stoddard 44 David Thompson (MOP) Head coach Norm Sloan Assistant coaches Eddie Biedenbach Sammy Esposito

Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

1981: D'Armi
1982: Carter
1983: Morris
1984: Esposito
1985: Womack
1986: Esposito
1987: Morris
1988: Wilhelm
1989: Roberts
1990: Tanner
1991: Wilhelm
1992: Traylor
1993: Morris
1994: Leggett
1995: Leggett
1996: Martin
1997: Hall
1998: Martin
1999: Martin
2000: Hall
2001: Martin
2002: Greer
2003: Avent
2004: O'Connor
2005: Hall
2006: Leggett
2007: Martin
2008: Morris
2009: Martin
2010: O'Connor
2011: O'Connor
2012: Martin
2013: O'Connor
2014: O'Connor
2015: McDonnell
2016: McDonnell
2017: McDonnell
2018: Fox
2019: Hall
2020: Not awarded
2021: Jarrett
2022: Szefc
2023: Walter
2024: Forbes

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