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Joe Ginsberg
Myron Nathan Ginsberg

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 15, 1948
Final Game April 15, 1962
Born October 11, 1926 in New York, NY

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 21 DET AL  11   36    7   13   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   1  .361  .410  .361  104   13   0           0   1
 1950 23 DET AL  36   95   12   22   6  0   0   12   1  0  11   6  .232  .318  .295   56   28   2           1   2
 1951 24 DET AL 102  304   44   79  10  2   8   37   0  2  43  21  .260  .355  .385  100  117   2           2   8
 1952 25 DET AL 113  307   29   68  13  2   6   36   1  1  51  21  .221  .338  .336   87  103   3           3   9
 1953 26 TOT AL  64  162   16   47   6  0   0   13   0  0  24   5  .290  .388  .327   96   53   4           2   4
         DET AL  18   53    6   16   2  0   0    3   0  0  10   1  .302  .422  .340  108   18   1           1   0
         CLE AL  46  109   10   31   4  0   0   10   0  0  14   4  .284  .371  .321   90   35   3           1   4
 1954 27 CLE AL   3    2    0    1   0  1   0    1   0  0   0   0  .500  .667 1.500  477    3   0   0       1   0
 1956 29 TOT AL  86  223   15   50   8  1   1   14   1  1  25  21  .224  .299  .283   55   63   1   3   3   0   9
         KCA AL  71  195   15   48   8  1   1   12   1  1  23  17  .246  .323  .313   69   61   0   2   3   0   7
         BAL AL  15   28    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   4  .071  .129  .071  -44    2   1   1   0   0   2
 1957 30 BAL AL  85  175   15   48   8  2   1   18   2  1  18  19  .274  .342  .360   99   63   2   4   1   2   4
 1958 31 BAL AL  61  109    4   23   1  0   3   16   0  0  13  14  .211  .302  .303   72   33   0   2   1   2   0
 1959 32 BAL AL  65  166   14   30   2  0   1   14   1  0  21  13  .181  .268  .211   36   35   0   3   3   0   6
 1960 33 TOT AL  42  105   11   27   5  0   0   15   1  0  16   9  .257  .358  .305   82   32   2   1   1   1   2
         BAL AL  14   30    3    8   1  0   0    6   0  0   6   1  .267  .389  .300   91    9   1   0   1   0   1
         CHW AL  28   75    8   19   4  0   0    9   1  0  10   8  .253  .345  .307   78   23   1   1   0   1   1
 1961 34 TOT AL  25   27    1    6   0  0   0    5   0  0   1   4  .222  .250  .222   27    6   1   0   0   0   1
         CHW AL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .250  .000  -26    0   1   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  19   24    1    6   0  0   0    5   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   34    6   0   0   0   0   1
 1962 35 NYM NL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     695 1716  168  414  59  8  20  182   7  5 226 135  .241  .332  .320   79  549  17  13   9  14  46
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        400   39   97  14  2   5   42   2  1  53  31  .241  .332  .320   79  128   4   3   2   3  11
 Career High    113  307   44   79  13  2   8   37   2  2  51  21  .260  .355  .385  100  117   4   4   3   3   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 21 DET AL   39   24    5   5.6   108| .361  .276| .410  .362| .361  .400| .771  .762| 104  .584   0.2   0.0   0%
 1950 23 DET AL  109   77    9   3.1   116| .232  .282| .318  .370| .295  .423| .613  .793|  56  .297  -6.3  -0.6 100%
 1951 24 DET AL  351  237   40   4.5   102| .260  .267| .355  .349| .385  .392| .740  .741| 100  .503   0.4   0.0   0%
 1952 25 DET AL  364  252   34   3.6    97| .221  .261| .338  .341| .336  .381| .674  .723|  87  .440  -4.1  -0.4  50%
 1953 26 TOT AL  192  123   20   4.4   101| .290  .268| .388  .343| .327  .394| .715  .737|  96  .490   0.7   0.0   0%
         DET AL   65   38    7   4.9   102| .302  .268| .422  .344| .340  .395| .762  .740| 108  .547   1.5   0.1   0%
         CLE AL  127   85   13   4.1   101| .284  .267| .371  .343| .321  .393| .692  .736|  90  .462  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1954 27 CLE AL    3    1    2  53.6   100| .500  .268| .667  .344|1.500  .392|2.167  .735| 477  .990   1.1   0.1   0%
 1956 29 TOT AL  252  187   19   2.7   105| .224  .266| .299  .348| .283  .406| .582  .754|  55  .261 -14.0  -1.4  50%
         KCA AL  220  157   19   3.2   106| .246  .267| .323  .349| .313  .408| .636  .757|  69  .327  -8.4  -0.8  50%
         BAL AL   32   30    0   0.0    99| .071  .258| .129  .338| .071  .393| .200  .731| -44  .000  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1957 30 BAL AL  201  138   23   4.5    93| .274  .255| .342  .326| .360  .384| .702  .710|  99  .511   0.7   0.1  66%
 1958 31 BAL AL  126   88   11   3.3    93| .211  .254| .302  .322| .303  .387| .605  .709|  72  .387  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1959 32 BAL AL  190  145   10   1.8    96| .181  .257| .268  .328| .211  .392| .479  .720|  36  .171 -14.1  -1.4 100%
 1960 33 TOT AL  125   83   13   4.2   101| .257  .263| .358  .337| .305  .402| .663  .739|  82  .472  -1.8  -0.2 100%
         BAL AL   37   24    4   4.5   100| .267  .262| .389  .336| .300  .401| .689  .737|  91  .500  -0.0   0.0   0%
         CHW AL   88   59    9   4.1   101| .253  .263| .345  .337| .307  .403| .652  .740|  78  .460  -1.7  -0.2 100%
 1961 34 TOT AL   29   23    1   1.2   105| .222  .266| .250  .341| .222  .414| .472  .755|  27  .073  -2.9  -0.3   0%
         CHW AL    5    4    0   0.0   103| .000  .263| .250  .338| .000  .409| .250  .746| -26  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL   24   19    1   1.4   106| .250  .266| .250  .342| .250  .414| .500  .756|  34  .100  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1962 35 NYM NL    5    5    0   0.0   103| .000  .270| .000  .337| .000  .410| .000  .747|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     1986 1383  187   3.6   100| .241  .264| .332  .341| .320  .394| .652  .735|  79  .406 -45.1  -4.6  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 21 DET AL C 11 46 4 3 3 .943 .986 4.55 4.08 0 1950 23 DET AL C 31 97 8 2 3 .981 .985 3.39 4.21 2 1951 24 DET AL C 95 388 56 10 7 .978 .982 4.67 4.40 6 1952 25 DET AL C 101 442 41 8 7 .984 .985 4.78 4.70 8 1953 26 TOT AL C 54 201 22 6 4 .974 .985 4.13 4.44 4 DET AL C 15 71 12 1 2 .988 .985 5.53 4.44 2 CLE AL C 39 130 10 5 2 .966 .985 3.59 4.44 2 1954 27 CLE AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 0 1956 29 TOT AL C 65 269 31 3 3 .990 .988 4.62 5.02 5.27 5.91 57 512.3 5 11 19 15 KCA AL C 57 238 28 3 3 .989 .988 4.67 5.02 5.30 5.91 50 451.3 5 8 16 15 BAL AL C 8 31 3 0 0 1.000 .988 4.25 5.03 5.02 5.92 7 61.0 0 3 3 0 1957 30 BAL AL C 66 252 20 4 6 .986 .991 4.12 5.11 5.74 5.92 46 426.3 6 3 16 13 1958 31 BAL AL C 39 156 8 1 2 .994 .990 4.21 5.34 6.12 6.01 26 241.3 2 7 6 5 1959 32 BAL AL C 62 241 29 2 4 .993 .989 4.35 5.31 5.61 6.08 40 433.0 21 6 7 13 1960 33 TOT AL C 39 188 12 5 0 .976 .987 5.13 5.12 6.35 5.93 31 283.3 8 9 13 4 BAL AL C 14 59 4 4 0 .940 .987 4.50 5.12 6.30 5.93 10 90.0 8 5 5 1 CHW AL C 25 129 8 1 0 .993 .987 5.48 5.12 6.38 5.93 21 193.3 0 4 8 3 1961 34 TOT AL C 8 14 1 0 0 1.000 .993 1.88 5.44 4.66 6.21 2 29.0 1 1 3 1 CHW AL C 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 5.45 10.00 6.33 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 BOS AL C 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 .992 2.00 5.43 4.11 6.19 2 26.3 1 1 3 1 1962 35 NYM NL C 2 9 2 0 1 1.000 .991 5.50 5.50 7.62 6.72 2 13.0 0 3 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 21 DET AL C 11 46 4 3 3 .943 .986 4.55 4.08 0 1950 23 DET AL C 31 97 8 2 3 .981 .985 3.39 4.21 2 1951 24 DET AL C 95 388 56 10 7 .978 .982 4.67 4.40 6 1952 25 DET AL C 101 442 41 8 7 .984 .985 4.78 4.70 8 1953 26 TOT AL C 54 201 22 6 4 .974 .985 4.13 4.44 4 DET AL C 15 71 12 1 2 .988 .985 5.53 4.44 2 CLE AL C 39 130 10 5 2 .966 .985 3.59 4.44 2 1954 27 CLE AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 0 1956 29 TOT AL C 65 269 31 3 3 .990 .988 4.62 5.02 5.27 5.91 57 512.3 5 11 19 15 KCA AL C 57 238 28 3 3 .989 .988 4.67 5.02 5.30 5.91 50 451.3 5 8 16 15 BAL AL C 8 31 3 0 0 1.000 .988 4.25 5.03 5.02 5.92 7 61.0 0 3 3 0 1957 30 BAL AL C 66 252 20 4 6 .986 .991 4.12 5.11 5.74 5.92 46 426.3 6 3 16 13 1958 31 BAL AL C 39 156 8 1 2 .994 .990 4.21 5.34 6.12 6.01 26 241.3 2 7 6 5 1959 32 BAL AL C 62 241 29 2 4 .993 .989 4.35 5.31 5.61 6.08 40 433.0 21 6 7 13 1960 33 TOT AL C 39 188 12 5 0 .976 .987 5.13 5.12 6.35 5.93 31 283.3 8 9 13 4 BAL AL C 14 59 4 4 0 .940 .987 4.50 5.12 6.30 5.93 10 90.0 8 5 5 1 CHW AL C 25 129 8 1 0 .993 .987 5.48 5.12 6.38 5.93 21 193.3 0 4 8 3 1961 34 TOT AL C 8 14 1 0 0 1.000 .993 1.88 5.44 4.66 6.21 2 29.0 1 1 3 1 CHW AL C 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 5.45 10.00 6.33 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 BOS AL C 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 .992 2.00 5.43 4.11 6.19 2 26.3 1 1 3 1 1962 35 NYM NL C 2 9 2 0 1 1.000 .991 5.50 5.50 7.62 6.72 2 13.0 0 3 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 574 2304 234 44 40 .983 .986 4.42 4.82 204 1938.3 63 40 64 51 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 574 2304 234 44 40 .983 .986 4.42 4.82
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Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1953: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Owen Friend, Art Houtteman, and Bill Wight to the Cleveland Indians for Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek, and Dick Weik.

Before 1955 Season: Sent from the Cleveland Indians to the San Diego (PCL) in an unknown transaction.

September 10, 1955: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Seattle (PCL).

August 17, 1956: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Hal Smith.

April 18, 1960: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

April 18, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

June 15, 1960: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

June 18, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

May 15, 1961: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

May 17, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 20, 1961: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

January 30, 1962: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

May 1, 1962: Released by the New York Mets.


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