Joe DeMaestri

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: December 9, 1928 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: August 26, 2016 in San Rafael, CA

High School: Tamalpais HS (Mill Valley, CA)

Debut: April 19, 1951 (Age 22-131d, 10,777th in major league history)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1961 (Age 32-292d)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Joseph Paul DeMaestri

Nicknames: Oats or Froggy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.6

3441

813

.236

322

RBI

281

OBP

.274

SLG

.326

OPS

.599

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	KCA	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	26	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 19	KCA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
3	3	Apr 20	KCA		CHW	L,3-6	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
4	4	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,15-1	GS	27	7.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
6	6	Apr 24	KCA		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
7	9 (2)	Apr 27	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	10	May 1	KCA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
9	11	May 2	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
10	12	May 3	KCA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
11	13	May 4	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
12	14	May 5	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
13	15	May 6 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
14	16	May 6 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
15	17	May 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
16	18	May 9	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
17	19	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	16	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
18	20	May 12	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	19	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
19	21	May 13 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	SS
20	22	May 13 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
21	23	May 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-9	GS	35	7.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
22	24	May 16	KCA		BAL	L,6-8	GS	28	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
23	25	May 17	KCA		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
24	26	May 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
25	27	May 19	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
26	28	May 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
27	29	May 21	KCA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
28	30	May 22	KCA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
29	31	May 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	GS	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
30	32	May 25	KCA	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
31	33	May 26	KCA	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
32	34	May 27 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
33	35	May 27 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	SS
34	36	May 28	KCA		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
35	37	May 29	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	GS	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
36	38	May 30 (1)	KCA		DET	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
37	39	May 30 (2)	KCA		DET	L,1-5	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	41 (1)	Jun 2	KCA	@	BOS	W,11-3	GF	21	6.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
39	42	Jun 3	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	37	7.0	2	0	2	4	0	SS
40	43	Jun 5	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
41	49 (5)	Jun 10	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-3	GF	16	5.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
42	50	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
43	51	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-3	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
44	52	Jun 12	KCA	@	WSH	W,9-3	GS	28	6.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
45	53	Jun 13	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-4	GS	30	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
46	54	Jun 15	KCA		BAL	L,0-1	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
47	56 (1)	Jun 17	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
48	57	Jun 18	KCA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
49	58	Jun 19	KCA		WSH	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
50	59	Jun 20	KCA		WSH	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
51	60	Jun 21	KCA		WSH	W,15-6	GS	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
52	61	Jun 22	KCA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
53	62	Jun 23	KCA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
54	63	Jun 24	KCA		BOS	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
55	64	Jun 25	KCA		NYY	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
56	65	Jun 26	KCA		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
57	66	Jun 27	KCA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
58	67	Jun 28	KCA		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
59	68	Jun 29	KCA		DET	L,0-5	GS	33	7.0	0	5	2	7	1	SS
60	69	Jun 30	KCA		DET	L,2-14	GS	43	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	70	Jul 1	KCA		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
62	71	Jul 3	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
63	72	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
64	79 (6)	Jul 14	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
65	80	Jul 15 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
66	81	Jul 15 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
67	82	Jul 17 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
68	83	Jul 17 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS 2B
69	84	Jul 18	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
70	85	Jul 19	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
71	86	Jul 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
72	87	Jul 22 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
73	88	Jul 22 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-13	GS	42	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS 2B
74	89	Jul 23	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
75	90	Jul 24	KCA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
76	91	Jul 25	KCA		BOS	W,9-6	GS	37	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
77	92	Jul 26	KCA		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	93	Jul 27	KCA		NYY	L,9-10	GS	30	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
79	94	Jul 28	KCA		NYY	L,3-14	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
80	95	Jul 29	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
81	96	Jul 30	KCA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
82	97	Jul 31	KCA		BAL	L,1-5	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	98	Aug 1	KCA		BAL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
84	99	Aug 2	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
85	100	Aug 3	KCA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	2	6	1	9	3	SS
86	101	Aug 4	KCA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
87	102	Aug 5	KCA		WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
88	103	Aug 7 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	4	5	0	9	0	SS
89	104	Aug 7 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	50	9.1	0	1	0	1	1	SS
90	105	Aug 8	KCA	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
91	106	Aug 9	KCA	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
92	111 (4)	Aug 15	KCA		CHW	L,0-10	GF	37	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
93	112	Aug 16	KCA		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
94	113	Aug 17	KCA	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
95	114	Aug 18	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
96	115	Aug 19 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
97	116	Aug 19 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
98	117	Aug 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS
99	118	Aug 22	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	39	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
100	119	Aug 23	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
101	120	Aug 24	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
102	121	Aug 25	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
103	122	Aug 26 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
104	126 (3)	Aug 31	KCA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	127	Sep 1	KCA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
106	128	Sep 2	KCA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
107	129	Sep 3 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
108	130	Sep 3 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
109	131	Sep 4	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
110	132	Sep 6	KCA		DET	L,0-6	GS	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
111	133	Sep 7	KCA		DET	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
112	134	Sep 8	KCA		DET	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
113	135	Sep 9	KCA		DET	L,3-7	GS	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
114	136	Sep 11	KCA		NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
115	137	Sep 12	KCA		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
116	138	Sep 13	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
117	139	Sep 14	KCA		WSH	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
118	140	Sep 15	KCA		WSH	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
119	141	Sep 16 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
120	142	Sep 16 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
121	143	Sep 18	KCA		BOS	W,6-5	GS	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
122	144	Sep 19	KCA		BOS	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
123	145	Sep 21 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
124	146	Sep 21 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
125	147	Sep 22	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-17	CG	47	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
126	148	Sep 23 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
127	149	Sep 23 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	5	1	10	3	SS
128	150	Sep 25	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
129	151	Sep 26	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
130	152	Sep 28	KCA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
131	153	Sep 29	KCA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
132	154	Sep 30	KCA		CHW	W,7-6	GS	25	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
							134gm		1055.2	210	407	23	640	95