Joey Amalfitano
John Joseph Amalfitano
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 23, 1934 in San Pedro, CA
High School: St. Anthony (Los Angeles, CA)
School: Loyola Marymount University
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1954
Final Game: June 27, 1967
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 NYG NL 20 3B 4 0 17.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.0 69.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 3.63 1.75 .943 3.17 2.82
1954 NYG NL 20 2B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1955 NYG NL 21 SS 5 2 35.2 23 8 14 1 2 .957 0.1 3.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 5.55 4.40 .965 5.02 4.56
1955 NYG NL 21 3B 2 0 11.0 11 4 5 2 1 .818 -0.5 -54.5 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 7.36 4.50 .955 3.11 2.80
1960 SFG NL 26 3B 63 49 444.2 170 45 114 11 8 .935 1.0 2.7 1.0 0.9 0.1 0 3.22 2.52 .953 2.97 2.61
1960 SFG NL 26 2B 33 30 254.1 127 54 70 3 16 .976 -1.0 -4.7 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 0 4.39 3.76 .974 5.20 4.48
1960 SFG NL 26 SS 3 0 8.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.0 150.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0 4.50 1.33 .950 4.84 4.23
1960 SFG NL 26 LF 2 0 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 2.70 1.50 .967 1.98 1.55
1960 SFG NL 26 OF 1 0 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 2.70 3.00 .967 2.16 1.90
1961 SFG NL 27 2B 95 88 766.2 437 201 223 13 48 .970 -4.8 -7.5 -4.8 -2.9 -1.9 0 4.98 4.46 .976 5.51 4.89
1961 SFG NL 27 3B 6 5 48.0 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.2 30.0 1.2 -0.8 1.9 0 3.00 2.67 .944 2.92 2.60
1962 HOU NL 28 2B 110 99 890.0 515 230 268 17 72 .967 -9.2 -12.4 -10.2 0.1 -10.2 1 5.04 4.53 .974 5.30 4.68
1962 HOU NL 28 3B 5 1 21.2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -1.1 -60.9 -1.1 -0.3 -0.8 0 1.25 0.60 .950 2.95 2.56
1963 SFG NL 29 2B 37 32 275.0 150 59 88 3 12 .980 0.7 3.1 1.7 0.2 1.5 -1 4.81 3.97 .974 5.21 4.59
1963 SFG NL 29 3B 7 1 27.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.3 13.3 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 2.00 0.86 .933 2.93 2.54
1964 CHC NL 30 2B 86 81 707.0 472 201 254 17 47 .964 -5.3 -9.0 -3.3 0.3 -3.6 -2 5.79 5.29 .973 5.22 4.61
1964 CHC NL 30 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.80
1964 CHC NL 30 SS 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -180.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.30
1965 CHC NL 31 2B 24 12 131.1 94 28 65 1 9 .989 3.2 29.2 3.2 2.1 1.1 0 6.37 3.88 .973 5.28 4.71
1965 CHC NL 31 SS 4 0 13.2 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0.7 -61.5 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 3.29 1.25 .967 4.94 4.20
1965 CHC NL 31 LF 1 0 1.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 450.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 13.50 2.00 .950 1.35 1.40
1966 CHC NL 32 2B 12 8 71.0 43 23 19 1 5 .977 -1.3 -22.0 -1.3 -1.0 -0.4 0 5.32 3.50 .979 5.32 4.68
1966 CHC NL 32 3B 3 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -36.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.97 2.67
1966 CHC NL 32 SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.45
8 Seasons 2B 398 350 3096.0 1838 796 987 55 209 .970 -17.7 -6.9 -15.7 -0.9 -14.8 -2 5.18 4.48 .974 5.32 4.69
7 Seasons 3B 90 56 573.0 214 57 143 14 11 .935 1.8 3.8 1.8 1.2 0.5 0 3.14 2.22 .951 2.97 2.62
5 Seasons SS 15 2 60.0 33 12 19 2 2 .939 0.1 2.0 0.1 -0.4 0.4 0 4.65 2.07 .964 4.98 4.37
2 Seasons LF 3 0 11.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 52.9 0.5 0.6 0.0 0 3.97 1.67 .960 1.91 1.50
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.80
1 Season OF 1 0 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 2.70 3.00 .967 2.16 1.90
10 Seasons TOT 505 408 3740.0 2088 868 1149 71 222 .966 -15.8 -5.1 -13.8 -0.0 -13.9 0 -2 4.85 3.99 .938 4.95 4.32
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 NYG NL 20 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1955 NYG NL 21 36 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 6 23
1960 SFG NL 26 106 79 106 106 0 0 0 33 63 3 2 0 0 1 14 3
1961 SFG NL 27 109 93 109 109 0 0 0 95 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
1962 HOU NL 28 117 100 117 117 0 0 0 110 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
1963 SFG NL 29 54 33 54 54 0 0 0 37 7 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1964 CHC NL 30 100 81 100 100 0 0 1 86 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 2
1965 CHC NL 31 67 12 67 67 0 0 0 24 0 4 1 0 0 0 42 2
1966 CHC NL 32 41 8 41 41 0 0 0 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 10 13
1967 CHC NL 33 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Seasons 643 408 643 643 0 0 1 398 90 15 3 0 0 1 122 59
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 NYG NL 20 2 100% 100% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 SFG NL 26 1122 56% 77% 24% 94 94% 0 55 21 24 10 74 59 15 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 15 3 4 8 0 15 8 7 0 0 0
1961 SFG NL 27 3358 59% 76% 24% 293 94% 1 202 83 75 45 227 189 27 0 3 13 2 8 3 10 48 9 11 11 6 41 17 23 7 6 1
1962 HOU NL 28 3965 58% 76% 26% 334 93% 0 232 77 98 56 271 216 50 0 3 17 1 15 1 15 74 26 8 29 1 68 31 35 5 2 3
1963 SFG NL 29 1176 56% 78% 26% 111 97% 0 58 27 19 12 88 79 7 0 3 3 0 2 1 3 12 3 2 3 1 9 4 5 3 1 1
1964 CHC NL 30 3085 62% 82% 32% 327 91% 0 193 74 83 36 256 210 41 0 1 17 1 14 2 12 46 14 8 16 0 39 16 23 4 3 1
1965 CHC NL 31 590 60% 79% 32% 73 93% 0 28 11 9 8 60 46 13 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 2 4 0 6 4 2 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 32 277 73% 79% 34% 27 89% 0 18 10 6 2 17 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 3 0 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 1
8 Seasons 13575 59% 78% 27% 1259 93% 1 786 303 314 169 993 815 154 0 10 55 4 42 9 44 208 58 35 72 8 182 81 98 20 12 7
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 20 73 74% 73% 27% 7 100% 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 21 48 73% 81% 33% 8 75% 0 3 2 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1960 SFG NL 26 1930 60% 78% 25% 155 90% 0 43 35 3 5 106 78 26 0 4 11 0 7 4 9 8 7 0 7 1 0 0 5 100%
1961 SFG NL 27 219 64% 74% 25% 17 88% 0 3 3 0 0 14 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HOU NL 28 111 63% 82% 31% 7 71% 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 SFG NL 29 102 58% 78% 29% 7 86% 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 32 12 58% 75% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2495 61% 78% 26% 201 89% 0 54 43 5 6 139 101 34 0 4 14 0 10 4 12 11 10 0 10 1 0 0 5 100%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 NYG NL 21 165 73% 78% 35% 19 74% 0 7 2 5 0 13 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1960 SFG NL 26 35 49% 77% 17% 5 100% 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 30 3 100% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 31 63 59% 67% 27% 6 67% 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 32 8 75% 88% 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 274 67% 75% 31% 30 77% 0 11 5 6 0 19 15 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 41 73% 90% 32% 3 100%
1965 CHC NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 44% 67% 22% 2 100%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 50 68% 86% 30% 5 100%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.4% 62% 78% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1964 CHC NL 30 3 100% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 100% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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