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Joey Amalfitano

John Joseph Amalfitano

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 23, 1934 in San Pedro, CA
High School: St. Anthony (Long Beach, CA)
School: Loyola Marymount University
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1954
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cubs/Colt.45's 1954-1967

Final Game: June 27, 1967
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1954	20	NYG	NL	9	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		/54
1955	21	NYG	NL	36	24	22	8	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	.227	.292	.364	.655	72	8	0	0	0	0	0	/65

1960	26	SFG	NL	106	361	328	47	91	15	3	1	27	2	3	26	31	.277	.335	.351	.686	93	115	5	3	3	1	1	54/67
1961	27	SFG	NL	109	433	384	64	98	11	4	2	23	7	4	44	59	.255	.331	.320	.651	77	123	2	0	4	1	2	4/5
1962	28	HOU	NL	117	434	380	44	90	12	5	1	27	4	4	45	43	.237	.317	.303	.620	73	115	13	1	5	3	5	*4/5
1963	29	SFG-min	AAA	24	94	86	8	20	4	0	1	12	1	0	8	11	.233	.298	.314	.612		27						TAC · PCL
1963	29	SFG	NL	54	153	137	11	24	3	0	1	7	2	6	12	18	.175	.245	.219	.464	36	30	5	1	2	1	0	4/5
1964	30	CHC	NL	100	372	324	51	78	19	6	4	27	2	7	40	42	.241	.333	.373	.707	96	121	10	5	3	0	1	4/36
1965	31	CHC	NL	67	110	96	13	26	4	0	0	8	2	2	12	14	.271	.364	.313	.676	92	30	1	2	0	0	0	4/67
1966	32	CHC-min	AAA	17	74	66	9	16	4	0	1	4	0	0	5	11	.242	.301	.348	.650		23		1	1	1		TAC · PCL
1966	32	CHC	NL	41	44	38	8	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	10	.158	.227	.211	.438	23	8	1	0	0	2	0	4/56
1967	33	CHC	NL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Seasons				643	1937	1715	248	418	67	19	9	123	19	26	185	224	.244	.320	.321	.641	78	550	37	12	17	8	9
162 Game Avg.				162	488	432	62	105	17	5	2	31	5	7	47	56	.244	.320	.321	.641	78	139	9	3	4	2

SFG (5 yrs)				314	976	876	132	218	30	8	4	58	11	13	84	114	.249	.316	.315	.632	75	276	12	4	9	3	3
CHC (4 yrs)				212	527	459	72	110	25	6	4	38	4	9	56	67	.240	.330	.346	.677	89	159	12	7	3	2	1
HOU (1 yr)				117	434	380	44	90	12	5	1	27	4	4	45	43	.237	.317	.303	.620	73	115	13	1	5	3	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1954	20	NYG	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	/54
1955	21	NYG	NL	24	-1	-1	0	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/65

1960	26	SFG	NL	361	-1	1	0	1	1	2	13	17	1.7	16	1.6	0.1	$	54/67
1961	27	SFG	NL	433	-8	0	-2	1	-4	2	15	4	0.4	8	0.8	-0.4	$	4/5
1962	28	HOU	NL	435	-16	-2	0	-1	-10	3	15	-11	-1.2	-1	-0.1	-1.1	$	*4/5
1963	29	SFG	NL	153	-11	-2	1	0	1	1	5	-5	-0.7	-6	-0.7	0.0	$	4/5
1964	30	CHC	NL	372	-4	-3	-2	0	-5	2	13	1	0.0	6	0.6	-0.6	$	4/36
1965	31	CHC	NL	110	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	0.7	4	0.4	0.3	$	4/67
1966	32	CHC	NL	44	-4	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	4/56
1967	33	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
10 Seasons				1938	-46	-7	-3	1	-16	10	67	7	0.3	22	2.1	-1.8	$

SFG (5 yrs)				976	-22	-2	-1	2	-1	5	34	14	1.2	16	1.5	-0.3	$
CHC (4 yrs)				527	-8	-3	-2	0	-5	2	18	4	0.3	7	0.7	-0.4	$
HOU (1 yr)				435	-16	-2	0	-1	-10	3	15	-11	-1.2	-1	-0.1	-1.1	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1954	NYG	NL	20	3B	4	0	0	17.1	7	2	5	0	1	1.000	1	69	3.63	1.75	.951	3.17	3.15
1954	NYG	NL	20	2B	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.50
1955	NYG	NL	21	SS	5	2	2	35.2	23	8	14	1	2	.957	0	3	5.55	4.40	.964	5.02	4.98
1955	NYG	NL	21	3B	2	0	0	11.0	11	4	5	2	1	.818	-0	-55	7.36	4.50	.951	3.11	3.10
1960	SFG	NL	26	3B	63	49	37	444.2	170	45	114	11	8	.935	1	3	3.22	2.52	.952	2.97	2.96
1960	SFG	NL	26	2B	33	30	23	254.1	127	54	70	3	16	.976	-1	-5	4.39	3.76	.974	5.20	5.19
1960	SFG	NL	26	SS	3	0	0	8.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1	150	4.50	1.33	.960	4.84	4.80
1960	SFG	NL	26	LF	2	0	0	10.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.70	1.50	.973	1.98	1.95
1960	SFG	NL	26	OF	1	0	0	10.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.70	3.00	.977	2.16	2.20
1961	SFG	NL	27	2B	95	88	77	766.2	437	201	223	13	48	.970	-5	-8	4.98	4.46	.976	5.51	5.45
1961	SFG	NL	27	3B	6	5	3	48.0	16	3	13	0	0	1.000	1	30	3.00	2.67	.948	2.92	2.88
1962	HOU	NL	28	2B	110	99	82	890.0	515	230	268	17	72	.967	-9	-12	5.04	4.53	.974	5.30	5.25
1962	HOU	NL	28	3B	5	1	1	21.2	4	1	2	1	0	.750	-1	-61	1.25	0.60	.950	2.95	2.92
1963	SFG	NL	29	2B	37	32	21	275.0	150	59	88	3	12	.980	1	3	4.81	3.97	.974	5.21	5.19
1963	SFG	NL	29	3B	7	1	0	27.0	6	2	4	0	1	1.000	0	13	2.00	0.86	.942	2.93	2.91
1964	CHC	NL	30	2B	86	81	74	707.0	472	201	254	17	47	.964	-5	-9	5.79	5.29	.973	5.22	5.19
1964	CHC	NL	30	1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		9.90	10.00
1964	CHC	NL	30	SS	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-180	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.00
1965	CHC	NL	31	2B	24	12	11	131.1	94	28	65	1	9	.989	3	29	6.37	3.88	.974	5.28	5.28
1965	CHC	NL	31	SS	4	0	0	13.2	6	3	2	1	0	.833	-1	-61	3.29	1.25	.963	4.94	4.92
1965	CHC	NL	31	LF	1	0	0	1.1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	450	13.50	2.00	.965	1.35	1.70
1966	CHC	NL	32	2B	12	8	6	71.0	43	23	19	1	5	.977	-1	-22	5.32	3.50	.978	5.32	5.33
1966	CHC	NL	32	3B	3	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-36	0.00	0.00		2.97	3.03
1966	CHC	NL	32	SS	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		4.95	4.95
	8 Seasons			2B	398	350	294	3096.0	1838	796	987	55	209	.970	-18	-7	5.18	4.48	.974	5.32	5.28
	7 Seasons			3B	90	56	41	573.0	214	57	143	14	11	.935	2	4	3.14	2.22	.951	2.97	2.96
	5 Seasons			SS	15	2	2	60.0	33	12	19	2	2	.939	0	2	4.65	2.07	.963	4.98	4.93
	2 Seasons			LF	3	0	0	11.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	53	3.97	1.67	.970	1.91	1.87
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		9.90	10.00
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	10.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.70	3.00	.977	2.16	2.20
	10 Seasons			TOT	505	408	337	3740.0	2088	868	1149	71	222	.966	-16	-5	4.85	3.99	.972	4.95	4.86
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1961 NL 13 (5th) 1962 NL 17 (5th) 1964 NL 17 (3rd)	Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y 1964 NL 5.79 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1964 NL 5.29 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y 1961 NL 1 (5th)
Youngest s c a p y 1954 NL born 1934-01-23 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

February 2, 1954: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).
December 5, 1958: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
November 30, 1959: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants from Toronto (International) in the 1959 rule 5 draft.
October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the San Francisco Giants as the 2nd pick in the premium phase ($125k) of the 1961 expansion draft.
November 30, 1962: Traded by the Houston Colt .45's to the San Francisco Giants for Dick LeMay and Manny Mota.
March 29, 1964: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the San Francisco Giants.
October 18, 1966: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
May 20, 1967: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
July 6, 1967: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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