Joe DeMaestri

Joseph Paul DeMaestri (Oats)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 9, 1928 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Tamalpais HS (Mill Valley, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1951
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Browns/Yankees/WhiteSox 1951-1961

Final Game: September 27, 1961
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Standard Fielding

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
1951	CHW	AL	22	SS	27	11	6	135.0	74	26	45	3	12	.959			4.73	2.63	.961	5.20	5.17
1951	CHW	AL	22	2B	11	6	4	51.0	31	16	14	1	2	.968			5.29	2.73	.978	5.72	5.69
1951	CHW	AL	22	3B	8	0	0	15.0	4	1	2	1	0	.750			1.80	0.38	.950	3.18	3.15
1952	SLB	AL	23	SS	77	53	33	495.0	278	105	156	17	29	.939			4.75	3.39	.962	4.94	4.94
1952	SLB	AL	23	2B	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000			18.00	2.00	.980	5.40	5.60
1952	SLB	AL	23	3B	1	0	0	3.2	2	0	2	0	1	1.000			4.91	2.00	.955	3.44	3.30
1953	PHA	AL	24	SS	108	103	92	919.2	506	191	297	18	53	.964	-3	-4	4.78	4.52	.966	5.11	5.08
1954	PHA	AL	25	SS	142	139	135	1223.0	716	285	406	25	90	.965	-5	-5	5.09	4.87	.960	5.00	4.97
1954	PHA	AL	25	2B	1	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			3.00	1.00	.980	5.40	5.30
1954	PHA	AL	25	3B	1	0	0	4.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.25	1.00	.960	3.38	3.50
1955	KCA	AL	26	SS	122	118	105	1030.2	585	206	358	21	78	.964	-4	-5	4.92	4.62	.959	4.93	4.89
1956	KCA	AL	27	SS	132	125	90	1053.2	640	210	407	23	95	.964	10	11	5.27	4.67	.960	4.98	4.94
1956	KCA	AL	27	2B	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-180	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.40
1957	KCA	AL	28	SS	134	130	117	1126.0	648	248	387	13	87	.980	5	5	5.08	4.74	.963	5.11	5.13	AS
1958	KCA	AL	29	SS	137	132	115	1142.0	656	226	417	13	95	.980	5	6	5.07	4.69	.964	4.96	4.91
1959	KCA	AL	30	SS	115	106	87	905.1	509	167	320	22	63	.957	-7	-9	4.84	4.23	.959	4.87	4.84
1960	NYY	AL	31	2B	19	0	0	34.0	21	12	8	1	3	.952	-1	-32	5.29	1.05	.979	5.45	5.45
1960	NYY	AL	31	SS	17	2	2	52.0	31	10	21	0	1	1.000	1	25	5.37	1.82	.960	5.11	5.10
1961	NYY	AL	32	SS	18	9	6	103.1	54	15	38	1	9	.981	4	41	4.62	2.94	.956	4.84	4.78
1961	NYY	AL	32	2B	5	0	0	13.0	15	9	6	0	2	1.000	-0	-46	10.38	3.00	.978	5.26	5.18
1961	NYY	AL	32	3B	4	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		3.21	3.15
	11 Seasons			SS	1029	928	788	8185.2	4697	1689	2852	156	612	.967	5	1	4.99	4.41	.961	4.99	4.97
	6 Seasons			2B	39	6	4	104.0	70	38	30	2	8	.971	-2	-20	5.88	1.74	.978	5.56	5.48
	4 Seasons			3B	14	0	0	29.2	7	1	5	1	1	.857	0	0	1.82	0.43	.953	3.25	3.19
	11 Seasons			TOT	1082	934	792	8319.1	4774	1728	2887	159	621	.967	4	1	4.99	4.27	.962	5.00	4.96
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1951	CHW	AL	22	SS
1951	CHW	AL	22	2B
1951	CHW	AL	22	3B
1952	SLB	AL	23	SS
1952	SLB	AL	23	2B
1952	SLB	AL	23	3B
1953	PHA	AL	24	SS	-3	-4	-1	-2	1	-2
1954	PHA	AL	25	SS	-5	-5	-3	-4	1	-2
1954	PHA	AL	25	2B
1954	PHA	AL	25	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	KCA	AL	26	SS	-4	-5	-3	2	-5	-1
1956	KCA	AL	27	SS	10	11	6	3	3	4
1956	KCA	AL	27	2B	-0	-180	-0	0	-0	0
1957	KCA	AL	28	SS	5	5	3	1	2	2
1958	KCA	AL	29	SS	5	6	3	5	-2	2
1959	KCA	AL	30	SS	-7	-9	-6	1	-7	-1
1960	NYY	AL	31	2B	-1	-32	-1	-1	-0	0
1960	NYY	AL	31	SS	1	25	1	0	1	0
1961	NYY	AL	32	SS	4	41	4	2	1	0
1961	NYY	AL	32	2B	-0	-46	-0	-0	-0	0
1961	NYY	AL	32	3B	0	0	0	0	0
	11 Seasons			SS	5	1	3	10	-6	2
	6 Seasons			2B	-2	-20	-2	-1	-1	0
	4 Seasons			3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
	11 Seasons			TOT	4	1	2	9	-7	2
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1951	CHW	AL	22	56	17	56	45	11	8	27	8	8
1952	SLB	AL	23	81	53	81	79	1	1	77	1	2
1953	PHA	AL	24	111	103	111	108	0	0	108	0	5
1954	PHA	AL	25	146	139	146	144	1	1	142	3	0
1955	KCA	AL	26	123	118	123	122	0	0	122	1	0
1956	KCA	AL	27	133	125	133	132	2	0	132	1	0
1957	KCA	AL	28	135	130	135	134	0	0	134	2	1
1958	KCA	AL	29	139	132	139	137	0	0	137	3	1
1959	KCA	AL	30	118	106	118	115	0	0	115	2	1
1960	NYY	AL	31	49	2	49	35	19	0	17	7	18
1961	NYY	AL	32	30	9	30	27	5	4	18	0	3
	11 Seasons			1121	934	1121	1078	39	14	1029	28	39

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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
1951	CHW	AL	22	414	58%	83%	25%	38	95%	0	17	11	5	1	29	19	7	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	7	2	2	1	0	0	5	4	1	1	1	0
1952	SLB	AL	23	1665	65%	81%	25%	179	89%	2	74	36	28	10	129	93	30	1	2	14	0	14	0	11	19	9	0	7	1	0	17	9	8	2	1	0
1953	PHA	AL	24	3815	65%	83%	24%	382	91%	4	181	101	60	20	283	209	57	2	14	18	0	13	5	14	49	17	2	13	5	4	42	20	22	4	1	3
1954	PHA	AL	25	5458	63%	82%	24%	562	90%	5	280	154	96	30	401	274	104	2	12	25	3	16	6	17	89	36	1	20	4	5	73	37	33	15	7	7
1955	KCA	AL	26	4584	64%	81%	23%	470	91%	3	226	132	75	19	330	226	92	3	5	21	0	18	3	11	75	31	3	20	3	4	62	34	28	9	4	4
1956	KCA	AL	27	4560	63%	80%	26%	484	91%	4	213	105	88	20	389	284	85	2	8	23	0	20	3	21	94	41	4	25	3	11	86	45	39	5	1	2
1957	KCA	AL	28	4455	61%	82%	26%	451	93%	7	240	127	94	18	353	261	77	2	2	12	1	7	4	8	85	22	2	31	9	10	80	24	51	4	1	3
1958	KCA	AL	29	4732	63%	82%	27%	489	94%	7	221	122	83	17	394	279	93	1	10	13	2	9	2	10	94	34	4	26	7	7	82	39	41	9	4	3
1959	KCA	AL	30	3889	68%	82%	28%	418	91%	7	165	88	66	11	323	242	71	1	4	22	1	15	6	17	61	27	2	16	4	2	54	29	23	4	1	2
1960	NYY	AL	31	228	68%	76%	27%	28	93%	0	10	4	5	1	24	19	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1961	NYY	AL	32	418	66%	81%	29%	45	98%	0	14	8	4	2	38	28	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	9	4	1	1	0	1	7	5	2	1	1	0
	11 Seasons			34218	64%	82%	25%	3546	91%	39	1641	888	604	149	2693	1934	630	14	58	151	7	115	29	111	583	223	21	161	36	44	509	246	249	54	22	24
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1951	CHW	AL	22	196	58%	79%	29%	18	100%	0	13	5	5	3	11	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	KCA	AL	27	14	86%	79%	14%	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	NYY	AL	31	147	66%	76%	24%	12	83%	0	12	5	5	2	9	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
1961	NYY	AL	32	54	69%	85%	30%	6	100%	0	9	2	5	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			411	63%	79%	27%	36	94%	0	34	12	15	7	26	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	1	3	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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%
1951	CHW	AL	22	55	53%	85%	33%	5	60%	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	SLB	AL	23	14	79%	86%	29%	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1954	PHA	AL	25	19	32%	84%	32%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	NYY	AL	32	26	69%	62%	27%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			114	56%	80%	31%	8	75%	0	1	1	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		89%																								62%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1957	Assists† s c a p y 1954 AL 408 (4th) 1956 AL 407 (3rd) 1958 AL 417 (5th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1954 AL 25 (5th)	Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 1956 AL 9 (4th)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1954 AL 142 (3rd) 1956 AL 132 (5th) 1957 AL 134 (3rd) 1958 AL 137 (2nd) 1959 AL 115 (3rd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1954 AL 285 (2nd) 1957 AL 248 (1st) 1958 AL 226 (4th) 1959 AL 167 (5th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1954 AL 406 (3rd) 1956 AL 407 (3rd) 1957 AL 387 (4th) 1958 AL 417 (4th) 1959 AL 320 (3rd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1952 AL 17 (5th) 1954 AL 25 (4th) 1955 AL 21 (5th) 1956 AL 23 (4th) 1959 AL 22 (4th)
Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1956 AL 10 (1st) 1958 AL 5 (3rd) 1961 AL 4 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1954 AL 5.09 (5th) 1955 AL 4.93 (4th) 1956 AL 5.27 (4th) 1957 AL 5.08 (4th) 1958 AL 5.07 (5th) 1959 AL 4.84 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1954 AL 4.87 (4th) 1955 AL 4.62 (4th) 1956 AL 4.67 (4th) 1957 AL 4.74 (5th) 1958 AL 4.69 (4th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1953 AL .964 (5th) 1954 AL .965 (4th) 1955 AL .964 (3rd) 1956 AL .964 (4th) 1957 AL .980 (1st) 1958 AL .980 (1st) 1959 AL .957 (4th)

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