Joe DeMaestri
Joseph Paul DeMaestri (Oats)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 174 lb.

Born: December 9, 1928 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Tamalplais (Mill Valley, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1951
Final Game: September 27, 1961
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 CHW AL 22 SS 27 74 26 45 3 12 .959 2.63 .961 4.72
1951 CHW AL 22 2B 11 31 16 14 1 2 .968 2.73 .977 5.35
1951 CHW AL 22 3B 8 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.38 .950 2.88
1952 SLB AL 23 SS 77 278 105 156 17 29 .939 3.39 .963 4.29
1952 SLB AL 23 2B 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 1.000 5.10
1952 SLB AL 23 3B 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 3.00
1953 PHA AL 24 SS 108 506 191 297 18 53 .964 4.52 .966 4.52
1954 PHA AL 25 SS 142 139 1223.0 716 285 406 25 90 .965 -5.1 -5.0 -3.1 0.6 -3.6 -2 5.09 4.87 .960 5.00 4.31
1954 PHA AL 25 2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1954 PHA AL 25 3B 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 3.38 3.10
1955 KCA AL 26 SS 122 118 1030.2 585 206 358 21 78 .964 -4.2 -4.9 -3.2 -5.4 2.2 -1 4.92 4.62 .959 4.93 4.04
1956 KCA AL 27 SS 132 125 1053.2 640 210 407 23 95 .964 9.5 10.8 5.5 2.8 2.8 4 5.27 4.67 .960 4.98 4.10
1956 KCA AL 27 2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.75
1957 KCA AL 28 SS 134 130 1126.0 648 248 387 13 87 .980 4.8 5.1 2.8 2.1 0.8 2 5.08 4.74 .962 5.11 4.43 AS
1958 KCA AL 29 SS 137 132 1142.0 656 226 417 13 95 .980 5.3 5.6 3.3 -2.0 5.3 2 5.07 4.69 .963 4.96 4.17
1959 KCA AL 30 SS 115 106 905.1 509 167 320 22 63 .957 -6.7 -8.9 -5.7 -7.0 1.4 -1 4.84 4.23 .959 4.87 3.97
1960 NYY AL 31 2B 19 0 34.0 21 12 8 1 3 .952 -0.9 -31.8 -0.9 -0.1 -0.9 0 5.29 1.05 .981 5.45 4.66
1960 NYY AL 31 SS 17 2 52.0 31 10 21 0 1 1.000 1.1 25.4 1.1 1.0 0.2 0 5.37 1.82 .958 5.11 4.37
1961 NYY AL 32 SS 18 9 103.1 54 15 38 1 9 .981 3.5 40.6 3.5 1.0 2.5 0 4.62 2.94 .956 4.84 4.37
1961 NYY AL 32 2B 5 0 13.0 15 9 6 0 2 1.000 -0.5 -46.2 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 10.38 3.00 .980 5.26 4.72
1961 NYY AL 32 3B 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.21 2.80
11 Seasons SS 1029 761 6636.0 4697 1689 2852 156 612 .967 8.2 1.5 4.2 -6.9 11.6 4 6.16 4.41 .961 4.98 4.24
6 Seasons 2B 39 0 52.0 70 38 30 2 8 .971 -1.7 -39.2 -1.7 -0.7 -1.1 0 11.77 1.74 .980 5.40 4.88
4 Seasons 3B 14 0 11.0 7 1 5 1 1 .857 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.91 0.43 .957 3.27 2.88
11 Seasons TOT 1082 761 6699.0 4774 1728 2887 159 621 .967 6.5 1.2 2.5 -7.6 10.5 4 6.20 4.27 .928 4.98 4.25
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm 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
1951 CHW AL 22 56 56 56 0 0 0 11 8 27 0 0 0 0
1952 SLB AL 23 81 81 81 0 0 0 1 1 77 0 0 0 0
1953 PHA AL 24 111 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0
1954 PHA AL 25 146 139 146 146 0 0 0 1 1 142 0 0 0 0 3 0
1955 KCA AL 26 123 118 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 KCA AL 27 133 125 133 133 0 0 0 2 0 132 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 KCA AL 28 135 130 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 2 1
1958 KCA AL 29 139 132 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 3 1
1959 KCA AL 30 118 106 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 2 1
1960 NYY AL 31 49 2 49 49 0 0 0 19 0 17 0 0 0 0 7 18
1961 NYY AL 32 30 9 30 30 0 0 0 5 4 18 0 0 0 0 0 3
11 Seasons 1121 761 1121 1121 0 0 0 39 14 1029 0 0 0 0 19 24
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 -- 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
1954 PHA AL 25 5489 62% 80% 23% 546 89% 5 277 151 96 30 388 263 102 2 12 25 3 16 6 17 89 36 1 20 4 5 73 37 33 15 7 7
1955 KCA AL 26 4679 63% 79% 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 4688 61% 78% 25% 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 4485 59% 80% 26% 446 93% 7 239 126 94 18 348 257 77 2 2 12 1 7 4 8 85 22 2 31 9 10 80 24 51 4 1 3
1958 KCA AL 29 4843 62% 80% 26% 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 3984 66% 80% 27% 417 91% 7 165 88 66 11 322 241 71 1 4 22 1 15 6 17 61 27 2 16 4 2 54 29 23 4 1 2
1960 NYY AL 31 234 67% 74% 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 32 421 66% 80% 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
8 Seasons 28823 62% 79% 25% 2925 92% 33 1365 736 511 118 2233 1597 534 11 42 117 7 86 24 85 508 195 17 140 30 40 445 213 218 47 19 21
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
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 55 67% 84% 29% 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
3 Seasons 216 68% 78% 25% 18 89% 0 21 7 10 4 15 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 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 PHA AL 25 20 30% 80% 30% 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
2 Seasons 46 52% 70% 28% 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
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

* 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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