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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
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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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 Awards
1951 22 CHW AL 56 79 74 8 15 0 2 1 3 0 4 5 11 .203 .253 .297 .550 50 22 1 0 0 64/5
1952 23 SLB AL 81 198 186 13 42 9 1 1 18 0 1 8 25 .226 .258 .301 .559 53 56 4 0 4 6/45
1953 24 PHA AL 111 452 420 53 107 17 3 6 35 0 1 24 39 .255 .297 .352 .649 72 148 15 1 7 *6
1954 25 PHA AL 146 572 539 49 124 16 3 8 40 1 4 20 63 .230 .258 .315 .574 57 170 10 3 3 7 *6/45
1955 26 KCA AL 123 486 457 42 114 14 1 6 37 3 5 20 47 .249 .284 .324 .608 63 148 12 3 4 2 1 *6
1956 27 KCA AL 133 468 434 41 101 16 1 6 39 3 3 25 73 .233 .277 .316 .593 57 137 8 3 3 3 2 *6/4
1957 28 KCA AL 135 492 461 44 113 14 6 9 33 6 1 22 82 .245 .280 .360 .640 74 166 14 2 3 4 1 *6 AS
1958 29 KCA AL 139 468 442 32 97 11 1 6 38 1 0 16 84 .219 .247 .290 .536 46 128 14 1 6 3 1 *6
1959 30 KCA AL 118 387 352 31 86 16 5 6 34 1 0 28 65 .244 .305 .369 .674 83 130 12 4 0 3 8 *6
1960 31 NYY AL 49 35 35 8 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .229 .229 .257 .486 35 9 0 0 0 0 0 46
1961 32 NYY AL 30 41 41 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .146 .146 .146 .293 -19 6 1 0 0 0 0 6/45
11 Seasons 1121 3678 3441 322 813 114 23 49 281 15 19 168 511 .236 .274 .325 .599 62 1120 91 17 30 22 13
162 Game Avg. 162 532 497 47 117 16 3 7 41 2 3 24 74 .236 .274 .325 .599 62 162 13 2 4
KCA (7 yrs) 905 3325 3105 292 742 104 20 47 256 15 14 155 453 .239 .277 .331 .608 64 1027 85 17 26 22 13
NYY (2 yrs) 79 76 76 9 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 22 .184 .184 .197 .382 5 15 1 0 0 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 81 198 186 13 42 9 1 1 18 0 1 8 25 .226 .258 .301 .559 53 56 4 0 4
CHW (1 yr) 56 79 74 8 15 0 2 1 3 0 4 5 11 .203 .253 .297 .550 50 22 1 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 31 NYY AL WS PIT L 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
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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 0.0 0.0 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1957

Triples s c a p y
1957 AL--6--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 AL--82--6th
1958 AL--84--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL--7--8th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 AL--8--3rd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL--15--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1955 AL--5--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 AL--439--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2493), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1758), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1565), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 16, 1950: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox in the 1950 rule 5 draft.

November 27, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Gordon Goldsberry, Dick Littlefield, Gus Niarhos and Jim Rivera to the St. Louis Browns for Sherm Lollar, Tom Upton and Al Widmar.

October 16, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Tommy Byrne to the Chicago White Sox for Hank Edwards and Willy Miranda.

January 27, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Ed McGhee and Eddie Robinson to the Philadelphia Athletics for Bob Wilson (minors) and Ferris Fain.

December 11, 1959: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Kent Hadley and Roger Maris to the New York Yankees for Hank Bauer, Don Larsen, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry.

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