Joe Ginsberg
Myron Nathan Ginsberg
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 11, 1926 in New York, NY
High School: Cooley (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1948
Final Game: April 15, 1962
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1948 DET AL 21 C 11 53 46 4 3 3 .943 4.55 .987 4.08 0
1950 DET AL 23 C 31 107 97 8 2 3 .981 3.39 .985 4.21 2
1951 DET AL 24 C 95 454 388 56 10 7 .978 4.67 .982 4.40 6
1952 DET AL 25 C 101 491 442 41 8 7 .984 4.78 .985 4.70 8
1953 TOT AL 26 C 54 229 201 22 6 4 .974 4.13 .985 4.44 4
1953 DET AL 26 C 15 84 71 12 1 2 .988 5.53 .985 4.44 2
1953 CLE AL 26 C 39 145 130 10 5 2 .966 3.59 .986 4.44 2
1954 CLE AL 27 C 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80 0 0 0 0
1956 TOT AL 29 C 65 57 512.1 303 269 31 3 3 .990 2.0 4.7 2 5.27 4.62 .988 5.91 5.02 5 11 19 15 44%
1956 KCA AL 29 C 57 50 451.1 269 238 28 3 3 .989 3.0 8.0 3 5.30 4.67 .988 5.91 5.02 5 8 16 15 48%
1956 BAL AL 29 C 8 7 61.0 34 31 3 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -19.7 -1 5.02 4.25 .988 5.92 5.03 0 3 3 0 0%
1957 BAL AL 30 C 66 46 426.1 276 252 20 4 6 .986 1.0 2.8 1 5.74 4.12 .991 5.92 5.11 6 3 16 13 45%
1958 BAL AL 31 C 39 26 241.1 165 156 8 1 2 .994 -1.0 -5.0 -1 6.12 4.21 .990 6.01 5.34 2 7 6 5 45%
1959 BAL AL 32 C 62 40 433.0 272 241 29 2 4 .993 -1.0 -2.8 -1 5.61 4.35 .989 6.08 5.31 21 6 7 13 65%
1960 TOT AL 33 C 39 31 283.1 205 188 12 5 0 .976 -4.0 -16.9 -4 6.35 5.13 .987 5.93 5.12 8 9 13 4 24%
1960 BAL AL 33 C 14 10 90.0 67 59 4 4 0 .940 -4.0 -53.3 -4 6.30 4.50 .988 5.93 5.12 8 5 5 1 17%
1960 CHW AL 33 C 25 21 193.1 138 129 8 1 0 .993 0.0 0.0 0 6.38 5.48 .987 5.93 5.12 0 4 8 3 27%
1961 TOT AL 34 C 8 2 29.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -41.4 -1 4.66 1.88 .993 6.21 5.44 1 1 3 1 25%
1961 CHW AL 34 C 2 0 2.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 10.12 1.50 1.000 6.41 5.45 0 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 34 C 6 2 26.1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -45.6 -1 4.10 2.00 .992 6.19 5.43 1 1 3 1 25%
1962 NYM NL 35 C 2 2 13.0 11 9 2 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -92.3 -1 7.62 5.50 .991 6.72 5.50 0 3 0 0
13 Seasons C 574 204 1938.2 2582 2304 234 44 40 .983 -5.0 -3.1 -5 11.78 4.42 .987 5.98 4.82 63 40 64 51 44%
13 Seasons TOT 574 204 1938.2 2582 2304 234 44 40 .983 -5.0 -3.1 -5 11.78 4.42 .969 5.98 4.82 63 40 64 51 44%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1948 DET AL 21 11 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 DET AL 23 36 36 36 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 DET AL 24 102 102 102 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 DET AL 25 113 113 113 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 26 46 46 46 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 DET AL 26 18 18 18 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 27 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 KCA AL 29 71 50 71 71 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1956 BAL AL 29 15 7 15 15 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1957 BAL AL 30 85 46 85 85 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1958 BAL AL 31 61 26 61 61 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1959 BAL AL 32 65 40 65 65 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1960 CHW AL 33 28 21 28 28 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1960 BAL AL 33 14 10 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 34 19 2 19 19 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1961 CHW AL 34 6 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1962 NYM NL 35 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 695 204 695 695 0 574 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 CLE AL 27 5 27.00 27.00 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 KCA AL 29 2035 5.22 5.74 39 100% 0 1 238 32 2 7 197 28 3 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1956 BAL AL 29 296 5.16 5.61 3 100% 0 0 31 3 0 0 28 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 30 1781 3.19 3.60 24 96% 0 0 253 20 3 7 223 20 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 6 0 2 3 2 100%
1958 BAL AL 31 1025 3.32 3.77 23 100% 0 0 157 20 0 5 132 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 100%
1959 BAL AL 32 1842 3.30 3.85 37 97% 0 0 241 29 4 7 200 27 7 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 3 100%
1960 CHW AL 33 834 3.12 3.49 22 95% 0 0 130 19 0 3 108 8 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1960 BAL AL 33 427 4.90 6.10 6 100% 0 0 58 5 0 3 50 4 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 34 122 2.39 3.42 1 100% 0 0 13 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 34 11 6.75 6.75 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYM NL 35 62 7.62 7.62 3 100% 0 0 9 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
8 Seasons 8440 3.87 4.38 158 98% 0 1 1134 131 11 32 959 101 18 0 1 20 14 3 6 5 1 16 0 5 7 13 92%
MLB Averages 3.94 4.45 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 CLE AL 27 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 KCA AL 29 4 8 738 16 15 14 48% 13 15 3 0 0 0 2 0 38 20 0.96 0.69
1956 BAL AL 29 0 3 139 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 1.21
1957 BAL AL 30 6 3 651 16 13 13 45% 14 12 1 1 1 0 1 0 29 16 0.95 1.19
1958 BAL AL 31 2 7 368 6 5 5 45% 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 1.71 0.77
1959 BAL AL 32 21 6 651 7 13 11 65% 6 11 0 0 1 2 0 0 41 13 1.01 1.05
1960 CHW AL 33 0 4 318 8 3 3 27% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 1.28 1.45
1960 BAL AL 33 8 5 165 5 1 1 17% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 0.71 0.79
1961 BOS AL 34 1 1 55 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1.29 0.08
1961 CHW AL 34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYM NL 35 0 3 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 42 40 3110 64 51 48 44% 55 48 7 1 2 2 4 0 184 61 1.08 0.95
MLB Averages 41% 1.17 1.16

* 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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