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Joe Ginsberg

Myron Nathan Ginsberg

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 11, 1926 in New York, NY
High School: Cooley HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1948 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Orioles/Athletics/Indians/WhiteSox/... 1948-1962

Final Game: April 15, 1962 (Age 35)
Died: November 2, 2012 in West Bloomfield, MI
Buried: Montrose Township Cemetery, Montrose, MI
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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1948 DET AL 21 C 11 10 10 53 46 4 3 3 .943 4.55 .986 4.74 0 1 7 0 0% 44% 0
1950 DET AL 23 C 31 24 21 233.0 107 97 8 2 3 .981 4.06 3.39 .985 4.94 4.85 2 6 11 3 21% 49% 0
1951 DET AL 24 C 95 81 72 751.1 454 388 56 10 7 .978 5.32 4.67 .982 5.03 5.01 6 19 47 24 34% 46% 2
1952 DET AL 25 C 101 83 76 765.2 491 442 41 8 7 .984 5.68 4.78 .985 5.44 5.44 8 17 26 16 38% 46% 2
1953 TOT AL 26 C 54 46 35 385.2 229 201 22 6 4 .974 -2 -6 5.20 4.13 .985 5.18 5.15 4 9 19 14 42% 51% 0
1953 DET AL 26 C 15 15 13 135.2 84 71 12 1 2 .988 1 9 5.51 5.53 .985 5.18 5.15 2 5 6 9 60% 51% 0
1953 CLE AL 26 C 39 31 22 250.0 145 130 10 5 2 .966 -3 -14 5.04 3.59 .985 5.18 5.15 2 4 13 5 28% 51% 0
1954 CLE AL 27 C 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 27.00 1.00 .990 5.40 5.40 0 0 0 0 0
1956 TOT AL 29 C 65 57 51 512.1 303 269 31 3 3 .990 2 5 5.27 4.62 .988 5.91 5.86 5 11 19 15 44% 44% 3
1956 KCA AL 29 C 57 50 45 451.1 269 238 28 3 3 .989 3 8 5.30 4.67 .988 5.91 5.86 5 8 16 15 48% 44% 2
1956 BAL AL 29 C 8 7 6 61.0 34 31 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -20 5.02 4.25 .988 5.92 5.86 0 3 3 0 0% 44% 1
1957 BAL AL 30 C 66 46 30 426.1 276 252 20 4 6 .986 1 3 5.74 4.12 .991 5.92 5.94 6 4 17 13 43% 47% 1
1958 BAL AL 31 C 39 26 22 241.1 165 156 8 1 2 .994 -1 -5 6.12 4.21 .990 6.01 5.95 2 7 6 5 45% 47% 0
1959 BAL AL 32 C 62 41 32 433.0 272 241 29 2 4 .993 -1 -3 5.61 4.35 .989 6.08 6.04 21 6 7 13 65% 40% 0
1960 TOT AL 33 C 39 31 25 283.1 205 188 12 5 0 .976 -4 -17 6.35 5.13 .987 5.93 5.92 8 9 13 4 24% 40% 0
1960 BAL AL 33 C 14 10 6 90.0 67 59 4 4 0 .940 -4 -53 6.30 4.50 .987 5.93 5.92 8 5 5 1 17% 40% 0
1960 CHW AL 33 C 25 21 19 193.1 138 129 8 1 0 .993 0 0 6.38 5.48 .987 5.93 5.92 0 4 8 3 27% 40% 0
1961 TOT AL 34 C 8 2 2 29.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -41 4.66 1.88 .989 6.21 6.14 1 1 3 1 25% 36% 0
1961 CHW AL 34 C 2 0 0 2.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 10.12 1.50 .990 6.41 6.15 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 34 C 6 2 2 26.1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -46 4.10 2.00 .989 6.19 6.13 1 1 3 1 25% 36% 0
1962 NYM NL 35 C 2 2 1 13.0 11 9 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -92 7.62 5.50 .987 6.72 6.65 0 3 0 0 0
13 Seasons C 574 449 377 4074.1 2582 2304 234 44 40 .983 -7 -2 5.50 4.42 .986 5.57 5.55 63 93 175 108 38% 46% 8
13 Seasons TOT 574 449 377 4074.1 2582 2304 234 44 40 .983 -7 -2 5.50 4.42 .986 5.57 5.55 63 93 175 108 38% 46% 8
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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
1948 DET AL 21 C
1950 DET AL 23 C
1951 DET AL 24 C
1952 DET AL 25 C
1953 DET AL 26 C 1 9 1
1953 CLE AL 26 C -3 -14 -3
1954 CLE AL 27 C 0 0 0
1956 KCA AL 29 C 3 8 3
1956 BAL AL 29 C -1 -20 -1
1957 BAL AL 30 C 1 3 1
1958 BAL AL 31 C -1 -5 -1
1959 BAL AL 32 C -1 -3 -1
1960 BAL AL 33 C -4 -53 -4
1960 CHW AL 33 C 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 34 C 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 34 C -1 -46 -1
1962 NYM NL 35 C -1 -92 -1
13 Seasons C -7 -2 -7
13 Seasons TOT -7 -2 -7
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 P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 DET AL 21 11 10 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1950 DET AL 23 36 24 36 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1951 DET AL 24 102 81 102 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
1952 DET AL 25 113 83 113 101 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1953 CLE AL 26 46 31 46 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1953 DET AL 26 18 15 18 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1954 CLE AL 27 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 KCA AL 29 71 50 71 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1956 BAL AL 29 15 7 15 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1957 BAL AL 30 85 46 85 66 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1958 BAL AL 31 61 26 61 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1959 BAL AL 32 65 40 65 62 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1960 CHW AL 33 28 21 28 25 0 25 0 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 0
1961 BOS AL 34 19 2 19 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1961 CHW AL 34 6 0 6 2 0 2 0 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 0
13 Seasons 695 448 695 573 0 573 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 6
Lg 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 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
1948 DET AL 21 110 2.57 2.57 6 100% 0 0 17 3 0 2 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1950 DET AL 23 744 3.34 4.01 12 83% 0 1 69 7 0 5 57 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0%
1951 DET AL 24 2520 4.63 5.20 42 93% 0 0 305 18 4 20 263 39 10 0 2 2 7 0 3 4 1 6 0 1 3 5 60%
1952 DET AL 25 2984 4.49 5.03 58 97% 0 0 398 45 8 15 330 29 8 0 0 1 7 0 2 5 1 6 0 1 1 3 100%
1953 CLE AL 26 1094 4.50 5.36 14 79% 0 1 130 11 0 3 116 10 2 0 0 2 5 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 2 0
1953 DET AL 26 596 4.98 5.44 11 100% 0 0 70 7 0 2 61 12 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
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 1991 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 29 289 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 1779 3.21 3.61 25 96% 0 0 254 21 3 7 223 20 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 6 0 2 3 2 100%
1958 BAL AL 31 1004 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 1797 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 33 818 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 33 408 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 34 115 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 59 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%
13 Seasons 16324 4.15 4.69 302 96% 0 3 2124 223 23 79 1798 198 43 1 3 25 35 3 13 19 6 34 1 7 15 25 84%
MLB Averages 4.01 4.52 95% 85%
Lg 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%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1948 DET AL 21 0 1 37 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.84
1950 DET AL 23 1 6 314 10 2 2 17% 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 3 1.36 1.52
1951 DET AL 24 1 19 1017 37 17 17 31% 35 14 2 2 0 1 2 0 81 25 1.10 0.94
1952 DET AL 25 8 17 1142 22 13 13 37% 19 12 3 1 0 0 2 0 70 21 1.27 1.15
1953 CLE AL 26 2 4 419 13 5 5 28% 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 24 5 1.17 0.42
1953 DET AL 26 2 5 240 6 9 9 60% 4 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 20 9 1.38 0.84
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 0.97 0.68
1956 BAL AL 29 0 3 139 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 1.19
1957 BAL AL 30 6 4 664 17 13 13 43% 15 12 1 1 1 0 1 0 31 16 1.10 1.17
1958 BAL AL 31 2 7 368 6 5 5 45% 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 1.73 0.73
1959 BAL AL 32 21 6 651 7 13 11 65% 6 11 0 0 1 2 0 0 41 13 1.06 1.02
1960 CHW AL 33 0 4 318 8 3 3 27% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 1.32 1.49
1960 BAL AL 33 8 5 165 5 1 1 17% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 0.70 0.79
1961 BOS AL 34 1 1 55 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1.30 0.07
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
13 Seasons 56 93 6292 154 97 94 39% 134 89 16 5 4 3 8 0 402 124 1.17 0.94
MLB Averages 42% 1.18 1.17
Lg PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1951 AL  95 (3rd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1951 AL  388 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1951 AL  56 (3rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1951 AL  10 (3rd)
1952 AL  8 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1951 AL  7 (5th)
1952 AL  7 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1951 AL  6 (4th)
1952 AL  8 (2nd)
1959 AL  21 (2nd)
1960 AL  8 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1951 AL  47 (1st)
1952 AL  26 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1951 AL  24 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1956 AL  2 (5th)
1957 AL  1 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1951 AL  5.32 (4th)
1952 AL  5.68 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1951 AL  4.67 (4th)

             

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