Joe Birmingham

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: December 3, 1884 in Elmira, NY us

Died: April 23, 1946 in Tampico, Mexico

Buried: Sauquoit Valley Cemetery, Clayville, NY

Schools: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN), Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

Debut: September 12, 1906 (Age 21-283d, 2,878th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1914 (Age 29-234d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1907 season

Full Name: Joseph Leo Birmingham

Nicknames: Dode

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

2633

667

.253

284

RBI

265

108

OBP

.294

SLG

.316

OPS

.610

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	5	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	7	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	14.0	6	1	1	8	0
5	8	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	9	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	11	Apr 26	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
9	12	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	13	May 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	14	May 4	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	15	May 5	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	16	May 6	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	17	May 8	CLE		CHW	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	18	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
16	19	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	20	May 11	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	21	May 12	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	22	May 13	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	23	May 15	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
21	24	May 17	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	0	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	25	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	63 (37)	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	64	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	65	Jul 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	66	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	67	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	68	Jul 6	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	69	Jul 7	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	70	Jul 8	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	71	Jul 9	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	72	Jul 10	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	73	Jul 12	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	74	Jul 13	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	75	Jul 14	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	76	Jul 15	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	77	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	78	Jul 17	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	79	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	80	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	81	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	82	Jul 21	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	83	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	84	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	85	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	86	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	87	Jul 27	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	88	Jul 28	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	89	Jul 29 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	90	Jul 29 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	91	Jul 30	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
52	92	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	93	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	101 (7)	Aug 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	102	Aug 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	103	Aug 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	104	Aug 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
58	105	Aug 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
59	106	Aug 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	108	Aug 17 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	109	Aug 17 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	110	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	111	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	112	Aug 19	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	113	Aug 20	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	114	Aug 21	CLE		PHA	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	115	Aug 23	CLE		PHA	L,6-12	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	116	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	120 (3)	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	121	Aug 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	122	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	123	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	124	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	125	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	126	Sep 3	CLE		DET	T,1-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	127	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	131 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
79	132	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	133	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	134	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	135	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
83	140 (4)	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
84	141	Sep 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	142	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	143	Sep 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
87	144	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	145	Sep 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	146	Sep 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	147	Sep 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
91	148	Sep 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
92	149	Sep 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	150	Sep 28	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
94	151	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
95	152	Sep 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
96	153	Oct 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	154	Oct 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	155	Oct 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
							98gm			204	14	11	229	2