Joe Pignatano
Joseph Benjamin Pignatano
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 4, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Westinghouse (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1957
Final Game: September 30, 1962
Relatives: Cousin of Pete Falcone
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1957 BRO NL 27 C 6 3 40.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -30.0 -1 8.32 6.17 .989 5.98 4.98 0 4 2 1 33%
1958 LAD NL 28 C 57 45 408.2 304 286 18 0 3 1.000 3.0 8.8 3 6.69 5.33 .988 6.06 5.19 1 19 6 12 67%
1959 LAD NL 29 C 49 41 380.0 340 322 17 1 8 .997 0.0 0.0 0 8.03 6.92 .989 6.34 5.24 5 10 7 6 46%
1960 LAD NL 30 C 40 26 265.0 256 231 21 4 2 .984 2.0 9.1 2 8.56 6.30 .986 6.58 5.41 4 6 7 12 63%
1961 KCA AL 31 C 83 74 629.2 423 379 35 9 7 .979 -3.0 -5.7 -3 5.92 4.99 .989 6.21 5.44 7 25 22 13 37%
1961 KCA AL 31 3B 2 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -450.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 6.75 0.50 .900 3.38 2.80
1962 TOT NL 32 C 32 16 165.0 121 107 13 1 2 .992 -1.0 -7.3 -1 6.55 3.75 .988 6.72 5.50 1 8 16 5 24%
1962 SFG NL 32 C 7 1 18.0 10 7 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 1.43 .990 6.70 5.50 0 1 3 1 25%
1962 NYM NL 32 C 25 15 147.0 111 100 10 1 2 .991 -1.0 -8.2 -1 6.73 4.40 .987 6.72 5.50 1 7 13 4 24%
6 Seasons C 267 205 1888.1 1481 1361 105 15 22 .990 0.0 0.0 0 6.99 5.49 .988 6.30 5.34 18 72 60 49 45%
1 Season 3B 2 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -450.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 6.75 0.50 .900 3.38 2.80
6 Seasons TOT 269 205 1889.2 1482 1362 105 15 22 .990 -0.5 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0 6.99 5.45 .978 6.29 5.32 18 72 60 49 45%

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
1957 BRO NL 27 8 3 8 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1958 LAD NL 28 63 45 63 63 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9
1959 LAD NL 29 52 41 52 52 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
1960 LAD NL 30 58 26 58 58 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 18
1961 KCA AL 31 92 74 92 92 0 83 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4
1962 NYM NL 32 27 15 27 27 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 SFG NL 32 7 1 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
6 Seasons 307 205 307 307 0 267 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 40
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%
1957 BRO NL 27 174 3.15 3.38 5 100% 0 0 37 5 0 0 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 LAD NL 28 1785 3.66 4.18 24 100% 0 0 286 17 0 6 263 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 100%
1959 LAD NL 29 1686 4.33 4.67 21 100% 0 0 322 10 3 12 297 17 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 3 2 100%
1960 LAD NL 30 1175 3.46 4.21 22 95% 0 0 231 14 1 7 209 21 5 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 100%
1961 KCA AL 31 2810 5.20 6.23 39 97% 0 0 358 30 4 6 318 35 7 1 2 3 9 1 1 7 1 8 0 2 6 3 100%
1962 NYM NL 32 685 5.14 6.67 10 100% 0 0 100 9 0 4 87 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
1962 SFG NL 32 80 4.00 4.00 1 100% 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 8395 4.37 5.12 122 98% 0 0 1341 85 8 35 1213 102 26 1 2 7 15 2 3 10 2 24 0 4 10 10 100%
MLB Averages 3.92 4.42 95% 86%

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
1957 BRO NL 27 0 4 57 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0.79 1.49
1958 LAD NL 28 1 19 647 6 12 9 67% 4 10 2 2 0 0 1 0 44 15 1.34 0.82
1959 LAD NL 29 5 10 640 7 6 6 46% 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 30 10 1.33 1.00
1960 LAD NL 30 4 6 431 7 12 11 63% 7 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 26 17 0.76 1.16
1961 KCA AL 31 7 25 1132 22 13 13 37% 15 11 6 2 1 0 3 0 83 21 1.03 1.04
1962 NYM NL 32 1 7 247 13 4 4 24% 12 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 9 1.13 1.08
1962 SFG NL 32 0 1 27 3 1 1 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.66 0.69
6 Seasons 18 72 3181 60 49 45 45% 48 43 11 6 1 0 6 0 221 74 1.06 1.01
MLB Averages 39% 1.18 1.17

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%
1961 KCA AL 31 9 78% 89% 11% 1 0% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 9 78% 89% 11% 1 0% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 58%

* 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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