Joe Ginsberg

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: October 11, 1926 in New York, NY us

Died: November 2, 2012 in West Bloomfield, MI

Buried: Montrose Township Cemetery, Montrose, MI

High School: Cooley HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: September 15, 1948 (Age 21-340d, 10,548th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 15, 1962 (Age 35-186d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Myron Nathan Ginsberg

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

1716

414

.241

168

RBI

182

OBP

.332

SLG

.320

OPS

.652

OPS+

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	KCA	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 19	KCA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 20	KCA		CHW	L,3-6	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,15-1	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	5	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
6	6	Apr 24	KCA		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	7	Apr 25	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	8	Apr 26	KCA		CLE	L,2-14	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	10 (1)	May 1	KCA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	11	May 2	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	12	May 3	KCA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	13	May 4	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	14	May 5	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	18 (3)	May 9	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
15	19	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	22	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
16	21 (1)	May 13 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	23 (1)	May 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
18	26 (2)	May 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	27	May 19	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	28	May 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	29	May 21	KCA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	30	May 22	KCA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	31	May 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	72	17.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	32	May 25	KCA	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
25	34 (1)	May 27 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	38 (3)	May 30 (1)	KCA		DET	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	40 (1)	Jun 1	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
28	47 (6)	Jun 9 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
29	50 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
30	56 (5)	Jun 17	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	60 (3)	Jun 21	KCA		WSH	W,15-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	61	Jun 22	KCA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	67 (5)	Jun 28	KCA		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	72 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	26	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
35	73	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	74	Jul 6	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	75	Jul 7	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	76	Jul 8	KCA		CLE	L,3-17	CG	52	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	77	Jul 12	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
40	81 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	82	Jul 17 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	84 (1)	Jul 18	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	86 (1)	Jul 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
44	88 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-13	GS	20	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	94 (5)	Jul 28	KCA		NYY	L,3-14	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	95	Jul 29	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
47	96	Jul 30	KCA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
48	97	Jul 31	KCA		BAL	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	98	Aug 1	KCA		BAL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
50	99	Aug 2	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
51	100	Aug 3	KCA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	101	Aug 4	KCA		WSH	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
53	102	Aug 5	KCA		WSH	L,4-10	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
54	104 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	50	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	105	Aug 8	KCA	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	109 (3)	Aug 12	KCA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	110	Aug 14	KCA		CHW	L,1-12	GF	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Baltimore Orioles
58	118	Aug 22	BAL		KCA	L,2-7	CG	49	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	121 (2)	Aug 25	BAL		DET	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	129 (7)	Sep 3 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	133 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
62	135 (1)	Sep 8	BAL		BOS	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	152 (16)	Sep 29	BAL	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	153	Sep 30 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
65	154	Sep 30 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	27	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
							65gm		512.1	269	31	3	303	3