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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	5	Apr 21 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	50	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
3	6	Apr 21 susp	BAL	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	7	Apr 22	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
5	8	Apr 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	9	Apr 24	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
7	10	Apr 26	BAL		WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	11	Apr 27	BAL		WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	12	Apr 28 (1)	BAL		WSH	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	13	Apr 28 (2)	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
11	14	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	15	May 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	27 (11)	May 18	BAL		CHW	T,4-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
14	31 (3)	May 21	BAL		DET	L,1-2	GF	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	34 (2)	May 25	BAL		BOS	W,12-0	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	35	May 26 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-9	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	40 (4)	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-16	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	42 (1)	Jun 1	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
19	43	Jun 2 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	47 (3)	Jun 6	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-3	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	50 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
22	51	Jun 9 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
23	55 (3)	Jun 14	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
24	58 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	61 (2)	Jun 20	BAL		CHW	W,4-1	GS	19	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
26	62	Jun 21	BAL		DET	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	63	Jun 22	BAL		DET	L,1-2	CG	50	13.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
28	69 (5)	Jun 29 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	GS	21	5.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	71 (1)	Jun 30	BAL		CLE	W,12-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	72	Jul 1	BAL		NYY	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	75 (2)	Jul 4	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	79 (3)	Jul 11 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	80	Jul 11 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	81	Jul 12	BAL	@	CLE	L,6-8	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	84 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,6-7	GS	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	86 (1)	Jul 17	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
37	87	Jul 18	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
38	88	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
39	90 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	93 (2)	Jul 24	BAL		DET	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
41	96 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	102 (5)	Aug 2 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
43	103	Aug 2 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,10-2	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	104	Aug 3	BAL		KCA	W,7-6	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	105	Aug 4	BAL		KCA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
46	106	Aug 6	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	107	Aug 7	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
48	110 (2)	Aug 10	BAL		NYY	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
49	114 (3)	Aug 16	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
50	116 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	121 (4)	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCA	W,2-1	GF	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	123 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	130 (6)	Sep 1	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	131	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,8-7	GS	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	133 (1)	Sep 3	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	GS	23	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	135 (1)	Sep 5	BAL		WSH	L,0-3	GF	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	136	Sep 6	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	1	0	1	2	0	C
58	137	Sep 7	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	138	Sep 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
60	142 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	C
61	143	Sep 15 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,5-4	CG	68	16.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
62	145 (1)	Sep 17	BAL		CHW	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	149 (3)	Sep 22	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	GS	22	5.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
64	150	Sep 25 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	153 (2)	Sep 28	BAL	@	WSH	W,9-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
66	154	Sep 29	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							66gm		426.1	252	20	4	276	6