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Joe
Ginsberg		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 11, 1926 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1957    1958   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
1949 22 SEM AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
1950 23 SEM AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
1951 24 SEM AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1952 25 SEM AL     7 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 10
1953 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 9 10 9
1954 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 9 10 10
1955 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 10
1956 29 SEM AL $ 1,707,143   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 9 10 9
1957 30 SEM AL $ 1,707,143   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 9 9 9
1958 31 MON NL $ 2,107,143   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 9 10 9
1959 32 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
1960 33 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 8 9 10 10
1961 34 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 5 4 7 8 8 9 9 9
1962 35 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 8
1963 36 BSN NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 8 7 8 8 8
1964 37 BSN NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1965 38 OAK AL $ 860,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1966 39 OAK AL $ 860,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6
1967 40 CLN NL $ 319,283   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 8 8 9 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1948 21 SEM AL 109 365 41 82 14 0 4 46 1 1 59 22 .225 .331 .296 .627 38.8 2.0
1949 22 AAA   137 540 103 152 24 0 16 79 1 6 94 27 .281 .388 .415 .803 89.3  
1950 23 AAA   137 498 92 152 21 4 20 92 0 0 96 39 .305 .418 .484 .901 101.0  
1951 24 AAA   137 508 76 143 24 4 16 85 2 2 99 42 .281 .399 .439 .838 92.3  
1952 25 AAA   134 515 77 155 24 0 8 56 0 3 91 23 .301 .406 .394 .800 85.7  
1953 26 SEM AL 17 49 5 14 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 .286 .327 .388 .715 5.1 0.7
    AAA   54 221 41 69 13 0 6 37 0 0 28 10 .312 .390 .452 .842 37.9  
1954 27 SEM AL 106 334 40 88 11 3 6 45 0 0 51 11 .263 .361 .368 .729 45.9 7.3
1955 28 SEM AL 134 450 57 128 16 0 14 53 0 0 62 23 .284 .375 .413 .789 68.1 10.9
1956 29 SEM AL 88 293 44 92 16 0 3 34 0 0 34 21 .314 .383 .399 .782 39.5 7.5
1957 30 SEM AL 140 466 84 142 27 2 7 59 0 0 52 25 .305 .375 .416 .791 69.0 14.1
1958 31 SEM AL 95 360 56 95 22 1 9 39 0 0 35 30 .264 .334 .406 .740 48.1 7.9
  MON NL 38 103 11 25 6 1 1 10 0 0 11 3 .243 .322 .350 .671 11.3 1.4
  TOT   133 463 67 120 28 2 10 49 0 0 46 33 .259 .331 .393 .724 59.4 9.3
1959 32 MON NL 53 175 22 54 5 0 3 23 0 0 14 11 .309 .361 .389 .750 22.9 3.4
  OAK AL 28 58 13 20 3 0 2 9 0 0 8 5 .345 .424 .500 .924 11.1 2.7
  TOT   81 233 35 74 8 0 5 32 0 0 22 16 .318 .377 .416 .794 34.0 6.2
1960 33 OAK AL 106 288 42 91 15 2 2 25 0 0 35 13 .316 .390 .403 .793 41.9 9.8
1961 34 OAK AL 140 439 46 105 15 1 6 53 0 0 54 25 .239 .325 .319 .644 46.3 7.0
1962 35 OAK AL 137 493 66 145 18 1 2 43 1 1 54 34 .294 .368 .347 .715 64.7 13.0
1963 36 BSN NL 67 200 12 49 8 1 1 17 0 0 20 19 .245 .314 .310 .624 19.8 2.4
    AAA   54 56 9 18 1 0 0 6 0 0 10 5 .321 .424 .339 .764 9.0  
1964 37 BSN NL 109 256 25 70 7 0 0 27 0 0 41 18 .273 .375 .301 .675 31.4 5.8
1965 38 OAK AL 142 450 43 124 12 2 1 50 4 2 48 42 .276 .348 .318 .666 50.7 9.8
1966 39 OAK AL 137 409 34 106 9 4 2 39 1 1 50 55 .259 .339 .315 .654 45.2 7.7
1967 40 AA   137 527 52 157 17 1 4 38 1 3 67 87 .298 .377 .357 .734 73.0  
15 Years Sim 1646 5188 641 1430 205 20 63 573 7 5 631 358 .276 .356 .359 .715 659.7 113.3
6 Years AAA 653 2338 398 689 107 8 66 355 3 11 418 146 .295 .402 .432 .834 415.2  
1 Years AA 137 527 52 157 17 1 4 38 1 3 67 87 .298 .384 .357 .741 73.0  
7 Years Minors 790 2865 450 846 124 9 70 393 4 14 485 233 .295 .399 .418 .817 488.3  
162 Game Average 510 63 140 20 1 6 56 0 0 62 35 .276 .356 .359 .715 64.9  
Career Highs 142 493 84 145 28 4 14 59 4 2 62 55 .318 .390 .416 .794 69.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4151 528 1162 162 18 51 458 7 4 513 264 .280 .360 .364 .725 561.8
vs LH   1037 113 268 43 2 12 115 0 1 118 94 .258 .337 .338 .676 121.8
Home 812 2514 308 695 91 10 30 265 2 2 298 172 .276 .354 .356 .711 327.5
Away 834 2674 333 735 114 10 33 308 5 3 333 186 .275 .357 .362 .719 356.0
RISP   1189 0 332 58 2 7 467 0 0 179 79 .279 .369 .349 .718 165.0
Pinch Hitting   278 41 81 7 1 4 37 0 0 32 19 .291 .369 .367 .736 38.3
Close/Late   724 88 195 29 3 6 80 0 0 112 56 .269 .368 .343 .711 98.4
Mar/Apr 281 896 110 268 33 1 12 104 1 1 107 57 .299 .375 .378 .753 129.0
May 313 1034 136 281 41 4 16 99 2 1 134 83 .272 .357 .366 .722 140.0
June 257 862 115 236 37 3 10 77 1 1 91 64 .274 .343 .358 .702 107.9
July 245 763 84 201 32 7 10 101 1 1 100 41 .263 .351 .363 .714 100.6
August 280 870 96 229 30 4 6 95 1 0 107 62 .263 .345 .328 .672 103.9
Sep/Oct 270 763 100 215 32 1 9 97 1 1 92 51 .282 .363 .362 .724 102.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1948 21 SEM AL C 105 101 886.3 338 25 3 1 .992 3.69 43 7 .163 3 1.8
1953 26 SEM AL C 15 12 113.0 61 1 0 0 1.000 4.94 3 0 .000 0 0.5
1954 27 SEM AL C 102 93 836.3 289 35 7 0 .979 3.49 41 10 .244 2 1.6
1955 28 SEM AL C 121 109 1008.0 385 43 2 3 .995 3.82 46 18 .391 4 7.5
1956 29 SEM AL C 78 65 603.3 241 23 3 0 .989 3.94 12 4 .333 2 2.3
1957 30 SEM AL C 121 110 1000.7 497 47 10 0 .982 4.89 35 10 .286 4 1.9
1958 31 SEM AL C 86 81 798.3 453 26 2 0 .996 5.40 27 6 .222 4 2.6
    1B 4 0 7.5 12 0 0 2 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MON NL C 35 32 230.0 131 8 1 0 .993 5.44 8 2 .250 1 1.1
    1B 2 0 2.2 4 0 0 0 1.000 16.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 121 113 1028.3 584 34 3 0 .995 5.41 35 8 .229 5 3.7
      1B 6 0 9.7 16 0 0 2 1.000 14.85   0.0
1959 32 MON NL C 42 39 398.6 332 15 1 0 .997 7.83 14 5 .357 2 2.8
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  OAK AL C 22 21 138.4 115 5 1 0 .992 7.80 5 2 .400 1 0.8
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 64 60 537.0 447 20 2 0 .996 7.83 19 7 .368 3 3.7
      1B 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1960 33 OAK AL C 78 68 623.0 545 16 5 1 .991 8.10 21 3 .143 2 2.1
    1B 5 2 21.0 29 2 0 3 1.000 13.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1961 34 OAK AL C 124 116 1073.0 911 30 4 3 .996 7.89 23 5 .217 8 6.0
    1B 6 0 13.7 14 0 0 1 1.000 9.22 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 35 OAK AL C 131 126 1132.7 895 29 8 0 .991 7.34 49 10 .204 6 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 36 BSN NL C 41 36 338.7 252 19 2 0 .993 7.20 25 11 .440 1 2.4
    1B 18 15 132.0 142 10 0 17 1.000 10.36 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1964 37 BSN NL C 74 52 532.7 429 22 4 0 .991 7.62 41 11 .268 2 2.3
    1B 14 7 80.3 83 5 2 7 .978 9.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1965 38 OAK AL C 126 107 995.3 644 46 6 0 .991 6.24 103 22 .214 2 2.4
    1B 3 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 39 OAK AL LF 45 45 374.3 34 3 11 1 .771 0.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 44 38 343.0 381 31 4 43 .990 10.81 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    C 26 16 162.3 128 6 3 0 .978 7.43 15 3 .200 1 0.4
    RF 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1327 1184 10870.6 6646 396 62 8 .991 5.83 511 129 .252 45 38.5
  1B 99 62 609.7 676 48 6 74 .992 10.69 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  LF 45 45 374.3 34 3 11 1 .771 0.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1472 1291 11857.9 7356 447 79 83 .990 5.92 511 129 .252 45 39.7
Career Highs   132 126 1134.7 925 47 18 44 1.000 8.27 103 22 .440 8  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1957 30 SEM AL 5 12 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1958 31 MON NL 4 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .308 .308 .615
1959 32 OAK AL 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
1961 34 OAK AL 12 40 5 10 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 4 .250 .326 .350 .676
1962 35 OAK AL 5 19 1 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 .368 .429 .526 .955
Career Post-Season Batting 29 93 7 26 3 2 0 8 0 0 6 9 .280 .327 .355 .682
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1957-3-.305
 On-Base Pct
1955-10-.375
1957-9-.375
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Charlie Silvera (958)
  2. Jim Sundberg (951)
  3. Ron Hodges (942)
  4. Bill Fahey (939)
  5. J.C. Martin (933)
  6. Thurman Munson (921)
  7. Tom Haller (921)
  8. Ron Pruitt (918)
  9. Jay Johnstone (909)
  10. Billy Sullivan (907)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Seattle in 1948
Had first career hit on 4/4/1948, off Johnny Rigney (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1948, off Dave Ferriss (SDP)
Injured on 4/12/1951 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/29/1956 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 7-8 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cincinnati on 9/9/1956
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,107,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Traded from Seattle to Montreal on 7/31/1958 (Going to MON: C Joe Ginsberg. Going to SEM: C Jimmie Coker)
9/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 7/31/1959 (Going to MON: C Sammy White, SS Lyle Luttrell. Going to OAK: C Joe Ginsberg, 2B Luis Aparicio)
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/31/1962
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/12/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/16/1965 to a 2-year deal worth $860,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/9/1967 to a 2-year deal worth $319,283 per year
 
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