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Joe
Demaestri		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 179
 
Born: December 9, 1928 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 22 NYG NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 2 2 7 6 6
1952 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 3 2 2 7 7 7
1953 24 NYG NL     4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 2 2 8 7 8
1954 25 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 2 3 8 7 8
1955 26 NYG NL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1956 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1957 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1958 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1959 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1960 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1961 32 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1962 33 BRK NL $ 350,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1963 34 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1964 35 WOR AL $ 2,999,999   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7
1965 36 CLN NL $ 2,528,378   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,999,999   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
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
1951 22 A   137 535 57 144 20 0 15 63 2 7 54 51 .269 .336 .391 .727 69.4  
1952 23 AA   56 208 34 58 6 1 10 38 2 1 17 25 .279 .333 .462 .795 31.7  
    A   79 285 40 81 14 3 8 33 1 5 40 29 .284 .372 .439 .811 45.3  
1953 24 AA   137 521 61 133 23 2 21 78 3 4 48 49 .255 .318 .428 .746 70.7  
1954 25 AAA   136 460 57 130 19 1 14 51 1 8 30 44 .283 .327 .420 .746 59.0  
1955 26 AAA   137 550 63 150 17 4 18 81 3 8 44 64 .273 .327 .416 .743 72.4  
1956 27 NYG NL 4 10 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 1.5 0.4
    AAA   134 552 68 169 22 3 21 99 7 6 31 71 .306 .343 .471 .814 83.8  
1957 28 NYG NL 10 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 1.1 0.2
1958 29 NYG NL 39 31 3 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 7 .323 .382 .419 .802 5.0 1.0
1959 30 NYG NL 11 16 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .313 .353 .313 .665 1.9 0.3
1960 31 NYG NL 22 48 6 12 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 7 .250 .294 .313 .607 3.9 0.3
1961 32 NYG NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
    AAA   73 227 28 65 3 3 9 30 2 3 16 28 .286 .333 .445 .778 32.5  
1962 33 NYG NL 55 183 18 40 8 2 3 16 0 0 8 26 .219 .254 .333 .587 14.7 0.9
  BRK NL 48 128 14 31 2 0 1 10 0 0 9 18 .242 .290 .281 .571 10.8 0.8
  TOT   103 311 32 71 10 2 4 26 0 0 17 44 .228 .269 .312 .581 25.5 1.7
1963 34 BRK NL 75 204 20 50 4 0 2 22 2 2 6 28 .245 .267 .294 .561 12.9 0.0
1964 35 WOR AL 121 367 28 83 13 0 5 31 1 0 25 61 .226 .275 .302 .578 29.3 1.8
1965 36 CLN NL 15 38 7 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 10 .184 .205 .342 .547 2.2 0.0
    AAA   31 116 9 27 4 1 2 13 1 0 4 24 .233 .258 .336 .595 9.8  
10 Years Sim 402 1031 100 244 27 2 15 93 3 2 58 157 .237 .277 .310 .588 83.4 5.7
5 Years AAA 511 1905 225 541 65 12 64 274 14 25 125 231 .284 .329 .431 .760 257.5  
2 Years AA 193 729 95 191 29 3 31 116 5 5 65 74 .262 .322 .438 .760 102.4  
2 Years A 216 820 97 225 34 3 23 96 3 12 94 80 .274 .347 .407 .755 114.8  
9 Years Minors 920 3454 417 957 128 18 118 486 22 42 284 385 .277 .332 .427 .759 474.7  
162 Game Average 415 40 98 10 0 6 37 1 0 23 63 .237 .277 .310 .588 33.6  
Career Highs 121 367 32 83 13 2 5 31 2 2 25 61 .400 .500 .419 .900 29.3  
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   361 38 76 9 1 4 28 1 1 24 55 .211 .260 .274 .534 24.9
vs LH   670 62 168 18 1 11 65 2 1 34 102 .251 .287 .330 .617 62.2
Home 213 536 47 125 20 1 9 55 1 0 29 91 .233 .273 .325 .598 46.5
Away 189 495 53 119 7 1 6 38 2 2 29 66 .240 .282 .295 .577 40.7
RISP   204 0 52 5 0 3 74 0 0 20 35 .255 .314 .324 .638 22.1
Pinch Hitting   83 8 24 2 0 1 7 0 0 7 14 .289 .344 .349 .694 10.1
Close/Late   164 13 44 5 0 2 14 0 0 7 21 .268 .298 .335 .634 15.8
Mar/Apr 46 110 8 22 3 0 3 14 0 0 7 19 .200 .248 .309 .557 8.4
May 71 184 24 49 4 2 3 22 1 0 6 24 .266 .288 .359 .647 18.5
June 76 207 23 52 9 0 5 16 0 1 12 28 .251 .297 .367 .664 21.6
July 58 136 9 32 4 0 1 13 0 0 9 24 .235 .283 .287 .570 10.9
August 72 193 14 42 2 0 1 11 1 0 13 34 .218 .266 .244 .509 12.5
Sep/Oct 78 201 22 47 5 0 2 17 1 1 11 28 .234 .271 .289 .560 15.3
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
1956 27 NYG NL 3B 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 1 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 28 NYG NL SS 3 0 5.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 29 NYG NL 3B 7 0 10.0 0 3 0 2 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 5 0 10.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 30 NYG NL 2B 4 2 22.7 4 14 0 2 1.000 7.15 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 31 NYG NL 2B 5 5 46.0 10 15 0 6 1.000 4.89 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 9 3 43.0 8 20 2 5 .933 5.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 3 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 32 NYG NL SS 2 0 5.7 2 3 0 1 1.000 7.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1962 33 NYG NL 2B 46 45 420.7 88 199 3 43 .990 6.14 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    3B 2 1 11.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.2 2 1 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BRK NL 2B 41 39 299.0 62 142 2 31 .990 6.14 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 1 0 8.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 87 84 719.7 150 341 5 74 .990 6.14   3.5
      3B 3 1 20.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
      1B 2 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1963 34 BRK NL 2B 58 54 463.0 101 191 5 45 .983 5.68 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    1B 2 0 12.0 13 2 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 5 0 12.0 0 8 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 35 WOR AL 2B 96 88 775.7 196 353 12 83 .979 6.37 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    1B 5 2 20.0 17 2 0 2 1.000 8.55 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 5 1 14.7 2 5 1 1 .875 4.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 1 9.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 36 CLN NL 2B 5 4 38.0 11 12 0 5 1.000 5.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 5 3 30.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 3 25.0 3 10 0 0 1.000 4.68 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  2B 257 237 2067.0 472 926 22 215 .985 6.09 0 0 .000 0 11.5
  SS 34 8 121.7 19 49 3 8 .958 5.03 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  3B 25 7 98.3 11 28 0 2 1.000 3.57 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  1B 11 2 36.0 35 5 0 3 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   330 254 2328.0 538 1008 25 228 .984 5.98 0 0 .000 0 12.9
Career Highs   108 92 819.7 216 362 13 86 1.000 7.95 0 0 .000 0  
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
1958 29 NYG NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  1. Joe Chamberlain (988)
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  3. Mike Champion (972)
  4. Jack Saltzgaver (971)
  5. Vance Law (971)
  6. Julio Gonzalez (971)
  7. Wallace Johnson (970)
  8. Billy Jurges (967)
  9. Larvell Blanks (967)
  10. Pat Rockett (965)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 62nd overall pick, by Detroit in 1951
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 4/2/1951 (Going to DET: C Mickey Grasso. Going to TAM: SS Joe Demaestri)
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: SS Joe Demaestri, CF Johnny Hopp, 3B Ellis Clary, 2B Lou Stringer. Going to TAM: 3B Sid Gordon, LF Hank Edwards, CF Willard Marshall, C Andy Seminick)
Had first career hit on 9/11/1956, off Johnny Podres (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1958, off Bob Turley (CLE)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
4/2/1960: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
4/2/1960: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1962: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Brooklyn on 7/1/1962 (Going to BRK: P Humberto Robinson, 1B Gail Harris, 2B Joe Demaestri. Going to NYG: P Bob Priddy, 2B Tom Upton, RF Harry Simpson)
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/22/1964 to a 1-year deal worth $2,999,999 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/4/1965 to a 1-year deal worth $2,528,378 per year
 
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