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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-41 / in Starts: 20-24
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	61 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 192 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	123 (72-31-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 192 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	123 (65-39-19)

Most Driven In
L Doby	5
A Rosen	2
J Delsing	2
L Easter	2
D Lund	1
W Westlake	1

Most Driven In By
J Priddy	2
A Smith	2
B Glynn	2
A Rosen	2
B Lemon	2
O Friend	2
T Gray	2
D Mitchell	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	263	6 (5)	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,3-6	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.17	-0.004	.33	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
2	264	8 (1)	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,7-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.22	-0.005	.31	0.00%	-0.58	PH
3	265	13 (4)	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.68	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	266	25 (11)	May 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	7	.31	0.001	.16	0.00%	-0.45	C
5	267	27 (1)	May 14	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	7	.84	0.072	.27	0.01%	0.61	C
6	268	30 (2)	May 18 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.308	.708	7	.76	-0.027	.24	-0.01%	-0.22	C
7	269	32 (1)	May 19	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.294	.663	7	.88	-0.063	.36	-0.02%	-0.34	C
8	270	34 (1)	May 22	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.391	.350	.741	7	.21	-0.019	.04	0.00%	0.01	C
9	271	35	May 23	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.292	.625	7	1.48	-0.149	.42	-0.03%	-0.92	C
10	272	36	May 24	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.323	.286	.608	7	1.17	-0.080	.26	-0.01%	-0.41	C
11	273	37	May 26	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	.300	.382	.333	.716	7	.92	0.047	.12	0.00%	0.82	C
12	274	38	May 27	DET	@	CHW	T,2-2	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.361	.313	.674	7	1.39	-0.072	.14	0.00%	-0.61	C
13	275	39	May 29	DET		SLB	L,5-11	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.341	.297	.639	7	1.66	-0.085	.14	0.00%	-0.36	C
14	276	40	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.378	.350	.728	7	1.50	0.153	.13	0.01%	1.20	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	277	43 (2)	Jun 2	DET		PHA	T,7-7	CG(14)	7	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.442	.386	.829	7	1.64	0.257	.04	0.00%	1.40	C
16	278	46 (2)	Jun 4 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-9	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.446	.383	.829	6	.95	0.060	.01	0.00%	0.50	C
17	279	47	Jun 6 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.433	.360	.793	6	.86	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
18	280	53 (5)	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.302	.422	.340	.761	7	.79	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.77	C
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians
19	281	52	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.415	.333	.749	8	2.87	-0.074	3.49	-0.05%	-0.44	C
20	282	53	Jun 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.414	.339	.753	8	.53	0.024	.63	0.02%	-0.05	C
21	283	54	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.419	.365	.784	8	1.49	0.189	1.81	0.14%	0.98	C
22	284	57 (2)	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.416	.364	.779	8	.71	-0.028	.80	-0.02%	0.00	C
23	285	59 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.319	.413	.377	.789	7	1.10	-0.106	1.34	-0.08%	-0.37	C
24	286	60	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.407	.371	.779	9	.98	-0.025	1.58	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
25	287	64 (3)	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.315	.405	.370	.775	8	.58	0.120	1.82	0.23%	1.28	C
26	288	67 (2)	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG(5)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.391	.355	.746	8	1.04	-0.015	3.02	-0.03%	-0.74	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	289	69 (1)	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.374	.338	.711	8	1.07	-0.116	3.60	-0.24%	-0.78	C
28	290	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.379	.329	.708	8	.35	0.011	1.09	0.02%	0.20	C
29	291	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.375	.325	.700	8	.06	-0.002	.19	0.00%	-0.22	C
30	292	73	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.371	.321	.693	8	1.42	-0.039	4.52	-0.07%	-0.36	C
31	293	75 (1)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.279	.380	.326	.706	8	.66	0.062	2.17	0.12%	0.69	C
32	294	77 (1)	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.385	.337	.722	8	.86	-0.012	2.52	-0.02%	-0.18	C
33	295	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.394	.351	.746	6	.49	0.015	1.19	0.02%	0.41	C
34	296	80 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-16	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.391	.347	.738	6	3.24	-0.084	13.49	-0.21%	-0.44	PH C
35	297	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.387	.344	.731	8	4.58	-0.127	16.08	-0.27%	-0.37	PH
36	298	82	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.383	.340	.723	6	.43	-0.021	1.47	-0.04%	0.04	C
37	299	89 (6)	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.387	.346	.733	8	.72	0.121	.79	0.08%	0.72	C
38	300	91 (1)	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.388	.349	.737	8	.82	-0.040	1.58	-0.05%	-0.52	C
39	301	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.393	.355	.749	9	4.74	0.076	6.72	0.07%	0.33	PH C
40	302	94 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.397	.360	.757	8	2.46	0.054	3.70	0.05%	0.50	C
41	303	96 (1)	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	7-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.402	.366	.768	8	1.20	0.037	2.74	0.05%	0.20	C
42	304	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.322	.405	.365	.770	8	1.13	-0.014	1.89	-0.01%	0.26	C
43	305	99 (1)	Jul 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-6	GS-7	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.322	.407	.364	.772	8	.55	0.013	.48	0.01%	0.00	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	306	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.396	.352	.748	6	.61	-0.072	.58	-0.04%	-1.43	C
45	307	104 (3)	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-11	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.394	.352	.746	6	.97	0.007	1.54	0.01%	-0.26	C
46	308	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.396	.349	.745	6	.84	-0.022	1.05	-0.02%	-0.19	C
47	309	107 (1)	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.400	.354	.754	9	2.89	0.115	1.71	0.04%	0.39	PH
48	310	109 (1)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.404	.354	.758	9	.42	0.021	.24	0.01%	0.38	PH
49	311	110	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.408	.354	.762	9	3.33	0.094	1.44	0.02%	0.38	PH
50	312	111	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.412	.354	.766	9	4.26	0.006	1.95	0.00%	0.17	PH
51	313	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.315	.411	.354	.764	8	1.04	0.050	.29	0.01%	0.66	C
52	314	113	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.408	.351	.759	8	1.76	-0.050	.68	-0.01%	-0.36	PH C
53	315	114	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.409	.353	.762	6	.56	0.016	.13	0.00%	0.28	C
54	316	115	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.401	.346	.747	8	.60	-0.046	.02	0.00%	-0.43	C
55	317	122 (6)	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.300	.391	.336	.727	6	.24	-0.004	.02	0.00%	-0.05	C
56	318	123	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.389	.333	.722	8	.20	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.16	PH
57	319	129 (5)	Aug 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.299	.392	.333	.725	8	1.48	0.142	.13	0.01%	1.11	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	320	142 (12)	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.387	.329	.716	8	1.34	-0.072	.01	0.00%	-0.55	C
59	321	143	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.382	.324	.707	8	1.02	-0.051	.01	0.00%	-0.46	PH C
60	322	144	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.379	.318	.697	8	1.21	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
61	323	149 (4)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.377	.316	.693	9	1.84	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
62	324	150	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.374	.314	.688	8	.45	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
63	325	153 (2)	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.289	.386	.321	.707	8	.59	-0.018	.00	0.00%	1.67	C
64	326	155 (1)	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.388	.327	.715	8	.66	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.42	C
							21-41		192	162	16	47	6	0	0	13	24	2	5	2	4		2	4	0	0	.290	.388	.327	.715		1.01	0.145	.98	-0.33%	1.36

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