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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 19 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
2	13 (5)	Apr 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	19 (5)	May 3	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	20	May 5	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-9	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
5	21	May 6	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	22	May 7	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
7	23	May 8	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	25 (1)	May 10 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	28 (2)	May 14	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
10	32 (3)	May 17 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	37 (4)	May 23	BAL		NYY	L,5-13	GF	27	6.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	38	May 24 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-9	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	41 (2)	May 27	BAL		WSH	L,0-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
14	42	May 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-0	GF	22	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH C
15	43	May 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	49 (5)	Jun 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	71	16.2	13	2	0	15	1	C
17	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-1	GF	26	6.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	54 (3)	Jun 10	BAL		CLE	L,8-11	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
19	56 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	GF	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	57	Jun 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	58	Jun 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	59	Jun 15	BAL		DET	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	62 (2)	Jun 19 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	69 (6)	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	71 (1)	Jun 27	BAL	@	DET	L,2-12	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	78 (6)	Jul 5 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	80 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
28	82 (1)	Jul 10	BAL	@	WSH	L,6-7	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	90 (7)	Jul 18 (2)	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	96 (5)	Jul 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	102 (5)	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	104 (1)	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	105	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
34	106	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	107	Aug 4	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	108	Aug 5 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	109	Aug 5 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	110	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	T,1-1	CG	66	18.0	7	3	1	11	0	C
39	111	Aug 7	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	112	Aug 9	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	113	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	114	Aug 14	BAL		WSH	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
43	115	Aug 15	BAL		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	116	Aug 16	BAL		WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	119 (2)	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-6	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	120	Aug 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	121	Aug 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
48	122	Aug 23	BAL	@	DET	L,5-9	GF	16	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	123	Aug 24	BAL	@	DET	W,11-0	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	132 (8)	Sep 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	135 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	136	Sep 7 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,1-8	GF	18	3.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
53	138 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	139	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
55	141 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	142	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
57	143	Sep 13 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,5-9	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
58	149 (5)	Sep 19	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	150	Sep 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	151	Sep 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	154 (2)	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	43	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
62	155	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
							62gm		433.0	241	29	2	272	4