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Joe DeMaestri

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Full Name: Joseph Paul DeMaestri Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: April 19, 1951
Birthdate: December 9, 1928 Final Game: September 27, 1961
Birthplace: San Francisco, California MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Joe DeMaestri (Joseph Paul DeMaestri) was born on December 9, 1928 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1951 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1952, his rookie year, he hit .226 with 1 home run and 18 RBI. DeMaestri played for the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees over the course of his 11 year career.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1951 CHI A 56 74 8 15 1 3 .203 .253 .297 0 2 5 11 0 0 0 0 1
1952 STL A 81 186 13 42 1 18 .226 .258 .301 9 1 8 25 0 4 0 0 4
1953 PHI A 111 420 53 107 6 35 .255 .297 .352 17 3 24 39 1 7 0 0 15
1954 PHI A 146 539 49 124 8 40 .230 .258 .315 16 3 20 63 3 3 1 0 10
1955 KC A 123 457 42 114 6 37 .249 .284 .324 14 1 20 47 3 4 3 1 12
1956 KC A 133 434 41 101 6 39 .233 .277 .316 16 1 25 73 3 3 3 2 8
1957 KC A 135 461 44 113 9 33 .245 .280 .360 14 6 22 82 2 3 6 1 14
1958 KC A 139 442 32 97 6 38 .219 .247 .290 11 1 16 84 1 6 1 1 14
1959 KC A 118 352 31 86 6 34 .244 .305 .369 16 5 28 65 4 0 1 8 12
1960 NY A 49 35 8 8 0 2 .229 .229 .257 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NY A 30 41 1 6 0 2 .146 .146 .146 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 1
Total 1121 3441 322 813 49 281 .236 .274 .325 114 23 168 511 17 30 15 13 91

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1951 CHI A 2B 11 0 0 16 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1951 CHI A 3B 8 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1951 CHI A SS 27 0 0 26 45 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1952 STL A 3B 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 STL A 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 STL A SS 77 0 0 105 156 17 29 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1953 PHI A SS 108 0 0 191 297 18 53 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1954 PHI A SS 142 0 0 285 406 25 90 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1954 PHI A 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 PHI A 2B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 KC A SS 122 0 0 206 358 21 78 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1956 KC A 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1956 KC A SS 132 0 0 210 407 23 95 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1957 KC A SS 134 130 1126 248 387 13 87 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1958 KC A SS 137 132 1142 226 417 13 95 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1959 KC A SS 115 106 905.1 167 320 22 63 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1960 NY A 2B 19 0 34 12 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1960 NY A SS 17 2 52 10 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 NY A SS 18 9 103.1 15 38 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1961 NY A 2B 5 0 13 9 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 NY A 3B 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 39 0 47 38 30 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .971
Total 3B 14 0 7 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .857
Total SS 1029 379 3328.2 1689 2852 156 612 0 0 0 0 0 .967

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1946).
  • Selected by Chicago White Sox from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Dick Littlefield, Gus Niarhos, Gordon Goldsberry and Jim Rivera to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Al Widmar, Sherm Lollar and Tom Upton (November 27, 1951).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns with Tommy Byrne to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Hank Edwards and Willie Miranda (October 16, 1952).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Eddie Robinson and Ed McGhee to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Ferris Fain and Bob Wilson (January 27, 1953).
  • Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Roger Maris and Kent Hadley to New York Yankees in exchange for Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry (December 11, 1959).

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