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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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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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.

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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

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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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