Joe Birmingham

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: December 3, 1884 in Elmira, NY us

Died: April 23, 1946 in Tampico, Mexico

Buried: Sauquoit Valley Cemetery, Clayville, NY

Schools: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN), Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

Debut: September 12, 1906 (Age 21-283d, 2,878th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1914 (Age 29-234d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1907 season

Full Name: Joseph Leo Birmingham

Nicknames: Dode

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

2633

667

.253

284

RBI

265

108

OBP

.294

SLG

.316

OPS

.610

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	GF	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	15 (6)	May 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-7	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	1
3	16	May 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	17	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
5	18	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
6	19	May 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
7	20	May 12	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	21	May 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
9	22	May 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	23	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	33 (9)	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	34	May 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	35	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	36	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	37	Jun 1	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	1
16	38	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	1	0	2	3	0
17	39	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	40	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	41	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	42	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	43	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	44	Jun 8	CLE		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	45	Jun 9	CLE		PHA	L,2-13	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	46	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	47	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	48	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	49	Jun 13	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	50	Jun 14	CLE		WSH	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	51	Jun 15	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	52	Jun 18	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	53	Jun 19	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	54	Jun 20	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	57	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	58	Jun 25	CLE		DET	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	59	Jun 26	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	60	Jun 27	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	61	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	62	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
41	63	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	64	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	65	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,15-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	66	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
45	67	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
46	68	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	69	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
48	70	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	71	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	72	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	73	Jul 7	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
52	74	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	75	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	76	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	41	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
55	77	Jul 9 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
56	78	Jul 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	46	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
57	79	Jul 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	80	Jul 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
59	81	Jul 13 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	82	Jul 13 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
61	83	Jul 14	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	84	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	85	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	86	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	87	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	2	1	0	3	1
66	88	Jul 20 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
67	89	Jul 20 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	90	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
69	91	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	92	Jul 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	93	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	94	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
73	95	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	96	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
75	97	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	98	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	99	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-9	CG	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	100	Aug 4	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	101	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
80	102	Aug 6	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	103	Aug 7	CLE		BOS	T,4-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	110 (6)	Aug 14 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	114 (3)	Aug 20 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	115	Aug 20 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	116	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	117	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	118	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	119	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
89	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	NYY	T,8-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	121	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	122	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	123	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	124	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
94	125	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	126	Aug 31	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	127	Sep 1	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	128	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
98	129	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	130	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
100	131	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	42	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	132	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	133	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	134	Sep 10	CLE		WSH	L,2-11	GS	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	141 (6)	Sep 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	152 (10)	Oct 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							105gm		75.0	266	26	14	306	11