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	26-38 / in Starts: 16-23
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	52 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 190 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	138 (70-42-26)
Avg. MLBer w/ 190 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	117 (61-37-18)

Most Driven In
B Boyd	3
G Woodling	3
W Tasby	2
A Pilarcik	1
B Robinson	1
B Nieman	1
B Gardner	1
B Klaus	1

Most Driven In By
W Tasby	2
B Klaus	2
B Gardner	2
B Hale	1
A Pearson	1
W Dropo	1
W Miranda	1
C Carrasquel	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	562	7 (6)	Apr 19 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-5	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	7	1.74	0.008	4.26	0.01%	-0.12	PH C
2	563	10 (2)	Apr 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	.17	-0.004	.45	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
3	564	13 (2)	Apr 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	6	.90	-0.067	2.68	-0.12%	-0.47	C
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	565	19 (5)	May 3	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	4	.28	0.006	.87	0.01%	0.20	C
5	566	20	May 5	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-9	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	4	.02	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.38	C
6	567	21	May 6	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.700	1.200	6	.84	0.293	2.90	0.61%	2.87	C
7	568	22	May 7	BAL	@	WSH	W,10-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.500	.700	1.200	5						C
8	569	23	May 8	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.500	.615	1.115	6	1.05	-0.024	3.75	-0.05%	0.14	C
9	570	25 (1)	May 10 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.474	.563	1.036	6	.56	0.008	2.06	0.02%	0.18	C
10	571	28 (2)	May 14	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	6	1.19	-0.055	3.84	-0.11%	-0.45	C
11	572	32 (3)	May 17 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.435	.474	.908	9	.11	0.003	.46	0.01%	0.05	C
12	573	37 (4)	May 23	BAL		NYY	L,5-13	3-GF	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.304	.407	.435	.842	9	.02	-0.001	.05	0.00%	0.98	C
13	574	38	May 24 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.393	.417	.810	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	C
14	575	41 (2)	May 27	BAL		WSH	L,0-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.393	.417	.810	5						C
15	576	42	May 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-0	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.259	.355	.370	.725	5	.67	-0.076	2.16	-0.15%	-1.31	PH C
16	577	43	May 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.353	.345	.698	8	1.60	-0.035	5.56	-0.07%	-0.25	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
17	578	49 (5)	Jun 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(17)	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.341	.333	.675	7	1.63	-0.050	7.08	-0.13%	0.18	C
18	579	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-1	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.318	.308	.626	3	.63	-0.049	2.29	-0.11%	-1.18	C
19	580	54 (3)	Jun 10	BAL		CLE	L,8-11	7-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.326	.300	.626	4	.37	0.014	1.76	0.04%	0.23	C
20	581	56 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.286	.598	4	1.19	-0.061	4.89	-0.15%	-0.57	C
21	582	57	Jun 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.288	.261	.549	6	1.15	-0.130	5.03	-0.34%	-1.65	C
22	583	58	Jun 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.268	.240	.508	6	2.12	0.006	8.49	0.01%	-0.85	C
23	584	59	Jun 15	BAL		DET	L,4-6	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.311	.278	.589	7	1.20	0.119	3.83	0.23%	0.96	C
24	585	62 (2)	Jun 19 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.228	.308	.281	.588	6	.96	0.033	3.09	0.06%	0.08	C
25	586	68 (5)	Jun 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.318	.293	.611	7	5.18	0.299	25.47	0.88%	1.67	PH
26	587	69	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.226	.310	.274	.584	6	.46	-0.045	1.96	-0.11%	-1.68	C
27	588	71 (1)	Jun 27	BAL	@	DET	L,2-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.306	.270	.575	5	.01	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.24	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
28	589	78 (6)	Jul 5 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.289	.254	.543	6	.15	-0.015	.53	-0.03%	-0.77	C
29	590	79	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.286	.250	.536	7	1.66	-0.041	4.91	-0.07%	-0.22	PH
30	591	80	Jul 9 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.286	.250	.536	4						C
31	592	82 (1)	Jul 10	BAL	@	WSH	L,6-7	7-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.278	.243	.521	4	2.53	-0.118	8.53	-0.24%	-0.62	C
32	593	90 (7)	Jul 18 (2)	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.268	.233	.501	7	.53	-0.040	1.56	-0.07%	-0.29	C
33	594	96 (5)	Jul 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.259	.224	.483	7	.97	-0.072	1.76	-0.08%	-0.54	C
34	595	102 (5)	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.247	.213	.460	6	.34	-0.035	.39	-0.02%	-0.57	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
35	596	104 (1)	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.247	.213	.460	5						C
36	597	105	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.255	.205	.460	6	2.48	-0.008	1.88	0.00%	-0.33	C
37	598	106	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.172	.255	.218	.473	6	1.77	-0.184	1.83	-0.11%	-1.16	C
38	599	107	Aug 4	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.176	.255	.220	.475	6	1.84	0.076	1.11	0.03%	-0.53	C
39	600	108	Aug 5 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.257	.215	.472	6	.85	-0.026	.61	-0.01%	-0.25	C
40	601	109	Aug 5 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.255	.206	.461	6	1.20	0.021	.62	0.01%	-0.92	C
41	602	110	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	T,1-1	CG(18)	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.256	.212	.468	7	1.84	-0.135	1.18	-0.05%	-0.56	C
42	603	111	Aug 7	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.174	.254	.220	.474	7	1.48	-0.175	.68	-0.05%	-1.65	C
43	604	112	Aug 9	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.262	.223	.485	6	2.27	-0.019	.57	0.00%	-0.43	C
44	605	113	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.262	.224	.486	6	.86	-0.068	.17	-0.01%	-0.29	C
45	606	114	Aug 14	BAL		WSH	L,3-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.269	.220	.489	6	1.23	0.023	.06	0.00%	-0.13	C
46	607	115	Aug 15	BAL		WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.174	.268	.215	.483	8	1.28	-0.096	.03	0.00%	-1.02	C
47	608	116	Aug 16	BAL		WSH	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.275	.224	.499	8	.58	-0.030	.03	0.00%	0.29	C
48	609	119 (2)	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.273	.222	.495	6	.85	-0.024	.05	0.00%	-0.22	C
49	610	120	Aug 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	1-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.269	.219	.488	4	.17	-0.009	.01	0.00%	-0.25	C
50	611	121	Aug 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.264	.214	.477	7	1.30	-0.083	.04	0.00%	-0.78	C
51	612	122	Aug 23	BAL	@	DET	L,5-9	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.260	.211	.471	5	.36	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.60	C
52	613	123	Aug 24	BAL	@	DET	W,11-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.260	.211	.471	4						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
53	614	132 (8)	Sep 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.169	.253	.206	.459	8	.59	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
54	615	135 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.259	.214	.474	8	.46	-0.031	.00	0.00%	0.18	C
55	616	136	Sep 7 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,1-8	8-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.264	.214	.478	9	2.89	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.38	C
56	617	138 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.261	.211	.472	8	1.13	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
57	618	139	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.267	.214	.480	7	.68	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
58	619	141 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.268	.211	.479	7	1.30	0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
59	620	142	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.267	.212	.479	7	1.04	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
60	621	143	Sep 13 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,5-9	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.183	.274	.216	.490	7	1.45	0.145	.00	0.00%	1.26	C
61	622	149 (5)	Sep 19	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.270	.212	.481	7	.93	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
62	623	150	Sep 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.176	.265	.208	.473	7	1.56	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-1.51	C
63	624	151	Sep 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.265	.208	.473	7						C
64	625	154 (2)	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG(11)	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.179	.269	.210	.479	8	2.49	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.44	C
65	626	155	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.268	.211	.479	8	1.10	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.66	C
							26-38		190	166	14	30	2	0	1	14	21	3	14	0	0	3	4	6	1	0	.181	.268	.211	.479		1.16	-1.017	1.84	-0.19%	-14.99

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