Joe Pignatano

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: August 4, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: May 23, 2022 in Naples, FL

Buried: Naples Memorial Gardens, Naples, FL

High School: George Westinghouse Vocational Technical HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: April 28, 1957 (Age 27-267d, 11,438th in major league history)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1962 (Age 33-057d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Joseph Benjamin Pignatano

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Relatives: Cousin of Pete Falcone

1959 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

689

161

.234

RBI

OBP

.332

SLG

.351

OPS

.683

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-26 / in Starts: 22-19
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 166 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	94 (48-32-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 166 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	102 (53-32-16)

Most Driven In
D Demeter	3
N Larker	3
R Repulski	2
W Moon	1
D Snider	1
Self	1
D Zimmer	0
R Fairly	0

Most Driven In By
C Neal	4
J Gilliam	3
D Demeter	1
W Moon	1
C Essegian	1
Self	1
R Fairly	1
J Podres	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	72	8 (7)	Apr 19	LAD		CHC	W,8-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					2						C
2	73	13 (4)	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	4.58	-0.107	14.27	-0.20%	-0.37	C
3	74	14	Apr 26	LAD	@	STL	W,17-11	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	8	.78	-0.064	2.24	-0.11%	-0.44	C
4	75	15	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	8	.29	-0.002	.96	-0.01%	0.07	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
5	76	19 (3)	May 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-16	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.182	.413	8	.94	0.056	3.22	0.12%	0.07	C
6	77	21 (1)	May 3 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.235	.200	.435	8	.47	-0.044	1.48	-0.08%	-0.42	C
7	78	22	May 4	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.222	.508	8	1.03	-0.051	3.47	-0.10%	-0.33	C
8	79	26 (3)	May 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.280	.227	.507	8	1.01	0.060	3.53	0.13%	0.09	C
9	80	28 (1)	May 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.208	.494	8	.78	-0.036	2.90	-0.08%	-0.26	C
10	81	31 (2)	May 13	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	3-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.290	.192	.483	7	1.33	-0.086	5.54	-0.22%	-0.36	C
11	82	32	May 14	LAD		PIT	L,6-7	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.343	.276	.619	8	.84	0.148	3.21	0.34%	1.62	C
12	83	33	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.342	.281	.623	7	.30	-0.017	1.16	-0.04%	-0.23	C
13	84	34	May 17	LAD		MLN	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.278	.611	8	.90	-0.045	3.21	-0.10%	-0.54	C
14	85	35	May 18	LAD		CIN	L,7-9	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.326	.300	.626	7	1.66	0.026	4.94	0.05%	0.77	C
15	86	36	May 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.295	.615	7	1.29	-0.058	3.45	-0.09%	-0.87	C
16	87	37	May 20 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.352	.396	.748	7	.65	0.080	1.83	0.14%	2.77	C
17	88	38	May 20 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.345	.385	.729	7	.94	-0.017	2.79	-0.03%	-0.28	C
18	89	39	May 22	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG(13)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.357	.690	7	1.40	-0.163	4.03	-0.28%	-0.86	C
19	90	40	May 23	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.313	.333	.647	8	2.37	-0.263	7.35	-0.49%	-1.63	C
20	91	41	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,1-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.314	.323	.637	7	.70	-0.029	2.07	-0.05%	-0.23	C
21	92	42	May 25	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-0	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.311	.308	.619	7	.18	-0.015	.47	-0.02%	0.30	C
22	93	43	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.299	.294	.593	7	.47	-0.036	1.45	-0.07%	-0.35	C
23	94	45 (1)	May 28	LAD		CHC	L,5-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.299	.294	.593	7						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
24	95	52 (6)	Jun 5	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-1	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.211	.300	.296	.596	8	.46	0.043	1.20	0.07%	0.50	C
25	96	58 (5)	Jun 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-6	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.321	.301	.623	8	1.55	0.112	4.85	0.21%	1.03	C
26	97	63 (4)	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.321	.301	.623	9						PR
27	98	64	Jun 17 (1)	LAD		MLN	W,10-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.227	.341	.307	.648	8	.12	0.011	.38	0.02%	0.76	C
28	99	77 (12)	Jun 29	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	10-GF(13)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.344	.312	.656	7	2.29	0.014	13.32	0.05%	0.14	PH 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
29	100	80 (2)	Jul 3	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.355	.316	.671	7	1.37	0.106	6.30	0.29%	0.61	C
30	101	81	Jul 4 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.355	.316	.671	6						PR
31	102	82	Jul 4 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.351	.305	.655	8	.56	-0.019	2.24	-0.05%	-0.64	C
32	103	88 (5)	Jul 13	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-13	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.347	.302	.649	7	1.14	-0.104	5.51	-0.30%	-0.92	C
33	104	94 (5)	Jul 19 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.346	.303	.650	7	1.51	-0.080	7.02	-0.22%	-0.80	C
34	105	95	Jul 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.346	.326	.672	7	.65	0.040	4.42	0.17%	0.72	C
35	106	101 (5)	Jul 26	LAD		STL	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.342	.333	.676	7	.26	-0.027	1.25	-0.08%	-0.48	C
36	107	102	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.230	.330	.320	.650	7	.66	-0.081	3.46	-0.26%	-1.48	C
37	108	103	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.331	.320	.651	7	1.74	0.216	10.40	0.78%	0.50	C
38	109	104	Jul 30	LAD		PIT	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.325	.308	.634	7	2.21	-0.214	14.27	-0.83%	-1.15	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
39	110	108 (3)	Aug 4	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.317	.300	.617	7	.76	-0.059	4.74	-0.22%	-0.47	C
40	111	115 (6)	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.315	.297	.612	6	2.35	-0.061	12.53	-0.19%	-0.25	PR C
41	112	121 (5)	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.315	.292	.607	7	.55	0.003	3.54	0.01%	-0.14	C
42	113	125 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.306	.282	.588	7	.53	-0.057	2.99	-0.19%	-0.80	C
43	114	130 (4)	Aug 30	LAD		SFG	W,7-6	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.210	.319	.286	.605	7	1.33	0.002	12.24	0.01%	-0.03	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
44	115	135 (4)	Sep 6 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,0-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.331	.295	.626	7	1.86	0.095	13.15	0.40%	0.81	C
45	116	139 (3)	Sep 10	LAD		PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.322	.286	.608	7	.26	-0.027	1.27	-0.08%	-0.90	C
46	117	141 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	LAD		PIT	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.327	.292	.619	8	.63	0.031	4.72	0.14%	0.17	C
47	118	144 (2)	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.327	.292	.619	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
48	119	147 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.331	.299	.630	8	.75	0.135	9.71	1.04%	1.37	C
49	120	148	Sep 19 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.335	.299	.635	8	1.46	0.094	29.20	1.13%	0.15	C
50	121	150 (1)	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	L,10-11	6-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.340	.299	.639	8	.27	0.012	4.56	0.13%	0.27	PH C
51	122	152 (1)	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.338	.297	.635	7	.48	-0.012	8.47	-0.12%	-0.16	C
52	123	156 (3)	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	9-GF(12)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.346	.302	.648	6	2.32	0.122	96.46	3.04%	0.60	PR C
							26-26		166	139	17	33	4	1	1	11	21	2	15	2	4	0	1	2	1	0	.237	.346	.302	.648		1.00	-0.368	6.22	3.74%	-2.03

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