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+

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

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	Apr 30	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	16	May 2	LAD		CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
3	28 (11)	May 15	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
4	35 (6)	May 24	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	36	May 25	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
6	37	May 27	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
7	38	May 28	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	38	10.0	11	4	0	15	0	C
8	39	May 29	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	49 (9)	Jun 9	LAD		MLN	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
10	60 (10)	Jun 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
11	61	Jun 23	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
12	66 (4)	Jun 29 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	67	Jun 29 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	71 (3)	Jul 3	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS	31	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
15	74 (2)	Jul 5	LAD		SFG	W,8-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
16	88 (13)	Jul 24	LAD		PHI	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	89	Jul 26	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	GS	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
18	90	Jul 27	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
19	91	Jul 28	LAD		CIN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	92	Jul 29	LAD		MLN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
21	93	Jul 30	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	CG	47	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
22	94	Jul 31	LAD		MLN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	95	Aug 2	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-3	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	106 (10)	Aug 13	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
25	115 (8)	Aug 22	LAD		SFG	W,8-5	GF	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	116	Aug 23	LAD		MLN	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
27	117	Aug 24	LAD		MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	118	Aug 25	LAD		MLN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
29	119	Aug 26 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,10-1	GF	17	4.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	127 (7)	Sep 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	128	Sep 4	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-8	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
32	129	Sep 5 (1)	LAD		SFG	L,8-12	CG	49	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
33	132 (2)	Sep 7	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	25	4.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	133	Sep 8	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-4	GF	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	134	Sep 9	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	135	Sep 10	LAD	@	MLN	L,8-10	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	138 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
38	141 (2)	Sep 16	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	145 (3)	Sep 20	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	4	0	0	4	1	C
40	148 (2)	Sep 26	LAD		SFG	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
							40gm		265.0	231	21	4	256	2