Joe DeMaestri
| Joe DeMaestri | |
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| Shortstop | |
| Born: December 9, 1928 San Francisco, California |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| April 19, 1951 for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 27, 1961 for the New York Yankees | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .236 |
| Hits | 813 |
| RBIs | 281 |
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Joseph Paul DeMaestri (born December 9, 1928 in San Francisco, California), nicknamed "Froggy," is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1951), St. Louis Browns (1952), Philadelphia & Kansas City Athletics (1953–1959) and New York Yankees (1960–1961). He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg).
In an 11-season career, DeMaestri was a .236 hitter with 49 home runs and 281 RBI in 1121 games played. He made the American League All-Star team in 1957. In the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, DeMaestri took over for regular Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek when Kubek was struck in the throat by a bad-hop ground ball hit by Bill Virdon of the Pittsburgh Pirates. DeMaestri was in the field when, one inning later, Bill Mazeroski hit his famous walk-off homer against Yankee pitcher Ralph Terry.
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
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