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Joe DeMaestri

Joe DeMaestri

1951–1961 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 170 lb · b. 1928 San Francisco, CA

Career 1,121 G · 813 H · 49 HR · 281 RBI · .236 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3

2 best in baseball 1 league only

28 Top-5 finishes

2 Title seasons

2 Categories led

1957 Best season

Spanning 1957–1958, peaking at 2 titles in 1957.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,719th League titles 3
1,235th Best in baseball 2
1,017th Top-5 finishes 28

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	2	1st	2 yrs (1957–1958)	1957 .980 1958 .980 1955 #3 1956 #3 1959 #3
Shortstop Putouts	1	1st	—	1957 AL 248 1954 #2
Shortstop Range Factor	—	#3	—	1955 #3 1956 #3
Shortstop Double Plays	—	#2	—	1954 #2 1956 #2 1957 #3 1958 #3
Shortstop Assists	—	#3	—	1954 #3 1956 #3 1959 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1958	1	SS FPCT .980
1957	2	SS PO 248 SS FPCT .980

Batting

11 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1951	CHA	AL	56	74	8	15	0	2	1	3	5	11	0	.203	.253	.297	.550
1952	SLA	AL	81	186	13	42	9	1	1	18	8	25	0	.226	.258	.301	.559
1953	PHA	AL	111	420	53	107	17	3	6	35	24	39	0	.255	.297	.352	.649
1954	PHA	AL	146	539	49	124	16	3	8	40	20	63	1	.230	.258	.315	.574
1955	KC1	AL	123	457	42	114	14	1	6	37	20	47	3	.249	.284	.324	.608
1956	KC1	AL	133	434	41	101	16	1	6	39	25	73	3	.233	.277	.316	.593
1957	KC1	AL	135	461	44	113	14	6	9	33	22	82	6	.245	.280	.360	.640
1958	KC1	AL	139	442	32	97	11	1	6	38	16	84	1	.219	.247	.290	.536
1959	KC1	AL	118	352	31	86	16	5	6	34	28	65	1	.244	.305	.369	.674
1960	NYA	AL	49	35	8	8	1	0	0	2	0	9	0	.229	.229	.257	.486
1961	NYA	AL	30	41	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	13	0	.146	.146	.146	.293
Career	—	—	1,121	3,441	322	813	114	23	49	281	168	511	15	.236	.274	.325	.599

Fielding

3 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1951	CHA	AL	SS	27	—	—	26	45	3	12	74	.959	2.63
			2B	11	—	—	16	14	1	2	31	.968	2.73
			3B	8	—	—	1	2	1	0	4	.750	0.38
1952	SLA	AL	SS	77	—	—	105	156	17	29	278	.939	3.39
			2B	1	—	—	1	1	0	1	2	1.000	2.00
			3B	1	—	—	0	2	0	1	2	1.000	2.00
1953	PHA	AL	SS	108	—	—	191	297	18	53	506	.964	4.52
1954	PHA	AL	SS	142	139	1223.0	285	406	25	90	716	.965	4.87
			2B	1	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
			3B	1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1955	KC1	AL	SS	122	118	1030.2	206	358	21	78	585	.964	4.62
1956	KC1	AL	SS	132	125	1053.2	210	407	23	95	640	.964	4.67
			2B	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1957	KC1	AL	SS	134	130	1126.0	248	387	13	87	648	.980	4.74
1958	KC1	AL	SS	137	132	1142.0	226	417	13	95	656	.980	4.69
1959	KC1	AL	SS	115	106	905.1	167	320	22	63	509	.957	4.23
1960	NYA	AL	2B	19	0	34.0	12	8	1	3	21	.952	1.05
			SS	17	2	52.0	10	21	0	1	31	1.000	1.82
1961	NYA	AL	SS	18	9	103.1	15	38	1	9	54	.981	2.94
			2B	5	0	13.0	9	6	0	2	15	1.000	3.00
			3B	4	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
Career	—	—	SS	1,029	761	6636.0	1,689	2,852	156	612	4,697	.967	4.41
	—	—	2B	39	0	52.0	38	30	2	8	70	.971	1.74
	—	—	3B	14	0	11.0	1	5	1	1	7	.857	0.43