Joe Ginsberg
1948–1962 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets
695G
.241AVG
.332OBP
.320SLG
More career statistics
414H
20HR
182RBI
7SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 135 | 137 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,986 | 1,985 |
| Batting · Walks | 226 | 225 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 695 | 1,986 | 1,716 | 168 | 414 | 59 | 8 | 20 | 182 | 226 | 135 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 549 | .241 | .332 | .320 | .652 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1952-07-16 to 1952-07-29
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1953-06-02 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1951-07-07 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1951-08-22 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 370 | 1115 | 235 | 12 | 110 | 151 | 66 | .249 | .346 | .327 |
| Away | 325 | 870 | 179 | 8 | 72 | 74 | 71 | .231 | .291 | .311 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 62 | 176 | 31 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 16 | .214 | .307 | .338 |
| May | 139 | 417 | 90 | 3 | 37 | 55 | 23 | .255 | .348 | .326 |
| June | 119 | 306 | 61 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 18 | .233 | .320 | .286 |
| July | 124 | 366 | 95 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 27 | .290 | .352 | .418 |
| August | 132 | 374 | 62 | 3 | 34 | 33 | 33 | .187 | .254 | .247 |
| September | 117 | 344 | 75 | 2 | 28 | 42 | 20 | .254 | .340 | .308 |
| October | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 101 | 260 | 57 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 20 | .244 | .308 | .346 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 99 | 288 | 57 | 0 | 29 | 35 | 18 | .231 | .319 | .287 |
| cleveland-guardians | 98 | 274 | 62 | 5 | 33 | 36 | 19 | .266 | .358 | .369 |
| new-york-yankees | 96 | 302 | 57 | 5 | 29 | 36 | 22 | .220 | .308 | .305 |
| boston-red-sox | 88 | 257 | 46 | 1 | 17 | 36 | 22 | .215 | .319 | .285 |
| detroit-tigers | 57 | 145 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 11 | .192 | .276 | .232 |
| st-louis-browns | 50 | 162 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 7 | .232 | .302 | .282 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 42 | 156 | 42 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 7 | .313 | .385 | .433 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Detroit Tigers | 11 | 36 | 13 | – | 1 | – | .361 | – | – |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 95 | 22 | – | 12 | 1 | .232 | – | – |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 102 | 304 | 79 | 8 | 37 | – | .260 | – | – |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers | 113 | 307 | 68 | 6 | 36 | 1 | .221 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 64 | 162 | 47 | – | 13 | – | .290 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Cleveland Guardians | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .500 | – | – |
| 1956 | Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics | 86 | 223 | 50 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .224 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 175 | 48 | 1 | 18 | 2 | .274 | – | – |
| 1958 | Baltimore Orioles | 61 | 109 | 23 | 3 | 16 | – | .211 | – | – |
| 1959 | Baltimore Orioles | 65 | 166 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .181 | – | – |
| 1960 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 42 | 105 | 27 | – | 15 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1961 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 25 | 27 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1962 |  New York Mets | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |