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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 21	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
2	5	Apr 22	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
3	7 (1)	Apr 24	KCA		MIN	L,6-10	GS	35	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	9 (1)	Apr 27	KCA		CHW	L,1-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
5	10	Apr 28	KCA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	12 (1)	Apr 30 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,4-6		5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	13	Apr 30 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	14	May 2	KCA		BOS	W,7-4	GS	25	6.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
9	15	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,9-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	16	May 6	KCA		BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	C
11	20 (3)	May 12	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
12	21	May 13	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
13	23 (1)	May 14 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	24	May 15	KCA		LAA	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	27 (2)	May 19	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	6	0	2	8	0	C
16	30 (2)	May 22	KCA		DET	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	32 (1)	May 24	KCA		WSA	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	34 (1)	May 27	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	52	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
19	36 (1)	May 28 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	37	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	39 (1)	May 31	KCA	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	40	Jun 1	KCA	@	DET	T,4-4	CG	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	41	Jun 2	KCA	@	WSA	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
24	42	Jun 3	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	43	Jun 4	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
26	44	Jun 5 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	45	Jun 5 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,10-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
28	46	Jun 6	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	47	Jun 7	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	48	Jun 8 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	49	Jun 8 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	50	Jun 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
33	51	Jun 10	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
34	52	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	53	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
36	55 (1)	Jun 13	KCA	@	MIN	L,6-8	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
37	56	Jun 14	KCA	@	MIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	57	Jun 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	58	Jun 16	KCA		LAA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
40	59	Jun 17	KCA		LAA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
41	60	Jun 18	KCA		LAA	L,3-5	CG	46	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
42	61	Jun 19	KCA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	62	Jun 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	65 (2)	Jun 23	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
45	68 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	KCA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	70 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	72 (1)	Jun 29	KCA		BAL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	74 (1)	Jul 1	KCA		MIN	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
49	76 (1)	Jul 3	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
50	77	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
51	79 (1)	Jul 5	KCA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	80	Jul 6	KCA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	81	Jul 7 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	86 (4)	Jul 14 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	W,9-7	GS	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
55	89 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
56	91 (1)	Jul 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
57	92	Jul 19	KCA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	93	Jul 21	KCA		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	94	Jul 23 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-6	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
60	95	Jul 23 (2)	KCA		DET	L,14-17	CG	54	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
61	96	Jul 25	KCA		CLE	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
62	98 (1)	Jul 27	KCA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	99	Jul 28	KCA		WSA	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	102 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	7	0	1	8	0	C
65	104 (1)	Aug 3	KCA	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	105	Aug 4	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	106	Aug 5	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	107	Aug 6 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	110 (2)	Aug 8 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	114 (3)	Aug 11	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	115	Aug 12	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	116	Aug 13	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
73	117	Aug 14	KCA	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
74	118	Aug 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
75	123 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	KCA		CHW	L,0-7	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
76	128 (4)	Aug 26	KCA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
77	131 (2)	Aug 29	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
78	134 (2)	Aug 31 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	138 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	KCA		LAA	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	140 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	KCA		LAA	W,13-12	CG	47	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
81	141	Sep 8	KCA		MIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	144 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	KCA		MIN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	146 (1)	Sep 13	KCA	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
84	148 (1)	Sep 15	KCA	@	WSA	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
85	151 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							85gm		631.0	380	35	9	424	7