Joe Ginsberg
Myron Nathan "Joe" Ginsberg was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, he played for seven Major League Baseball teams: the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and New York Mets.
Early life
Ginsberg was Jewish. He was born in Manhattan, and attended Cooley High School in Detroit, Michigan.Baseball career
Ginsberg batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as tall and. In his 13 MLB seasons he played in 695 games, and had 1,716 at bats, 168 runs, 414 hits, 59 doubles, eight triples, 20 home runs, 182 RBIs, seven stolen bases, 226 walks, a.241 batting average,.332 on-base percentage, 17 sacrifice hits, 13 sacrifice flies and nine intentional walks.As a Tiger, Ginsberg caught the first of Virgil Trucks' two no-hitters on the 1952 season, on May 15.