Joey Amalfitano
[edit] Biography
Joey Amalfitano (John Joseph Amalfitano) was born on January 23, 1934 in San Pedro, California. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 1954 for the New York Giants. In 1960, his rookie year, he hit .277 with 1 home run and 27 RBI. Amalfitano played for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Houston Colt .45s and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 9 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1954
| NY
| N
| 9
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| NY
| N
| 36
| 22
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .227
| .292
| .364
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| 106
| 328
| 47
| 91
| 1
| 27
| .277
| .335
| .351
| 15
| 3
| 26
| 31
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 5
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| 109
| 384
| 64
| 98
| 2
| 23
| .255
| .331
| .320
| 11
| 4
| 44
| 59
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 2
| 2
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| 117
| 380
| 44
| 90
| 1
| 27
| .237
| .317
| .303
| 12
| 5
| 45
| 43
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 5
| 13
|
| 1963
| SF
| N
| 54
| 137
| 11
| 24
| 1
| 7
| .175
| .245
| .219
| 3
| 0
| 12
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 5
|
| 1964
| CHI
| N
| 100
| 324
| 51
| 78
| 4
| 27
| .241
| .333
| .373
| 19
| 6
| 40
| 42
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 10
|
| 1965
| CHI
| N
| 67
| 96
| 13
| 26
| 0
| 8
| .271
| .364
| .313
| 4
| 0
| 12
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1966
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 38
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .158
| .227
| .211
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1967
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 643
| 1715
| 248
| 418
| 9
| 123
| .244
| .320
| .321
| 67
| 19
| 185
| 224
| 12
| 17
| 19
| 9
| 37
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1954
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1954
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 17.1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| NY
| N
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1955
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| 3B
| 61
| 49
| 444.2
| 45
| 114
| 11
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| LF
| 2
| 0
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| 2B
| 35
| 30
| 254.1
| 54
| 70
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| 3B
| 6
| 5
| 48
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| 2B
| 95
| 88
| 766.2
| 201
| 223
| 13
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| 3B
| 5
| 1
| 21.2
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| 2B
| 110
| 99
| 890
| 230
| 268
| 17
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1963
| SF
| N
| 2B
| 37
| 32
| 275
| 59
| 88
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1963
| SF
| N
| 3B
| 7
| 1
| 27
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 86
| 81
| 707
| 201
| 254
| 17
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1964
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1964
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1965
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 24
| 12
| 131.1
| 28
| 65
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1965
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 1.1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 13.2
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1965
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 1.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1966
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1966
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 12
| 8
| 71
| 23
| 19
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1966
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 3.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 88
| 56
| 562
| 57
| 143
| 14
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 15
| 0
| 24.1
| 12
| 19
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 3
| 0
| 11.1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 400
| 350
| 3096
| 796
| 987
| 55
| 209
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 11.1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by New York Giants (February 2, 1954).
- Released by San Francisco Giants (December 5, 1958).
- Selected by San Francisco Giants from Toronto (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1959).
- Selected by Houston Colt .45s from San Francisco Giants in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
- Traded by Houston Colt .45s to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Dick LeMay and Manny Mota (November 30, 1962).
- Sold by San Francisco Giants to Chicago Cubs (March 29, 1964).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (October 18, 1966).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (May 20, 1967).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (July 6, 1967).
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