Joseph Paul DeMaestri, nicknamed "Froggy," is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia & Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees. He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet tall and weighed 170 pounds. In an 11-season career, DeMaestri was a .236 hitter with 49 home runs and 281 RBI in 1121 games played. He made the American League All-Star team in 1957. In the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, DeMaestri took over for regular Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek when Kubek was struck in the throat by a bad-hop ground ball hit by Bill Virdon of the Pittsburgh Pirates. DeMaestri was on the field when, one inning later, Bill Mazeroski hit his famous walk-off homer against Yankee pitcher Ralph Terry. 

December 9th, 1928 in San Francisco  /  Died:   Aug 26th, 2016