Stay up to date this MLB Season with the daily Baseball Reference Newsletter.

Joe Birmingham

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: December 3, 1884 in Elmira, NY us

Died: April 23, 1946 in Tampico, Mexico

Buried: Sauquoit Valley Cemetery, Clayville, NY

Schools: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN), Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

Debut: September 12, 1906 (Age 21-283d, 2,878th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1914 (Age 29-234d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1907 season

Full Name: Joseph Leo Birmingham

Nicknames: Dode

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

2633

667

.253

284

RBI

265

108

OBP

.294

SLG

.316

OPS

.610

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
2	4	Apr 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
3	15 (10)	Apr 29	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
4	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-14	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
6	24 (6)	May 9	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	31 (6)	May 16	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
8	32	May 18	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	33	May 19	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
10	34	May 20	CLE		WSH	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	35	May 21	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	36	May 22	CLE		PHA	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
13	37	May 23	CLE		PHA	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
14	38	May 24	CLE		PHA	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	39	May 25	CLE		PHA	L,6-12	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	40	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	41	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	T,5-5	CG	0	9.2	2	1	0	3	1
18	42	May 29	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
19	43	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	3	5	2	10	1
20	44	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	45	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,8-14	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
22	46	Jun 2	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	48 (1)	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	49	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	50	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	51	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
27	52	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
28	53	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
29	54	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	55	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	56	Jun 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	57	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	58	Jun 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	59	Jun 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	60	Jun 18	CLE		SLB	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	61	Jun 20	CLE	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	62	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
38	63	Jun 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	64	Jun 23	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	65	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	66	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	67	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	68	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	69	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	70	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	71	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	72	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,6-14	GS	0	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	73	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
49	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	76	Jul 5	CLE		SLB	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
52	77	Jul 6	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	78	Jul 7	CLE		PHA	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	79	Jul 8	CLE		PHA	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
55	80	Jul 9	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	81	Jul 11	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	82	Jul 12	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	83	Jul 13	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
59	84	Jul 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	85	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	86	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	87	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	88	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	89	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	90	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
66	94 (3)	Jul 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	95	Jul 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-8	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	102 (6)	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	103	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	104	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
71	105	Aug 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	109	Aug 12	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	110	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
77	111	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	113	Aug 17	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	114	Aug 18	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	115	Aug 19	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	116	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
83	117	Aug 22	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	118	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	119	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	120	Aug 27	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	121	Aug 29	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	122	Aug 30	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	123	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	124	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	125	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	126	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	127	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	128	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	129	Sep 7	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	130	Sep 8	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	131	Sep 9	CLE		SLB	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	132	Sep 10	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
99	133	Sep 12	CLE		DET	L,6-9	CG	0	13.0	4	1	1	6	0
100	134	Sep 13	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	135	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	136	Sep 16 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	137	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	138	Sep 19	CLE	@	NYY	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
105	139	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
106	140	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
107	141	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	142	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	4	0	0	4	0
109	143	Sep 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	144	Sep 24	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
111	145	Sep 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	146	Sep 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	151 (4)	Oct 2	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	152	Oct 4 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	153	Oct 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-6	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	154	Oct 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	155	Oct 7 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	156	Oct 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
							117gm		143.0	249	56	13	318	9