Major League Baseball Player. For thirteen seasons (1948, 1950 to 1954 and 1956 to 1962), he played at the catcher position with the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and New York Mets. Born Myron Nathan Ginsberg, he was raised in Detroit and grew up idolizing Hank Greenberg with whom he shared the distinction of being Jewish. He attended Cooley High School where he lettered in baseball and basketball. At the age of seventeen, he was signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit and following service with the United States Army during World War II, he marked his Major League debut with the Tigers on September 15th, 1948; he appeared in 11 games and recorded 13 hits for a .361 batting average that year. In 1951, he produced a career-high 79 hits and the following season (1952), Ginsberg experienced his career highlight, as he caught Virgil Trucks' no-hit game against the Washington Senators on May 15th of that year. He concluded his baseball career as a member of what is perhaps the worst team in Major League history; the 1962 New York Mets (debut year) whom yielded a 40 win 120 loss record. In 695 regular season games, he compiled 414 hits with a .241 lifetime batting average. After retiring from baseball, he worked at Jack Daniels Distillery.
Major League Baseball Player. For thirteen seasons (1948, 1950 to 1954 and 1956 to 1962), he played at the catcher position with the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and New York Mets. Born Myron Nathan Ginsberg, he was raised in Detroit and grew up idolizing Hank Greenberg with whom he shared the distinction of being Jewish. He attended Cooley High School where he lettered in baseball and basketball. At the age of seventeen, he was signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit and following service with the United States Army during World War II, he marked his Major League debut with the Tigers on September 15th, 1948; he appeared in 11 games and recorded 13 hits for a .361 batting average that year. In 1951, he produced a career-high 79 hits and the following season (1952), Ginsberg experienced his career highlight, as he caught Virgil Trucks' no-hit game against the Washington Senators on May 15th of that year. He concluded his baseball career as a member of what is perhaps the worst team in Major League history; the 1962 New York Mets (debut year) whom yielded a 40 win 120 loss record. In 695 regular season games, he compiled 414 hits with a .241 lifetime batting average. After retiring from baseball, he worked at Jack Daniels Distillery.
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