Joseph Franklin Demaree (June 10, 1910 - August 10, 1958) born Joseph Franklin Dimaria in Winters, California

Winters, California

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 was an American baseball

Baseball

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 outfielder

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. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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 (1932–33 and 1935–38), New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 (1939–41), Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 (1941–42), St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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 (1943) and St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

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 (1944).

Career highlights

Demaree helped the Cubs win the National League

National League

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 pennant

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 in 1932, 1935 and 1938. During his only season with the Cardinals he helped them to win the National League pennant in 1943. During his last season he helped the Browns win the American League

American League

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pennant. He was named to the National League All-Star Team in 1936 and 1937.

He finished 7th in voting for the 1936 National League MVP for playing in 154 Games, having 605 At Bats, 93 Runs, 212 Hits, 34 Doubles, 3 Triples, 16 Home Runs, 96 RBI, 4 Stolen Bases, 49 Walks, .350 Batting Average, .400 On-base percentage, .496 Slugging Percentage, 300 Total Bases and 17 Sacrifice Hits.

He finished 15th in voting for the 1937 National League MVP for playing in 154 Games, having 615 At Bats, 104 Runs, 199 Hits, 36 Doubles, 6 Triples, 17 Home Runs, 115 RBI, 6 Stolen Bases, 57 Walks, .324 Batting Average, .382 On-base percentage, .485 Slugging Percentage, 298 Total Bases and 14 Sacrifice Hits.

He also led the National League in Grounding into Double Plays (23) in 1937.

Career statistics

• 12 Major League seasons
• Played in 1,155 Games
• 4,144 At Bats
• 578 Runs
• 1,241 Hits
• 190 Doubles
• 36 Triples
• 72 Home Runs
• 591 RBI
• 33 Stolen Bases
• 359 Walks
• .299 Batting Average
• .357 On-base percentage
• .415 Slugging Percentage
• 1,719 Total Bases
• 99 Sacrifice Hits

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