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Old 08-06-2007, 05:32 PM   #114 (permalink)
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: Justin Ginn

2B Justin Ginn:

Justin Ginn was one of the first great second baseman in league history, making 8 All Star teams. He was a very good hitter for average (.320 for his career), and had excellent power(over 400 HR in his career and two 40 HR campaigns). In 2008, he won the AL Silver Slugger award, hitting .370 with 43 HR. He also had two very impressive postseason runs. He carried Knoxville to the 2004 championship by hitting .447 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 HR, 13 RBI, and 10 runs scored in the playoffs. Seven of the RBI came in the final three World series games, as Knoxville rallied from being down 2 games to 1 to beat Pittsburgh in 6 games. In 2013, however, Pittsburgh would get the last laugh. Despite Ginn hitting .392 with 6 extra base hits and 12 RBI in that postseason for Kansas City, the Pirates prevailed in 7 games in the World Series.

Ginn wasn't all about offense, though. He did manage to win a Gold Glove at in 2003.


Ginn's career stats:

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Career Batting Stats 
 
 
Year     G   AB    H  2B 3B  HR  RBI    R  BB    K  SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG   OPS Teams 
2003   154  594  175  31  5  21   88   89  64   96   4  2 .295 .363 .470  .833 KNO,AL 
2004   140  569  178  23  4  34  107  104  63   71   2  0 .313 .381 .547  .928 KNO,AL 
2005   154  579  183  30  5  33  107  104  73   83   5  0 .316 .393 .556  .949 KNO,AL 
2006   156  574  185  36  1  32   97  118  70   85   2  1 .322 .396 .556  .952 KNO,AL 
2007   155  594  179  23  5  29   82   86  65  100   6  1 .301 .370 .503  .874 KNO,AL 
2008   155  613  227  26  4  43  118  139  67   91  14  6 .370 .432 .636 1.069 KC,AL 
2009   144  569  183  23  3  26  107   93  58   99  13  2 .322 .384 .510  .894 KC 
2010   156  616  198  28  1  39  119  115  69  111   5  7 .321 .390 .560  .950 KC,AL 
2011   154  624  193  33  5  22  114  109  65  122  17  7 .309 .374 .484  .858 KC 
2012   142  544  189  30  1  41  119  111  63   82   9  3 .347 .415 .632 1.048 KC 
2013   155  606  198  38  4  38  122  117  81  118  13  4 .327 .406 .591  .997 KC,AL 
2014   156  611  188  26  5  33  145  116  62  141  12  4 .308 .371 .529  .900 KC 
2015   150  570  171  22  5  34  109  108  55  132   1  1 .300 .362 .535  .897 KC 
2016    21   42   16   0  1   1    6    9   2   11   0  0 .381 .409 .500  .909 GR 
Total 1992 7705 2463 369 49 426 1440 1418 857 1342 103 38 .320 .388 .546  .934   
 
 
Career Postseason Batting Stats
 
 
Year   G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2004  12  47 21  3  1  4  13 10  5  7  1  0 .447 .500 .809 1.309 
2006   6  27  6  1  1  0   1  2  0  3  0  1 .222 .222 .333  .556 
2011   6  26  3  0  0  0   1  1  2  5  1  0 .115 .179 .115  .294 
2013  12  51 20  3  0  3  12 11  5  7  1  0 .392 .446 .627 1.074 
Total 36 151 50  7  2  7  27 24 12 22  3  1 .331 .380 .543  .923 
 

 
Player History
 
 
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Knoxville in 2003...
Had first career hit on 4/3/2003, off Aurelio Sandoval (ATL)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/2003, off Damaso Castilleja (WAS)...
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2003, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2003...
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game...
Won World Series with Knoxville in 2004...
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 4/1/2005...
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Grand Rapids on 7/31/2005...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2005, hitting .484 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 9/12/2005...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2006, hitting .347 with 11 HR, 22 RBI...
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/1/2008 to a 7-year deal worth $9,816,400 per year...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2008, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 7 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2008, hitting .387 with 8 HR, 21 RBI...
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2008, hitting .484 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 8/8/2008...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2008, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Memphis on 8/23/2008...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2008, hitting .441 with 9 HR, 22 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2008, hitting .381 with 8 HR, 20 RBI...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2008, hitting .370 with 43 HR, 118 RBI...
Injured on 4/8/2009 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tucson on 4/24/2009...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2009, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 8/14/2009...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2009, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2009, hitting .421 with 7 HR, 25 RBI...
Hit 3 homeruns against Tucson, driving in 5 runs on 4/1/2010...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2010, hitting .531 with 4 HR, 13 RBI...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2011, hitting .438 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Nashville on 7/9/2011...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2011, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 9 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 9/13/2011...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2011, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2012, hitting .419 with 10 HR, 27 RBI...
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/2/2012...
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 5/14/2012...
Injured on 6/22/2012 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2012, hitting .433 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2013, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2013, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Had 2000th career hit on 7/7/2013, off Jason Bogart (ATL)...
Had 6 hits with 6 RBI against Washington on 5/7/2014...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2014, hitting .448 with 2 HR, 11 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Grand Rapids on 6/20/2014...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2014, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 5/25/2015...
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/14/2015...
Signed as a free agent by Grand Rapids on 2/26/2016 to a 1-year deal worth $1,375,900 per year...
Released by Grand Rapids on 7/21/2016, refused assignment to minors...
Retired in 2017.
 
 
Batting Leader Boards Appearances 
 
AVG
2004 - .313 - 6th
2005 - .316 - 5th
2006 - .322 - 3rd
2008 - .370 - 1st
2009 - .322 - 5th
2010 - .321 - 7th
2012 - .347 - 2nd
2013 - .327 - 6th

 OBP
2005 - .393 - 7th
2006 - .396 - 4th
2007 - .370 - 10th
2008 - .432 - 1st
2009 - .384 - 7th
2010 - .390 - 9th
2012 - .415 - 5th
2013 - .406 - 7th

 SLG
2004 - .547 - 7th
2005 - .556 - 4th
2006 - .556 - 2nd
2007 - .503 - 8th
2008 - .636 - 2nd
2009 - .510 - 9th
2010 - .560 - 5th
2012 - .632 - 2nd
2013 - .591 - 6th
2014 - .529 - 8th

 OPS
2004 -  .928 - 5th
2005 -  .949 - 2nd
2006 -  .952 - 1st
2007 -  .874 - 8th
2008 - 1.069 - 1st
2009 -  .894 - 7th
2010 -  .950 - 4th
2012 - 1.048 - 1st
2013 -  .997 - 6th

 Hits
2003 - 175 - 10th
2005 - 183 - 5th
2006 - 185 - 3rd
2007 - 179 - 7th
2008 - 227 - 1st
2009 - 183 - 7th
2010 - 198 - 4th
2011 - 193 - 4th
2012 - 189 - 10th
2013 - 198 - 3rd
 

Homeruns
2004 - 34 - 6th
2005 - 33 - 5th
2006 - 32 - 4th
2007 - 29 - 7th
2008 - 43 - 2nd
2010 - 39 - 3rd
2012 - 41 - 3rd
2013 - 38 - 8th
2015 - 34 - 9th

 RBI
2004 - 107 - 8th
2005 - 107 - 5th
2008 - 118 - 2nd
2009 - 107 - 9th
2010 - 119 - 4th
2011 - 114 - 7th
2012 - 119 - 6th
2013 - 122 - 8th
2014 - 145 - 4th

 Runs
2004 - 104 - 8th
2005 - 104 - 5th
2006 - 118 - 1st
2008 - 139 - 1st
2010 - 115 - 5th
2011 - 109 - 8th
2013 - 117 - 6th
2014 - 116 - 7th
2015 - 108 - 10th

 BB
2013 - 81 - 9th
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