Joe Kirrene, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Major League Baseball third baseman
Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1931
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Date of Death: 19-Oct-2016
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Joe Kirrene
- Joseph John "Joe" Kirrene (October 4, 1931 – October 19, 2016) was an American professional baseball player.
- A native of San Francisco, California, a third baseman, appeared in ten Major League games for the Chicago White Sox during late-season trials in 1950 and 1954.
- Listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg), he threw and batted right-handed. Kirrene signed with the White Sox in 1950 and spent his first pro season in the middle levels of minor league baseball before his autumn call-up.
- On October 1, 1950, the regular season's final day, he started at third base in the second game of a double-header against left-hander Stubby Overmire of the St.
- Louis Browns.
- Kirrene had one single in four at bats and was errorless in the field.
- Kirrene then was out of baseball for three seasons, and served in the military during the Korean War.
- Returning to the game in 1954, he led the Class A Western League in batting average (.343) and was selected as the third baseman on the league's all-star team.That September he received his final Major League trial.
- This time, he appeared in nine games for the ChiSox, six as the starting third baseman, and had three multi-hit games.
- He drove in four runs and registered his only extra-base hit, a double off Bob Porterfield of the Washington Senators, on September 8, 1954.
- In 33 total big-league plate appearances, Kirrene had eight hits and five bases on balls, with four runs scored.
- He also was credited a stolen base.
- He played in the higher minors—including both teams in his native San Francisco Bay Area—in 1955–56 before leaving pro baseball.
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