Career
He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (18 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg). In an 11-season career, DeMaestri was a.236 hitter with 49 home runs and 281 Reserve Bank of India in 1,121 games played. He made the American League All-Star team in 1957.
On July 8, 1955, at Briggs Stadium, DeMaestri collected six hits in six at bats in an 11-inning game against the Detroit Tigers.
In the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, DeMaestri took over for regular Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek when Kubek was struck in the throat by a bad-hop ground ball hit by Bill Virdon of the Pittsburgh Pirates. DeMaestri was on the field when, one inning later, Bill Mazeroski hit his famous walk-off homer against Yankee pitcher Ralph Terry.