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Joe
Beggs		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 197
 
Born: November 4, 1910 in Usa, PA, RANKIN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 27 DET AL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 6 7 7
1939 28 DET AL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 7 6
1940 29 MIN AL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 6 6
1941 30 MIN AL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 6 7 6
1942 31 MIN AL $ 350,000 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 6 7 6
1943 32 MIN AL $ 350,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 7 6
1944 33 MIN AL $ 589,286 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 6
1945 34 CIN NL $ 904,000 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 6
1946 35 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7
1947 36 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 4 3
1948 37 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 1 1 1 5 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 1 1 1 5 6 5 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 904,000 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 27 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1939 28 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1940 29 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1941 30 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1942 31 MIN AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1943 32 MIN AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1944 33 MIN AL $ 589,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1945 34 CIN NL $ 904,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1946 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1947 36 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1948 37 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 904,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1938 27 DET AL 4 19 .174 35 29 5 0 0 216.3 272 125 15 77 50 5.20 .304 .358 .412 .770 3.5
1939 28 DET AL 6 6 .500 37 8 4 0 1 96.3 112 46 3 18 19 4.30 .299 .325 .387 .712 4.6
    AAA   0 3 .000 4 4 0 0 0 24.3 37 11 1 4 12 4.07 .336 .360 .427 .787  
1940 29 MIN AL 2 1 .667 17 1 0 0 3 26.3 32 15 3 4 8 5.13 .305 .333 .524 .857 1.6
    AAA   6 6 .500 17 17 1 0 0 113.7 146 49 6 28 33 3.88 .308 .347 .409 .756  
1941 30 MIN AL 0 5 .000 38 0 0 0 5 38.3 53 26 3 15 13 6.10 .329 .384 .472 .856 0.0
1942 31 MIN AL 0 4 .000 30 4 1 0 0 59.0 69 28 3 18 11 4.27 .285 .332 .409 .741 2.2
1943 32 MIN AL 0 0 .000 16 0 0 0 0 23.3 31 10 2 7 4 3.86 .323 .365 .448 .813 1.5
    AAA   0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 2 16.0 13 3 1 5 8 1.69 .228 .290 .298 .589  
1944 33 MIN AL 1 5 .167 39 0 0 0 6 50.3 50 20 2 23 6 3.58 .258 .333 .330 .663 4.7
1945 34 CIN NL 2 4 .333 18 0 0 0 2 24.0 29 14 2 11 0 5.25 .309 .377 .404 .782 0.8
1946 35 NYG NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.6
    AAA   4 4 .500 42 0 0 0 3 53.0 56 18 5 17 18 3.06 .271 .326 .348 .674  
1947 36 MON NL 0 2 .000 9 1 0 0 0 16.0 13 12 2 16 6 6.75 .224 .387 .362 .749 0.0
    AA   0 0 .000 21 0 0 0 2 27.0 21 8 0 6 13 2.67 .216 .262 .289 .551  
1948 37 AA   4 2 .667 35 0 0 0 5 27.7 27 8 1 13 16 2.60 .260 .342 .327 .669  
10 Years Sim 15 46 .246 243 43 10 0 17 553.6 661 296 35 191 117 4.81 .296 .349 .408 .757 19.4
4 Years AAA 10 13 .435 78 21 1 0 5 207.0 252 81 13 54 71 3.52 .297 .339 .389 .728  
2 Years AA 4 2 .667 56 0 0 0 7 54.7 48 16 1 19 29 2.63 .239 .305 .308 .613  
6 Years Minors 14 15 .483 134 21 1 0 12 261.7 300 97 14 73 100 3.34 .286 .332 .374 .706  
Season Average 1 4 .200 24 4 1 0 1 55.4 66 29 3 19 11 4.81 .296 .349 .408 .757  
Career Highs 6 19 .667 39 29 5 0 6 216.3 272 125 15 77 50 6.75 .329 .387 .524 .857  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   295 134 16 74 69   .278 .325 .376 .701
vs LH   366 162 19 117 48   .313 .375 .437 .812
Home 6 26 .188 132 19 3 0 6 283.3 344 164 16 98 57 5.21 .298 .353 .410 .763
Away 9 20 .310 111 24 7 0 11 270.3 317 132 19 93 60 4.40 .295 .351 .405 .756
Mar/Apr 0 7 .000 36 6 1 0 2 77.6 77 38 3 36 20 4.40 .263 .343 .338 .681
May 4 10 .286 43 16 5 0 5 157.6 202 73 4 37 32 4.17 .316 .353 .395 .748
June 1 6 .143 29 6 2 0 1 69.0 69 29 5 23 19 3.78 .259 .318 .380 .698
July 4 6 .400 36 5 0 0 1 65.0 84 47 8 20 17 6.51 .307 .354 .485 .839
August 1 9 .100 48 4 1 0 7 79.6 116 68 6 35 15 7.69 .337 .398 .468 .866
Sep/Oct 5 8 .385 51 6 1 0 1 104.6 113 41 9 40 14 3.53 .273 .337 .394 .731
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 27 DET AL 35 65 3 13 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 14 .200 .197 .246 .443 2.9 0.0
1939 28 DET AL 37 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .042 .000 .042 -1.7 0.0
1940 29 MIN AL 17 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2
1941 30 MIN AL 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1942 31 MIN AL 30 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.1 0.0
1943 32 MIN AL 16 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
1944 33 MIN AL 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1945 34 CIN NL 18 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1947 36 MON NL 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
9 Years Sim 239 111 5 18 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 26 .162 .168 .189 .357 2.4 0.4
162 Game Average 75 3 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .162 .168 .189 .357 1.6  
Career Highs 39 65 3 13 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 14 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   84 5 14 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 18 .167 .174 .202 .377 1.1
vs LH   27 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 .148 .148 .148 .296 0.0
Home 130 50 2 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 13 .160 .157 .180 .337 0.0
Away 57 61 3 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 13 .164 .177 .197 .374 1.0
RISP   15 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .133 .125 .133 .258 -0.2
Close/Late   7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5
Mar/Apr 23 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3
May 22 38 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .026 .051 .053 .104 -2.5
June 10 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 .143 .133 .143 .276 -0.5
July 5 11 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .455 .727 1.3
August 39 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.7
Sep/Oct 26 19 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 .474 .474 .474 .947 3.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1938 27 DET AL P 35 29 216.3 19 38 1 3 .983 2.37    
1939 28 DET AL P 37 8 96.3 7 24 0 3 1.000 2.90    
1940 29 MIN AL P 17 1 26.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.03    
1941 30 MIN AL P 38 0 38.3 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1942 31 MIN AL P 30 4 59.0 2 11 1 1 .929 1.98    
1943 32 MIN AL P 16 0 23.3 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.70    
1944 33 MIN AL P 39 0 50.3 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.50    
1945 34 CIN NL P 18 0 24.0 0 8 0 1 1.000 3.00    
1946 35 NYG NL P 4 0 3.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.38    
1947 36 MON NL P 9 1 16.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.69    
Career Totals   243 43 553.6 39 108 2 10 .987 2.39    
Career Highs   39 29 216.3 19 38 1 3 1.000 7.38    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1938-4-19
 Saves
1944-10-6
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by Detroit in 1938
Had first career hit on 4/26/1938, off Al Hollingsworth (MON)
Earned first career win on 6/3/1938
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/3/1940 (Going to MIN: P Joe Beggs. Going to DET: P Bill Hallahan)
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $589,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/12/1944 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 7/31/1945 to a 1-year deal worth $904,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/5/1946 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 7/1/1946
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 7/31/1946 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/10/1947 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 4/16/1947 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Boston (N) on 6/1/1947 (Going to MON: P Hal Newhouser. Going to BSN: P Joe Beggs)
Injured on 6/8/1947 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
 
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