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Joe
Christopher		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 181
 
Born: December 13, 1935 in V.I., , FREDERIKSTED
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 23 PIT NL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1960 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1961 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1962 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1963 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 7
1964 28 NYA AL $ 398,571   6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1965 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6
1966 30 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 6 6
1967 31 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 5 5
1968 32 CLN NL $ 382,376   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
1969 33 CLN NL     4 4 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 398,571   6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
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
1959 23 AAA   137 510 55 126 27 2 22 66 10 7 46 89 .247 .309 .437 .747 69.0  
1960 24 NYA AL 84 175 23 42 12 0 2 14 1 0 17 43 .240 .307 .343 .650 18.4 2.7
    AAA   54 206 31 67 13 2 11 29 2 4 22 44 .325 .390 .568 .958 41.0  
1961 25 NYA AL 136 417 48 101 26 2 10 42 3 0 35 90 .242 .308 .386 .694 50.7 8.1
1962 26 NYA AL 149 456 63 113 26 1 10 52 1 0 25 71 .248 .292 .375 .667 44.8 5.4
1963 27 NYA AL 129 349 37 82 11 3 8 41 2 3 31 52 .235 .298 .352 .650 34.2 4.0
1964 28 NYA AL 104 200 21 47 11 2 1 21 5 2 12 30 .235 .288 .325 .613 17.2 1.6
1965 29 NYA AL 96 216 30 44 7 1 3 23 6 1 13 39 .204 .254 .287 .541 14.1 0.0
1966 30 NYA AL 84 220 26 47 5 2 3 29 6 3 19 42 .214 .278 .295 .573 20.4 1.2
1967 31 NYA AL 15 27 6 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .259 .310 .333 .644 2.4 0.4
    AAA   95 372 43 101 17 2 9 29 5 6 41 70 .272 .344 .401 .744 50.7  
1968 32 AA   128 497 56 143 26 8 11 67 8 5 41 73 .288 .342 .439 .781 71.7  
1969 33 AA   126 496 65 144 29 4 13 66 5 6 45 88 .290 .349 .444 .793 73.2  
8 Years Sim 797 2060 254 483 100 11 37 223 24 9 153 374 .234 .292 .348 .640 202.2 23.4
3 Years AAA 286 1088 129 294 57 6 42 124 17 17 109 203 .270 .345 .449 .795 160.7  
2 Years AA 254 993 121 287 55 12 24 133 13 11 86 161 .289 .351 .441 .792 144.9  
5 Years Minors 540 2081 250 581 112 18 66 257 30 28 195 364 .279 .348 .445 .793 305.6  
162 Game Average 418 51 98 20 2 7 45 4 1 31 76 .234 .292 .348 .640 41.1  
Career Highs 149 456 63 113 26 3 10 52 6 3 35 90 .259 .310 .386 .694 50.7  
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   1160 131 260 49 5 17 122 11 7 80 193 .224 .279 .319 .598 100.0
vs LH   900 123 223 51 6 20 101 13 2 73 181 .248 .309 .384 .693 106.3
Home 397 1017 129 235 52 6 16 119 15 5 75 189 .231 .289 .341 .631 98.7
Away 400 1043 125 248 48 5 21 104 9 4 78 185 .238 .295 .354 .648 107.5
RISP   495 0 118 18 3 9 167 0 0 40 92 .238 .296 .341 .637 50.4
Pinch Hitting   167 21 40 8 0 3 15 1 2 8 18 .240 .278 .341 .620 14.6
Close/Late   281 37 67 10 0 2 24 0 0 20 56 .238 .295 .295 .590 23.8
Mar/Apr 123 341 45 81 20 3 8 42 4 2 27 64 .238 .301 .384 .685 38.3
May 130 381 30 80 16 3 4 39 3 2 20 71 .210 .251 .299 .550 26.7
June 139 329 45 82 17 1 4 32 2 0 25 50 .249 .305 .343 .649 34.2
July 119 244 41 78 18 1 8 31 4 2 18 38 .320 .375 .500 .875 41.3
August 132 320 37 69 13 0 3 29 2 1 20 61 .216 .262 .284 .546 22.9
Sep/Oct 154 445 56 93 16 3 10 50 9 2 43 90 .209 .285 .326 .611 42.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1960 24 NYA AL CF 47 40 358.0 89 2 0 1 1.000 2.29   1.3
    LF 7 0 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 5 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1961 25 NYA AL RF 59 56 463.0 90 2 0 1 1.000 1.79   2.0
    CF 65 44 417.0 104 0 0 0 1.000 2.24    
    LF 10 6 65.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.25    
1962 26 NYA AL CF 84 54 538.7 120 2 0 2 1.000 2.04   3.5
    LF 44 43 351.7 69 2 0 0 1.000 1.82    
    RF 12 8 74.7 8 1 1 0 .900 1.08    
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1963 27 NYA AL CF 75 62 565.7 161 3 1 1 .994 2.61   3.2
    RF 21 20 167.0 38 1 1 0 .975 2.10    
    LF 9 7 62.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.16    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 28 NYA AL CF 32 31 275.0 59 3 1 2 .984 2.03   2.2
    RF 30 6 101.7 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.21    
    LF 8 8 71.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
1965 29 NYA AL RF 36 33 279.0 61 1 2 1 .969 2.00   1.5
    CF 12 9 85.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
    LF 11 9 78.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 1 1 0 .667 3.60   0.0
1966 30 NYA AL RF 59 53 430.7 95 2 1 0 .990 2.03   2.6
    CF 13 10 88.0 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.76    
    LF 4 4 34.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.59    
1967 31 NYA AL RF 6 3 30.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.1
    CF 3 2 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    LF 3 1 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64    
  CF 331 252 2349.3 586 11 2 7 .997 2.29   10.2
  RF 228 179 1557.0 322 8 5 2 .985 1.91   6.2
  LF 96 78 690.7 126 4 0 1 1.000 1.69    
  SS 4 0 11.0 2 1 2 0 .600 2.45   0.0
Career Totals   659 509 4608.0 1036 24 9 10 .992 2.07   16.4
Career Highs   141 106 968.0 206 5 3 2 1.000 2.38    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 27 NYA AL 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091
1964 28 NYA AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 10 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .154 .000 .154
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1959
Injured on 4/7/1960 with a Swollen Ear, out for 6 days
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (A) on 5/1/1960 (Going to PIT: C Elston Howard. Going to NYA: CF Joe Christopher, C J.c. Martin)
Had first career hit (double) on 6/2/1960, off Luis Arroyo (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1960, off Luis Arroyo (MIN)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $398,571 through salary arbitration
3/3/1964: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
3/3/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Injured on 3/3/1965 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
3/3/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis on 7/23/1966
Injured on 7/6/1967 with a Fractured Hip, out for 6-7 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/4/1968 to a 1-year deal worth $382,376 per year
4/2/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
Injured on 5/16/1968 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/15/1968 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/1/1969 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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