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Joe
Hoover		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: April 15, 1915 in Usa, CA, BRAWLEY
 
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
1943 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1944 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1945 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1946 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1947 32 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1948 33 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1949 34 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1950 35 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 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
1943 28 CLE AL 21 29 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .138 .133 .138 .271 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   79 305 29 77 11 1 1 33 8 4 29 45 .252 .317 .305 .622 30.5  
1944 29 CLE AL 24 17 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .235 .222 .294 .516 1.4 0.0
    AAA   23 83 12 30 4 0 1 12 0 1 9 7 .361 .424 .446 .870 14.5  
1945 30 CLE AL 11 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 .250 .471 .250 .721 2.4 0.4
    AAA   131 472 69 131 16 3 7 47 10 6 46 52 .278 .342 .369 .710 60.0  
1946 31 CLE AL 152 549 68 155 18 4 6 61 0 0 45 90 .282 .339 .362 .702 64.6 10.2
1947 32 CLE AL 123 265 33 58 6 2 5 30 0 0 19 44 .219 .278 .313 .591 22.1 0.6
1948 33 CLE AL 82 174 24 35 4 1 3 13 2 1 18 21 .201 .275 .287 .562 13.1 0.0
1949 34 CLE AL 7 11 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636 0.6 0.0
    AAA   111 451 63 127 19 1 3 38 9 8 34 66 .282 .332 .348 .680 50.6  
1950 35 AAA   119 377 40 88 18 2 4 39 10 6 37 68 .233 .302 .324 .626 37.5  
7 Years Sim 420 1057 137 262 30 7 14 112 2 1 87 161 .248 .307 .329 .637 103.9 11.2
5 Years AAA 463 1688 213 453 68 7 16 169 37 25 155 238 .268 .330 .345 .676 193.1  
162 Game Average 407 52 101 11 2 5 43 0 0 33 62 .248 .307 .329 .637 40.1  
Career Highs 152 549 68 155 18 4 6 61 2 1 45 90 .282 .471 .364 .721 64.6  
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   588 86 151 19 5 11 65 1 1 41 89 .257 .309 .362 .671 64.6
vs LH   469 51 111 11 2 3 47 1 0 46 72 .237 .306 .288 .594 43.3
Home 207 509 57 125 12 3 4 50 1 0 39 79 .246 .301 .305 .606 47.1
Away 213 548 80 137 18 4 10 62 1 1 48 82 .250 .313 .352 .665 60.7
RISP   263 0 64 8 0 2 92 0 0 26 41 .243 .308 .297 .605 25.4
Pinch Hitting   44 5 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 6 .136 .240 .205 .445 2.0
Close/Late   137 32 40 5 1 0 11 0 0 14 20 .292 .355 .343 .698 17.1
Mar/Apr 65 128 16 39 5 0 3 18 0 0 10 18 .305 .364 .414 .778 18.3
May 71 195 31 59 7 2 3 22 1 0 18 33 .303 .358 .405 .763 28.2
June 74 199 26 48 7 1 3 25 1 1 21 32 .241 .314 .332 .646 21.4
July 72 187 21 41 4 2 2 19 0 0 6 23 .219 .247 .294 .542 12.4
August 64 164 16 36 4 2 0 11 0 0 14 23 .220 .283 .268 .552 12.4
Sep/Oct 74 184 27 39 3 0 3 17 0 0 18 32 .212 .286 .277 .563 15.2
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
1943 28 CLE AL SS 16 9 81.0 21 46 3 8 .957 7.44   0.6
1944 29 CLE AL SS 18 2 42.3 10 14 1 4 .960 5.10   0.1
1945 30 CLE AL SS 7 3 36.0 6 17 0 2 1.000 5.75   0.2
1946 31 CLE AL SS 151 147 1268.7 215 476 47 91 .936 4.90   3.6
1947 32 CLE AL SS 84 58 548.0 120 224 17 43 .953 5.65   2.6
    CF 3 3 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67   0.1
1948 33 CLE AL SS 67 42 416.3 94 164 17 40 .938 5.58   1.4
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1949 34 CLE AL SS 5 2 22.0 8 14 0 8 1.000 9.00   0.3
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 348 263 2414.3 474 955 85 196 .944 5.33   8.8
  CF 3 3 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67   0.1
  2B 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   354 266 2446.3 484 958 85 196 .944 5.31   9.0
Career Highs   151 147 1268.7 215 476 47 91 1.000 8.25    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1946-5-90
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 74th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1943
Had first career hit on 7/11/1943, off Sam Nahem (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1946, off Newt Kimball (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1946, hitting .458 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 9/1/1947
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/4/1950 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
 
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