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Joey
Jay		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 228
 
Born: August 15, 1935 in Usa, CT, MIDDLETOWN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1959   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 17 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 7
1954 18 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7
1955 19 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1956 20 CIN NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6
1957 21 CIN NL $ 1,131,429 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
1958 22 CIN NL $ 2,442,857 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 6
1959 23 CIN NL $ 4,257,143 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1960 24 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1961 25 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 3 4 4
1962 26 COL NL $ 6,000,000 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 5 5
1963 27 COL NL $ 6,000,000 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1964 28 COL NL $ 3,500,000 8 7 7 7 6 7 6 3 4 3
1965 29 LAD NL $ 3,500,000 8 7 8 7 6 7 6 3 3 3
1966 30 LAD NL $ 3,500,000 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 3 3 3
1967 31 LAD NL $ 3,500,000 7 7 8 7 6 7 6 3 3 3
1968 32 KCR AL $ 600,000 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3
1969 33 KCR AL $ 600,000 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 8 7 8 8 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
1953 17 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 18 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 19 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 20 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 21 CIN NL $ 1,131,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 22 CIN NL $ 2,442,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 23 CIN NL $ 4,257,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 24 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 25 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 26 COL NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 27 COL NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 28 COL NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 29 LAD NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 30 LAD NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 31 LAD NL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 32 KCR AL $ 600,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 33 KCR AL $ 600,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1953 17 CIN NL 1 2 .333 32 5 0 0 2 54.7 62 43 11 31 27 7.08 .279 .368 .491 .859 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 0 0 0 4 0.00 .300 .300 .300 .600  
1954 18 CIN NL 2 3 .400 51 7 0 0 1 60.3 69 41 11 33 26 6.12 .286 .372 .465 .837 1.5
1955 19 CIN NL 9 24 .273 41 41 9 0 0 293.0 289 169 43 151 146 5.19 .256 .341 .436 .776 2.9
1956 20 CIN NL 7 10 .412 20 20 5 0 0 141.3 128 74 20 56 84 4.71 .243 .315 .421 .736 5.7
1957 21 CIN NL 14 21 .400 44 44 5 2 0 308.3 300 164 48 129 228 4.79 .249 .323 .407 .730 8.8
1958 22 CIN NL 16 19 .457 44 44 7 1 0 331.0 270 135 42 100 249 3.67 .220 .281 .379 .660 22.0
1959 23 CIN NL 20 20 .500 44 44 3 1 0 322.7 298 132 40 84 254 3.68 .240 .290 .389 .680 21.3
1960 24 CIN NL 14 19 .424 44 43 9 0 0 320.7 305 139 39 71 264 3.90 .248 .289 .393 .683 17.7
1961 25 CIN NL 13 23 .361 44 44 5 2 0 321.3 325 127 48 74 274 3.56 .261 .306 .415 .721 18.5
1962 26 COL NL 20 17 .541 44 44 12 1 0 331.0 315 133 37 91 248 3.62 .248 .300 .392 .691 16.1
1963 27 COL NL 15 19 .441 44 44 10 2 0 342.0 310 145 54 81 276 3.82 .241 .289 .404 .693 14.2
1964 28 COL NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 16 6 2 2 5 4.50 .340 .360 .489 .849 0.0
1965 29 COL NL 2 5 .286 25 8 2 0 4 23.7 24 16 5 14 20 6.09 .264 .362 .462 .823 0.0
  LAD NL 4 3 .571 12 4 1 0 0 83.0 69 32 13 32 59 3.47 .226 .298 .390 .688 5.0
  TOT   6 8 .429 37 12 3 0 4 106.7 93 48 18 46 79 4.05 .235 .313 .407 .720 5.0
1966 30 LAD NL 9 10 .474 39 15 6 0 2 140.0 129 53 21 51 89 3.41 .247 .318 .393 .711 9.3
1967 31 LAD NL 7 11 .389 70 7 0 0 2 120.3 142 69 26 38 92 5.16 .292 .344 .496 .840 1.4
1968 32 KCR AL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 10 1 3 5 15.00 .419 .471 .581 1.051 0.0
    AAA   8 7 .533 75 0 0 0 8 108.0 100 47 18 46 134 3.92 .244 .321 .425 .746  
1969 33 AAA   3 1 .750 18 0 0 0 1 20.7 15 13 4 8 17 5.66 .203 .280 .405 .686  
    A   0 0 .000 32 0 0 0 2 29.7 16 4 2 4 34 1.21 .158 .190 .228 .418  
16 Years Sim 153 206 .426 606 416 74 9 11 3211.3 3064 1488 461 1041 2346 4.17 .249 .309 .409 .718 144.2
3 Years AAA 11 8 .579 95 0 0 0 9 131.0 118 60 22 54 155 4.12 .239 .314 .420 .734  
1 Years A 0 0 .000 32 0 0 0 2 29.7 16 4 2 4 34 1.21 .158 .190 .228 .418  
4 Years Minors 11 8 .579 127 0 0 0 11 160.7 134 64 24 58 189 3.59 .226 .294 .387 .682  
Season Average 9 12 .429 37 26 4 0 0 200.7 191 93 28 65 146 4.17 .249 .309 .409 .718  
Career Highs 20 24 .541 70 44 12 2 4 342.0 325 169 54 151 276 15.00 .419 .471 .581 1.051  
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   1499 723 217 487 1368   .233 .288 .379 .667
vs LH   1565 765 244 554 978   .266 .329 .442 .772
Home 76 111 .406 305 205 32 4 7 1612.3 1516 740 243 551 1188 4.13 .247 .309 .410 .718
Away 77 95 .448 302 211 42 5 4 1599.0 1548 748 218 490 1158 4.21 .251 .307 .409 .716
Mar/Apr 29 25 .537 95 65 10 2 3 496.6 479 237 72 148 343 4.30 .251 .304 .409 .713
May 22 28 .440 89 62 12 1 0 501.0 449 201 68 174 374 3.61 .238 .302 .389 .691
June 25 39 .391 114 70 18 3 0 561.0 514 245 76 167 397 3.93 .241 .296 .393 .689
July 25 34 .424 107 70 11 1 4 545.3 573 259 80 176 424 4.27 .268 .324 .433 .757
August 21 46 .313 106 75 9 1 2 566.6 542 289 81 195 429 4.59 .250 .311 .417 .728
Sep/Oct 31 34 .477 96 74 14 1 2 540.6 507 257 84 181 379 4.28 .246 .307 .413 .720
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
1953 17 CIN NL 32 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -0.2 0.0
1954 18 CIN NL 51 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .429 .804 1.1 0.2
1955 19 CIN NL 41 96 3 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 36 .094 .101 .115 .216 -2.0 0.0
1956 20 CIN NL 20 47 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 .170 .170 .191 .362 0.9 0.0
1957 21 CIN NL 44 98 6 10 2 0 1 9 0 0 1 35 .102 .110 .153 .263 -2.4 0.0
1958 22 CIN NL 44 108 2 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 44 .065 .122 .093 .214 -3.0 0.0
1959 23 CIN NL 44 103 2 9 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 49 .087 .105 .117 .221 -2.8 0.0
1960 24 CIN NL 44 98 6 12 4 0 0 3 0 0 4 34 .122 .157 .163 .320 0.6 0.0
1961 25 CIN NL 44 101 5 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 45 .069 .104 .099 .203 -2.6 0.0
1962 26 COL NL 44 104 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 45 .048 .047 .048 .095 -5.3 0.0
1963 27 COL NL 44 112 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 46 .071 .087 .071 .158 -4.6 0.0
1964 28 COL NL 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1965 29 COL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  LAD NL 12 28 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .107 .167 .143 .310 0.2 0.0
  TOT   37 28 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .107 .167 .143 .310 0.2 0.0
1966 30 LAD NL 39 37 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .108 .132 .135 .267 -0.2 0.0
1967 31 LAD NL 70 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.7 0.0
15 Years Sim 600 967 40 87 15 0 3 44 0 0 26 391 .090 .113 .115 .228 -20.8 0.2
162 Game Average 261 10 23 4 0 0 11 0 0 7 105 .090 .113 .115 .228 -5.6  
Career Highs 70 112 6 12 4 0 1 9 0 0 7 49 .286 .375 .429 .804 1.1  
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   536 25 48 9 0 2 31 0 0 17 193 .090 .117 .118 .234 -13.2
vs LH   431 15 39 6 0 1 13 0 0 9 198 .090 .108 .111 .220 -12.8
Home 303 437 16 30 8 0 3 15 0 0 10 198 .069 .089 .108 .196 -16.1
Away 297 530 24 57 7 0 0 29 0 0 16 193 .108 .133 .121 .253 -9.9
RISP   224 0 20 3 0 1 40 0 0 6 95 .089 .110 .116 .226 -5.9
Close/Late   64 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 26 .109 .149 .125 .274 -0.7
Mar/Apr 65 142 7 18 1 0 1 9 0 0 6 65 .127 .159 .155 .314 0.3
May 83 148 4 11 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 58 .074 .087 .101 .188 -5.8
June 95 164 3 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 79 .073 .090 .079 .169 -7.4
July 73 168 7 12 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 70 .071 .082 .107 .189 -6.7
August 80 175 7 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 7 64 .063 .098 .074 .173 -7.4
Sep/Oct 76 170 12 23 7 0 0 11 0 0 6 55 .135 .163 .176 .339 1.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1953 17 CIN NL P 32 5 54.7 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.63    
1954 18 CIN NL P 51 7 60.3 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.49    
1955 19 CIN NL P 41 41 293.0 27 53 5 7 .941 2.46    
1956 20 CIN NL P 20 20 141.3 14 21 0 1 1.000 2.23    
1957 21 CIN NL P 44 44 308.3 12 42 6 2 .900 1.58    
1958 22 CIN NL P 44 44 331.0 28 45 3 5 .961 1.98    
1959 23 CIN NL P 44 44 322.7 21 42 5 2 .926 1.76    
1960 24 CIN NL P 44 43 320.7 26 44 1 3 .986 1.96    
1961 25 CIN NL P 44 44 321.3 13 40 1 1 .981 1.48    
1962 26 COL NL P 44 44 331.0 19 52 0 2 1.000 1.93    
1963 27 COL NL P 44 44 342.0 22 41 2 3 .969 1.66    
1964 28 COL NL P 2 2 12.0 1 7 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1965 29 COL NL P 25 8 23.7 2 4 1 0 .857 2.28    
  LAD NL P 12 4 83.0 7 16 2 0 .920 2.49    
  TOT   P 37 12 106.7 9 20 3 0 .906 2.45    
1966 30 LAD NL P 39 15 140.0 6 22 1 3 .966 1.80    
1967 31 LAD NL P 70 7 120.3 7 16 1 0 .958 1.72    
1968 32 KCR AL P 6 0 6.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.00    
Career Totals   606 416 3211.3 211 469 28 29 .960 1.91    
Career Highs   70 44 342.0 28 53 6 7 1.000 6.00    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1958-10-3.67
 Wins
1959-6-20
1962-9-20
 Losses
1955-1-24
1957-3-21
1958-4-19
1959-3-20
1960-7-19
1961-2-23
1962-8-17
1963-5-19
CAR-25-206
 Games Pitched
1967-9-70
 Games Started
1955-7-41
1957-1-44
1958-1-44
1959-1-44
1960-5-43
1961-2-44
1962-2-44
1963-1-44
 Shutouts
1957-6-2
1958-9-1
1961-4-2
1963-7-2
Innings Pitched
1955-10-293.0
1958-4-331.0
1959-5-322.7
1960-5-320.7
1961-6-321.3
1962-8-331.0
1963-4-342.0
 Hits Allowed
1955-7-289
1957-9-300
1959-4-298
1960-6-305
1961-5-325
1962-5-315
1963-4-310
 Homeruns Allowed
1955-3-43
1957-3-48
1958-5-42
1959-6-40
1960-7-39
1961-2-48
1962-4-37
1963-1-54
CAR-9-461
 Strikeouts
1957-9-228
1958-8-249
1959-8-254
1960-6-264
1961-7-274
1963-3-276
 Walks Allowed
1955-5-151
1957-4-129
1958-9-100
 Walks per 9IP
1959-6-2.3
1960-5-2.0
1961-8-2.1
Hits per 9IP
1958-6-7.3
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1957-8-6.7
1958-7-6.8
1959-10-7.1
1960-7-7.4
1961-9-7.7
1963-9-7.3
 WHiP
1958-6-1.12
1959-9-1.18
 OAVG
1958-6-.220
1959-10-.240
 OOBP
1958-6-.281
1959-9-.290
 OOPS
1958-7-.660
1959-8-.680
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 90    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Dick Drott (916)
  4. Mickey Lolich (911)
  5. Jon Matlack (910)
  6. Cliff Fannin (909)
  7. Bert Blyleven (901)
  8. Bob Gibson (900)
  9. Tug McGraw (889)
  10. Jim Maloney (877)
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  1. Bill Wight (987)
  2. Johnny Broaca (987)
  3. Russ Meyer (986)
  4. Seth Morehead (981)
  5. Sandy Koufax (981)
  6. Bob Kuzava (979)
  7. Dean Stone (978)
  8. Herb Score (976)
  9. Danny McDevitt (971)
  10. Leo Kiely (971)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1953
Earned first career win on 6/17/1953
Had first career hit on 7/27/1953, off Harry Perkowski (STL)
Injured on 4/15/1956 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,131,429 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 7/25/1957, off Bennie Daniels (DET)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,257,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1959: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
9/22/1963: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/13/1964 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 5/15/1965 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Colorado to Los Angeles on 7/31/1965 (Going to COL: SS J.c. Hartman. Going to LAD: SS Jim Brideweser, 3B Tommy Brown, P Paul Giel, 2B Pete Runnels, P Joey Jay)
Injured on 8/17/1965 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/19/1968 to a 4-year deal worth $600,000 per year
 
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