Joe
Lafata
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 168
 
Born: August 3, 1921 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 25 BOS AL     4 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 5
1948 26 BOS AL     4 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6
1949 27 BOS AL     4 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 6
1950 28 BOS AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6
1951 29 BOS AL     4 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6
1952 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 6 5
1953 31 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 6 5
1954 32 BOS AL     4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 6
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
1947 25 AA   137 508 67 131 8 3 18 67 12 8 85 67 .258 .364 .392 .756 78.1  
1948 26 AA   135 512 65 113 9 1 18 47 13 6 74 86 .221 .319 .348 .667 63.2  
1949 27 AA   137 504 71 130 5 2 17 63 9 9 91 80 .258 .371 .377 .748 76.9  
1950 28 AAA   31 106 16 28 0 0 3 12 2 0 19 16 .264 .376 .349 .725 16.2  
    AA   106 410 71 124 6 1 24 74 13 9 65 44 .302 .398 .498 .895 80.5  
1951 29 AAA   137 477 58 120 7 3 17 57 10 9 76 62 .252 .354 .386 .740 69.6  
1952 30 BOS AL 66 196 12 35 4 0 3 13 0 0 14 43 .179 .236 .245 .481 11.5 0.0
1953 31 BOS AL 37 45 7 13 1 0 2 8 0 0 6 6 .289 .373 .444 .817 7.0 1.3
1954 32 AAA   137 508 72 130 5 0 11 57 10 8 49 110 .256 .321 .331 .652 56.1  
2 Years Sim 103 241 19 48 5 0 5 21 0 0 20 49 .199 .262 .282 .545 18.5 1.3
3 Years AAA 305 1091 146 278 12 3 31 126 22 17 144 188 .255 .342 .357 .698 141.8  
4 Years AA 515 1934 274 498 28 7 77 251 47 32 315 277 .257 .363 .399 .761 298.8  
7 Years Minors 820 3025 420 776 40 10 108 377 69 49 459 465 .257 .355 .383 .739 440.6  
162 Game Average 379 29 75 7 0 7 33 0 0 31 77 .199 .262 .282 .545 29.1  
Career Highs 66 196 12 35 4 0 3 13 0 0 14 43 .289 .373 .444 .817 11.5  
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   111 12 29 3 0 2 9 0 0 12 15 .261 .333 .342 .676 13.2
vs LH   130 7 19 2 0 3 12 0 0 8 34 .146 .200 .231 .431 4.8
Home 52 115 7 21 5 0 3 15 0 0 10 24 .183 .252 .304 .556 8.8
Away 51 126 12 27 0 0 2 6 0 0 10 25 .214 .272 .262 .534 9.3
RISP   36 0 7 1 0 1 12 0 0 6 9 .194 .302 .306 .608 3.9
Pinch Hitting   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.7
Close/Late   17 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .235 .235 .294 .529 1.0
Mar/Apr 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 18 42 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .143 .217 .143 .360 0.9
June 20 47 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .191 .240 .234 .474 2.3
July 16 39 6 7 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 7 .179 .238 .333 .571 3.3
August 15 29 1 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 8 .207 .281 .345 .626 2.6
Sep/Oct 28 82 7 20 2 0 2 7 0 0 8 17 .244 .308 .341 .649 9.1
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
1952 30 BOS AL 1B 62 58 460.7 603 62 3 70 .996 12.99   0.8
    LF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1953 31 BOS AL LF 13 7 69.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.58   0.1
    1B 16 2 41.7 47 5 1 9 .981 11.23   0.1
  1B 78 60 502.3 650 67 4 79 .994 12.85   0.9
  LF 16 7 75.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.62   0.1
Career Totals   94 67 578.0 672 67 4 79 .995 11.51   1.0
Career Highs   65 58 466.7 605 62 3 70 .996 12.86    
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1947
Injured on 5/20/1947 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/14/1952, off Mel Parnell (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/6/1952, off Ernie White (MIN)