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Joe
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Nickname: Gay Reliever
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 28, 1917 in Usa, PA, CHERRY VALLEY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1944    1949   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 26 DET AL $ 300,000 6 10 9 9 5 4 4 8 7 7
1945 27 DET AL $ 300,000 6 10 8 9 5 4 4 8 8 8
1946 28 DET AL $ 300,000 6 10 8 9 5 4 4 8 8 8
1947 29 DET AL $ 300,000 6 10 8 9 5 4 4 8 8 8
1948 30 DET AL $ 3,357,143 7 10 9 9 5 4 4 8 8 8
1949 31 STL NL $ 3,357,143 6 10 8 8 4 3 4 6 5 5
1950 32 STL NL $ 3,357,143 6 10 8 8 4 3 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 10 8 8 4 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,357,143 7 10 9 9 5 4 4 8 8 8
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
1944 26 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 27 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 28 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 29 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 30 DET AL $ 3,357,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 31 STL NL $ 3,357,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 32 STL NL $ 3,357,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,357,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1944 26 DET AL 19 14 .576 40 40 3 0 0 263.3 237 110 20 119 171 3.76 .239 .318 .377 .695 18.7
1945 27 DET AL 9 12 .429 63 20 0 0 15 166.3 140 87 18 103 124 4.71 .228 .343 .389 .732 8.8
1946 28 DET AL 14 3 .824 52 20 0 0 7 173.0 134 66 7 94 102 3.43 .213 .312 .318 .630 16.5
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
1947 29 DET AL 18 11 .621 40 39 4 1 0 277.0 202 127 25 137 165 4.13 .204 .300 .343 .643 17.4
1948 30 DET AL 22 9 .710 43 43 0 0 0 281.3 233 134 23 152 171 4.29 .224 .322 .353 .675 21.3
1949 31 STL NL 4 9 .308 58 0 0 0 16 61.3 62 43 11 49 40 6.31 .264 .388 .477 .865 1.2
1950 32 STL NL 2 5 .286 28 0 0 0 12 22.7 30 20 4 14 17 7.94 .323 .404 .570 .974 0.0
7 Years Sim 88 63 .583 324 162 7 1 50 1245.0 1038 587 108 668 790 4.24 .226 .323 .367 .690 83.9
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
Season Average 12 9 .571 46 23 1 0 7 177.9 148 83 15 95 112 4.24 .226 .323 .367 .690  
Career Highs 22 14 .824 63 43 4 1 16 281.3 237 134 25 152 171 7.94 .323 .404 .570 .974  
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   734 400 76 471 491   .239 .341 .383 .724
vs LH   304 187 32 197 299   .199 .291 .334 .624
Home 45 33 .577 168 80 2 0 24 615.3 514 309 57 354 388 4.52 .226 .330 .373 .703
Away 43 30 .589 156 82 5 1 26 629.7 524 278 51 314 402 3.97 .226 .318 .361 .679
Mar/Apr 15 13 .536 45 33 2 0 5 234.0 191 108 14 133 144 4.15 .222 .327 .338 .664
May 14 12 .538 52 35 2 0 10 236.0 207 131 24 141 149 5.00 .238 .344 .405 .749
June 17 15 .531 46 33 1 0 3 237.6 196 101 18 114 177 3.83 .223 .313 .363 .676
July 14 6 .700 60 20 0 0 14 182.6 135 75 18 107 121 3.70 .201 .311 .341 .651
August 15 7 .682 69 21 1 1 7 198.3 176 102 21 113 103 4.63 .238 .339 .378 .717
Sep/Oct 13 10 .565 52 20 1 0 11 156.3 133 70 13 60 96 4.03 .233 .305 .372 .678
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
1944 26 DET AL 40 93 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 28 .108 .116 .108 .223 -1.8 0.0
1945 27 DET AL 63 36 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.1 0.0
1946 28 DET AL 52 50 1 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 18 .200 .216 .220 .436 2.1 0.0
1947 29 DET AL 40 100 10 27 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 20 .270 .277 .310 .587 8.6 0.3
1948 30 DET AL 43 108 9 31 3 0 0 18 0 0 0 27 .287 .279 .315 .594 10.3 0.5
1949 31 STL NL 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
6 Years Sim 296 389 27 84 5 0 1 38 0 0 3 107 .216 .220 .237 .456 18.9 0.8
162 Game Average 212 14 45 2 0 0 20 0 0 1 58 .216 .220 .237 .456 10.4  
Career Highs 63 108 10 31 3 0 1 18 0 0 1 28 .287 .279 .315 .594 10.3  
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   267 20 60 1 0 0 25 0 0 3 69 .225 .230 .228 .458 11.4
vs LH   122 7 24 4 0 1 13 0 0 0 38 .197 .197 .254 .451 4.4
Home 151 168 14 41 2 0 0 22 0 0 0 47 .244 .240 .256 .496 8.7
Away 116 221 13 43 3 0 1 16 0 0 3 60 .195 .204 .222 .426 7.0
RISP   110 0 26 3 0 0 36 0 0 0 35 .236 .228 .264 .492 5.6
Close/Late   8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.0
Mar/Apr 33 82 4 17 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 29 .207 .202 .220 .422 2.5
May 35 70 9 20 2 0 1 12 0 0 0 18 .286 .286 .357 .643 6.6
June 33 80 4 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 27 .150 .160 .150 .310 -0.2
July 34 52 2 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 11 .231 .245 .269 .515 2.9
August 49 53 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 .189 .185 .189 .374 0.9
Sep/Oct 21 52 6 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .250 .259 .250 .509 3.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 26 DET AL P 40 40 263.3 11 43 1 2 .982 1.85    
1945 27 DET AL P 63 20 166.3 6 25 0 0 1.000 1.68    
1946 28 DET AL P 52 20 173.0 6 33 3 3 .929 2.03    
1947 29 DET AL P 40 39 277.0 16 44 0 4 1.000 1.95    
1948 30 DET AL P 43 43 281.3 11 38 1 4 .980 1.57    
1949 31 STL NL P 58 0 61.3 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.61    
1950 32 STL NL P 28 0 22.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.19    
Career Totals   324 162 1245.0 54 193 5 13 .980 1.79    
Career Highs   63 43 281.3 16 44 3 4 1.000 2.03    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1946 28 DET AL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.7 8 4 0 5 4 5.41 .308 .419 .346 .766
1947 29 DET AL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 24.3 29 17 3 18 19 6.29 .293 .402 .485 .887
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 9 4 0 0 0 31.0 37 21 3 23 23 6.10 .296 .405 .456 .861
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
1947 29 DET AL 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1944-7-3.76
1946-3-3.43
1948-9-4.29
 Wins
1944-5-19
1947-9-18
1948-2-22
 Winning Pct
1946-1-.824
1947-10-.621
1948-2-.710
 Saves
1945-5-15
1946-8-7
1949-1-16
1950-3-12
 Games Pitched
1945-8-63
1946-10-52
 Games Started
1948-4-43
Strikeouts
1944-2-171
1947-6-165
1948-2-171
 Walks Allowed
1947-9-137
1948-3-152
 Hits per 9IP
1944-5-8.1
1945-3-7.6
1946-2-7.0
1947-1-6.6
1948-1-7.5
CAR-27-7.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1944-2-5.8
1945-2-6.7
1946-2-5.3
1947-1-5.4
1948-2-5.5
 WHiP
1946-8-1.32
1947-4-1.22
1948-9-1.37
 OAVG
1944-2-.239
1945-3-.228
1946-2-.213
1947-1-.204
1948-1-.224
CAR-28-.226
OOBP
1944-10-.318
1946-6-.312
1947-4-.300
1948-8-.322
 OSLG
1944-10-.377
1946-2-.318
1947-3-.343
1948-6-.353
 OOPS
1944-9-.695
1946-2-.630
1947-2-.643
1948-6-.675
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 80    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Jack Harshman (942)
  2. Luke Walker (935)
  3. Jim Derrington (934)
  4. Fred Holdsworth (933)
  5. Charlie Williams (925)
  6. Dave Righetti (925)
  7. Gary Lavelle (918)
  8. Lefty Willis (917)
  9. Chris Short (917)
  10. Jim Merritt (917)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ivy Andrews (992)
  2. Tony Kaufmann (989)
  3. Lou Brissie (988)
  4. Sheriff Blake (988)
  5. Dutch Henry (987)
  6. Curt Davis (987)
  7. Tommy Thomas (986)
  8. Willis Hudlin (986)
  9. Hugh Canavan (984)
  10. Garland Buckeye (981)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Detroit in 1944
Had first career hit on 4/4/1944, off Clay Bryant (MIN)
Earned first career win on 4/4/1944
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1944, winning 2 games with a 0.59 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 5/31/1947, off Ken Heintzelman (NYG)
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,357,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,357,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 2/3/1949 (Going to STL: P Joe Page. Going to DET: P Joe Coleman)
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,357,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/9/1950 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for entire career
 
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