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Joe
Pepitone		  
Nickname: Pepi
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 9, 1940 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1965    1967    1968   
All-Star Selections 1966    1969    1970    1971    1972    1973   
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
1962 21 BSN NL     6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 9 9
1963 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1964 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1965 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1966 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1967 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 9 9 9
1968 27 BSN NL $ 3,135,714   9 9 9 6 7 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1969 28 KCR AL $ 3,135,714   9 9 9 6 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1970 29 KCR AL $ 4,850,000   9 9 9 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1971 30 KCR AL $ 4,850,000   9 9 9 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1972 31 KCR AL $ 4,850,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1973 32 STL NL $ 4,850,000   9 9 9 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 5 5 7 8 7
1974 33 STL NL $ 3,750,000   8 8 8 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 7 8 8
1975 34 STL NL $ 3,750,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
1976 35 STL NL $ 3,750,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1977 36 PHN NL $ 3,750,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 5
1978 37 IND AL $ 444,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,850,000   9 9 9 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
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
1962 21 AAA   137 560 92 156 28 5 42 119 9 7 28 45 .279 .313 .571 .884 96.5  
1963 22 BSN NL 18 46 7 15 2 0 1 7 2 1 2 3 .326 .340 .435 .775 7.2 1.4
    AAA   135 533 97 181 21 4 47 124 14 6 42 40 .340 .388 .659 1.046 122.5  
1964 23 BSN NL 97 365 43 95 12 3 5 32 16 9 23 23 .260 .305 .351 .656 37.2 4.7
    AAA   52 223 42 74 11 3 16 37 6 3 14 14 .332 .371 .623 .995 46.7  
1965 24 BSN NL 148 561 85 146 24 3 20 64 8 7 33 41 .260 .301 .421 .722 66.0 10.3
1966 25 BSN NL 131 485 72 148 15 2 19 79 9 9 45 31 .305 .360 .462 .822 76.2 17.6
    AAA   2 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .286 .444 .429 .873 1.4  
1967 26 BSN NL 148 558 82 164 28 4 15 91 18 5 53 37 .294 .354 .439 .793 83.7 17.6
1968 27 BSN NL 146 544 60 149 22 4 12 60 10 11 45 52 .274 .330 .395 .725 63.8 9.8
1969 28 BSN NL 94 376 47 114 15 3 11 55 12 10 31 29 .303 .357 .447 .804 57.6 10.6
  KCR AL 52 188 30 59 7 1 6 29 6 5 19 14 .314 .376 .457 .834 31.3 7.1
  TOT   146 564 77 173 22 4 17 84 18 15 50 43 .307 .364 .450 .814 88.9 17.7
1970 29 KCR AL 153 584 90 173 17 6 21 88 0 1 42 53 .296 .341 .454 .794 86.7 18.0
1971 30 KCR AL 155 624 91 195 29 2 21 98 2 1 37 68 .313 .349 .466 .816 92.8 20.1
1972 31 KCR AL 154 614 77 185 23 4 18 92 0 2 45 63 .301 .345 .440 .785 90.0 16.0
1973 32 STL NL 153 645 92 186 15 3 19 77 13 14 48 76 .288 .338 .409 .747 85.1 15.0
1974 33 STL NL 145 575 71 149 16 5 8 57 9 3 47 72 .259 .315 .346 .661 62.2 8.6
1975 34 STL NL 156 616 83 180 22 5 21 96 9 11 37 64 .292 .330 .446 .776 84.6 16.9
1976 35 STL NL 127 429 35 110 10 2 5 41 5 2 16 47 .256 .281 .324 .605 34.9 2.3
1977 36 PHN NL 35 76 16 23 2 0 0 5 2 1 6 7 .303 .354 .329 .683 7.0 0.8
    AAA   57 235 28 67 4 1 5 25 2 1 15 35 .285 .328 .374 .702 28.6  
1978 37 IND AL 127 436 21 100 9 0 0 35 0 6 20 78 .229 .263 .250 .513 22.7 0.0
16 Years Sim 2039 7722 1002 2191 268 47 202 1006 121 98 549 758 .284 .330 .409 .739 989.2 176.7
5 Years AAA 383 1558 262 480 65 13 110 305 31 17 101 135 .308 .349 .578 .927 295.7  
162 Game Average 613 79 174 21 3 16 79 9 7 43 60 .284 .330 .409 .739 78.6  
Career Highs 156 645 92 195 29 6 21 98 18 15 53 78 .326 .364 .466 .822 92.8  
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   5080 682 1456 167 29 135 670 77 66 386 464 .287 .335 .411 .746 683.4
vs LH   2642 320 735 101 18 67 336 44 32 163 294 .278 .320 .406 .726 332.4
Home 1028 3775 501 1084 137 20 112 527 57 57 281 384 .287 .334 .423 .758 517.4
Away 1011 3947 501 1107 131 27 90 479 64 41 268 374 .280 .326 .396 .722 498.4
RISP   1806 0 536 65 12 58 769 0 0 165 179 .297 .346 .442 .788 277.5
Pinch Hitting   80 12 20 2 1 0 5 1 0 3 6 .250 .274 .300 .574 6.4
Close/Late   926 123 271 28 7 26 119 0 0 80 68 .293 .348 .422 .770 134.2
Mar/Apr 314 1222 151 365 43 6 41 182 19 15 84 127 .299 .342 .444 .787 178.6
May 359 1373 194 402 40 6 41 201 16 14 115 146 .293 .345 .420 .765 195.9
June 360 1378 169 377 41 4 33 169 25 17 100 142 .274 .322 .381 .703 167.7
July 338 1302 177 371 51 14 23 152 20 18 90 130 .285 .330 .399 .729 165.0
August 352 1323 167 380 49 11 38 166 21 18 78 110 .287 .328 .427 .755 176.5
Sep/Oct 316 1124 144 296 44 6 26 136 20 16 82 103 .263 .310 .383 .693 132.2
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
1963 22 BSN NL CF 15 12 109.0 19 0 1 0 .950 1.57   0.2
1964 23 BSN NL LF 66 57 555.3 120 3 1 1 .992 1.99   1.1
    1B 30 30 244.0 262 18 1 25 .996 10.33   0.6
1965 24 BSN NL LF 142 132 1190.3 229 8 0 4 1.000 1.79   3.0
    CF 3 0 7.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57    
    1B 2 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1966 25 BSN NL LF 123 122 1101.7 221 1 0 0 1.000 1.81   1.9
    CF 5 0 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
    1B 1 0 1.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 10.84   0.0
1967 26 BSN NL CF 125 124 1138.7 308 11 0 3 1.000 2.52   6.2
    LF 18 17 154.3 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.39    
    1B 4 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
1968 27 BSN NL LF 141 140 1241.3 230 3 1 1 .996 1.69   5.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1969 28 BSN NL CF 59 58 535.4 139 4 1 3 .993 2.40   1.8
    LF 24 17 166.0 24 1 1 1 .962 1.36   0.0
    1B 16 16 133.3 149 11 2 13 .988 10.80   0.4
  KCR AL CF 33 32 270.9 70 2 1 1 .986 2.39   1.2
    LF 14 10 84.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.0
    1B 9 9 67.4 75 6 1 6 .988 10.82   0.0
  TOT   CF 92 90 806.3 209 6 2 4 .991 2.40   3.1
      LF 38 27 250.0 36 2 1 1 .974 1.37   0.0
      1B 25 25 200.7 224 17 3 19 .988 10.81   0.4
1970 29 KCR AL LF 102 99 881.0 171 6 1 2 .994 1.81   1.8
    1B 52 52 442.3 473 40 3 47 .994 10.44   0.6
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 5 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1971 30 KCR AL LF 100 91 801.0 151 6 0 2 1.000 1.76   2.0
    1B 55 54 445.0 533 43 3 59 .995 11.65   1.0
    CF 6 0 20.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1972 31 KCR AL LF 104 99 864.0 178 3 2 2 .989 1.89   1.8
    1B 51 51 433.3 481 41 5 47 .991 10.84   0.6
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1973 32 STL NL CF 151 150 1330.7 364 11 5 6 .987 2.54   4.2
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 33 STL NL CF 136 129 1166.7 306 5 5 2 .984 2.40   2.4
    RF 3 3 26.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    LF 3 1 14.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 34 STL NL LF 153 150 1331.7 248 9 6 2 .977 1.74   1.7
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1976 35 STL NL LF 103 99 835.0 152 4 2 1 .987 1.68   0.0
    CF 18 13 118.3 24 1 0 1 1.000 1.90    
1977 36 PHN NL CF 23 3 91.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.4
    LF 6 6 47.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.91    
    RF 5 5 47.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1978 37 IND AL LF 121 113 960.3 188 1 3 0 .984 1.77   2.0
    CF 4 3 41.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.51    
    1B 1 1 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00   0.0
  LF 1222 1153 10230.0 1973 48 17 16 .992 1.78   20.5
  CF 588 524 4858.9 1279 35 13 17 .990 2.43   16.5
  1B 222 213 1785.0 1995 160 15 197 .993 10.87   3.3
  RF 8 8 73.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
  SS 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2042 1900 16964.9 5265 245 45 230 .992 2.92   40.3
Career Highs   161 152 1339.7 688 49 7 61 1.000 5.24    
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
1969 28 KCR AL 6 23 4 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 2 2 .391 .440 .696 1.136
1970 29 KCR AL 11 39 3 11 1 0 2 5 0 0 3 7 .282 .333 .462 .795
1971 30 KCR AL 12 52 4 12 2 1 1 3 0 0 3 5 .231 .273 .365 .638
Career Post-Season Batting 29 114 11 32 4 1 5 13 0 0 8 14 .281 .328 .465 .793
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.
Batting Average
1966-5-.305
1967-9-.294
1970-5-.296
1971-7-.313
 On-Base Pct
1966-10-.360
 Slugging Pct
1971-10-.466
 XR
1970-10-86.7
1971-10-92.8
 Games
1975-7-156
 At-Bats
1970-9-584
1971-1-624
1972-8-614
1973-1-645
1975-1-616
Hits
1967-8-164
1970-4-173
1971-1-195
1972-5-185
1973-2-186
1975-3-180
 Total Bases
1970-8-265
1971-4-291
1972-7-270
1975-7-275
 Singles
1967-6-117
1970-5-129
1971-4-143
1972-6-140
1973-1-149
1975-5-132
CAR-40-1674
 Triples
1970-8-6
1974-8-5
1975-10-5
 Homeruns
1975-10-21
 RBIs
1971-10-98
1975-10-96
Stolen Bases
1964-9-16
 Caught Stealing
1964-6-9
1966-10-9
1968-5-11
1969-4-10
1973-5-14
1975-7-11
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1962
Had first career hit (double) on 9/4/1963, off Ed Rakow (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/1963, off Ed Rakow (CLN)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 9/14/1964
Hit 3 homeruns against Washington , driving in 5 runs on 4/12/1965
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1965
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1966, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Injured on 3/19/1967 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/23/1967
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1967
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/6/1968 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/15/1969 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Traded from Boston (N) to Kansas City on 7/31/1969 (Going to KCR: CF Joe Pepitone, 1B Rusty Staub. Going to BSN: P Bob Johnson, CF Don Hahn, LF Leon Wagner)
7/31/1969: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,850,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1971, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis on 4/16/1972
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1972, hitting .481 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 8/8/1972
Traded from Kansas City to St. Louis on 3/3/1973 (Going to STL: P Pete Richert, P Buster Narum, LF Joe Pepitone. Going to KCR: P Jim O'toole, P Bob Veale)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 5/17/1973
Hit 3 homeruns against Seattle, driving in 4 runs on 5/17/1973
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against San Diego on 6/17/1973
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 8/29/1973
9/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $3,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 2000th career hit on 5/20/1976, off Bill Butler (MON)
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/23/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $444,000 per year
 
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