Joe
Price
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 230
 
Born: November 29, 1956 in Usa, CA, INGLEWOOD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1984   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 23 COL NL   6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5
1981 24 COL NL   6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
1982 25 COL NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4
1983 26 COL NL $ 300,000 6 8 7 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
1984 27 COL NL $ 300,000 6 8 7 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
1985 28 COL NL $ 300,000 6 9 8 8 7 6 6 4 4 4
1986 29 COL NL $ 517,143 6 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4
1987 30 COL NL $ 2,240,000 6 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4
1988 31 COL NL $ 2,720,000 6 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4
1989 32 COL NL $ 3,390,000 5 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4
1990 33 COL NL $ 3,390,000 5 9 8 8 8 7 7 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,390,000 6 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5
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
1980 23 AAA   6 4 .600 12 12 1 0 0 85.3 78 24 4 27 61 2.53 .236 .294 .318 .612  
1981 24 AAA   8 8 .500 23 23 2 1 0 162.7 147 60 19 55 106 3.32 .238 .301 .392 .693  
    AA   3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 41.0 35 22 9 20 33 4.83 .224 .313 .436 .748  
1982 25 COL NL 3 7 .300 21 12 1 0 1 82.0 95 39 8 35 53 4.28 .291 .358 .442 .800 3.4
1983 26 COL NL 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 7 2 3 7 5.25 .286 .327 .510 .837 0.2
    AAA   9 7 .563 32 14 1 1 2 126.7 118 61 15 44 128 4.33 .245 .309 .397 .706  
1984 27 COL NL 3 1 .750 34 0 0 0 1 39.0 36 13 3 13 33 3.00 .238 .299 .384 .683 3.7
1985 28 COL NL 2 2 .500 40 1 0 0 9 37.0 42 21 3 21 22 5.11 .292 .380 .438 .817 0.8
1986 29 COL NL 4 1 .800 55 0 0 0 11 52.7 50 16 5 20 41 2.73 .246 .313 .360 .672 7.4
1987 30 COL NL 8 5 .615 60 0 0 0 38 71.3 48 21 5 19 63 2.65 .190 .246 .312 .559 15.2
1988 31 COL NL 11 4 .733 53 11 0 0 27 104.0 82 33 13 33 85 2.86 .219 .281 .376 .657 15.6
1989 32 COL NL 11 6 .647 54 12 0 0 22 113.3 106 51 18 40 91 4.05 .251 .318 .445 .763 9.9
1990 33 COL NL 6 3 .667 42 0 0 0 3 93.3 84 41 8 32 73 3.95 .239 .301 .384 .685 6.1
9 Years Sim 49 30 .620 366 36 1 0 112 604.7 557 242 65 216 468 3.60 .245 .310 .398 .708 62.3
3 Years AAA 23 19 .548 67 49 4 2 2 374.7 343 145 38 126 295 3.48 .240 .302 .377 .679  
1 Years AA 3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 41.0 35 22 9 20 33 4.83 .224 .313 .436 .748  
4 Years Minors 26 20 .565 73 55 4 2 2 415.7 378 167 47 146 328 3.62 .239 .303 .383 .685  
Season Average 5 3 .625 40 4 0 0 12 67.2 61 26 7 24 52 3.60 .245 .310 .398 .708  
Career Highs 11 7 .800 60 12 1 0 38 113.3 106 51 18 40 91 5.25 .292 .380 .510 .837  
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   405 185 49 152 324   .250 .315 .411 .726
vs LH   152 57 16 64 144   .232 .300 .366 .666
Home 26 15 .634 191 21 0 0 56 353.6 343 143 32 127 261 3.64 .255 .319 .399 .718
Away 23 15 .605 175 15 1 0 66 251.0 214 99 33 89 207 3.55 .230 .298 .397 .695
Mar/Apr 8 7 .533 68 6 0 0 16 115.6 97 42 12 42 86 3.27 .230 .300 .378 .678
May 7 6 .538 60 7 0 0 20 81.3 81 40 14 36 77 4.43 .258 .334 .459 .793
June 10 10 .500 69 6 0 0 20 117.3 125 51 10 41 74 3.91 .275 .335 .425 .760
July 3 4 .429 57 3 1 0 18 92.0 85 32 8 27 60 3.13 .241 .296 .381 .676
August 4 1 .800 52 7 0 0 14 95.6 79 36 10 41 84 3.39 .226 .307 .369 .675
Sep/Oct 17 2 .895 60 7 0 0 34 102.6 90 41 11 29 87 3.60 .234 .288 .383 .671
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1982 25 COL NL P 21 12 82.0 6 16 2 1 .917 2.41    
1983 26 COL NL P 7 0 12.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1984 27 COL NL P 34 0 39.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.92    
1985 28 COL NL P 40 1 37.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.97    
1986 29 COL NL P 55 0 52.7 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.54    
1987 30 COL NL P 60 0 71.3 4 9 2 1 .867 1.64    
1988 31 COL NL P 53 11 104.0 6 14 2 2 .909 1.73    
1989 32 COL NL P 54 12 113.3 1 26 1 3 .964 2.14    
1990 33 COL NL P 42 0 93.3 5 15 1 0 .952 1.93    
Career Totals   366 36 604.7 27 96 8 8 .939 1.83    
Career Highs   60 12 113.3 6 26 2 3 1.000 3.00    
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
1984 27 COL NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.3 5 3 1 2 3 6.24 .278 .350 .611 .961
1986 29 COL NL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 5 7.0 3 1 0 3 5 1.29 .125 .222 .208 .431
1987 30 COL NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 4 4.0 3 0 0 0 2 0.00 .214 .214 .214 .429
1988 31 COL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 1 0 0 1 9.00 .400 .400 .800 1.200
1989 32 COL NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 13 4 1 0 4 5.41 .433 .433 .633 1.067
1990 33 COL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 15 1 0 0 10 23.7 26 9 2 5 15 3.42 .280 .316 .452 .768
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1987-2-38
1988-5-27
1989-9-22
CAR-35-112
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 39th overall pick, by Colorado in 1980
Injured on 6/7/1981 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/23/1982
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1984
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,240,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,720,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1988: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $3,390,000 per year, for 2 years