Joe
Hague
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 198
 
Born: April 25, 1944 in Usa, WV, HUNTINGTON
 
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
1968 24 CLN NL     5 5 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 9 8 5 6 6
1969 25 CLN NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 9 8 6 7 6
1970 26 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 9 9 6 7 7
1971 27 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 7 9 8 5 7 6
1972 28 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 3 4 4 7 9 8 5 6 6
1973 29 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 3 4 4 7 9 8 5 6 6
1974 30 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 3 4 4 7 9 8 5 6 6
1975 31 COL NL     6 6 6 5 6 5 3 4 3 6 8 8 5 6 6
1976 32 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 8 8 5 6 6
1977 33 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 8 8 5 6 6
1978 34 NYG NL     6 6 6 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 8 7 4 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 8 7 4 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 9 9 6 7 7
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
1968 24 AA   137 493 82 131 17 2 28 72 9 6 102 85 .266 .392 .479 .870 96.3  
1969 25 AAA   137 509 87 160 13 2 40 89 4 4 101 81 .314 .428 .583 1.011 121.8  
1970 26 COL NL 109 359 52 88 14 1 18 51 1 2 51 60 .245 .338 .440 .778 52.1 11.4
    AAA   26 100 12 27 4 0 2 8 0 1 12 10 .270 .348 .370 .718 13.0  
1971 27 COL NL 155 565 69 138 17 4 9 51 2 1 58 100 .244 .315 .336 .651 60.4 8.0
1972 28 COL NL 130 407 43 88 9 1 7 39 5 3 51 75 .216 .304 .295 .599 39.1 3.2
1973 29 COL NL 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .125 .300 .125 .425 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   112 429 73 126 8 1 17 74 3 6 80 76 .294 .405 .436 .841 78.0  
1974 30 COL NL 13 44 7 14 0 0 1 4 1 2 8 4 .318 .423 .386 .809 7.1 1.2
    AAA   133 503 81 148 17 0 27 85 3 10 84 76 .294 .395 .489 .884 94.9  
1975 31 COL NL 11 27 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 .148 .303 .148 .451 1.6 0.0
    AAA   135 517 90 168 16 0 28 96 9 7 89 88 .325 .424 .518 .942 110.0  
1976 32 NYG NL 21 16 3 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .500 .579 .500 1.079 4.3 1.3
    AAA   65 74 9 24 2 1 1 10 2 2 14 10 .324 .432 .419 .851 13.6  
1977 33 NYG NL 22 22 3 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .227 .261 .273 .534 1.2 0.0
    AAA   52 59 14 17 0 0 5 14 0 0 13 7 .288 .417 .542 .959 13.6  
1978 34 AAA   98 121 18 39 6 0 3 16 2 1 20 13 .322 .418 .446 .865 22.6  
8 Years Sim 465 1448 178 346 41 6 35 155 9 8 180 249 .239 .323 .348 .671 165.5 25.1
8 Years AAA 758 2312 384 709 66 4 123 392 23 31 413 361 .307 .410 .498 .908 467.6  
1 Years AA 137 493 82 131 17 2 28 72 9 6 102 85 .266 .390 .479 .869 96.3  
9 Years Minors 895 2805 466 840 83 6 151 464 32 37 515 446 .299 .406 .495 .901 563.8  
162 Game Average 504 62 120 14 2 12 54 3 2 62 86 .239 .323 .348 .671 57.7  
Career Highs 155 565 69 138 17 4 18 51 5 3 58 100 .500 .579 .500 1.079 60.4  
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   1016 118 254 23 3 24 116 5 7 135 160 .250 .337 .349 .686 127.6
vs LH   432 60 92 18 3 11 39 4 1 45 89 .213 .290 .345 .634 45.0
Home 235 699 100 175 16 4 14 68 6 6 94 130 .250 .340 .345 .685 87.2
Away 230 749 78 171 25 2 21 87 3 2 86 119 .228 .307 .351 .658 85.5
RISP   349 0 81 8 0 8 110 0 0 57 50 .232 .335 .324 .659 43.4
Pinch Hitting   67 8 19 2 0 0 12 0 0 6 8 .284 .342 .313 .656 7.4
Close/Late   197 17 49 5 1 3 24 0 0 25 36 .249 .332 .330 .662 23.3
Mar/Apr 70 201 31 53 8 0 2 26 5 0 14 42 .264 .312 .333 .645 21.6
May 92 258 34 60 9 2 10 30 1 2 35 43 .233 .322 .399 .721 34.9
June 62 184 24 37 3 1 7 20 0 1 25 25 .201 .295 .342 .638 20.3
July 70 207 25 54 5 0 4 20 1 0 28 29 .261 .349 .343 .692 26.9
August 81 292 29 65 9 1 7 33 0 3 32 53 .223 .301 .332 .633 29.7
Sep/Oct 90 306 35 77 7 2 5 26 2 2 46 57 .252 .351 .337 .688 39.2
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
1970 26 COL NL 1B 52 50 442.0 542 45 0 56 1.000 11.95   0.7
    RF 6 0 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.0
1971 27 COL NL 1B 74 72 633.7 687 46 3 57 .996 10.41   0.9
    RF 3 1 25.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.1
1972 28 COL NL LF 49 49 431.0 91 2 8 1 .921 1.94   1.2
    1B 36 32 296.3 339 28 3 31 .992 11.15   0.6
    RF 6 3 34.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1973 29 COL NL RF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    1B 1 1 8.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88   0.0
1974 30 COL NL 1B 12 12 88.0 129 8 2 15 .986 14.01   0.2
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1975 31 COL NL 1B 11 11 87.0 111 2 0 8 1.000 11.69   0.2
1976 32 NYG NL 1B 2 0 4.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.24   0.0
1977 33 NYG NL RF 3 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
  1B 188 178 1559.3 1818 129 8 167 .996 11.24   2.6
  LF 49 49 431.0 91 2 8 1 .921 1.94   1.2
  RF 22 6 115.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.2
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   260 233 2106.6 1932 133 16 168 .992 8.82   4.1
Career Highs   91 84 761.3 694 46 11 57 1.000 12.69    
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.
Games
1971-8-155
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Jerry May (961)
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  6. Bill Robinson (958)
  7. George Shuba (957)
  8. Chris Chambliss (957)
  9. Tom Paciorek (954)
  10. Bob Molinaro (950)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 39th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1968
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 2/21/1970 (Going to CLN: RF Lee Thomas, 3B Rich Rollins. Going to COL: 1B Joe Hague)
Had first career hit on 5/6/1970, off Dick Drago (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/16/1970, off Ken Forsch (STL)
9/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $300,000 per year, for 2 years
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Colorado on 10/22/1975
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1976 to a minor league deal
4/2/1976: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
4/3/1977: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)