Joe
Wallis
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 9, 1952 in Usa, IL, EAST ST. LOUI
 
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
1975 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
1976 24 NYG NL     4 4 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
1977 25 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
1978 26 NYG NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 6
1979 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 6
1980 28 IND AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 6
1981 29 IND AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6
1982 30 IND AL $ 300,000   8 8 9 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 7
1983 31 IND AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 6
1984 32 IND AL $ 1,677,857   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1985 33 IND AL $ 1,703,571   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1986 34 IND AL $ 1,703,571   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
1987 35 COL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,703,571   8 8 9 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 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
1975 23 AA   137 532 79 143 23 5 23 80 8 11 58 78 .269 .341 .461 .801 81.2  
1976 24 AA   135 514 86 153 24 5 15 61 4 17 87 82 .298 .399 .451 .851 88.8  
1977 25 AAA   110 368 50 92 17 5 10 42 5 6 49 63 .250 .338 .405 .743 51.0  
    AA   25 96 18 30 9 0 3 18 6 1 11 13 .313 .383 .500 .883 18.0  
1978 26 AAA   133 443 52 142 21 9 4 43 9 10 40 52 .321 .377 .436 .812 67.4  
1979 27 NYG NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   132 490 71 140 27 4 10 60 8 9 56 71 .286 .359 .418 .777 71.5  
1980 28 NYG NL 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
  IND AL 8 26 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 .192 .344 .192 .536 1.9 0.0
  TOT   12 32 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 4 .156 .289 .156 .446 1.3 0.0
    AAA   112 401 53 127 25 3 10 55 6 8 51 37 .317 .394 .469 .863 69.6  
1981 29 IND AL 121 311 51 108 13 2 6 52 3 3 25 31 .347 .393 .460 .853 51.0 12.4
1982 30 IND AL 143 444 50 129 24 6 11 59 3 1 43 58 .291 .352 .446 .798 64.9 14.9
1983 31 IND AL 125 339 46 99 12 3 3 45 2 5 37 38 .292 .360 .372 .731 45.3 8.8
1984 32 IND AL 123 358 44 98 21 2 3 23 2 5 25 47 .274 .320 .369 .689 38.2 5.5
1985 33 IND AL 123 325 38 88 19 1 7 47 0 3 43 48 .271 .355 .400 .755 43.1 8.2
1986 34 IND AL 153 552 75 163 41 5 6 58 2 7 47 70 .295 .349 .420 .770 74.9 14.6
1987 35 COL NL 115 348 49 92 18 0 2 38 0 1 33 59 .264 .328 .333 .661 33.9 4.5
9 Years Sim 917 2711 358 782 148 19 38 325 12 25 259 355 .288 .349 .399 .748 352.4 68.9
4 Years AAA 487 1702 226 501 90 21 34 200 28 33 196 223 .294 .365 .432 .797 259.4  
3 Years AA 297 1142 183 326 56 10 41 159 18 29 156 173 .285 .370 .460 .830 187.9  
7 Years Minors 784 2844 409 827 146 31 75 359 46 62 352 396 .291 .367 .443 .810 447.3  
162 Game Average 478 63 138 26 3 6 57 2 4 45 62 .288 .349 .399 .748 62.3  
Career Highs 153 552 75 163 41 6 11 59 3 7 47 70 .347 .393 .460 .853 74.9  
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   1711 234 486 88 9 28 206 6 14 159 226 .284 .344 .395 .739 226.6
vs LH   1000 123 296 60 10 10 119 6 11 100 129 .296 .359 .406 .765 140.0
Home 451 1303 180 372 73 10 21 171 6 15 119 180 .285 .345 .405 .750 174.6
Away 466 1408 178 410 75 9 17 154 6 10 140 175 .291 .354 .393 .747 192.0
RISP   740 0 215 34 3 8 267 0 0 85 93 .291 .358 .377 .735 102.6
Pinch Hitting   162 27 54 7 1 3 29 0 1 16 27 .333 .391 .444 .836 26.7
Close/Late   411 65 117 22 2 4 38 0 0 44 64 .285 .352 .377 .729 54.9
Mar/Apr 154 499 51 137 28 2 7 55 1 4 40 75 .275 .327 .381 .708 60.1
May 156 447 58 127 22 3 8 53 0 3 34 58 .284 .332 .400 .732 57.4
June 144 400 65 134 17 6 8 59 3 8 49 42 .335 .406 .468 .873 70.6
July 149 427 53 117 27 2 4 58 1 3 39 58 .274 .333 .375 .708 52.0
August 155 474 71 143 27 3 7 56 4 6 55 73 .302 .374 .416 .789 71.4
Sep/Oct 159 464 60 124 27 3 4 44 3 1 42 49 .267 .329 .364 .693 55.2
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
1979 27 NYG NL 1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 28 NYG NL 1B 1 1 2.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  IND AL 1B 1 1 13.5 23 1 0 2 1.000 16.00   0.0
    CF 1 1 9.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.0
    RF 1 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 2 2 16.0 27 1 0 2 1.000 15.75   0.0
      CF 2 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
      RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1981 29 IND AL 1B 51 44 398.7 518 30 5 35 .991 12.37   0.9
    RF 35 24 235.3 48 1 1 0 .980 1.87   1.1
    CF 22 2 52.3 12 4 0 2 1.000 2.75    
    LF 10 0 23.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1982 30 IND AL CF 34 32 284.0 79 1 0 0 1.000 2.54   1.9
    RF 26 13 155.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.26    
    1B 32 10 142.0 177 16 2 12 .990 12.23   0.4
    LF 16 14 122.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.36    
1983 31 IND AL 1B 14 12 97.7 115 4 0 10 1.000 10.97   0.2
    RF 11 11 88.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.12   0.5
    LF 15 9 87.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    CF 11 6 66.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 32 IND AL CF 15 13 112.7 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.6
    RF 38 6 111.7 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.34    
    LF 12 7 72.3 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.12    
    1B 11 8 68.0 85 9 1 9 .989 12.44   0.1
1985 33 IND AL RF 37 6 128.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.33   0.5
    CF 14 10 96.0 18 0 1 0 .947 1.69    
    LF 15 8 85.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.01    
    1B 12 8 68.0 89 8 0 6 1.000 12.84   0.2
1986 34 IND AL LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1987 35 COL NL LF 31 28 238.0 54 0 0 0 1.000 2.04   1.2
    CF 10 7 63.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.29    
    1B 7 2 36.0 39 7 0 5 1.000 11.50   0.1
    RF 5 2 18.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 130 86 828.3 1055 75 8 79 .993 12.28   1.9
  RF 155 62 743.0 145 2 1 0 .993 1.78   2.1
  CF 108 71 685.0 168 6 1 2 .994 2.29   2.6
  LF 100 66 630.3 154 4 0 1 1.000 2.26   1.2
  SS 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   496 285 2891.6 1522 87 10 82 .994 5.01   7.7
Career Highs   118 70 709.3 582 36 6 37 1.000 15.00    
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
1981 29 IND AL 8 18 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .278 .333 .389 .722
1982 30 IND AL 6 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .455 .400 .855
1983 31 IND AL 10 32 5 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .250 .286 .313 .598
1984 32 IND AL 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800
1985 33 IND AL 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .111 .000 .111
1987 35 COL NL 7 24 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .250 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 38 97 12 25 6 0 0 6 0 0 9 20 .258 .315 .320 .634
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.
Doubles
1986-9-41
Triples
1986-10-5
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 65th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1975
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (N) on 7/31/1975 (Going to NYG: LF Frank Baker, CF Joe Wallis, P Andy Messersmith. Going to BSN: P Tom Burgmeier)
Injured on 5/25/1977 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/4/1978 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/9/1978 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Traded from New York (N) to Indianapolis on 5/1/1980 (Going to NYG: P David Palmer, RF Tito Landrum. Going to IND: LF Joe Wallis, P Jerry Reuss)
Injured on 6/17/1980 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/22/1980, off Bruce Hurst (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1981, off Albert Williams (NYA)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/6/1981
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,677,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,703,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1985, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,703,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 6/15/1986
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/17/1987 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,021 per year
Released by Colorado on 10/31/1987