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Joe
Presko		  
Nickname: Baby Joe
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: October 7, 1928 in Usa, MO, KANSAS CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1955   
All-Star Selections 1956    1957    1960    1961    1962   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 22 BSN NL   8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6
1952 23 BSN NL   8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7
1953 24 BSN NL   8 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1954 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1955 26 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1956 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1957 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 9
1958 29 BSN NL $ 5,507,143 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1959 30 BSN NL $ 5,507,143 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1960 31 DET AL $ 5,000,000 8 7 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1961 32 DET AL $ 5,000,000 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1962 33 DET AL $ 5,000,000 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 9 9
1963 34 DET AL $ 5,000,000 6 7 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8
1964 35 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8
1965 36 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7
1966 37 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 6 5 6 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1967 38 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 1 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 1 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,507,143 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 10 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 22 BSN NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1952 23 BSN NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1953 24 BSN NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1954 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1955 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1956 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1957 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1958 29 BSN NL $ 5,507,143   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1959 30 BSN NL $ 5,507,143   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1960 31 DET AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1961 32 DET AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1962 33 DET AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1963 34 DET AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1964 35 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1965 36 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1966 37 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1967 38 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,507,143   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
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
1951 22 AA   14 9 .609 30 30 3 1 0 218.0 215 77 14 59 198 3.18 .258 .307 .346 .653  
1952 23 AA   14 9 .609 29 29 5 2 0 205.3 183 73 15 81 165 3.20 .235 .307 .335 .643  
1953 24 AAA   5 7 .417 12 12 3 0 0 91.7 80 33 7 29 48 3.24 .238 .299 .351 .650  
    AA   7 8 .467 18 18 2 2 0 124.7 103 47 14 64 99 3.39 .227 .322 .352 .675  
1954 25 BSN NL 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 20.3 24 10 0 8 12 4.43 .296 .348 .395 .743 1.1
    AAA   10 4 .714 19 19 1 1 0 130.7 120 39 4 53 86 2.69 .244 .317 .309 .626  
1955 26 BSN NL 20 11 .645 38 38 7 0 0 283.7 266 117 23 123 156 3.71 .249 .328 .363 .691 19.1
1956 27 BSN NL 22 14 .611 44 44 10 2 0 335.0 306 135 22 130 233 3.63 .241 .314 .351 .665 22.4
1957 28 BSN NL 26 11 .703 44 44 17 4 0 352.7 314 123 19 140 224 3.14 .243 .318 .342 .660 28.9
1958 29 BSN NL 15 17 .469 43 43 7 0 0 313.7 322 158 25 120 234 4.53 .264 .329 .390 .719 12.1
1959 30 BSN NL 18 20 .474 44 44 12 1 0 331.3 334 145 30 123 255 3.94 .265 .331 .393 .724 19.5
1960 31 DET AL 15 12 .556 44 44 11 4 0 340.3 275 110 15 126 291 2.91 .222 .293 .321 .614 30.4
1961 32 DET AL 22 11 .667 44 44 5 1 0 326.3 225 98 8 143 317 2.70 .194 .285 .276 .561 29.7
1962 33 DET AL 22 7 .759 40 40 6 1 0 292.7 206 84 14 104 233 2.58 .198 .275 .294 .569 29.6
1963 34 DET AL 19 9 .679 38 38 1 0 0 253.7 208 82 18 77 220 2.91 .223 .283 .325 .609 24.2
1964 35 CLE AL 13 7 .650 38 28 0 0 4 191.7 148 70 15 85 148 3.29 .211 .302 .320 .622 13.1
1965 36 CLE AL 3 2 .600 29 4 0 0 0 57.0 56 31 8 29 54 4.89 .259 .357 .426 .783 0.7
1966 37 CLE AL 2 3 .400 31 0 0 0 1 41.3 39 17 3 18 25 3.70 .250 .330 .340 .669 3.8
1967 38 CLE AL 0 1 .000 24 0 0 0 0 25.7 28 15 3 21 20 5.26 .277 .398 .416 .814 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 10.3 13 10 1 14 8 8.71 .310 .482 .405 .887  
14 Years Sim 197 125 .612 515 411 76 13 5 3165.3 2751 1195 203 1247 2422 3.40 .234 .309 .342 .652 234.5
3 Years AAA 15 11 .577 37 31 4 1 0 232.7 213 82 12 96 142 3.17 .245 .320 .330 .650  
3 Years AA 35 26 .574 77 77 10 5 0 548.0 501 197 43 204 462 3.24 .243 .311 .343 .654  
6 Years Minors 50 37 .575 114 108 14 6 0 780.6 714 279 55 300 604 3.22 .243 .313 .339 .653  
Season Average 14 8 .636 36 29 5 0 0 226.1 196 85 14 89 173 3.40 .234 .309 .342 .652  
Career Highs 26 20 .759 44 44 17 4 4 352.7 334 158 30 143 317 5.26 .296 .398 .426 .814  
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   1423 598 93 619 1421   .223 .292 .320 .612
vs LH   1328 597 110 628 1001   .247 .326 .369 .695
Home 91 66 .580 256 206 33 7 1 1597.6 1366 628 102 618 1232 3.54 .230 .303 .339 .642
Away 106 59 .642 259 205 43 6 4 1567.6 1385 567 101 629 1190 3.26 .238 .313 .345 .658
Mar/Apr 39 28 .582 95 76 10 3 1 577.0 511 245 43 257 435 3.82 .239 .320 .358 .679
May 32 15 .681 96 72 12 3 0 568.3 481 183 34 204 435 2.90 .231 .299 .328 .627
June 28 24 .538 80 61 15 0 2 488.0 405 192 38 193 379 3.54 .227 .302 .347 .649
July 31 18 .633 79 61 12 2 2 470.6 455 205 34 195 371 3.92 .254 .327 .376 .703
August 34 22 .607 82 71 13 2 0 534.0 461 190 29 205 403 3.20 .230 .302 .335 .636
Sep/Oct 33 18 .647 83 70 14 3 0 527.3 438 180 25 193 399 3.07 .226 .296 .312 .609
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
1951 22 AA   9 30 3 5 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .367 .533 1.8  
1954 25 BSN NL 14 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2
1955 26 BSN NL 38 100 3 13 1 0 0 7 1 0 1 11 .130 .136 .140 .276 0.2 0.0
1956 27 BSN NL 44 116 7 24 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 14 .207 .207 .224 .431 4.7 0.0
1957 28 BSN NL 44 123 6 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 23 .073 .080 .089 .169 -4.2 0.0
1958 29 BSN NL 43 108 3 15 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 17 .139 .162 .157 .320 -0.9 0.0
1959 30 BSN NL 44 107 5 18 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .168 .176 .196 .372 2.5 0.0
1960 31 DET AL 44 113 6 23 5 0 2 5 0 0 0 28 .204 .204 .301 .504 6.5 0.0
1961 32 DET AL 44 120 7 17 2 0 2 8 0 0 2 28 .142 .156 .208 .364 2.1 0.0
1962 33 DET AL 40 93 3 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 16 .129 .155 .140 .294 0.4 0.0
1963 34 DET AL 38 90 8 20 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 11 .222 .231 .244 .475 3.9 0.0
1964 35 CLE AL 38 62 4 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 .161 .161 .161 .323 0.1 0.0
1965 36 CLE AL 29 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.8 0.0
1966 37 CLE AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2 0.0
1967 38 CLE AL 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 515 1048 54 163 18 1 4 50 1 0 12 186 .156 .165 .186 .351 15.1 0.2
1 Years AA 9 30 3 5 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 3 .167 .156 .367 .523 1.8  
162 Game Average 329 16 51 5 0 1 15 0 0 3 58 .156 .165 .186 .351 4.7  
Career Highs 44 123 8 24 5 1 2 8 1 0 3 28 .500 .500 .500 1.000 6.5  
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   677 36 103 10 0 2 34 1 0 7 115 .152 .160 .176 .336 3.0
vs LH   371 18 60 8 1 2 16 0 0 5 71 .162 .175 .205 .379 6.0
Home 244 481 24 70 11 1 1 23 0 0 6 82 .146 .156 .179 .335 1.5
Away 259 567 30 93 7 0 3 27 1 0 6 104 .164 .173 .192 .366 7.6
RISP   241 0 28 3 0 2 45 0 0 3 42 .116 .125 .154 .279 -2.9
Close/Late   74 6 12 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 10 .162 .184 .216 .400 1.7
Mar/Apr 83 189 10 22 2 0 1 11 0 0 2 42 .116 .124 .143 .267 -3.0
May 76 187 15 38 3 1 1 10 0 0 2 33 .203 .212 .246 .458 7.5
June 67 160 10 23 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 31 .144 .154 .169 .323 -0.1
July 65 147 5 27 3 0 0 8 1 0 0 23 .184 .182 .204 .387 2.8
August 79 182 9 23 3 0 0 9 0 0 1 28 .126 .131 .143 .274 -2.8
Sep/Oct 79 183 5 30 3 0 2 8 0 0 5 29 .164 .189 .213 .403 4.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1954 25 BSN NL P 14 0 20.3 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.10    
1955 26 BSN NL P 38 38 283.7 15 68 4 5 .954 2.63    
1956 27 BSN NL P 44 44 335.0 19 74 3 6 .969 2.50    
1957 28 BSN NL P 44 44 352.7 27 65 0 7 1.000 2.35    
1958 29 BSN NL P 43 43 313.7 17 60 2 2 .975 2.21    
1959 30 BSN NL P 44 44 331.3 13 50 0 2 1.000 1.71    
1960 31 DET AL P 44 44 340.3 20 66 3 3 .966 2.27    
1961 32 DET AL P 44 44 326.3 18 49 0 4 1.000 1.85    
1962 33 DET AL P 40 40 292.7 22 54 2 3 .974 2.34    
1963 34 DET AL P 38 38 253.7 15 37 0 1 1.000 1.84    
1964 35 CLE AL P 38 28 191.7 11 46 0 1 1.000 2.68    
1965 36 CLE AL P 29 4 57.0 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1966 37 CLE AL P 31 0 41.3 7 9 0 1 1.000 3.48    
1967 38 CLE AL P 24 0 25.7 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.81    
Career Totals   515 411 3165.3 189 600 14 36 .983 2.24    
Career Highs   44 44 352.7 27 74 4 7 1.000 3.48    
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
1957 28 BSN NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 18 10 0 4 8 6.43 .310 .355 .379 .734
1962 33 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 11 3 0 8 13 2.19 .250 .365 .364 .729
1963 34 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 8 4 1 8 14 2.77 .178 .302 .289 .591
1964 35 CLE AL 0 3 .000 3 3 0 0 0 19.3 16 6 2 11 19 2.79 .222 .325 .347 .673
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 9 9 0 0 0 58.7 53 23 3 31 54 3.53 .242 .336 .347 .683
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
1957 28 BSN NL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
1962 33 DET AL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333
1963 34 DET AL 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
1964 35 CLE AL 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Batting 9 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .182 .182 .182 .364
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1956-9-3.63
1957-5-3.14
1960-7-2.91
1961-6-2.70
1962-4-2.58
1963-9-2.91
CAR-43-3.40
 Wins
1955-5-20
1956-4-22
1957-3-26
1959-10-18
1961-3-22
1962-2-22
1963-6-19
 Losses
1959-3-20
 Winning Pct
1955-10-.645
1956-10-.611
1957-3-.703
1961-5-.667
1962-2-.759
1963-6-.679
1964-6-.650
CAR-39-.612
 Games Started
1956-1-44
1957-1-44
1958-5-43
1959-1-44
1960-1-44
1961-1-44
 Complete Games
1956-10-10
1957-6-17
1959-6-12
1960-7-11
Shutouts
1956-6-2
1957-3-4
1960-2-4
 Innings Pitched
1956-4-335.0
1957-4-352.7
1958-8-313.7
1959-3-331.3
1960-3-340.3
1961-4-326.3
 Hits Allowed
1956-6-306
1957-6-314
1958-4-322
1959-3-334
1960-8-275
 Strikeouts
1956-8-233
1957-10-224
1958-9-234
1959-7-255
1960-7-291
1961-6-317
1962-7-233
CAR-46-2422
 Walks Allowed
1955-10-123
1956-6-130
1957-2-140
1958-4-120
1959-2-123
1960-2-126
1961-2-143
 Hits per 9IP
1957-9-8.0
1960-9-7.3
1961-7-6.2
1962-3-6.3
1963-9-7.4
1964-7-6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
1956-10-6.3
1958-9-6.7
1961-7-8.7
1963-4-7.8
 WHiP
1961-8-1.13
1962-6-1.06
1963-9-1.12
 OAVG
1957-9-.243
1960-9-.222
1961-8-.194
1962-3-.198
1963-9-.223
1964-7-.211
 OOBP
1961-8-.285
1962-5-.275
1963-9-.283
 OSLG
1955-10-.363
1956-8-.351
1957-7-.342
1960-6-.321
1961-2-.276
1962-5-.294
1963-7-.325
1964-8-.320
CAR-39-.342
 OOPS
1956-8-.665
1957-7-.660
1960-8-.614
1961-3-.561
1962-5-.569
1963-6-.609
1964-10-.622
CAR-42-.652
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 156    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Tom Underwood (947)
  2. Bart Johnson (945)
  3. Jack Salveson (923)
  4. Red Embree (907)
  5. Max Lanier (906)
  6. Monte Pearson (902)
  7. Rollie Fingers (894)
  8. Pat Malone (893)
  9. Bill Wight (890)
  10. Mike Marshall (889)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bob Miller (989)
  2. Dutch Leonard (989)
  3. Cliff Melton (987)
  4. Curt Simmons (986)
  5. Cy Blanton (985)
  6. Harvey Haddix (983)
  7. Vito Tamulis (982)
  8. Ray Herbert (982)
  9. Larry French (982)
  10. Larry Sherry (981)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1951
Injured on 5/10/1952 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/25/1954 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 8/6/1954, off Willard Nixon (CIN)
Earned first career win on 4/5/1955
Won Bronze Rookie in 1955, going 20-11, 3.71 ERA
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1957, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1957, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,507,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,507,143 through salary arbitration
9/1/1959: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 3/3/1960 (Going to BSN: 3B Willie Jones, P Curt Simmons. Going to DET: P Warren Spahn, P Joe Presko)
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1960, off Johnny Kucks (BRK)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1960, going 4-0, 2.24
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1962, going 6-0, 1.26
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1962, going 5-1, 1.83
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Injured on 6/16/1963 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/16/1964 to a 3-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1964, going 4-0, 0.44
3/3/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (A)
 
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