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Joe
Lis		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 230
 
Born: August 15, 1946 in Usa, NJ, SOMERVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976    1977   
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
1970 23 TAM AL     4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 4 4
1971 24 TAM AL     5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
1972 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
1973 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4
1974 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4
1975 28 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 6 5 6 9 9 9 4 4 4
1976 29 KCR AL $ 1,542,857   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 9 4 4 4
1977 30 KCR AL $ 1,542,857   6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6
1978 31 KCR AL $ 2,835,714   6 6 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 10 9 9 6 6 6
1979 32 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 9 9 5 5 5
1980 33 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 9 5 5 5
1981 34 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 10 9 9 3 3 3
1982 35 LAD NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 10 9 9 3 3 3
1983 36 OAK AL     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 10 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 8 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,835,714   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6
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
1970 23 AA   31 101 18 24 5 1 3 15 0 0 31 23 .238 .417 .396 .813 19.6  
    A   104 363 99 110 15 2 42 104 4 0 99 76 .303 .452 .702 1.155 109.0  
1971 24 AAA   81 263 41 61 11 2 20 55 0 0 38 61 .232 .329 .517 .846 46.3  
1972 25 KCR AL 12 34 6 10 1 0 4 8 0 0 5 7 .294 .375 .676 1.051 8.5 1.7
    AAA   135 496 63 142 19 1 29 99 1 3 94 106 .286 .400 .504 .904 100.2  
1973 26 KCR AL 151 504 66 123 21 0 19 74 0 1 68 136 .244 .341 .399 .740 70.2 8.6
1974 27 KCR AL 128 422 52 105 17 2 18 61 1 0 52 105 .249 .328 .427 .755 61.8 8.7
    AAA   2 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 1.1  
1975 28 KCR AL 152 590 73 148 26 5 19 66 0 0 72 146 .251 .333 .408 .742 80.3 12.4
1976 29 KCR AL 70 227 42 59 11 0 9 35 0 0 33 63 .260 .356 .427 .783 36.3 6.5
1977 30 KCR AL 143 478 73 124 21 0 18 80 0 0 57 77 .259 .337 .416 .753 70.0 11.8
1978 31 KCR AL 152 586 83 157 41 1 12 74 1 0 72 109 .268 .354 .403 .757 82.5 16.3
1979 32 KCR AL 152 576 77 137 25 3 19 80 0 1 76 127 .238 .335 .391 .726 77.6 12.7
1980 33 KCR AL 85 266 45 71 11 1 9 42 3 3 40 48 .267 .365 .417 .782 40.4 7.8
1981 34 KCR AL 77 195 22 39 3 1 8 28 0 0 25 43 .200 .294 .349 .643 20.1 1.9
1982 35 LAD NL 48 111 9 13 3 0 1 10 0 0 13 29 .117 .208 .171 .379 2.7 0.0
1983 36 A   137 439 50 80 19 2 6 43 1 4 138 92 .182 .378 .276 .653 62.3  
11 Years Sim 1170 3989 548 986 180 13 136 558 5 5 513 890 .247 .336 .401 .737 550.3 88.4
3 Years AAA 218 767 104 205 30 3 49 155 1 3 134 169 .267 .376 .506 .882 147.6  
1 Years AA 31 101 18 24 5 1 3 15 0 0 31 23 .238 .428 .396 .824 19.6  
2 Years A 241 802 149 190 34 4 48 147 5 4 237 168 .237 .413 .469 .882 171.2  
6 Years Minors 490 1670 271 419 69 8 100 317 6 7 402 360 .251 .398 .481 .879 338.4  
162 Game Average 552 75 136 24 1 18 77 0 0 71 123 .247 .336 .401 .737 76.2  
Career Highs 152 590 83 157 41 5 19 80 3 3 76 146 .294 .375 .676 1.051 82.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2479 312 590 101 8 82 367 2 2 288 547 .238 .321 .384 .705 314.9
vs LH   1510 236 396 79 5 54 191 3 3 225 343 .262 .361 .428 .789 238.0
Home 576 1918 278 473 90 6 69 273 3 4 248 431 .247 .335 .408 .743 269.3
Away 594 2071 270 513 90 7 67 285 2 1 265 459 .248 .337 .395 .732 283.6
RISP   967 0 247 37 2 42 411 0 0 143 208 .255 .347 .428 .775 151.7
Pinch Hitting   75 15 19 4 0 2 17 0 0 7 15 .253 .317 .387 .704 9.3
Close/Late   470 58 122 29 0 13 65 0 0 54 106 .260 .336 .404 .741 64.6
Mar/Apr 185 621 88 174 37 4 18 94 1 1 80 126 .280 .365 .440 .805 98.4
May 202 689 85 167 36 3 18 87 0 0 86 160 .242 .332 .382 .713 89.1
June 213 725 100 175 29 1 23 92 0 2 84 161 .241 .322 .379 .701 91.2
July 190 642 93 166 26 1 26 101 1 0 91 132 .259 .353 .424 .777 99.1
August 199 691 99 152 31 0 26 94 0 1 83 169 .220 .307 .378 .685 83.4
Sep/Oct 181 621 83 152 21 4 25 90 3 1 89 142 .245 .343 .412 .755 91.7
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
1972 25 KCR AL LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1973 26 KCR AL RF 146 146 1205.7 251 1 6 0 .977 1.88   1.5
    CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 27 KCR AL LF 98 96 815.3 141 1 1 1 .993 1.57   0.8
    CF 29 29 239.0 67 0 0 0 1.000 2.52    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1975 28 KCR AL RF 148 148 1307.3 247 9 10 5 .962 1.76   1.5
    CF 3 3 29.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.92    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 29 KCR AL LF 13 12 103.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.3
    CF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    RF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    1B 1 0 1.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 20.30   0.0
1977 30 KCR AL CF 140 132 1166.0 284 3 2 1 .993 2.22   3.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1978 31 KCR AL RF 2 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 32 KCR AL 1B 77 75 680.7 871 44 4 64 .996 12.10   1.4
1980 33 KCR AL CF 52 45 432.0 118 1 2 0 .983 2.48   1.9
    RF 9 7 62.3 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.45    
    1B 3 0 10.0 10 2 0 1 1.000 10.80   0.0
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 5 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 34 KCR AL 1B 16 16 143.7 182 13 1 9 .995 12.22   0.2
    LF 12 10 88.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.6
    RF 8 8 69.0 17 0 2 0 .895 2.22    
    CF 8 7 67.7 12 1 0 1 1.000 1.73    
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 35 LAD NL 1B 24 21 177.3 214 16 3 15 .987 11.67   0.2
    RF 9 2 34.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.1
    LF 6 2 27.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33    
    CF 4 3 26.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12    
  RF 326 311 2692.0 543 11 18 6 .969 1.85   3.1
  CF 244 219 1974.0 496 5 4 2 .992 2.28   4.8
  LF 138 120 1049.3 183 1 1 1 .995 1.58   1.7
  1B 123 112 1016.0 1285 75 8 90 .994 12.05   1.9
  3B 2 1 10.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.70   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   834 763 6742.3 2508 95 31 100 .988 3.47   11.6
Career Highs   152 151 1338.7 871 44 10 64 1.000 12.10    
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
1975 28 KCR AL 7 28 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .143 .172 .179 .351
1976 29 KCR AL 11 29 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 5 .103 .297 .172 .470
1977 30 KCR AL 18 61 8 17 6 0 1 8 0 0 7 13 .279 .362 .426 .789
1978 31 KCR AL 7 28 7 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 .286 .412 .464 .876
1979 32 KCR AL 14 49 7 12 2 0 3 10 0 0 6 11 .245 .339 .469 .808
1980 33 KCR AL 7 23 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 .174 .222 .304 .527
1981 34 KCR AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 66 220 27 48 13 0 6 25 0 0 30 45 .218 .315 .359 .674
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.
At-Bats
1975-9-590
 Doubles
1978-6-41
 Strikeouts
1973-4-136
1975-2-146
1978-8-109
1979-4-127
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1970
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 4/27/1971 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 7/7/1971 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week
Traded from Tampa Bay to Kansas City on 6/1/1972 (Going to KCR: P Jack Aker, LF Cliff Cook, 1B Bob Robertson, P Tom Walker, LF Joe Lis. Going to TAM: RF Tony Conigliaro)
Had first career hit on 9/8/1972, off Jim Kaat (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/10/1972, off Jim O'toole (STL)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1975, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 9/6/1975
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1977, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,835,714 through salary arbitration
9/22/1978: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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