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Rick
Joseph		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 24, 1939 in D.R., , SAN PEDRO DE M
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1973   
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
1964 24 MIN AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5
1965 25 MIN AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1966 26 MIN AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5
1967 27 MIN AL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1968 28 MIN AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1969 29 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1970 30 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1971 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1972 32 MIN AL $ 591,429   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1973 33 MIN AL $ 591,429   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1974 34 MIN AL $ 591,429   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1975 35 MIN AL $ 850,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1976 36 MIN AL $ 850,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 850,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 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
1964 24 AA   134 489 50 134 24 0 21 66 0 3 57 93 .274 .350 .452 .802 76.4  
1965 25 AAA   83 336 36 86 18 1 11 37 1 0 29 73 .256 .315 .414 .729 43.9  
    AA   54 210 26 65 12 1 9 28 1 0 21 33 .310 .372 .505 .877 37.5  
1966 26 AAA   136 557 63 145 15 1 17 57 1 0 48 126 .260 .319 .382 .701 69.3  
1967 27 AAA   136 539 62 146 14 1 17 63 3 0 71 102 .271 .356 .395 .751 79.6  
1968 28 AAA   137 529 59 163 30 2 12 70 1 1 54 84 .308 .372 .440 .813 83.5  
1969 29 MIN AL 113 342 34 85 14 2 8 41 2 0 32 60 .249 .316 .371 .688 37.2 6.1
1970 30 MIN AL 105 247 32 65 10 0 5 34 0 1 21 44 .263 .319 .364 .683 26.5 3.5
1971 31 MIN AL 86 189 22 52 10 1 5 31 0 0 18 35 .275 .337 .418 .755 24.4 4.1
1972 32 MIN AL 95 255 22 67 16 0 1 25 0 0 11 35 .263 .287 .337 .624 24.2 2.5
1973 33 MIN AL 142 485 51 112 14 1 9 48 0 0 39 87 .231 .290 .320 .609 44.4 2.1
1974 34 MIN AL 153 519 60 136 19 4 9 52 1 0 41 94 .262 .315 .366 .681 58.4 5.7
1975 35 MIN AL 68 162 10 33 2 0 1 13 0 0 9 23 .204 .246 .235 .480 5.8 0.0
1976 36 AAA   135 537 72 160 18 0 16 49 0 0 28 90 .298 .333 .421 .754 72.3  
7 Years Sim 762 2199 231 550 85 8 38 244 3 1 171 378 .250 .304 .348 .652 220.9 23.9
5 Years AAA 627 2498 292 700 95 5 73 276 6 1 230 475 .280 .341 .410 .751 348.6  
2 Years AA 188 699 76 199 36 1 30 94 1 3 78 126 .285 .359 .468 .827 113.9  
7 Years Minors 815 3197 368 899 131 6 103 370 7 4 308 601 .281 .345 .423 .767 462.5  
162 Game Average 467 49 116 18 1 8 51 0 0 36 80 .250 .304 .348 .652 47.0  
Career Highs 153 519 60 136 19 4 9 52 2 1 41 94 .275 .337 .418 .755 58.4  
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   1366 148 337 62 2 24 143 1 1 105 253 .247 .300 .348 .648 142.6
vs LH   833 83 213 23 6 14 101 2 0 66 125 .256 .310 .348 .658 91.2
Home 379 1150 137 301 47 5 22 136 1 0 87 190 .262 .313 .369 .681 132.5
Away 383 1049 94 249 38 3 16 108 2 1 84 188 .237 .294 .325 .619 101.3
RISP   529 0 143 22 3 9 200 0 0 53 85 .270 .329 .374 .704 67.4
Pinch Hitting   137 16 37 9 1 2 25 0 0 9 18 .270 .318 .394 .712 16.4
Close/Late   343 20 89 13 0 5 38 0 0 22 65 .259 .305 .341 .646 35.2
Mar/Apr 131 355 41 90 18 1 3 40 0 0 29 54 .254 .312 .335 .647 36.7
May 144 425 42 101 16 2 4 42 0 0 33 80 .238 .291 .313 .604 39.0
June 127 329 31 81 9 0 7 30 0 0 31 50 .246 .313 .337 .650 35.8
July 111 332 37 87 12 2 9 41 1 1 22 66 .262 .311 .392 .702 39.5
August 148 471 38 113 12 1 5 48 1 0 32 80 .240 .284 .301 .586 41.1
Sep/Oct 101 287 42 78 18 2 10 43 1 0 24 48 .272 .325 .453 .778 41.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1969 29 MIN AL 1B 15 11 100.0 106 9 0 9 1.000 10.35 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 8 3 42.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 30 MIN AL 3B 39 36 322.7 22 71 4 3 .959 2.59 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 17 12 115.7 127 10 2 15 .986 10.66 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 4 1 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1971 31 MIN AL 1B 36 34 291.0 313 21 2 33 .994 10.33 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 15 14 124.0 12 31 0 2 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 13 0 24.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1972 32 MIN AL 1B 42 41 357.3 401 36 0 36 1.000 11.01 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 15 15 129.0 10 33 0 2 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 15 0 32.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1973 33 MIN AL LF 140 138 1182.3 233 3 0 1 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 34 MIN AL LF 94 92 783.0 162 3 1 0 .994 1.90 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    1B 53 52 467.7 577 45 3 63 .995 11.97 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 1 1 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 35 MIN AL 1B 37 34 288.0 336 25 3 36 .992 11.28 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 9 3 45.7 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 9.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 283 237 2124.7 430 8 1 2 .998 1.86 0 0 .000 0 5.3
  1B 200 184 1619.7 1860 146 10 192 .995 11.15 0 0 .000 0 2.8
  3B 81 65 602.3 45 139 4 7 .979 2.75 0 0 .000 0 2.4
  C 1 1 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   567 487 4359.6 2343 293 15 201 .994 5.44 1 0 .000 0 10.5
Career Highs   151 145 1266.7 747 81 6 63 1.000 9.78 1 0 .000 0  
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
1970 30 MIN AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  6. Willie Smith (951)
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  8. Bill Buckner (949)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1953
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland on 4/2/1955 (Going to NYG: 3B Gil Mcdougald. Going to CLE: P Ike Delock, 2B Joey Amalfitano, CF Jim Pisoni, 1B Marv Blaylock, P Don Elston)
Injured on 5/18/1956 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/15/1958, off Dick Ellsworth (DET)
Injured on 6/22/1960 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 5/9/1961 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/25/1963 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for one week
Drafted in 3rd round, 50th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1964
Injured on 7/21/1968 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/6/1969, off Craig Anderson (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1969, off Bob Veale (BOS)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1973
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/5/1975 to a 2-year deal worth $850,000 per year
 
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