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Joe
Caffie		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 14, 1931 in Usa, AL, RAMER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
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
1956 25 PIT NL     7 7 7 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 6 7 7
1957 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 6 7 7
1958 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 6 7 7
1959 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 6 7 7
1960 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 6 7 7
1961 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 7 7
1962 31 PIT NL $ 2,178,571   9 9 8 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 6 7 7
1963 32 PIT NL $ 2,307,143   9 9 8 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 7 6
1964 33 PIT NL $ 2,250,000   9 9 8 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 7 6
1965 34 PIT NL $ 2,250,000   8 8 7 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 5
1966 35 PIT NL $ 2,250,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 4
1967 36 PIT NL $ 2,250,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4
1968 37 LAD NL $ 650,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
1969 38 MON NL $ 302,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,307,143   9 9 8 4 5 5 3 4 3 3 4 4 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
1956 25 AAA   137 506 71 139 8 2 19 69 24 12 55 67 .275 .346 .411 .757 74.1  
1957 26 PIT NL 21 59 3 16 1 0 1 7 2 2 3 8 .271 .306 .339 .645 5.6 0.6
    AAA   134 560 87 163 14 3 27 78 21 13 31 85 .291 .328 .471 .800 83.6  
1958 27 PIT NL 78 264 25 67 7 2 4 29 6 6 13 53 .254 .295 .341 .636 25.6 2.2
    AAA   80 344 51 108 3 1 16 46 12 9 24 44 .314 .359 .468 .827 55.0  
1959 28 PIT NL 138 427 35 109 9 4 5 44 6 12 12 76 .255 .286 .330 .617 37.6 4.1
1960 29 PIT NL 85 179 26 51 4 1 7 23 2 8 5 30 .285 .310 .436 .746 20.1 2.3
1961 30 PIT NL 122 434 65 144 7 4 11 38 10 12 19 53 .332 .368 .442 .810 66.4 13.2
1962 31 PIT NL 133 445 69 142 15 4 10 47 0 1 20 51 .319 .356 .438 .794 62.5 15.5
1963 32 PIT NL 155 547 69 158 11 1 11 71 8 4 28 84 .289 .332 .373 .705 64.8 13.6
1964 33 PIT NL 126 318 45 105 5 2 3 31 2 6 18 43 .330 .370 .387 .756 41.8 9.1
1965 34 PIT NL 154 568 73 167 12 3 3 47 10 10 28 106 .294 .332 .342 .674 61.7 12.9
1966 35 PIT NL 134 395 51 118 8 2 6 33 4 10 23 60 .299 .342 .375 .717 47.9 10.6
1967 36 PIT NL 131 369 40 99 4 0 1 18 6 9 20 78 .268 .314 .287 .601 32.1 2.8
1968 37 LAD NL 76 116 25 27 5 0 0 7 1 2 7 24 .233 .294 .276 .570 8.2 0.6
1969 38 MON NL 27 26 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .115 .172 .115 .288 0.5 0.0
    AAA   54 174 16 38 5 0 0 12 3 4 20 42 .218 .299 .247 .546 13.1  
13 Years Sim 1380 4147 531 1206 88 23 62 396 57 82 198 668 .291 .330 .368 .698 474.7 87.5
4 Years AAA 405 1584 225 448 30 6 62 205 60 38 130 238 .283 .344 .427 .771 225.9  
162 Game Average 486 62 141 10 2 7 46 6 9 23 78 .291 .330 .368 .698 55.7  
Career Highs 155 568 73 167 15 4 11 71 10 12 28 106 .332 .370 .442 .810 66.4  
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   3153 430 989 70 19 48 316 38 61 162 450 .314 .354 .394 .747 399.9
vs LH   994 101 217 18 4 14 80 19 21 36 218 .218 .255 .287 .541 62.1
Home 678 2005 273 610 35 12 38 224 32 40 103 319 .304 .345 .391 .735 249.0
Away 702 2142 258 596 53 11 24 172 25 42 95 349 .278 .317 .347 .663 213.1
RISP   824 0 247 15 6 21 328 0 0 42 138 .300 .336 .409 .745 108.7
Pinch Hitting   167 21 45 3 0 4 27 0 2 12 22 .269 .332 .359 .691 18.6
Close/Late   537 100 153 6 0 8 58 0 0 34 69 .285 .331 .341 .672 60.0
Mar/Apr 200 541 71 171 13 2 10 50 8 15 32 95 .316 .358 .403 .761 70.8
May 220 653 70 181 9 2 8 58 11 13 41 103 .277 .330 .334 .664 67.5
June 214 605 98 184 14 4 14 72 11 10 29 100 .304 .341 .410 .751 78.6
July 233 719 86 201 12 3 10 65 11 18 27 101 .280 .310 .346 .656 69.8
August 252 799 102 231 22 7 11 72 7 12 36 141 .289 .328 .375 .704 89.6
Sep/Oct 261 830 104 238 18 5 9 79 9 14 33 128 .287 .323 .353 .677 85.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1957 26 PIT NL LF 6 6 51.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.76   0.3
    CF 6 6 48.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.81    
    RF 5 5 39.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62    
    1B 2 1 7.0 8 1 0 2 1.000 11.57   0.0
1958 27 PIT NL 2B 77 75 651.3 166 294 9 75 .981 6.36   2.9
1959 28 PIT NL 2B 108 101 867.7 206 356 6 70 .989 5.83   2.5
    1B 8 5 51.0 62 3 1 2 .985 11.47   0.1
    CF 5 4 37.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.95   0.2
    RF 4 3 29.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79    
    LF 4 1 13.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
1960 29 PIT NL 2B 23 7 103.3 16 34 2 8 .962 4.35   0.2
    CF 12 11 91.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.8
    RF 13 8 82.0 19 2 0 2 1.000 2.30    
    LF 13 9 80.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    1B 7 4 37.3 34 0 0 3 1.000 8.20   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1961 30 PIT NL RF 96 95 833.3 174 2 2 0 .989 1.90   1.8
    2B 8 3 38.0 7 18 0 0 1.000 5.92   0.2
    1B 5 0 11.7 12 2 0 1 1.000 10.81   0.0
1962 31 PIT NL RF 86 79 735.3 159 3 2 2 .988 1.98   2.1
    CF 10 6 64.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    2B 16 3 58.0 10 32 0 4 1.000 6.52   0.4
    LF 6 3 43.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    1B 4 3 28.0 35 1 0 4 1.000 11.57   0.1
1963 32 PIT NL RF 103 103 879.7 182 2 1 0 .995 1.88   1.9
    1B 48 40 346.7 454 36 5 45 .990 12.72   0.1
    2B 6 0 11.7 4 0 0 1 1.000 3.09   0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    CF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 33 PIT NL 1B 60 52 476.7 587 50 3 62 .995 12.03   1.1
    LF 23 18 155.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.22   0.1
    2B 22 1 51.0 9 18 1 2 .964 4.76   0.1
    RF 2 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1965 34 PIT NL RF 127 124 1043.0 247 2 3 2 .988 2.15   2.0
    2B 16 2 45.0 5 17 2 4 .917 4.40   0.1
    1B 5 5 43.0 52 4 0 9 1.000 11.72   0.1
    CF 5 5 42.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    LF 3 3 26.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1966 35 PIT NL RF 88 83 689.3 153 2 2 0 .987 2.02   1.5
    2B 30 7 112.7 21 40 0 7 1.000 4.87   0.3
    1B 4 0 13.0 15 0 0 1 1.000 10.38   0.0
    CF 2 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    LF 3 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12    
1967 36 PIT NL RF 89 84 669.0 151 2 0 1 1.000 2.06   2.0
    2B 27 7 90.3 26 38 0 7 1.000 6.38   0.5
    CF 8 2 25.7 8 0 1 0 .889 2.81    
    1B 4 0 4.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1968 37 LAD NL 2B 29 21 172.3 40 60 5 13 .952 5.22   0.3
    RF 15 9 79.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.36   0.1
    1B 9 0 8.0 8 1 0 3 1.000 10.13   0.0
    LF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    CF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 38 MON NL 2B 14 3 39.0 6 11 0 3 1.000 3.92   0.2
    CF 4 2 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    LF 2 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 4 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  RF 630 594 5092.0 1114 15 10 7 .991 2.00   11.4
  2B 376 230 2240.3 516 918 25 194 .983 5.76   7.8
  1B 160 110 1029.3 1271 100 9 133 .993 11.99   1.5
  LF 67 40 398.7 80 1 0 1 1.000 1.83   0.4
  CF 58 37 345.0 77 1 2 1 .975 2.03   1.1
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1292 1011 9107.2 3058 1036 46 336 .989 4.05   22.3
Career Highs   160 143 1244.3 642 359 9 75 1.000 8.93    
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
1961 30 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1962 31 PIT NL 14 53 5 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 7 .226 .281 .226 .507
1963 32 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 17 56 5 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 7 .214 .267 .214 .481
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.
Batting Average
1961-4-.304*
1962-9-.303*
 At-Bats
1965-9-568
 Hits
1965-8-167
 Singles
1961-6-122
1963-2-135
1965-1-149
 Stolen Bases
1958-6-6
1961-7-10
 Caught Stealing
1958-3-6
1959-2-12
1960-3-8
1961-2-12
1965-5-10
1966-9-10
1967-5-9
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Roy Hartsfield (947)
  2. Rob Andrews (930)
  3. Rick Auerbach (928)
  4. Doc Gautreau (927)
  5. Bernie James (923)
  6. Terry Harmon (922)
  7. Billy Myers (918)
  8. Hughie Critz (917)
  9. Bill Cissell (913)
  10. Felix Millan (911)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1956
Injured on 4/2/1956 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/2/1957, off Hersh Freeman (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/30/1957, off Whitey Ford (CIN)
4/2/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against St. Louis on 7/22/1959
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
10/31/1963: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 4/3/1966
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/4/1968 to a 1-year deal worth $650,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/3/1969 to a 4-year deal worth $302,000 per year
 
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