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Duane
Josephson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 3, 1942 in Usa, IA, NEW HAMPTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1968    1969    1971    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
1965 23 MON NL     4 4 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1966 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1967 25 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1968 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 7 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1969 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1970 28 MIN AL $ 1,278,571   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1971 29 MIN AL $ 1,971,429   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 3 7 7 7
1972 30 MIN AL $ 2,435,714   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1973 31 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 9 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 7
1974 32 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 4 4 7 6 6
1975 33 MIN AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1976 34 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5
1977 35 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,435,714   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 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
1965 23 AA   137 556 53 147 30 2 16 56 4 5 44 56 .264 .318 .412 .730 71.0  
1966 24 AAA   135 565 60 138 24 4 8 52 7 6 28 80 .244 .280 .343 .623 51.8  
1967 25 MON NL 115 278 29 67 11 0 4 26 1 0 10 32 .241 .268 .324 .592 22.3 1.8
1968 26 MON NL 135 463 56 135 22 3 11 69 2 0 21 76 .292 .323 .423 .746 59.0 11.0
1969 27 CLE AL 152 572 72 171 24 2 11 69 2 1 42 83 .299 .345 .406 .751 75.0 18.0
1970 28 MON NL 67 229 33 61 15 1 6 33 1 1 8 34 .266 .294 .419 .713 24.9 4.3
  MIN AL 73 270 33 76 11 1 6 32 2 1 19 32 .281 .330 .396 .726 32.7 5.6
  TOT   140 499 66 137 26 2 12 65 3 2 27 66 .275 .314 .407 .721 57.6 9.9
1971 29 MIN AL 143 573 82 166 29 3 15 71 2 3 25 83 .290 .320 .429 .749 69.5 11.4
1972 30 MIN AL 145 521 69 136 21 2 10 64 4 5 34 65 .261 .309 .367 .676 55.5 8.1
1973 31 MIN AL 145 567 71 173 42 3 11 78 1 4 29 73 .305 .336 .448 .784 75.0 10.0
1974 32 MIN AL 128 455 41 122 29 4 6 52 1 1 39 59 .268 .325 .389 .714 52.6 5.5
1975 33 MIN AL 112 386 52 124 32 3 4 55 0 0 38 59 .321 .385 .451 .836 60.6 11.8
1976 34 BOS AL 90 269 28 68 18 2 6 33 1 0 9 38 .253 .279 .401 .680 25.0 2.3
    AAA   22 27 6 8 2 0 2 6 0 1 4 6 .296 .387 .593 .980 5.5  
1977 35 BOS AL 67 154 8 27 8 0 1 13 0 0 9 29 .175 .220 .247 .466 6.9 0.0
11 Years Sim 1372 4737 574 1326 262 24 91 595 17 16 283 663 .280 .321 .403 .724 558.8 89.8
2 Years AAA 157 592 66 146 26 4 10 58 7 7 32 86 .247 .290 .355 .644 57.4  
1 Years AA 137 556 53 147 30 2 16 56 4 5 44 56 .264 .321 .412 .733 71.0  
3 Years Minors 294 1148 119 293 56 6 26 114 11 12 76 142 .255 .305 .382 .687 128.4  
162 Game Average 559 67 156 30 2 10 70 2 1 33 78 .280 .321 .403 .724 66.0  
Career Highs 152 573 82 173 42 4 15 78 4 5 42 83 .321 .385 .451 .836 75.0  
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   2917 362 803 159 16 59 371 7 13 156 429 .275 .312 .401 .714 347.8
vs LH   1820 212 523 103 8 32 224 10 3 127 234 .287 .335 .405 .740 238.1
Home 694 2384 275 632 140 12 41 286 10 6 153 325 .265 .309 .385 .695 275.5
Away 678 2353 299 694 122 12 50 309 7 10 130 338 .295 .333 .421 .754 310.3
RISP   1159 0 350 61 6 26 470 0 0 105 159 .302 .354 .432 .787 174.1
Pinch Hitting   174 23 49 7 0 7 40 0 1 8 26 .282 .319 .443 .761 23.0
Close/Late   621 60 177 34 2 8 75 0 0 43 86 .285 .331 .385 .716 76.6
Mar/Apr 203 717 87 204 41 3 14 96 3 3 37 112 .285 .320 .409 .728 88.7
May 224 772 98 216 37 7 15 100 5 3 41 128 .280 .316 .404 .720 94.5
June 244 861 110 265 54 2 17 116 1 3 44 117 .308 .343 .434 .778 118.4
July 233 795 97 238 44 5 15 99 2 5 51 87 .299 .340 .424 .764 108.1
August 231 782 96 206 33 5 19 85 5 2 46 92 .263 .305 .391 .697 91.4
Sep/Oct 237 810 86 197 53 2 11 99 1 0 64 127 .243 .300 .354 .654 84.7
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
1967 25 MON NL 1B 46 36 320.7 411 17 3 38 .993 12.01 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 23 21 173.0 98 11 2 2 .982 5.67 24 9 .375 0 0.9
    3B 13 11 84.0 5 18 0 1 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 26 MON NL C 117 109 991.3 565 48 5 2 .992 5.57 60 19 .317 2 4.2
    1B 8 0 14.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 27 CLE AL 1B 148 144 1268.3 1480 97 9 134 .994 11.19 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    C 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 28 MON NL C 35 34 294.7 221 21 3 0 .988 7.39 32 16 .500 0 2.3
    1B 29 28 228.0 250 20 3 26 .989 10.66 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MIN AL C 38 38 361.6 271 26 4 1 .987 7.39 39 20 .513 1 4.7
    1B 31 30 279.7 307 24 3 31 .991 10.65 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 2 0 2.6 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 73 72 656.3 492 47 7 1 .987 7.39 71 36 .507 1 7.0
      1B 60 58 507.7 557 44 6 57 .990 10.65   1.1
      3B 4 0 4.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.91   0.0
1971 29 MIN AL C 135 130 1178.7 802 54 11 1 .987 6.54 118 35 .297 2 6.4
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 30 MIN AL C 138 130 1164.3 759 76 5 1 .994 6.45 129 50 .388 0 9.2
    1B 3 3 25.0 26 0 0 2 1.000 9.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 31 MIN AL C 137 130 1159.7 601 71 8 2 .988 5.22 145 53 .366 1 5.6
    SS 2 2 16.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 3.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 0 7.7 8 0 0 1 1.000 9.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 32 MIN AL C 114 107 951.7 555 53 6 2 .990 5.75 117 35 .299 1 3.8
    1B 7 0 19.7 16 1 0 0 1.000 7.78 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 8.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 33 MIN AL 1B 96 93 820.3 1049 60 6 94 .995 12.17 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 9 8 59.0 30 4 2 0 .944 5.19 13 2 .154 0 0.2
    2B 1 1 8.0 4 3 0 2 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 5 0 7.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.87 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1976 34 BOS AL C 31 16 167.3 111 8 2 0 .983 6.40 13 5 .385 1 1.0
    1B 13 3 44.0 46 7 1 8 .981 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 2 23.3 4 10 2 0 .875 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1977 35 BOS AL C 32 26 238.3 135 12 1 0 .993 5.55 26 7 .269 0 1.3
    3B 21 12 119.7 11 24 1 3 .972 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 1 12.0 13 1 0 2 1.000 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 811 749 6742.6 4149 384 49 11 .989 6.05 716 251 .351 8 39.7
  1B 390 338 3041.3 3622 228 25 336 .994 11.39 0 0 .000 0 5.3
  3B 53 25 254.4 22 63 3 5 .966 3.01 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  SS 3 2 17.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 1 8.0 4 3 0 2 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1260 1115 10066.3 7801 681 77 355 .991 7.58 716 251 .351 8 45.6
Career Highs   151 144 1272.3 1481 97 13 134 .994 11.61 145 53 .507 2  
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 28 MIN AL 5 21 2 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .476 .762
Career Post-Season Batting 5 21 2 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .476 .762
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
1969-5-.299
 Hits
1969-6-171
1971-7-166
1973-9-173
 Singles
1969-5-134
 Doubles
1973-2-42
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 52nd overall pick, by Oakland in 1965
Traded from Oakland to Montreal on 3/3/1965 (Going to MON: C Duane Josephson. Going to OAK: 3B Ed Charles, SS Don Kessinger)
Injured on 6/17/1965 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/10/1965 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 9/2/1965 with a Torn Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Had first career hit on 4/5/1967, off Tug Mcgraw (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1967, off Ike Delock (CLE)
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1969 (Going to CLE: RF Joe Lahoud, C Duane Josephson. Going to MON: P Cal Koonce)
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Montreal on 3/3/1970 (Going to CLE: SS Jose Cardenal, P Reggie Cleveland, 2B Jerry Morales, P Orlando Pena. Going to MON: 1B Duane Josephson)
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 7/1/1970 (Going to MIN: C Duane Josephson, CF Bill White, P Luke Walker. Going to MON: P John Tsitouris)
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/9/1972 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
10/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 4/30/1973
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1973, hitting .391 with 4 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Injured on 7/28/1974 with a Broken Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/12/1975 with a Broken Ulna, out for 6 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against St. Louis on 6/12/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1975, hitting .542 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/14/1976 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
 
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