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Joe
Pittman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 1, 1954 in Usa, TX, HOUSTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1988   
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
1981 27 MIL NL     6 6 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 7 7 7
1982 28 MIL NL     6 6 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 7 7 7
1983 29 MIL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 7
1984 30 MIL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 7
1985 31 MIL NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 7
1986 32 MIL NL $ 1,071,429   6 6 7 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 8 7 7
1987 33 PHN NL $ 1,071,429   6 6 7 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 7 7 7
1988 34 PHN NL $ 1,342,857   6 6 7 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 7 7 7
1989 35 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 6 6 6
1990 36 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,342,857   7 7 8 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 8 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
1981 27 AAA   136 519 67 151 13 5 2 50 15 9 35 56 .291 .336 .347 .683 59.3  
1982 28 AAA   136 561 86 169 16 3 8 49 17 4 42 61 .301 .350 .383 .733 75.6  
1983 29 MIL NL 151 499 48 123 9 1 2 32 19 8 18 71 .246 .274 .281 .555 35.0 0.6
1984 30 MIL NL 157 473 61 131 15 7 5 53 21 8 25 60 .277 .311 .370 .681 51.6 8.0
1985 31 MIL NL 140 432 36 106 7 0 4 42 15 11 16 55 .245 .274 .289 .563 28.9 1.2
1986 32 MIL NL 103 350 45 95 9 2 1 34 16 3 15 42 .271 .301 .317 .618 31.9 3.8
1987 33 MIL NL 50 159 15 45 3 2 0 11 11 4 11 25 .283 .329 .327 .656 16.8 2.6
  PHN NL 102 344 40 98 8 3 1 28 23 9 19 46 .285 .323 .334 .658 36.0 5.5
  TOT   152 503 55 143 11 5 1 39 34 13 30 71 .284 .325 .332 .657 52.8 8.0
1988 34 PHN NL 157 510 58 146 13 3 3 43 24 9 24 76 .286 .319 .341 .660 53.4 7.9
1989 35 PHN NL 134 354 36 87 6 1 2 26 9 2 16 59 .246 .275 .285 .561 28.6 1.1
1990 36 AAA   137 527 52 149 13 4 1 43 12 0 49 78 .283 .344 .328 .672 63.0  
7 Years Sim 994 3121 339 831 70 19 18 269 138 54 144 434 .266 .298 .318 .617 282.1 30.5
3 Years AAA 409 1607 205 469 42 12 11 142 44 13 126 195 .292 .342 .353 .696 197.9  
162 Game Average 508 55 135 11 3 2 43 22 8 23 70 .266 .298 .318 .617 46.0  
Career Highs 157 510 61 146 15 7 5 53 34 13 30 76 .286 .325 .370 .681 53.4  
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   2174 244 570 51 16 15 192 96 38 82 320 .262 .289 .321 .611 198.0
vs LH   947 95 261 19 3 3 77 42 16 62 114 .276 .318 .312 .630 96.8
Home 495 1515 166 402 32 10 7 117 66 28 73 198 .265 .298 .314 .612 140.9
Away 499 1606 173 429 38 9 11 152 72 26 71 236 .267 .299 .323 .621 153.8
RISP   714 0 202 15 4 5 236 0 0 33 106 .283 .311 .336 .647 73.2
Pinch Hitting   15 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .250 .200 .450 0.7
Close/Late   347 41 85 7 2 1 19 0 0 17 59 .245 .285 .285 .570 26.7
Mar/Apr 166 537 49 126 13 4 1 37 17 10 20 76 .235 .263 .279 .542 36.2
May 173 533 63 153 8 5 3 53 30 9 26 73 .287 .321 .338 .659 58.7
June 177 556 74 160 13 4 6 52 26 10 32 64 .288 .326 .358 .684 65.0
July 165 523 50 129 13 2 1 37 27 9 25 85 .247 .281 .285 .566 42.0
August 170 525 66 152 13 2 5 52 23 7 24 79 .290 .319 .350 .670 58.9
Sep/Oct 143 447 37 111 10 2 2 38 15 9 17 57 .248 .275 .293 .568 34.0
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
1983 29 MIL NL SS 149 146 1251.7 169 581 18 105 .977 5.39   10.0
    2B 7 0 10.7 6 6 0 4 1.000 10.13   0.2
1984 30 MIL NL SS 157 157 1336.3 199 587 19 92 .976 5.29   10.4
    2B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 31 MIL NL SS 136 135 1122.3 148 504 18 77 .973 5.23   6.8
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 27.27   0.0
1986 32 MIL NL SS 100 100 854.3 132 350 9 62 .982 5.08   3.4
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 33 MIL NL SS 50 49 410.8 65 164 6 29 .974 5.02   0.8
    2B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PHN NL SS 101 100 884.2 141 353 14 63 .972 5.03   4.8
    2B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 151 149 1295.0 206 517 20 92 .973 5.02   5.6
      2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1988 34 PHN NL 3B 153 152 1297.7 95 322 19 25 .956 2.89   4.5
    SS 4 0 11.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
    2B 5 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1989 35 PHN NL 2B 62 41 395.3 77 177 3 34 .988 5.78   2.3
    SS 57 42 394.7 56 165 5 28 .978 5.04   1.7
    3B 13 12 104.0 8 35 1 1 .977 3.72   0.4
  SS 754 729 6265.3 910 2708 89 456 .976 5.20   37.9
  3B 169 164 1406.0 103 359 20 26 .959 2.96   4.9
  2B 79 41 421.0 84 186 3 38 .989 5.77   2.5
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1004 934 8096.3 1097 3253 112 520 .975 4.84   45.3
Career Highs   162 157 1340.3 206 587 20 109 .983 5.43    
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
1984 30 MIL NL 7 26 3 10 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 .385 .407 .423 .830
1987 33 PHN NL 6 20 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .300 .364 .300 .664
Career Post-Season Batting 13 46 3 16 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 9 .348 .388 .370 .757
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.
Games
1984-1-157
1988-6-157
 Singles
1988-9-127
 Triples
1984-6-7
 Caught Stealing
1987-10-13
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  8. Mickey Hatcher (929)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 46th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1981
Injured on 7/20/1981 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/5/1983, off Bart Johnson (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/10/1983, off Jim Burton (MIA)
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,071,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/15/1986 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5-6 weeks
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,071,429 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Kansas City on 5/17/1987
Traded from Milwaukee to Philadelphia on 6/1/1987 (Going to MIL: P Steve Burke, P Dennis Lamp, P Dan Schatzeder, 1B Jerry Turner, 2B Wayne Krenchicki. Going to PHN: P Tom Henke, P Dave Geisel, SS Joe Pittman, P Ron Davis)
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $300,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1988
 
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