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Joe Battin
Joseph V. Battin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 169 lb.

Debut August 11, 1871
Final Game May 28, 1890
Born November 11, 1851 in Philadelphia, PA
Died December 10, 1937 in Akron, OH

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1871 19 CLE NA   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .250  .000  -19    0                    
 1873 21 ATH NA   1    5    4    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   0  .600  .667  .600  266    3                    
 1874 22 ATH NA  51  226   40   52  11  1   0   27   3  2   1   7  .230  .233  .288   60   65                    
 1875 23 STL NA  67  284   31   71   6  3   0   33  15  3   0   6  .250  .250  .292   97   83                    
 1876 24 STL NL  64  283   34   85  11  4   0   46          6   6  .300  .315  .367  133  104                    
 1877 25 STL NL  57  226   28   45   3  7   1   22          6  17  .199  .220  .288   62   65                    
 1882 30 PIT AA  34  133   13   28   5  1   1        0      3      .211  .228  .286   72   38                    
 1883 31 PIT AA  98  388   42   83   9  6   1    0   0     11      .214  .236  .276   68  107                    
 1884 32 TOT     78  286   21   47   4  2   0    0   0      3      .164  .176  .192   22   55               1    
         TOT UA  35  128   11   19   3  0   0        0      0      .148  .148  .172    6   22                    
         PIT AA  43  158   10   28   1  2   0    0   0      3      .177  .198  .209   34   33               1    
         CPI UA  18   69    8   13   2  0   0        0      0      .188  .188  .217   37   15                    
         BLU UA  17   59    3    6   1  0   0        0      0      .102  .102  .119  -29    7                    
 1890 38 SYR AA  29  119   15   25   2  1   0   13   8      8      .210  .260  .244   55   29               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     480 1953  228  439  51 25   3  143  26  5  40  36  .225  .241  .281   72  549   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        659   77  148  17  8   1   48   9  2  14  12  .225  .241  .281   72  185   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     98  388   42   85  11  7   1   46  15  3  11  17  .300  .315  .367  133  107   0   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1871 19 CLE NA    4    3    0   0.0    87| .000  .283| .250  .307| .000  .380| .250  .687| -19  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1873 21 ATH NA    6    2    2  27.0    91| .600  .307| .667  .321| .600  .380|1.267  .700| 266  .960   1.2   0.1   0%
 1874 22 ATH NA  227  176   15   2.3    78| .230  .289| .233  .298| .288  .354| .521  .652|  60  .262 -10.0  -1.1  60%
 1875 23 STL NA  284  216   22   2.7    50| .250  .245| .250  .252| .292  .300| .542  .552|  97  .414  -1.0  -0.1  83%
 1876 24 STL NL  289  198   33   4.6    60| .300  .259| .315  .271| .367  .314| .682  .585| 133  .604   9.6   1.1     
 1877 25 STL NL  232  181   14   2.1    70| .199  .270| .220  .288| .288  .337| .508  .625|  62  .246  -9.9  -1.1     
 1882 30 PIT AA  136  105    9   2.3    63| .211  .249| .228  .276| .286  .321| .514  .597|  72  .350  -3.9  -0.5     
 1883 31 PIT AA  399  305   25   2.2    66| .214  .250| .236  .280| .276  .330| .512  .609|  68  .292 -13.5  -1.5     
 1884 32 TOT     290  239   10   1.1    65| .164  .246| .176  .279| .192  .327| .368  .606|  22  .120 -22.5  -2.6     
         TOT UA  128  109    4   1.0    64| .148  .251| .148  .278| .172  .325| .320  .604|   6  .095 -11.2  -1.3     
         PIT AA  162  130    6   1.2    66| .177  .241| .198  .279| .209  .328| .407  .608|  34  .142 -11.3  -1.3     
         CPI UA   69   56    3   1.4    61| .188  .246| .188  .273| .217  .318| .405  .591|  37  .174  -3.8  -0.4     
         BLU UA   59   53    1   0.5    68| .102  .257| .102  .285| .119  .333| .221  .619| -29  .030  -7.4  -0.9     
 1890 38 SYR AA  127   94    8   2.2    78| .210  .248| .260  .325| .244  .326| .504  .651|  55  .271  -6.8  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1994 1519  138   2.4    65| .225  .257| .241  .280| .281  .326| .522  .606|  72  .331 -57.1  -6.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1877 25 STL NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.7    3    2    2   0    1    1       1    16       0  4.91  2.61   53 1.091
 1883 31 PIT AA   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    9    4    1   0    1    0       0     0       0  2.25  3.23  144 2.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL undef   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    7.7   12    6    3   0    2    1       1    16       0  3.52  2.93   83 1.826
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  45  0  174.3  272  136   68   0   45   22   0  22   362   0   0  3.52  2.93   83 1.826

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1871 19 CLE NA OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.90 0 0 1 1873 21 ATH NA OF 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .800 2.00 1.90 0 1 0 1874 22 ATH NA 2B 41 111 124 54 20 .813 .805 5.73 5.19 OF 7 13 1 6 0 .700 .800 2.00 1.89 0 2 5 SS 5 10 11 9 0 .700 .787 4.20 4.50 1875 23 STL NA 2B 62 168 211 61 22 .861 .837 6.11 5.56 3B 6 9 19 4 1 .875 .765 4.67 3.53 C 2 2 0 3 0 .400 .833 1.00 5.20 0 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 1 0 1876 24 STL NL 3B 63 115 145 40 8 .867 .807 4.13 3.63 2B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .870 4.00 5.60 1877 25 STL NL 3B 32 58 77 29 6 .823 .841 4.22 3.49 2B 21 54 59 24 4 .825 .867 5.38 6.19 OF 5 4 0 2 0 .667 .833 0.80 1.84 0 5 0 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.19 0 3.7 1882 30 PIT AA 3B 34 62 108 24 5 .876 .799 5.00 3.60 1883 31 PIT AA 3B 98 151 258 50 12 .891 .840 4.17 3.28 P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 1884 32 TOT 3B 78 101 178 33 8 .894 .813 3.58 2.94 TOT UA 3B 35 48 83 20 4 .868 .777 3.74 2.94 PIT AA 3B 43 53 95 13 4 .919 .848 3.44 2.94 CPI UA 3B 18 31 48 8 3 .908 .777 4.39 2.94 BLU UA 3B 17 17 35 12 1 .813 .777 3.06 2.94 1890 38 SYR AA 3B 29 44 60 27 2 .794 .864 3.59 3.64
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1874 22 ATH NA 2B 41 111 124 54 20 .813 .805 5.73 5.19 1875 23 STL NA 2B 62 168 211 61 22 .861 .837 6.11 5.56 1876 24 STL NL 2B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .870 4.00 5.60 1877 25 STL NL 2B 21 54 59 24 4 .825 .867 5.38 6.19 1875 23 STL NA 3B 6 9 19 4 1 .875 .765 4.67 3.53 1876 24 STL NL 3B 63 115 145 40 8 .867 .807 4.13 3.63 1877 25 STL NL 3B 32 58 77 29 6 .823 .841 4.22 3.49 1882 30 PIT AA 3B 34 62 108 24 5 .876 .799 5.00 3.60 1883 31 PIT AA 3B 98 151 258 50 12 .891 .840 4.17 3.28 1884 32 TOT 3B 78 101 178 33 8 .894 .813 3.58 2.94 TOT UA 3B 35 48 83 20 4 .868 .777 3.74 2.94 PIT AA 3B 43 53 95 13 4 .919 .848 3.44 2.94 CPI UA 3B 18 31 48 8 3 .908 .777 4.39 2.94 BLU UA 3B 17 17 35 12 1 .813 .777 3.06 2.94 1890 38 SYR AA 3B 29 44 60 27 2 .794 .864 3.59 3.64 1875 23 STL NA C 2 2 0 3 0 .400 .833 1.00 5.20 0 1871 19 CLE NA OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.90 0 0 1 1873 21 ATH NA OF 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .800 2.00 1.90 0 1 0 1874 22 ATH NA OF 7 13 1 6 0 .700 .800 2.00 1.89 0 2 5 1875 23 STL NA OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 1 0 1877 25 STL NL OF 5 4 0 2 0 .667 .833 0.80 1.84 0 5 0 1877 25 STL NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.19 0 3.7 1883 31 PIT AA P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 1874 22 ATH NA SS 5 10 11 9 0 .700 .787 4.20 4.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 340 540 845 207 42 .870 .823 4.07 3.35 2B 125 336 395 139 46 .840 .831 5.85 5.54 OF 15 20 2 9 0 .710 .809 1.47 1.87 0 9 6 SS 5 10 11 9 0 .700 .787 4.20 4.50 P* 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.07 0 7.7 C 2 2 0 3 0 .400 .833 1.00 5.20 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 490 908 1253 367 88 .855 .825 4.41 3.88
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1883 AA-98-1

Triples
1877 NL-7-5

Home Runs
1877 NL-1-6

RBI
1876 NL-46-8

Strikeouts
1877 NL-17-10

Stolen Bases
1875 NA-15-10

At Bats per Home Run
1877 NL-226.0-7

Outs
1883 AA-305-6

Games Finished
1877 NL-1-8

Oldest Player
1882 AA-30-10
1884 UA-32-10
1890 AA-38-4

Youngest Player
1871 NA-19-7

 

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1261) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August 9, 1884: Released by the Pittsburg Alleghenys.


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