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Joe Presko
Joseph Edward Presko (Baby Joe or Little Joe)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 3, 1951
Final Game May 7, 1958
Born October 7, 1928 in Kansas City, MO

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1951 22 STL NL   7   4  15  12   5   0   3  2   88.7   86   36   34   9   20   38   2   2   367       0  3.45  3.96  115 1.195
 1952 23 STL NL   7  10  28  18   5   1   1  0  146.7  140   74   66  15   57   63   1   2   631       0  4.05  3.69   91 1.343
 1953 24 STL NL   6  13  34  25   4   0   3  1  161.7  165   95   90  19   65   56   5   4   707       0  5.01  4.24   85 1.423
 1954 25 STL NL   4   9  37   6   1   1  10  0   71.7   97   56   55  14   41   36   5   3   346       0  6.91  4.11   60 1.926
 1957 28 DET AL   1   1   7   0   0   0   6  0   11.0   10    3    2   0    4    3   1   0    46   1   0  1.64  3.86  236 1.273
 1958 29 DET AL   0   0   7   0   0   0   6  2   10.7   13    4    4   0    1    6   0   0    43   0   0  3.38  4.03  120 1.313
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .403  25  37 128  61  15   2  29  5  490.3  511  268  251  57  188  202  14  11  2140   1   0  4.61  3.99   87 1.426
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  13  46  21   5   0  10  1  176.3  183   96   90  20   67   72   5   3   769   0   0  4.61  3.99   87 1.426
 Career High      7  13  37  25   5   1  10  2  161.7  165   95   90  19   65   63   5   4   707   1   0  3.45  4.24  115 1.195

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 22 STL NL  15   37    2    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .162  .162  .189   -6    7   0           0   1
 1952 23 STL NL  28   43    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  14  .093  .133  .093  -36    4   3           0   0
 1953 24 STL NL  35   59    6   13   1  0   0    2   0  0   4   5  .220  .270  .237   34   14   4           0   3
 1954 25 STL NL  38   16    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   31    4   0   0       0   0
 1957 28 DET AL   7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 29 DET AL   7    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      130  156    9   27   2  0   0    5   0  0   7  26  .173  .209  .186    6   29   7   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        194   11   34   2  0   0    6   0  0   9  32  .173  .209  .186    6   36   9   0   0   0   5
 Career High     38   59    6   13   1  0   0    2   0  0   4  14                          14   4   0   0   0   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 22 STL NL   37   32    1   0.8   104| .162  .269| .162  .343| .189  .407| .351  .750|  -6  .044  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1952 23 STL NL   48   42    1   0.6    97| .093  .261| .133  .334| .093  .389| .226  .724| -36  .032  -8.1  -0.9   0%
 1953 24 STL NL   67   53    4   2.0   110| .220  .274| .270  .345| .237  .427| .507  .773|  34  .166  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1954 25 STL NL   16   12    1   2.2   110| .250  .275| .250  .347| .250  .426| .500  .772|  31  .199  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1957 28 DET AL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .266| .000  .339| .000  .402| .000  .741|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1958 29 DET AL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .339|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       170  140    7   1.3   105| .173  .269| .209  .342| .186  .412| .395  .753|   6  .095 -21.2  -2.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 22 STL NL P 15 4 11 1 0 .938 .962 1.00 0.96 1.52 2.14 12 88.7 1952 23 STL NL P 28 6 24 2 3 .938 .952 1.07 0.98 1.84 2.18 18 146.7 1953 24 STL NL P 34 13 21 1 2 .971 .955 1.00 0.87 1.89 2.06 25 161.7 1954 25 STL NL P 37 5 9 0 2 1.000 .959 0.38 0.87 1.76 2.07 6 71.7 1957 28 DET AL P 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 0.86 0.82 1.96 0 11.0 1958 29 DET AL P 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.81 1.68 1.93 0 10.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 22 STL NL P 15 4 11 1 0 .938 .962 1.00 0.96 1.52 2.14 12 88.7 1952 23 STL NL P 28 6 24 2 3 .938 .952 1.07 0.98 1.84 2.18 18 146.7 1953 24 STL NL P 34 13 21 1 2 .971 .955 1.00 0.87 1.89 2.06 25 161.7 1954 25 STL NL P 37 5 9 0 2 1.000 .959 0.38 0.87 1.76 2.07 6 71.7 1957 28 DET AL P 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 0.86 0.82 1.96 0 11.0 1958 29 DET AL P 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.81 1.68 1.93 0 10.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 128 29 67 4 7 .960 .956 0.75 0.90 1.76 2.11 61 490.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 128 29 67 4 7 .960 .956 0.75 0.90 1.76 2.11 61 490
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.

Wild Pitches
1953 NL-4-10

Hit Batsmen
1953 NL-5-8
1954 NL-5-8

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 27, 1955: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1955 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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