Joe Azcue

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: August 18, 1939 in Cienfuegos, Cuba cu

Debut: August 3, 1960 (Age 20-351d, 11,758th in major league history)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1972 (Age 33-042d)
vs. DET 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Jose Joaquin Azcue

Nicknames: The Immortal Azcue

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

2828

712

.252

201

RBI

304

OBP

.304

SLG

.344

OPS

.648

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 50 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 7 tying, 17 go ahead

3 Tms
CLE	45
CAL	3
KCA	2

Platoon
vs LHP	26
vs RHP	24

Home/Road
Away	29
Home	21

Outs
1	21
0	17
2	12

11 Opps
MIN	9
DET	7
BAL	7
BOS	6
WSA	6
CAL	5
NYY	5
KCA	2
KCR	1
CLE	1
CHW	1

38 Pitchers
Dick Stigman	3
George Brunet	3
Jim Kaat	3
Dick Hall	2
Marcelino López	2
Jim Merritt	2
Dave Morehead	2
José Santiago	2
Hank Aguirre	2
Bill Kunkel	1
Fritz Peterson	1
Phil Ortega	1
Bill Butler	1
Orlando Peña	1
John O'Donoghue	1
Frank Kreutzer	1
Moe Drabowsky	1
Earl Wilson	1
Stu Miller	1
Gene Conley	1
Bill Stafford	1
Denny McLain	1
Dan Pfister	1
Al Downing	1
Arnold Earley	1
Milt Pappas	1
Ed Hobaugh	1
Sam McDowell	1
Barry Moore	1
Pedro Ramos	1
Diego Seguí	1
Don McMahon	1
Mickey Lolich	1
Pete Mikkelsen	1
Pete Cimino	1
Mike McCormick	1
Ron Kline	1
Mike Kilkenny	1

10 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	19
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
RFK Stad (WAS)	5
Munic. Stad (KAN)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	24
8	7
9	6
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	10
12-	6
-2-	2
-23	1

76 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	31
1 on	12
2 on	7
Any on	19

Inning
2	8
3	5
4	10
5	5
6	6
7	6
8	4
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	21
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	7
+1	5
Tied	15
-1	6
-2	6
-3	4
-4..	3

Ahead	16
Tied	15
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	50

OrderPos
8th	13
6th	13
7th	12
5th	10
4th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1962-05-21	KCA	@	BOS	Gene Conley	behind 2-3	t 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.126	45%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1962-07-25	KCA		CLE	Sam McDowell	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1--	2	8	2	0.152	81%		Home Run; B. Consolo Scores
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1963-06-02 (1)	CLE		NYY	Bill Stafford	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.026	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1963-06-12	CLE	@	DET	Hank Aguirre	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	0.084	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	1963-06-19 (1)	CLE		BAL	Stu Miller	tied 4-4	b 9	2	---	1	7	2	0.468	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
6	6	4	1	1963-06-20	CLE		BAL	Dick Hall	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.119	64%		Home Run
7	7	5	2	1963-06-20	CLE		BAL	Dick Hall	tied 2-2	b 4	1	12-	3	7	2	0.262	87%		Home Run; M. Alvis Scores; A. Luplow Scores
8	8	6	1	1963-07-07 (1)	CLE		NYY	Bill Kunkel	ahead 8-1	b 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	7	1	1963-07-13 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	Diego Seguí	behind 2-4	t 3	2	12-	3	7	2	0.307	58%		Home Run; F. Whitfield Scores/unER; A. Luplow Scores/unER; J. Azcue Scores/unER
10	10	8	1	1963-08-07	CLE	@	BAL	Milt Pappas	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1	7	2	0.091	87%		Home Run
11	11	9	1	1963-08-18	CLE	@	BOS	Dave Morehead	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	2	0.115	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	10	2	1963-08-18	CLE	@	BOS	Dave Morehead	behind 1-3	t 4	0	1--	2	7	2	0.198	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Whitfield Scores
13	13	11	1	1963-08-19	CLE	@	BOS	Arnold Earley	ahead 3-1	t 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.090	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	12	1	1963-09-02 (2)	CLE		WSA	Ed Hobaugh	tied 2-2	b 3	2	---	1	5	2	0.133	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
15	15	13	1	1963-09-24	CLE		MIN	Dick Stigman	behind 0-1	b 7	1	---	1	5	2	0.253	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	14	2	1963-09-24	CLE		MIN	Dick Stigman	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	1--	2	5	2	0.048	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Adcock Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1964-05-09	CLE		NYY	Pete Mikkelsen	behind 1-6	b 8	1	---	1	5	2	0.013	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	2	1	1964-07-16	CLE	@	KCA	Dan Pfister	behind 7-9	t 8	1	---	1	6	2	0.099	19%		Home Run
19	19	3	1	1964-08-07 (1)	CLE		MIN	Dick Stigman	behind 0-3	b 2	0	1--	2	5	2	0.163	43%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Chance Scores
20	20	4	1	1964-08-14	CLE	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	behind 3-6	t 6	0	-23	3	6	2	0.221	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Alvis Scores; B. Chance Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1965-05-16 (2)	CLE	@	WSA	Frank Kreutzer	tied 0-0	t 5	0	1--	2	8	2	0.227	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Salmon Scores
22	22	2	1	1965-07-30	CLE	@	NYY	Al Downing	tied 0-0	t 5	2	1--	2	8	2	0.282	75%		Home Run (CF-RF); F. Whitfield Scores
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1966-05-26	CLE	@	DET	Mickey Lolich	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.125	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	2	1	1966-07-02	CLE		CAL	Marcelino López	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	12-	3	8	2	0.128	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Alvis Scores; P. González Scores
25	25	3	1	1966-07-17 (1)	CLE	@	DET	Hank Aguirre	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	12-	3	8	2	0.105	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. Whitfield Scores; M. Alvis Scores
26	26	4	1	1966-07-24 (1)	CLE		DET	Denny McLain	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.071	90%		Home Run (Deep CF)
27	27	5	1	1966-07-25	CLE	@	WSA	Mike McCormick	ahead 4-3	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.125	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	6	1	1966-08-08	CLE	@	BOS	José Santiago	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.118	48%		Home Run
29	29	7	1	1966-09-17	CLE	@	DET	Orlando Peña	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	12-	3	8	2	0.213	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Vidal Scores; L. Brown Scores
30	30	8	1	1966-09-28	CLE	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.044	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	9	1	1966-10-01	CLE	@	CAL	George Brunet	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	5	2	0.183	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Colavito Scores
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1967-05-12	CLE	@	WSA	Barry Moore	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	2	0.153	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
33	33	2	1	1967-05-14	CLE	@	WSA	Phil Ortega	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.123	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	3	1	1967-05-20	CLE	@	BOS	José Santiago	tied 0-0	t 5	1	-2-	2	6	2	0.227	76%		Home Run; F. Whitfield Scores
35	35	4	1	1967-06-08	CLE	@	MIN	Jim Merritt	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.125	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	5	1	1967-06-12	CLE	@	CAL	Pete Cimino	behind 1-3	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.115	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	6	1	1967-07-25 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	Don McMahon	tied 2-2	t 8	2	-2-	2	5	2	0.399	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Horton Scores
38	38	7	1	1967-07-30 (2)	CLE		BAL	Marcelino López	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.112	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	8	1	1967-08-22	CLE		CAL	George Brunet	tied 2-2	b 9	1	---	1	6	2	0.432	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	9	1	1967-08-25 (1)	CLE		MIN	Ron Kline	behind 4-6	b 10	1	---	1	6	2	0.059	9%		Home Run (Deep CF)
41	41	10	1	1967-08-27	CLE		MIN	Jim Merritt	behind 1-6	b 9	1	1--	2	6	2	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Demeter Scores
42	42	11	1	1967-09-05	CLE	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	behind 0-6	t 6	0	1--	2	5	2	0.038	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Horton Scores
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1968-04-30	CLE		CAL	George Brunet	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1	5	2	0.167	68%		Home Run
44	44	2	1	1968-05-10	CLE	@	BAL	John O'Donoghue	ahead 6-0	t 3	1	12-	3	7	2	0.025	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Horton Scores; V. Davalillo Scores
45	45	3	1	1968-07-23	CLE	@	BAL	Moe Drabowsky	behind 5-8	t 9	0	---	1	9	2	0.032	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	4	1	1968-07-28 (1)	CLE		NYY	Fritz Peterson	behind 1-2	b 4	2	---	1	4	2	0.170	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1969-04-15	CLE		DET	Earl Wilson	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.118	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	2	1	1969-08-23	CAL		DET	Mike Kilkenny	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.154	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1970-04-25	CAL	@	WSA	Pedro Ramos	ahead 4-2	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.037	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	2	1	1970-06-26	CAL	@	KCR	Bill Butler	behind 1-2	t 6	1	1--	2	6	2	0.316	65%		Home Run; B. Cowan Scores

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