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Joe Boley
John Peter Boley
born John Peter Bolinsky

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 12, 1927
Final Game June 29, 1932
Born July 19, 1896 in Mahanoy City, PA
Died December 30, 1962 in Mahanoy City, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 30 PHA AL 118  370   49  115  18  8   1   52   8  5  26  14  .311  .361  .411   95  152  16           3    
 1928 31 PHA AL 132  425   49  112  20  3   0   49   5  1  32  11  .264  .317  .325   67  138  21           1    
 1929 32 PHA AL  91  303   36   76  17  6   2   47   1  0  24  16  .251  .310  .366   71  111   7           2    
 1930 33 PHA AL 121  420   41  116  22  2   4   55   0  0  32  26  .276  .335  .367   75  154   8           5    
 1931 34 PHA AL  67  224   26   51   9  3   0   20   1  1  15  13  .228  .282  .295   48   66   3           2    
 1932 35 TOT AL  11   38    2    8   2  0   0    4   0  1   1   4  .211  .231  .263   25   10   1           0    
         PHA AL  10   34    2    7   2  0   0    4   0  1   1   4  .206  .229  .265   25    9   1           0    
         CLE AL   1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   26    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      540 1780  203  478  88 22   7  227  15  8 130  84  .269  .323  .354   72  631  56   0   0  13   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        534   61  143  26  7   2   68   5  2  39  25  .269  .323  .354   72  189  17   0   0   4   0
 Career High    132  425   49  116  22  8   4   55   8  5  32  26  .311  .361  .411   95  154  21   0   0   5   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 30 PHA AL  415  276   54   5.2   116| .311  .300| .361  .369| .411  .422| .772  .791|  95  .534  -3.9  -0.4  61%
 1928 31 PHA AL  479  335   44   3.5   111| .264  .292| .317  .358| .325  .415| .642  .773|  67  .366 -21.0  -2.1  83%
 1929 32 PHA AL  336  234   34   3.9   116| .251  .297| .310  .364| .366  .429| .676  .793|  71  .390 -14.5  -1.4 100%
 1930 33 PHA AL  465  312   50   4.3   119| .276  .300| .335  .365| .367  .441| .702  .806|  75  .406 -16.4  -1.5   0%
 1931 34 PHA AL  244  177   18   2.7   113| .228  .294| .282  .362| .295  .420| .577  .782|  48  .253 -18.0  -1.7  50%
 1932 35 TOT AL   40   32    2   1.7   115| .211  .291| .231  .362| .263  .427| .494  .789|  25  .119  -4.4  -0.4   0%
         PHA AL   36   29    2   1.8   114| .206  .290| .229  .361| .265  .426| .494  .788|  25  .139  -3.9  -0.4   0%
         CLE AL    4    3    0   0.0   118| .250  .295| .250  .367| .250  .434| .500  .800|  26  .000  -0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1979 1366  202   3.9   115| .269  .297| .323  .363| .354  .426| .677  .789|  72  .397 -78.2  -7.5  65%

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1927 30 PHA AL SS 114 182 318 26 49 .951 .945 4.39 4.86 1928 31 PHA AL SS 132 244 320 30 51 .949 .938 4.27 4.74 1929 32 PHA AL SS 88 161 229 15 50 .963 .937 4.43 4.67 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.90 1930 33 PHA AL SS 120 221 296 16 62 .970 .940 4.31 4.56 1931 34 PHA AL SS 62 102 149 12 31 .954 .936 4.05 4.77 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.50 1932 35 TOT AL SS 11 8 18 3 2 .897 .942 2.36 4.87 PHA AL SS 10 8 18 3 2 .897 .942 2.60 4.87 CLE AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1931 34 PHA AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.50 1929 32 PHA AL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.90 1927 30 PHA AL SS 114 182 318 26 49 .951 .945 4.39 4.86 1928 31 PHA AL SS 132 244 320 30 51 .949 .938 4.27 4.74 1929 32 PHA AL SS 88 161 229 15 50 .963 .937 4.43 4.67 1930 33 PHA AL SS 120 221 296 16 62 .970 .940 4.31 4.56 1931 34 PHA AL SS 62 102 149 12 31 .954 .936 4.05 4.77 1932 35 TOT AL SS 11 8 18 3 2 .897 .942 2.36 4.87 PHA AL SS 10 8 18 3 2 .897 .942 2.60 4.87 CLE AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 527 918 1330 102 245 .957 .940 4.27 4.72 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.90 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 529 919 1331 102 245 .957 .940 4.25 4.72
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    PHA CHC     W   5  17   1   4  0  0  0   1   0   3  .235  .235  .235   0  0   3   0   0 
 1930   WS    PHA STL     W   6  21   1   2  0  0  0   1   0   1  .095  .095  .095   0  0   1   0   0 
 1931   WS    PHA STL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1  12  39   2   6  0  0  0   2   0   5  .154  .154  .154   0  0   4   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Hit By Pitch
1930 AL-5-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1928 AL-38.6-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3081) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.5 (940) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 15, 1926: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Baltimore (International).

May 9, 1932: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

June 10, 1932: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 6, 1932: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


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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