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Josh Devore
Joshua M. Devore

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 6", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 25, 1908
Final Game October 6, 1914
Born November 13, 1887 in Murray City, OH
Died October 6, 1954 in Chillicothe, 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 20 NYG NL   5    6    1    1   0  0   0    2   1      1      .167  .286  .167   42    1   0           0    
 1909 21 NYG NL  22   28    6    4   1  0   0    1   3      2      .143  .250  .179   32    5   0           2    
 1910 22 NYG NL 133  490   92  149  11 10   2   27  43     46  67  .304  .371  .380  119  186   7           6    
 1911 23 NYG NL 149  565   96  158  19 10   3   50  61     81  69  .280  .376  .365  105  206   9           6     MVP-22
 1912 24 NYG NL 106  327   66   90  14  6   2   37  27     51  43  .275  .381  .373  103  122   7           5    
 1913 25 TOT NL 105  277   43   73   7  5   3   20  23     19  32  .264  .318  .357   92   99   9           3    
         NYG NL  16   21    4    4   0  1   0    1   6      3   4  .190  .320  .286   73    6   0           1    
         CIN NL  66  217   30   58   6  4   3   14  17     12  21  .267  .309  .373   94   81   9           1    
         PHI NL  23   39    9   11   1  0   0    5   0      4   7  .282  .364  .308   90   12   0           1    
 1914 26 TOT NL  81  181   27   45   6  0   1   12   2     22  19  .249  .333  .298   85   54   7           1    
         PHI NL  30   53    5   16   2  0   0    7   0      4   5  .302  .351  .340  101   18   3           0    
         BSN NL  51  128   22   29   4  0   1    5   2     18  14  .227  .327  .281   78   36   4           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      601 1874  331  520  58 31  11  149 160  0 222 230  .277  .361  .359  103  673  39   0   0  23   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        505   89  140  16  8   3   40  43  0  60  62  .277  .361  .359  103  181  11   0   0   6   0
 Career High    149  565   96  158  19 10   3   50  61  0  81  69  .304  .381  .380  119  206   9   0   0   6   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 20 NYG NL    7    5    0   0.0    75| .167  .252| .286  .315| .167  .325| .453  .639|  42  .000  -0.4   0.0     
 1909 21 NYG NL   32   24    1   1.1    78| .143  .254| .250  .322| .179  .328| .429  .650|  32  .125  -2.1  -0.3     
 1910 22 NYG NL  549  348   68   5.2    88| .304  .263| .371  .337| .380  .348| .751  .686| 119  .658  11.4   1.3     
 1911 23 NYG NL  661  416   76   4.9    98| .280  .272| .376  .350| .365  .374| .741  .724| 105  .592   6.2   0.7     
 1912 24 NYG NL  390  244   46   5.0   103| .275  .285| .381  .356| .373  .388| .754  .744| 103  .576   3.5   0.4     
 1913 25 TOT NL  308  213   31   3.9    92| .264  .270| .318  .335| .357  .368| .675  .703|  92  .505  -3.7  -0.4     
         NYG NL   25   17    2   3.2    92| .190  .271| .320  .336| .286  .368| .606  .704|  73  .409  -0.7  -0.1     
         CIN NL  239  168   25   4.0    91| .267  .270| .309  .334| .373  .367| .682  .701|  94  .515  -2.7  -0.3     
         PHI NL   44   28    4   3.8    95| .282  .274| .364  .340| .308  .373| .672  .713|  90  .496  -0.3   0.0     
 1914 26 TOT NL  211  143   18   3.4    88| .249  .264| .333  .333| .298  .353| .631  .686|  85  .481  -2.7  -0.3     
         PHI NL   60   40    6   4.0    89| .302  .266| .351  .334| .340  .355| .691  .690| 101  .562   0.1   0.0     
         BSN NL  151  103   12   3.1    87| .227  .263| .327  .332| .281  .352| .608  .684|  78  .446  -2.8  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2158 1393  240   4.6    94| .277  .270| .361  .343| .359  .366| .720  .709| 103  .579  12.3   1.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1908 20 NYG NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.00 0 0 2 1909 21 NYG NL OF 12 13 1 3 0 .824 .959 1.17 2.01 3 10 1 1910 22 NYG NL OF 130 191 18 16 3 .929 .959 1.61 2.10 106 2 22 1911 23 NYG NL OF 149 241 29 19 5 .934 .960 1.81 2.07 104 0 48 1912 24 NYG NL OF 96 155 14 15 3 .918 .956 1.76 2.16 76 1 19 1913 25 TOT NL OF 79 125 12 12 3 .919 .959 1.73 2.08 9 68 3 NYG NL OF 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.75 2.08 1 5 2 CIN NL OF 57 106 9 10 3 .920 .960 2.02 2.08 0 57 1 PHI NL OF 14 14 2 2 0 .889 .958 1.14 2.08 8 6 0 1914 26 TOT NL OF 51 65 7 6 3 .923 .957 1.41 1.97 30 22 0 PHI NL OF 9 14 4 1 3 .947 .957 2.00 1.97 7 2 0 BSN NL OF 42 51 3 5 0 .915 .957 1.29 1.97 23 20 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1908 20 NYG NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.00 0 0 2 1909 21 NYG NL OF 12 13 1 3 0 .824 .959 1.17 2.01 3 10 1 1910 22 NYG NL OF 130 191 18 16 3 .929 .959 1.61 2.10 106 2 22 1911 23 NYG NL OF 149 241 29 19 5 .934 .960 1.81 2.07 104 0 48 1912 24 NYG NL OF 96 155 14 15 3 .918 .956 1.76 2.16 76 1 19 1913 25 TOT NL OF 79 125 12 12 3 .919 .959 1.73 2.08 9 68 3 NYG NL OF 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.75 2.08 1 5 2 CIN NL OF 57 106 9 10 3 .920 .960 2.02 2.08 0 57 1 PHI NL OF 14 14 2 2 0 .889 .958 1.14 2.08 8 6 0 1914 26 TOT NL OF 51 65 7 6 3 .923 .957 1.41 1.97 30 22 0 PHI NL OF 9 14 4 1 3 .947 .957 2.00 1.97 7 2 0 BSN NL OF 42 51 3 5 0 .915 .957 1.29 1.97 23 20 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 519 791 81 71 17 .925 .959 1.68 2.08 328 103 95 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 519 791 81 71 17 .925 .959 1.68 2.08
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1911   WS    NYG PHA     L   6  24   1   4  1  0  0   3   1   8  .167  .200  .208   0  3   0   0   0 
 1912   WS    NYG BOS     L   7  24   4   6  0  0  0   0   7   5  .250  .419  .250   4  2   0   0   0 
 1914   WS    BSN PHA     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  14  49   5  10  1  0  0   3   8  14  .204  .316  .224   4  5   0   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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-22-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Batting Average
1910 NL-.304-8

At Bats
1911 NL-565-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1911 NL-661-8

Runs
1910 NL-92-7
1911 NL-96-7

Bases on Balls
1911 NL-81-6

Strikeouts
1910 NL-67-6
1911 NL-69-7

Stolen Bases
1910 NL-43-5
1911 NL-61-2

Singles
1910 NL-126-5
1911 NL-126-4

Times on Base
1911 NL-245-6

Youngest Player
1908 NL-20-8

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1077) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1771) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.5 (1560) (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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 22, 1913: Traded by the New York Giants with Red Ames, Heinie Groh, and $20,000 to the Cincinnati Reds for Art Fromme.

August 11, 1913: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.

July 3, 1914: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Boston Braves for Jack Martin.

January 29, 1915: Released by the Boston Braves.


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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