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Joe Grace
Joseph Laverne Grace

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 24, 1938
Final Game September 3, 1947
Born January 5, 1914 in Gorham, IL
Died September 18, 1969 in Murphysboro, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 24 SLB AL  12   47    7   16   1  0   0    4   0  1   2   3  .340  .367  .362   83   17   0           0    
 1939 25 SLB AL  74  207   35   63  11  2   3   22   3  2  19  24  .304  .363  .420   98   87   3           0   1
 1940 26 SLB AL  80  229   45   59  14  2   5   25   2  2  26  23  .258  .336  .402   89   92   1           1   5
 1941 27 SLB AL 115  362   53  112  17  4   6   60   1  3  57  31  .309  .410  .428  119  155   2           5   5
 1946 32 TOT AL 125  482   60  134  24  6   3   44   2  7  40  39  .278  .341  .371  101  179   7           6  10
         SLB AL  48  161   21   37   7  2   1   13   1  3  16  20  .230  .307  .317   71   51   4           2   4
         WSH AL  77  321   39   97  17  4   2   31   1  4  24  19  .302  .358  .399  117  128   3           4   6
 1947 33 WSH AL  78  234   25   58   9  4   3   17   1  2  35  15  .248  .348  .359   99   84   3           1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      484 1561  225  442  76 18  20  172   9 17 179 135  .283  .362  .393  102  614  16   0   0  13  27
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        522   75  148  25  6   7   58   3  6  60  45  .283  .362  .393  102  206   5   0   0   4   9
 Career High    125  482   60  134  24  6   6   60   3  7  57  39  .309  .410  .428  119  179   7   0   0   6  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 24 SLB AL   49   32    6   4.9   118| .340  .290| .367  .369| .362  .432| .729  .801|  83  .470  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1939 25 SLB AL  229  150   31   5.5   116| .304  .289| .363  .364| .420  .427| .783  .791|  98  .536  -0.8  -0.1  60%
 1940 26 SLB AL  257  178   30   4.5   113| .258  .282| .336  .355| .402  .427| .738  .782|  89  .453  -3.8  -0.4  50%
 1941 27 SLB AL  426  260   62   6.4   109| .309  .279| .410  .356| .428  .411| .838  .768| 119  .633  12.8   1.2  25%
 1946 32 TOT AL  535  372   59   4.2    94| .278  .261| .341  .335| .371  .375| .712  .710| 101  .509   0.7   0.0  22%
         SLB AL  183  135   15   3.0   100| .230  .269| .307  .345| .317  .387| .624  .732|  71  .351  -6.5  -0.7  25%
         WSH AL  352  237   44   5.0    91| .302  .256| .358  .330| .399  .369| .757  .699| 117  .580   7.2   0.7  20%
 1947 33 WSH AL  273  187   29   4.1    94| .248  .259| .348  .338| .359  .372| .707  .711|  99  .496   0.4   0.0  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1769 1179  217   4.9   104| .283  .272| .362  .348| .393  .399| .755  .748| 102  .534   8.1   0.6  34%

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 24 SLB AL OF 12 13 1 1 0 .933 .972 1.17 2.28 0 0 12 1939 25 SLB AL OF 53 83 9 3 0 .968 .969 1.74 2.35 10 22 21 1940 26 SLB AL OF 51 86 6 4 0 .958 .970 1.80 2.32 3 0 48 C 12 16 1 0 1 1.000 .983 1.42 4.68 0 1941 27 SLB AL OF 88 164 13 3 1 .983 .973 2.01 2.33 0 0 88 C 9 20 2 2 0 .917 .982 2.44 4.54 5 1946 32 TOT AL OF 117 267 10 11 3 .962 .977 2.37 2.24 60 0 57 SLB AL OF 43 82 6 3 1 .967 .977 2.05 2.24 0 0 43 WSH AL OF 74 185 4 8 2 .959 .977 2.55 2.24 60 0 14 1947 33 WSH AL OF 67 162 4 4 0 .976 .979 2.48 2.35 56 3 8
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 26 SLB AL C 12 16 1 0 1 1.000 .983 1.42 4.68 0 1941 27 SLB AL C 9 20 2 2 0 .917 .982 2.44 4.54 5 1938 24 SLB AL OF 12 13 1 1 0 .933 .972 1.17 2.28 0 0 12 1939 25 SLB AL OF 53 83 9 3 0 .968 .969 1.74 2.35 10 22 21 1940 26 SLB AL OF 51 86 6 4 0 .958 .970 1.80 2.32 3 0 48 1941 27 SLB AL OF 88 164 13 3 1 .983 .973 2.01 2.33 0 0 88 1946 32 TOT AL OF 117 267 10 11 3 .962 .977 2.37 2.24 60 0 57 SLB AL OF 43 82 6 3 1 .967 .977 2.05 2.24 0 0 43 WSH AL OF 74 185 4 8 2 .959 .977 2.55 2.24 60 0 14 1947 33 WSH AL OF 67 162 4 4 0 .976 .979 2.48 2.35 56 3 8
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 388 775 43 26 4 .969 .975 2.11 2.31 129 25 234 C 21 36 3 2 1 .951 .982 1.86 4.62 5 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 409 811 46 28 5 .968 .975 2.10 2.43
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.

On-base %
1941 AL-.410-6

Hit By Pitch
1941 AL-5-4
1946 AL-6-2

Caught Stealing
1946 AL-7-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1771) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (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 

September 8, 1938: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Memphis (Southern Association).

June 15, 1946: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Al LaMacchia to the Washington Senators for Jeff Heath.

September 23, 1947: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Washington Senators.


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