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Joe Hoover
Robert Joseph Hoover

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 21, 1943
Final Game September 23, 1945
Born April 15, 1915 in Brawley, CA
Died September 2, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 28 DET AL 144  575   78  140  15  8   4   38   6  5  36 101  .243  .289  .318   72  183  28           1  10
 1944 29 DET AL 120  441   67  104  20  2   0   29   7 10  35  66  .236  .301  .290   65  128  12           6   4
 1945 30 DET AL  74  222   33   57  10  5   1   17   6  2  21  35  .257  .324  .360   94   80   6           1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      338 1238  178  301  45 15   5   84  19 17  92 202  .243  .300  .316   73  391  46   0   0   8  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        593   85  144  22  7   2   40   9  8  44  97  .243  .300  .316   73  187  22   0   0   4   8
 Career High    144  575   78  140  20  8   4   38   7 10  36 101  .257  .324  .360   94  183  28   0   0   6  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 28 DET AL  640  478   52   3.0    93| .243  .265| .289  .341| .318  .366| .607  .706|  72  .389 -23.8  -2.6  54%
 1944 29 DET AL  494  363   36   2.7    96| .236  .275| .301  .343| .290  .375| .591  .718|  65  .321 -20.2  -2.2  41%
 1945 30 DET AL  250  176   26   4.0    93| .257  .268| .324  .341| .360  .365| .684  .706|  94  .511  -2.4  -0.3  75%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1384 1017  114   3.0    94| .243  .269| .300  .342| .316  .369| .616  .711|  73  .388 -46.4  -5.1  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1943 28 DET AL SS 144 301 393 41 84 .944 .953 4.82 4.93 1944 29 DET AL SS 119 256 405 48 102 .932 .947 5.55 5.05 2B 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 5.40 1945 30 DET AL SS 68 126 163 17 35 .944 .951 4.25 4.94
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 29 DET AL 2B 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 5.40 1943 28 DET AL SS 144 301 393 41 84 .944 .953 4.82 4.93 1944 29 DET AL SS 119 256 405 48 102 .932 .947 5.55 5.05 1945 30 DET AL SS 68 126 163 17 35 .944 .951 4.25 4.94
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 331 683 961 106 221 .939 .950 4.97 4.97 2B 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 5.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 332 685 962 106 222 .940 .950 4.96 4.98
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   1   3   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .333  .333  .333   0  1   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.

Triples
1943 AL-8-7

Strikeouts
1943 AL-101-2
1944 AL-66-6

Hit By Pitch
1944 AL-6-3

Sac. Hits
1943 AL-28-1
1944 AL-12-10

Caught Stealing
1944 AL-10-5

Outs
1943 AL-478-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3867) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Transactions 

October 1, 1942: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Hollywood (PCL).


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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