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Joe Koppe
Joseph Koppe
born Joseph Kopchia

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut August 9, 1958
  vs. PHI 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 11, 1965
Born October 19, 1930 in Detroit, MI
Died September 27, 2006 in Ann Arbor, MI

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 27 MLN NL  16    9    3    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .444  .500  .444  163    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 28 PHI NL 126  422   68  110  18  7   7   28   7  7  41  80  .261  .327  .386   89  163   4   3   0   2   6
 1960 29 PHI NL  58  170   13   29   6  1   1   13   3  2  23  47  .171  .272  .235   41   40   0   1   3   1   2
 1961 30 TOT     97  341   47   85  12  2   5   40   3  3  45  77  .249  .337  .340   74  116   6   2   0   1   4
         PHI NL   6    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         LAA AL  91  338   46   85  12  2   5   40   3  3  45  77  .251  .339  .343   76  116   6   2   0   1   4
 1962 31 LAA AL 128  375   47   85  16  0   4   40   2  1  73  84  .227  .352  .301   81  113   9   5   3   2  10
 1963 32 LAA AL  76  143   11   30   4  1   1   12   0  0   9  30  .210  .258  .273   53   39   1   2   1   1   2
 1964 33 LAA AL  54  113   10   29   4  1   0    6   0  0  14  16  .257  .339  .310   91   35   2   0   1   0   2
 1965 34 CAL AL  23   33    3    7   1  0   1    2   1  0   3  10  .212  .278  .333   76   11   0   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      578 1606  202  379  61 12  19  141  16 13 209 345  .236  .324  .324   76  521  22  13   9   7  27
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        450   57  106  17  3   5   40   4  4  59  97  .236  .324  .324   76  146   6   4   3   2   8
 Career High    128  422   68  110  18  7   7   40   7  7  73  84  .261  .352  .386   89  163   9   5   3   2  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 27 MLN NL   10    5    2  10.7    99| .444  .260| .500  .326| .444  .406| .944  .732| 163  .822   0.9   0.1   0%
 1959 28 PHI NL  472  332   54   4.4   106| .261  .271| .327  .337| .386  .420| .713  .757|  89  .472  -7.0  -0.7  50%
 1960 29 PHI NL  195  146   12   2.2    99| .171  .263| .272  .329| .235  .404| .507  .733|  41  .223 -13.6  -1.4  60%
 1961 30 TOT     395  271   42   4.1   113| .249  .276| .337  .353| .340  .430| .677  .783|  74  .446 -12.7  -1.3  50%
         PHI NL    3    3    0   0.0   104| .000  .268| .000  .334| .000  .417| .000  .751|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         LAA AL  392  268   42   4.2   113| .251  .276| .339  .353| .343  .430| .682  .783|  76  .451 -11.9  -1.2  50%
 1962 31 LAA AL  464  315   45   3.8   100| .227  .259| .352  .331| .301  .404| .653  .735|  81  .422  -5.9  -0.6  66%
 1963 32 LAA AL  156  118   10   2.3    89| .210  .248| .258  .314| .273  .383| .531  .697|  53  .248  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1964 33 LAA AL  129   88   13   4.0    87| .257  .244| .339  .311| .310  .379| .649  .690|  91  .471  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1965 34 CAL AL   36   27    3   3.0    89| .212  .247| .278  .317| .333  .379| .611  .696|  76  .367  -1.1  -0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1857 1302  181   3.7   102| .236  .264| .324  .334| .324  .410| .648  .744|  76  .414 -48.8  -5.0  55%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 27 MLN NL SS 3 5 10 3 3 .833 .962 5.00 4.57 6.14 5.11 2 22.0 1959 28 PHI NL SS 113 218 347 27 67 .954 .966 5.00 4.53 5.40 5.11 107 942.3 2B 11 7 15 0 0 1.000 .978 2.00 4.78 6.13 5.27 2 32.3 1960 29 PHI NL SS 55 107 133 11 23 .956 .960 4.36 4.23 4.80 4.81 50 450.0 3B 2 0 3 2 1 .600 .938 1.50 2.60 3.86 2.96 0 7.0 1961 30 TOT SS 93 129 252 22 52 .945 .956 4.10 4.37 4.41 4.84 87 778.0 PHI NL SS 5 2 2 1 1 .800 .952 0.80 4.28 3.27 4.91 0 11.0 LAA AL SS 88 127 250 21 51 .947 .956 4.28 4.37 4.42 4.84 87 767.0 2B 3 6 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.67 4.73 5.54 5.26 1 13.0 3B 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 2.80 6.00 3.20 1 9.0 1962 31 LAA AL SS 118 197 356 25 63 .957 .962 4.69 4.47 4.95 4.84 112 1006.0 2B 5 6 10 0 3 1.000 .982 3.20 4.88 4.50 5.26 2 32.0 3B 4 0 3 2 0 .600 .938 0.75 2.80 0.90 3.09 3 30.0 1963 32 LAA AL SS 19 27 50 3 6 .963 .965 4.05 4.56 5.16 4.78 11 134.3 3B 18 7 12 2 1 .905 .945 1.06 2.85 2.79 3.02 4 61.3 2B 14 30 32 1 10 .984 .979 4.43 4.68 6.07 5.08 9 92.0 RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.73 1.89 1.99 2 19.0 1964 33 LAA AL SS 31 51 103 9 19 .945 .968 4.97 4.55 5.63 4.78 27 246.0 2B 13 4 10 1 1 .933 .979 1.08 4.54 3.82 5.18 2 33.0 3B 3 6 5 2 2 .846 .957 3.67 2.77 6.19 3.04 1 16.0 1965 34 CAL AL 2B 10 17 29 1 4 .979 .979 4.60 4.38 6.71 5.08 7 61.7 3B 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.88 3.86 3.09 0 7.0 SS 4 3 11 0 2 1.000 .959 3.50 4.38 4.67 4.73 3 27.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1959 28 PHI NL 2B 11 7 15 0 0 1.000 .978 2.00 4.78 6.13 5.27 2 32.3 1961 30 LAA AL 2B 3 6 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.67 4.73 5.54 5.26 1 13.0 1962 31 LAA AL 2B 5 6 10 0 3 1.000 .982 3.20 4.88 4.50 5.26 2 32.0 1963 32 LAA AL 2B 14 30 32 1 10 .984 .979 4.43 4.68 6.07 5.08 9 92.0 1964 33 LAA AL 2B 13 4 10 1 1 .933 .979 1.08 4.54 3.82 5.18 2 33.0 1965 34 CAL AL 2B 10 17 29 1 4 .979 .979 4.60 4.38 6.71 5.08 7 61.7 1960 29 PHI NL 3B 2 0 3 2 1 .600 .938 1.50 2.60 3.86 2.96 0 7.0 1961 30 LAA AL 3B 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 2.80 6.00 3.20 1 9.0 1962 31 LAA AL 3B 4 0 3 2 0 .600 .938 0.75 2.80 0.90 3.09 3 30.0 1963 32 LAA AL 3B 18 7 12 2 1 .905 .945 1.06 2.85 2.79 3.02 4 61.3 1964 33 LAA AL 3B 3 6 5 2 2 .846 .957 3.67 2.77 6.19 3.04 1 16.0 1965 34 CAL AL 3B 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.88 3.86 3.09 0 7.0 1963 32 LAA AL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.90 2.37 2.18 2 19.0 1963 32 LAA AL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.73 1.89 1.99 2 19.0 1958 27 MLN NL SS 3 5 10 3 3 .833 .962 5.00 4.57 6.14 5.11 2 22.0 1959 28 PHI NL SS 113 218 347 27 67 .954 .966 5.00 4.53 5.40 5.11 107 942.3 1960 29 PHI NL SS 55 107 133 11 23 .956 .960 4.36 4.23 4.80 4.81 50 450.0 1961 30 TOT SS 93 129 252 22 52 .945 .956 4.10 4.37 4.41 4.84 87 778.0 PHI NL SS 5 2 2 1 1 .800 .952 0.80 4.28 3.27 4.91 0 11.0 LAA AL SS 88 127 250 21 51 .947 .956 4.28 4.37 4.42 4.84 87 767.0 1962 31 LAA AL SS 118 197 356 25 63 .957 .962 4.69 4.47 4.95 4.84 112 1006.0 1963 32 LAA AL SS 19 27 50 3 6 .963 .965 4.05 4.56 5.16 4.78 11 134.3 1964 33 LAA AL SS 31 51 103 9 19 .945 .968 4.97 4.55 5.63 4.78 27 246.0 1965 34 CAL AL SS 4 3 11 0 2 1.000 .959 3.50 4.38 4.67 4.73 3 27.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 436 737 1262 100 235 .952 .962 4.58 4.44 4.99 4.90 399 3605.7 2B* 56 70 98 3 18 .982 .979 3.00 4.63 5.73 5.14 23 264.0 3B* 32 18 27 8 4 .849 .949 1.41 2.82 3.11 3.05 9 130.3 RF* 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.73 1.89 1.99 2 19.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 527 830 1387 111 257 .952 .963 4.21 4.35 4.96 4.84 433 4019
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.

Triples
1959 NL-7-8

Caught Stealing
1959 NL-7-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) (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 

September 3, 1955: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Shreveport (Texas).

March 31, 1959: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Gene Conley and Harry Hanebrink to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny O'Brien, Ted Kazanski, and Stan Lopata.

May 4, 1961: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Turk Farrell to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Don Demeter and Charley Smith.

May 16, 1961: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Duke Carmel.

June 19, 1961: Purchased by the Los Angeles Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals for $1,000.


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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