Joe Battin

Joseph V. Battin

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 169 lb.

Born: November 1, 1852 in Philadelphia, PA(All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1871
Teams (by GP): PittsburghAlleghenys/BrownStockings/Athletics/Stars/Monumentals/... 1871-1890

Final Game: May 28, 1890
Died: December 10, 1937 in Akron, OH
Buried: Glendale Cemetery, Akron, OH
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1871	18	CLE	NA	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-20	0	0	0		/O

1873	20	ATH	NA	1	6	5	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.600	.667	.600	1.267	266	3	0	0		/O
1874	21	ATH	NA	51	227	226	40	52	11	1	0	27	3	2	1	7	.230	.233	.288	.521	61	65	1	0		*4/O6
1875	22	STL	NA	67	284	284	31	71	6	3	0	33	15	3	0	6	.250	.250	.292	.542	96	83	3	0		*4/52O
1876	23	STL	NL	64	289	283	34	85	11	4	0	46			6	6	.300	.315	.367	.682	135	104		0		*5/4
1877	24	STL	NL	57	232	226	28	45	3	7	1	22			6	17	.199	.220	.288	.507	62	65		0		54/O1

1878	25	NBD,LYN	N/A																								NBD,LYN · INTA
1879	26	WSH,UTI,SPF	N/A	44	174	174	27	33									.190	.190									WSH,UTI,SPF · NA
1881	28	PLA	N/A																								PLA · ECAS
1882	29	PHD	N/A																								PHD · LGAL
1882	29	PIT	AA	34	136	133	13	28	5	1	1	0			3		.211	.228	.286	.514	72	38		0		5
1883	30	PIT	AA	98	399	388	42	83	9	6	1	0			11		.214	.236	.276	.511	69	107		0		*5/1
1884	31	TOT	MLB	78	290	286	21	47	4	2	0	0			3		.164	.176	.192	.368	21	55		1		*5
1884	31	TOT	UA	35	128	128	11	19	3	0	0	0			0		.148	.148	.172	.320	5	22		0		5
1884	31	PIT	AA	43	162	158	10	28	1	2	0	0			3		.177	.198	.209	.406	34	33		1		5
1884	31	CPI	UA	18	69	69	8	13	2	0	0	0			0		.188	.188	.217	.406	36	15		0		5
1884	31	BLU	UA	17	59	59	3	6	1	0	0	0			0		.102	.102	.119	.220	-29	7		0		5

1885	32	WBY,CLV,WBY,BNG,WBY	N/A	74	285	285	30	49	14	2	0						.172	.172	.235	.407		67					WBY,CLV,WBY,BNG,WBY · SNEL,WL,CTST,NYSL,EL
1886	33	WBY	N/A	94	360	360	42	82	17	2	1		3				.228	.228	.294	.522		106					WBY · EL
1887	34	WBY,SYR	N/A	54	246	246	48	79	10	4	0		7				.321	.321	.394	.715		97					WBY,SYR · EL,INTA
1888	35	SYR	N/A	110	434	434	52	85	15	5	2		31				.196	.196	.267	.463		116					SYR · INTA
1889	36	SYR	N/A	107	449	419	44	70	11	1	0		15				.167	.167	.198	.365		83			30		SYR · IL
1890	37	SAG	N/A	27	96	96	16	20	2	0	2		2				.208	.208	.292	.500		28					SAG · INTA
1890	37	SYR	AA	29	127	119	15	25	2	1	0	13	8		8		.210	.260	.244	.504	54	29		0		5
1891	38	SYR	A	1	4	4	1	1	1	0	0		0				.250	.250	.500	.750		2					SYR · EASA
1893	40	REA	N/A	4	10	10	2	2	0	0	0		0				.200	.200	.200	.400		2					REA · PASL
1894	41	ETN,BFL	N/A	18	65	65	11	13	0	0	0		0				.200	.200	.200	.400		13					ETN,BFL · PASL,EL
10 Yrs				480	1994	1953	228	439	51	25	3	143	26	5	40	36	.225	.241	.281	.522	73	549	4	1
162 Game Avg.				162	673	659	77	148	17	8	1	48			14		.225	.241	.281	.522	73	185		0

PIT (3 yrs)				175	697	679	65	139	15	9	2	0			17		.205	.225	.262	.487	62	178		1
ATH (2 yrs)				52	233	231	44	55	11	1	0	29	3	2	2	7	.238	.245	.294	.539	67	68	1	0
STL (2 yrs)				121	521	509	62	130	14	11	1	68			12	23	.255	.273	.332	.605	102	169		0
BLU (1 yr)				17	59	59	3	6	1	0	0	0			0		.102	.102	.119	.220	-29	7		0
CPI (1 yr)				18	69	69	8	13	2	0	0	0			0		.188	.188	.217	.406	36	15		0
SYR (1 yr)				29	127	119	15	25	2	1	0	13	8		8		.210	.260	.244	.504	54	29		0
STL (1 yr)				67	284	284	31	71	6	3	0	33	15	3	0	6	.250	.250	.292	.542	96	83	3	0
CLE (1 yr)				1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-20	0	0	0

AA (4 yrs)				204	824	798	80	164	17	10	2	13	8		25		.206	.231	.259	.490	61	207		1
NA (4 yrs)				120	521	518	75	126	17	4	0	62	18	5	3	13	.243	.248	.292	.539	81	151	4	0
UA (1 yr)				35	128	128	11	19	3	0	0	0			0		.148	.148	.172	.320	5	22		0
NL (2 yrs)				121	521	509	62	130	14	11	1	68			12	23	.255	.273	.332	.605	102	169		0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1871	18	CLE	NA	1	4	-0	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.465	.500	0.0	-0.0	-1	$	/O

1873	20	ATH	NA	1	6	2	0	0	0	-0	2	0.1	0	2	0.1	.590	.501	0.1	-0.0	2	$	/O
1874	21	ATH	NA	51	227	-13	-0	0	5	1	-8	-0.6	7	-0	0.2	.489	.497	-0.1	0.4	-5	$	*4/O6
1875	22	STL	NA	67	284	1	2	0	11	1	16	1.3	13	28	2.7	.520	.508	1.8	1.1	17	$	*4/52O
1876	23	STL	NL	64	289	13	0	0	14	2	29	2.4	9	37	3.4	.539	.516	2.2	1.4	23	$	*5/4
1877	24	STL	NL	57	232	-10	0	0	-1	1	-9	-0.9	7	-2	-0.2	.485	.495	-0.1	0.0	-2	$	54/O1

1882	29	PIT	AA	34	136	-4	0	0	7	1	4	0.4	2	7	0.7	.512	.503	0.0	0.8	-0	$	5
1883	30	PIT	AA	98	399	-11	0	0	10	4	3	0.2	6	9	0.9	.503	.502	0.0	1.2	-1	$	*5/1
1884	31	PIT	AA	43	162	-11	0	0	5	1	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.490	.497	-0.6	0.5	-7	$	5
1884	31	CPI	UA	18	69	-5	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	-0	-2	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.4	0.3	-4	$	5
1884	31	BLU	UA	17	59	-9	0	0	1	0	-7	-0.6	-0	-7	-0.6	.461	.496	-0.8	0.2	-8	$	5

1890	37	SYR	AA	29	127	-7	0	0	-5	1	-10	-0.9	2	-8	-0.7	.469	.494	-0.2	-0.4	-3	$	5
10 Seasons				480	1994	-52	2	0	49	14	12	0.6	49	60	6.2	.502	.501	1.9	5.5	11	$

PIT (3 yrs)				175	697	-25	0	0	22	6	3	0.1	11	14	1.4	.501	.501	-0.6	2.5	-8	$
ATH (2 yrs)				52	233	-11	-0	0	5	1	-6	-0.5	7	1	0.3	.491	.499	0.0	0.4	-4	$
STL (2 yrs)				121	521	3	0	0	13	3	20	1.5	15	35	3.2	.514	.505	2.1	1.4	22	$
BLU (1 yr)				17	59	-9	0	0	1	0	-7	-0.6	-0	-7	-0.6	.461	.496	-0.8	0.2	-8	$
CPI (1 yr)				18	69	-5	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	-0	-2	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.4	0.3	-4	$
SYR (1 yr)				29	127	-7	0	0	-5	1	-10	-0.9	2	-8	-0.7	.469	.494	-0.2	-0.4	-3	$
STL (1 yr)				67	284	1	2	0	11	1	16	1.3	13	28	2.7	.520	.508	1.8	1.1	17	$
CLE (1 yr)				1	4	-0	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.465	.500	0.0	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1871	18	CLE	NA	4	3	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.287	.250	.311	.000	.385	.250	.696	-20	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.333	.000

1873	20	ATH	NA	6	2	2	27.0	91	.600	.600	.307	.667	.321	.600	.381	1.267	.701	266	.959	1.2	0.1	2.000	.200	.000
1874	21	ATH	NA	227	177	15	2.3	75	.237	.230	.285	.233	.295	.288	.350	.521	.645	61	.259	-9.4	-1.0	.379	.066	.058	.0
1875	22	STL	NA	284	219	22	2.7	51	.255	.250	.246	.250	.253	.292	.302	.542	.554	96	.408	-1.3	-0.2	.434	.085	.042	.0
1876	23	STL	NL	289	198	33	4.6	58	.307	.300	.257	.315	.269	.367	.311	.682	.580	135	.604	10.3	1.1			.067
1877	24	STL	NL	232	181	14	2.1	70	.212	.199	.269	.220	.287	.288	.336	.507	.623	62	.246	-9.7	-1.1			.088

1882	29	PIT	AA	136	105	9	2.3	62	.205	.211	.248	.228	.275	.286	.320	.514	.595	72	.350	-3.8	-0.4			.075
1883	30	PIT	AA	399	305	25	2.2	64	.212	.214	.248	.236	.277	.276	.327	.511	.604	69	.292	-12.7	-1.4			.062
1884	31	TOT	MLB	290	239	10	1.1	66	.164	.164	.247	.176	.280	.192	.328	.368	.608	21	.119	-22.7	-2.7			.028
1884	31	TOT	UA	128	109	4	1.0	66	.148	.148	.253	.148	.281	.172	.328	.320	.609	5	.094	-11.4	-1.3			.023
1884	31	PIT	AA	162	130	6	1.2	66	.177	.177	.241	.198	.279	.209	.328	.406	.608	34	.142	-11.3	-1.3			.032
1884	31	CPI	UA	69	56	3	1.4	62	.188	.188	.248	.188	.275	.217	.321	.406	.596	36	.173	-3.9	-0.4			.029
1884	31	BLU	UA	59	53	1	0.5	70	.102	.102	.260	.102	.287	.119	.336	.220	.623	-29	.030	-7.5	-0.9			.017

1890	37	SYR	AA	127	94	8	2.2	79	.210	.210	.249	.260	.326	.244	.328	.504	.654	54	.270	-7.0	-0.8	.479	.168	.034	.0
10 Yrs				1994	1523	138	2.4	64	.228	.225	.256	.241	.279	.281	.325	.522	.604	73	.329	-55.4	-6.3	.401	.088	.056	5.4
162 Game Avg.				673	514	47	2.4	64	.228	.225	.256	.241	.279	.281	.325	.522	.604	73	.329	-55.4	-6.3	.401	.088	.056	2

PIT (3 yrs)				697	540	40	2.0	64	.202	.205	.246	.225	.277	.262	.326	.487	.603	62	.268	-27.8	-3.2			.057
ATH (2 yrs)				233	179	17	2.6	76	.246	.238	.286	.245	.295	.294	.351	.539	.646	67	.300	-8.2	-0.9	.397	.069	.056	.0
STL (2 yrs)				521	379	47	3.4	63	.266	.255	.262	.273	.277	.332	.322	.605	.599	102	.455	0.6	0.1			.077
BLU (1 yr)				59	53	1	0.5	70	.102	.102	.260	.102	.287	.119	.336	.220	.623	-29	.030	-7.5	-0.9			.017
CPI (1 yr)				69	56	3	1.4	62	.188	.188	.248	.188	.275	.217	.321	.406	.596	36	.173	-3.9	-0.4			.029
SYR (1 yr)				127	94	8	2.2	79	.210	.210	.249	.260	.326	.244	.328	.504	.654	54	.271	-7.0	-0.8	.479	.168	.034	.0
STL (1 yr)				284	219	22	2.7	51	.255	.250	.246	.250	.253	.292	.302	.542	.554	96	.408	-1.3	-0.2	.434	.085	.042	.0
CLE (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.287	.250	.311	.000	.385	.250	.696	-20	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.333	.000

AA (4 yrs)				824	634	48	2.0	67	.204	.206	.247	.231	.285	.259	.326	.490	.611	61	.268	-34.7	-4.0	.071	.025	.054	4.0
NA (4 yrs)				521	401	39	2.6	62	.250	.243	.264	.248	.272	.292	.324	.539	.596	81	.351	-9.9	-1.1	.416	.079	.048	.0
UA (1 yr)				128	109	4	1.0	66	.148	.148	.253	.148	.281	.172	.328	.320	.609	5	.095	-11.4	-1.3			.023
NL (2 yrs)				521	379	47	3.4	63	.266	.255	.262	.273	.277	.332	.322	.605	.599	102	.455	0.6	0.1			.077

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
1871	18	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-20	0	0	0
1872	19	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-20	0	0	0
1873	20	2	10	8	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.375	.500	.375	.875	156	3	0	0
1874	21	53	237	234	44	55	11	1	0	29	3	2	3	7	.235	.245	.291	.535	66	68	1	0
1875	22	120	521	518	75	126	17	4	0	62	18	5	3	13	.243	.248	.292	.539	81	151	4	0
1876	23	184	810	801	109	211	28	8	0	108	18	5	9	19	.263	.272	.318	.590	100	255	4	0
1877	24	241	1042	1027	137	256	31	15	1	130	18	5	15	36	.249	.260	.312	.572	91	320	4	0
1878	25	241	1042	1027	137	256	31	15	1	130	18	5	15	36	.249	.260	.312	.572	91	320	4	0
1879	26	241	1042	1027	137	256	31	15	1	130	18	5	15	36	.249	.260	.312	.572	91	320	4	0
1880	27	241	1042	1027	137	256	31	15	1	130	18	5	15	36	.249	.260	.312	.572	91	320	4	0
1881	28	241	1042	1027	137	256	31	15	1	130	18	5	15	36	.249	.260	.312	.572	91	320	4	0
1882	29	275	1178	1160	150	284	36	16	2	130	18	5	18	36	.245	.256	.309	.565	89	358	4	0
1883	30	373	1577	1548	192	367	45	22	3	130	18	5	29	36	.237	.251	.300	.551	84	465	4	0
1884	31	451	1867	1834	213	414	49	24	3	130	18	5	32	36	.226	.239	.284	.523	74	520	4	1
1885	32	451	1867	1834	213	414	49	24	3	130	18	5	32	36	.226	.239	.284	.523	74	520	4	1
1886	33	451	1867	1834	213	414	49	24	3	130	18	5	32	36	.226	.239	.284	.523	74	520	4	1
1887	34	451	1867	1834	213	414	49	24	3	130	18	5	32	36	.226	.239	.284	.523	74	520	4	1
1888	35	451	1867	1834	213	414	49	24	3	130	18	5	32	36	.226	.239	.284	.523	74	520	4	1
1889	36	451	1867	1834	213	414	49	24	3	130	18	5	32	36	.226	.239	.284	.523	74	520	4	1
1890	37	480	1994	1953	228	439	51	25	3	143	26	5	40	36	.225	.241	.281	.522	73	549	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1871	18	6	23	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	.000	.261	.000	.261	0	1

1873	20	4	16	14	7	7	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	.500	.563	.500	1.063	4	1
1874	21	142	590	588	59	102	22	2	0	40	6	2	20	.173	.176	.218	.394	22	51
1875	22	205	845	845	78	194	16	8	0	83	41	0	18	.230	.230	.267	.497	52	67
1876	23	160	695	682	70	189	24	9	0	95	0	13	15	.277	.291	.339	.629	67	64
1877	24	154	614	599	63	110	7	17	2	50	0	15	46	.184	.204	.262	.466	32	57

1882	29	71	276	270	22	52	9	2	2	0	0	6	0	.193	.210	.263	.473	15	34
1883	30	162	644	628	58	124	13	9	1	0	0	16	0	.197	.217	.252	.469	35	98
1884	31	144	527	520	31	79	7	3	0	0	0	5	0	.152	.163	.177	.340	15	78

1890	37	39	169	159	19	32	3	1	0	16	10	10	0	.201	.249	.233	.481	9	29
10 Yrs		1087	4399	4322	407	889	101	51	5	288	57	75	99	.206	.220	.256	.476	251	480
162 Game Avg.		162	656	644	61	132	15	8	1	43		11		.206	.220	.256	.476	37	480

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1936 Veterans ( 1.3%)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1876 NL 3.4 (9th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1876 NL 3.4 (4th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1875 NA 1.1 (3rd) 1876 NL 1.4 (2nd) 1882 AA 0.8 (6th) 1883 AA 1.2 (5th)
Games Played s c a p y 1883 AA 98 (1st)	Triples s c a p y 1877 NL 7 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1877 NL 1 (6th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1876 NL 46 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1877 NL 17 (10th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1875 NA 15 (10th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1875 NA 3 (7th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1877 NL 226.0 (7th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1883 AA 305 (6th)	Oldest s c a p y 1890 AA born 1852-11-01 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1871 NA born 1852-11-01 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 12 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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