Joe Becker

Joseph Edward Becker

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 25, 1908 in St. Louis, MO
High School: McBride HS (St. Louis, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1936
Team: Indians 1936-1937

Final Game: September 14, 1937
Died: January 11, 1998 in Sunset Hills, MO
Buried: Mount Olive Cemetery, Lemay, MO
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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
1930	22	STL-min	D,A	82	261	261		76	9	3	5						.291	.291	.406	.697		106					KEK,DMO · MSVL,WL
1931	23	DNV,ELM	B	88	245	245		73	10	7	2						.298	.298	.420	.718		103					DNV,ELM · IIIL,NYPL
1932	24	STL-min	A,B	49	149	149		42	12	1	0						.282	.282	.376	.658		56					DEN,ELM · WL,NYPL
1933	25	STL-min	B,A	97	344	344		92	16	7	4						.267	.267	.390	.657		134					KEK,ELM · MSVL,NYPL
1934		Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1935	27	SFR	AA	75	207	207		77	13	5	0						.372	.372	.483	.855		100					SFR · PCL
1936	28	CLE	AL	22	55	50	5	9	3	1	1	11	0	0	5	4	.180	.255	.340	.595	44	17		0	0	2
1937	29	CLE	AL	18	37	33	3	11	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	4	.333	.405	.455	.860	118	15		1	0	2
1938	30	CLE-min	AA	79	265	265		81	15	1	4						.306	.306	.415	.721		110					MLW · AA
1939	31	LAD-CHC-min	AA	95	259	259		78	13	3	0						.301	.301	.375	.676		97					MTL,MLW · IL,AA
1940	32	LAD-min	AA	93	272	272		68	18	0	1						.250	.250	.327	.577		89					MTL · IL
1941	33	LAD-CIN-min	AA	71	218	187	24	41	6	1	1	18	1		28	19	.219	.321	.278	.599		52		0	3		MTL,BLT,INA · IL,AA
1942	34	CLE-min	AA	124	420	358	37	96	15	1	4	32	3	0	58	57	.268	.375	.349	.724		125	17	3	1		BLT · IL
1943	35	CLE-min	AA	81	284	242	21	56	7	0	1	21	2	1	36	30	.231	.338	.273	.611		66		3	3		BLT · IL
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	38	SFG-min	D,AAA	46	125	125	2	33	5	0	2	2	0				.264	.264	.352	.616		44	0				SFD,JER · ESHL,IL
1947	39	SFG-min	A																								SXC · WL
1948	40	SFG-min	A																								SXC · WL
1949	41	SFG-min	AAA	2	1	1		0									.000	.000									JER · IL
2 Yrs				40	92	83	8	20	5	2	1	13	0	0	8	8	.241	.315	.386	.701	73	32		1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	373	336	32	81	20	8	4	53	0	0	32	32	.241	.315	.386	.701	73	130		4	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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1936	28	CLE	AL	22	55	-5	0	0	-5	-0.4	2	-3	-0.2	.481	.497	-0.2	0.0	-3	$	2
1937	29	CLE	AL	18	37	1	-1	0	0	0.0	1	2	0.2	.502	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	2
2 Seasons				40	92	-4	-1	1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	0.0	.491	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

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
1936	28	CLE	AL	55	41	4	2.6	124	.178	.180	.302	.255	.379	.340	.444	.595	.823	44	.200	-5.0	-0.4	.537	.260	.160	.0
1937	29	CLE	AL	37	22	6	7.2	115	.379	.333	.287	.405	.362	.455	.428	.860	.790	118	.641	1.0	0.1	.864	.212	.121
2 Yrs				92	63	10	4.2	120	.257	.241	.296	.315	.372	.386	.438	.701	.810	73	.385	-4.0	-0.4	.651	.241	.145	.0
162 Game Avg.				373	255	41	4.2	120	.257	.241	.296	.315	.372	.386	.438	.701	.810	73	.385	-4.0	-0.4	.651	.241	.145

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1936	28	CLE	AL	55	1.8%	7.3%	9.1%	9.1%	56%	0.80	12.5	50.0	4.5	82%
1937	29	CLE	AL	37	0.0%	10.8%	8.1%	8.1%	27%	1.33	8.3		16.5	78%
2 Yrs				92	1.1%	8.7%	8.7%	8.7%	40%	1.00	10.4	83.0	6.4	80%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.9%	8.7%	6.9%	28%	1.02	10.1	62.1	7.5	79%

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	SH	SF	IBB
1936	28	22	55	50	5	9	3	1	1	11	0	0	5	4	.180	.255	.340	.595	44	17		0	0
1937	29	40	92	83	8	20	5	2	1	13	0	0	8	8	.241	.315	.386	.701	73	32		1	0

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1936	28	23	55	51	4	8	3	1	1	8	4	4	.157	.218	.314	.532	3	22
1937	29	19	37	33	3	10	2	1	0	2	3	4	.303	.378	.424	.803	5	18
2 Yrs		42	92	84	7	18	5	2	1	10	7	8	.214	.283	.357	.640	8	40
162 Game Avg.		162	355	324	27	69	19	8	4	39	27	31	.214	.283	.357	.640	31	40

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