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Joe Beggs

Joseph Stanley Beggs (Fireman)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: November 4, 1910 in Rankin, PA
School: Geneva College (Beaver Falls, PA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1938
Teams (by GP): Reds/Giants/Yankees 1938-1948

Final Game: April 24, 1948
Died: July 19, 1983 in Indianapolis, IN
Buried: Hebron Cemetery, Madison, IN
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1938 27 NYY AL 14 21 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .286 .300 .586 47 6 0 0 1
1940 29 CIN NL 37 22 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .190 .190 .190 .381 5 4 0 0 1 1 MVP-17
1941 30 CIN NL 37 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .300 .364 .300 .664 88 3 0 0 0 1
1942 31 CIN NL 38 22 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 1
1943 32 CIN NL 39 39 35 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 10 .143 .189 .143 .332 -3 5 0 0 2 1
1944 33 CIN NL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 35 CIN NL 28 73 63 4 14 2 0 0 2 0 4 17 .222 .269 .254 .523 50 16 0 0 7 1
1947 36 TOT NL 43 27 24 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 .083 .083 .083 .167 -56 2 0 0 3 1
1947 36 CIN NL 11 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -52 1 0 0 1 1
1947 36 NYG NL 32 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 0 0 2 1
1948 37 NYG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Yrs 238 219 198 14 33 3 0 0 11 0 0 8 48 .167 .199 .182 .381 7 36 1 0 14
162 Game Avg. 162 149 135 10 22 2 0 0 7 0 5 33 .167 .199 .182 .381 7 25 0 10
CIN (7 yrs) 191 183 165 12 27 2 0 0 9 0 7 41 .164 .198 .176 .373 7 29 1 0 12
NYG (2 yrs) 33 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 0 0 2
NYY (1 yr) 14 21 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .286 .300 .586 47 6 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 224 198 178 12 28 2 0 0 9 0 7 45 .157 .189 .169 .358 2 30 1 0 14
AL (1 yr) 14 21 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .286 .300 .586 47 6 0 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 Awards
1938 27 NYY AL 14 21 -2 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1940 29 CIN NL 37 22 -3 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1 MVP-17
1941 30 CIN NL 37 11 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1942 31 CIN NL 38 22 -5 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1943 32 CIN NL 39 39 -5 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1944 33 CIN NL 1 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .432 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1946 35 CIN NL 28 73 -4 0 0 0 7 3 0.3 3 5 0.3 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1947 36 CIN NL 11 12 -3 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1947 36 NYG NL 32 15 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1948 37 NYG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
9 Seasons 238 219 -26 0 0 0 22 -4 -0.4 7 4 -0.4 .498 .500 -0.4 -0.0 4 $
CIN (7 yrs) 191 183 -21 0 0 0 18 -3 -0.3 6 4 -0.3 .498 .500 -0.3 -0.0 4 $
NYG (2 yrs) 33 15 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $
NYY (1 yr) 14 21 -2 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 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
1938 27 NYY AL 21 15 2 3.5 118 .294 .250 .290 .286 .369 .300 .432 .586 .801 47 .322 -1.7 -0.2 .467 .100 .050
1940 29 CIN NL 22 18 1 1.5 99 .250 .190 .273 .190 .338 .190 .393 .381 .731 5 .124 -2.8 -0.3 .235 .000 .000
1941 30 CIN NL 11 7 1 3.8 94 .375 .300 .266 .364 .336 .300 .375 .664 .711 88 .463 -0.1 -0.0 .571 .100 .000
1942 31 CIN NL 22 23 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .256 .000 .328 .000 .356 .000 .684 -100 .000 -5.3 -0.6 .000 .000 .000
1943 32 CIN NL 39 32 1 0.8 89 .200 .143 .264 .189 .332 .143 .358 .332 .690 -3 .056 -4.7 -0.5 .233 .057 .000
1944 33 CIN NL 4 4 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .263 .000 .330 .000 .370 .000 .700 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1946 35 CIN NL 73 56 4 1.9 90 .304 .222 .259 .269 .334 .254 .363 .523 .697 50 .202 -4.1 -0.4 .408 .095 .032
1947 36 TOT NL 27 25 0 0.0 106 .118 .083 .275 .083 .350 .083 .407 .167 .757 -56 .000 -5.5 -0.5 .091 .000 .000
1947 36 CIN NL 12 11 0 0.0 106 .125 .091 .274 .091 .349 .091 .406 .182 .756 -52 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1947 36 NYG NL 15 14 0 0.0 107 .111 .077 .275 .077 .351 .077 .408 .154 .759 -59 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
9 Yrs 219 180 9 1.3 96 .220 .167 .266 .199 .339 .182 .377 .381 .716 7 .109 -25.3 -2.6 .265 .056 .015
162 Game Avg. 149 123 6 1.3 96 .220 .167 .266 .199 .339 .182 .377 .381 .716 7 .109 -25.3 -2.6 .265 .056 .015
CIN (7 yrs) 183 151 7 1.2 92 .218 .164 .263 .198 .334 .176 .368 .373 .703 7 .102 -20.5 -2.2 .259 .055 .012
NYG (2 yrs) 15 14 0 0.0 107 .111 .077 .275 .077 .351 .077 .408 .154 .759 -59 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
NYY (1 yr) 21 15 2 3.5 118 .294 .250 .290 .286 .369 .300 .432 .586 .801 47 .322 -1.7 -0.2 .467 .100 .050
NL (8 yrs) 198 165 7 1.1 93 .211 .157 .264 .189 .335 .169 .371 .358 .707 2 .087 -23.6 -2.5 .245 .051 .011
AL (1 yr) 21 15 2 3.5 118 .294 .250 .290 .286 .369 .300 .432 .586 .801 47 .322 -1.7 -0.2 .467 .100 .050

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 29 CIN NL WS DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1938 27 NYY AL 21 0.0% 14.3% 4.8% 4.8% 20% 3.00 6.7 10.0 81%
1940 29 CIN NL 22 0.0% 22.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.2 73%
1941 30 CIN NL 11 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.0 10.0 73%
1942 31 CIN NL 22 0.0% 13.6% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 82%
1943 32 CIN NL 39 0.0% 25.6% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.5 8.8 64%
1944 33 CIN NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 75%
1946 35 CIN NL 73 0.0% 23.3% 5.5% 2.7% 14% 4.25 3.7 31.5 63%
1947 36 TOT NL 27 0.0% 25.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.4 12.0 63%
1947 36 CIN NL 12 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 5.5 67%
1947 36 NYG NL 15 0.0% 26.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 60%
9 Yrs 219 0.0% 21.9% 3.7% 1.4% 9% 6.00 4.1 18.0 68%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.1% 9.0% 6.1% 26% 1.01 9.8 65.9 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1938 27 NYY AL -1.7 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 29 CIN NL -2.8 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 30 CIN NL -0.1 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 31 CIN NL -5.3 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 32 CIN NL -4.7 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 33 CIN NL -1.0 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 35 CIN NL -4.1 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 36 TOT NL -5.5 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 36 CIN NL -2.4 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 36 NYG NL -3.0 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 37 NYG NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Yrs -25.3 -2.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1938 27 14 21 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .286 .300 .586 47 6 0 0
1939 28 14 21 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .286 .300 .586 47 6 0 0
1940 29 51 43 41 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .220 .238 .244 .482 27 10 0 0 1
1941 30 88 54 51 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .235 .264 .255 .519 38 13 0 0 1
1942 31 126 76 72 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .167 .189 .181 .370 1 13 1 0 2
1943 32 165 115 107 9 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 23 .159 .189 .168 .357 -0 18 1 0 4
1944 33 166 119 111 9 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 24 .153 .183 .162 .345 -3 18 1 0 4
1945 34 166 119 111 9 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 24 .153 .183 .162 .345 -3 18 1 0 4
1946 35 194 192 174 13 31 3 0 0 9 0 0 8 41 .178 .214 .195 .410 16 34 1 0 11
1947 36 237 219 198 14 33 3 0 0 11 0 0 8 48 .167 .199 .182 .381 7 36 1 0 14
1948 37 238 219 198 14 33 3 0 0 11 0 0 8 48 .167 .199 .182 .381 7 36 1 0 14

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1938 27 15 21 20 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .200 .238 .250 .488 1 14
1940 29 39 24 23 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .217 .217 .217 .435 1 37
1941 30 38 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .300 .364 .300 .664 1 37
1942 31 40 23 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 38
1943 32 41 40 36 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 10 .139 .184 .139 .323 1 39
1944 33 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1946 35 29 79 67 5 16 2 0 0 2 0 5 18 .239 .292 .269 .560 5 28
1947 36 45 28 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 43
8 Yrs 248 230 207 13 33 3 0 0 8 0 9 49 .159 .194 .174 .368 9 237
162 Game Avg. 162 150 135 8 22 2 0 0 5 0 6 32 .159 .194 .174 .368 6 237

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (17, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

                                          

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