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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1934	23	NYY-min	D,A	4	0	1.000		5						29.0	1				3							0.138	0.3		0.9			WST,SCR · PASA,NYPL
1935	24	NYY-min	C,B	15	14	.517	3.02	42						244.1	227	112	82		51							1.138	8.4		1.9			AKR,NFK · MATL,PIED
1936	25	NYY-min	B	22	9	.710	3.70	44						263.0	279	131	108		72							1.335	9.5		2.5			NFK · PIED
1937	26	NYY-min	AA	21	4	.840	2.61	34	18					179.0	160	67	52		48							1.162	8.0		2.4			NWK · IL
1938	27	NYY-min	AA	6	3	.667	3.43	12	10					76.0	85	39	29		15							1.316	10.1		1.8			NWK · IL
1938	27	NYY	AL	3	2	.600	5.40	14	9	3	4	0	0	58.1	69	41	35	7	20	8	0	1	0	257	85	1.526	10.6	1.1	3.1	1.2	0.40

1939	28	NYY-min	AA	12	10	.545	3.80	33	25					199.0	228	95	84		42							1.357	10.3		1.9			NWK · IL
1940	29	CIN	NL	12	3	.800	2.00	37	1	27	0	0	7	76.2	68	19	17	1	21	25	1	0	0	305	192	1.161	8.0	0.1	2.5	2.9	1.19	MVP-17
1941	30	CIN	NL	4	3	.571	3.79	37	0	27	0	0	5	57.0	57	29	24	2	27	19	0	0	1	258	96	1.474	9.0	0.3	4.3	3.0	0.70
1942	31	CIN	NL	6	5	.545	2.13	38	0	30	0	0	8	88.2	65	28	21	4	33	24	1	2	2	361	155	1.105	6.6	0.4	3.3	2.4	0.73
1943	32	CIN	NL	7	6	.538	2.34	39	4	26	4	2	6	115.1	121	38	30	0	25	28	0	0	0	479	143	1.266	9.4	0.0	2.0	2.2	1.12
1944	33	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	36	184	0.889	8.0	0.0	0.0	2.0

1946	35	CIN	NL	12	10	.545	2.32	28	22	4	14	2	1	190.0	175	63	49	15	39	38	1	2	0	760	145	1.126	8.3	0.7	1.8	1.8	0.97
1947	36	TOT	NL	3	6	.333	4.58	43	4	10	0	0	2	98.1	123	64	50	10	24	34	1	0	1	436	90	1.495	11.3	0.9	2.2	3.1	1.42
1947	36	CIN	NL	0	3	.000	5.29	11	4	2	0	0	0	32.1	42	26	19	4	6	11	0	0	0	140	79	1.485	11.7	1.1	1.7	3.1	1.83
1947	36	NYG	NL	3	3	.500	4.23	32	0	8	0	0	2	66.0	81	38	31	6	18	23	1	0	1	296	97	1.500	11.0	0.8	2.5	3.1	1.28
1948	37	NYY-min	AAA	3	6	.333	6.75	38			0	0		48.0	73	44	36		19	21	1	0	2			1.917	13.7		3.6	3.9	1.11	KCY · AA
1948	37	NYG	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		6.000	54.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
9 Yrs				48	35	.578	2.96	238	41	127	23	4	29	693.2	688	284	228	39	189	178	4	5	4	2895	123	1.264	8.9	0.5	2.5	2.3	0.94
162 Game Avg.				12	9	.578	2.96	58	10	31	6	1	7	169	168	69	56	10	46	43	1	1	1	706	123	1.264	8.9	0.5	2.5	2.3	0.94

CIN (7 yrs)				42	30	.583	2.56	191	32	116	19	4	27	569.0	536	205	162	26	151	147	3	4	3	2339	136	1.207	8.5	0.4	2.4	2.3	0.97
NYG (2 yrs)				3	3	.500	4.21	33	0	8	0	0	2	66.1	83	38	31	6	18	23	1	0	1	299	98	1.523	11.3	0.8	2.4	3.1	1.28
NYY (1 yr)				3	2	.600	5.40	14	9	3	4	0	0	58.1	69	41	35	7	20	8	0	1	0	257	85	1.526	10.6	1.1	3.1	1.2	0.40

NL (8 yrs)				45	33	.577	2.73	224	32	124	19	4	29	635.1	619	243	193	32	169	170	4	4	4	2638	130	1.240	8.8	0.5	2.4	2.4	1.01
AL (1 yr)				3	2	.600	5.40	14	9	3	4	0	0	58.1	69	41	35	7	20	8	0	1	0	257	85	1.526	10.6	1.1	3.1	1.2	0.40

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1938	27	NYY	AL	58.1	14	9	41	6.33	5.14	0.15	0.00	97.2	4.85	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.438	.495	$

1940	29	CIN	NL	76.2	37	1	19	2.23	4.47	0.64	0.00	99.1	3.80	13	1.5	1.0	-0.0	2.2	22	.540	.509	$	MVP-17
1941	30	CIN	NL	57.1	37	0	29	4.55	4.37	0.18	0.00	101.0	4.23	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	4	.495	.499	$
1942	31	CIN	NL	88.2	38	0	28	2.84	3.97	0.23	0.00	98.6	3.69	9	1.1	1.0	-0.0	1.8	16	.528	.507	$
1943	32	CIN	NL	115.1	39	4	38	2.97	4.00	0.34	0.00	98.8	3.62	8	1.0	1.0	-0.1	1.9	18	.525	.506	$
1944	33	CIN	NL	9.0	1	1	2	2.00	4.59	0.61	0.00	106.0	4.22	2	0.3		-0.0	0.3	3	.778	.502	$

1946	35	CIN	NL	190.0	28	22	63	2.98	3.96	0.40	0.00	98.4	3.50	11	1.3	1.0	-0.1	2.9	30	.546	.508	$
1947	36	CIN	NL	32.1	11	4	26	7.24	4.81	-0.34	0.00	100.1	5.15	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.433	.495	$
1947	36	NYG	NL	66.0	32	0	38	5.18	4.43	0.00	0.00	99.3	4.40	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	0.0	2	.481	.496	$
1948	37	NYG	NL	0.1	1	0	0	0.00	4.89	-0.05	0.00	96.0	4.75	0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	.518	.500	$
9 Seasons				694.0	238	41	284	3.68	4.25	0.28	0.00	98.9	3.92	19	2.7	1.0	-0.4	8.6	91	.511	.502	$

CIN (7 yrs)				569.1	191	32	205	3.24	4.14	0.33	0.00	99.1	3.77	35	4.1	1.0	-0.3	9.0	90	.522	.504	$
NYG (2 yrs)				66.1	33	0	38	5.16	4.43	-0.00	0.00	99.3	4.40	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	0.0	2	.482	.498	$
NYY (1 yr)				58.1	14	9	41	6.33	5.14	0.15	0.00	97.2	4.85	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.438	.495	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1940	29	CIN	NL	WS	W	DET	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1 WS							0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	37	NYG	NL	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 Yr				1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	204	204	0	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	.667	136	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																.262	.333	.330	.663	.280

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	37	NYG	NL	0.3	0.0	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.44	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.44	-0.6	0	1	0
9 Yrs				45.3	5.2	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.44	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.44	-0.6	0	1	0

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1938	27	NYY	AL	14	9	3	2	4	1	0	5	2	.714	0	0	4	0	2	22%	42.3	70	22	3	6	5.5		5.6

1940	29	CIN	NL	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.0	27	27	1	0	12.0		2.7

1943	32	CIN	NL	39	4	3	1	0	0	1	3	1	.750	0	0	4	2	4	100%	70.8	77	66	4	0	2.4		9.2
1944	33	CIN	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0		1	0	1	100%	65.0	65	65	0	1	4.0		9.0

1946	35	CIN	NL	28	22	11	8	3	0	5	12	10	.545	0	0	14	2	17	77%	56.6	81	30	3	16	3.7		7.6
1947	36	TOT	NL	43	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	1	25%		61	34	1	3	5.4		5.0
1947	36	CIN	NL	11	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	1	25%	42.8	61	34	1	3	5.4		5.0
6 Yrs				130	41	18	14	9	1	7	23	16	.590	0	0	23	4	25	61%	53	81	22	12	26	4.3		7.0
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	115	-20			4.4	4.8	6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1938	27	NYY	AL	14	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0														1	0		0	4.8

1940	29	CIN	NL	37	36	27	12	3	0	7	0	0	0														23	6		7	6.2
1941	30	CIN	NL	37	37	27	4	3	0	5	0	0	0														15	7		5	4.6
1942	31	CIN	NL	38	38	30	6	5	0	8	0	0	0														23	6		5	7.0
1943	32	CIN	NL	39	35	26	4	5	0	6	0	0	0														19	10		2	6.7

1946	35	CIN	NL	28	6	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0														4	1		1	11.5
1947	36	TOT	NL	43	39	10	3	3	0	2	0	0	0														22	8		9	6.0
1947	36	CIN	NL	11	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0														5	0		1	5.3
1947	36	NYG	NL	32	32	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0														17	8		8	6.2
1948	37	NYG	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1.440	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.0
8 Yrs				237	197	127	30	21	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	100%		1.440	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	107	39	0	29	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1938	27	NYY	AL	257		2.7%	3.1%	7.8%	5.1%	19%		84%

1940	29	CIN	NL	305		0.3%	8.2%	6.9%				83%
1941	30	CIN	NL	258		0.8%	7.4%	10.5%				78%
1942	31	CIN	NL	357		1.1%	6.7%	9.2%				79%
1943	32	CIN	NL	480		0.0%	5.8%	5.2%	1.0%	4%		86%
1944	33	CIN	NL	36		0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	5.6%	25%		94%

1946	35	CIN	NL	762		2.0%	5.0%	5.1%	3.7%	16%		86%
1947	36	TOT	NL	437		2.3%	7.8%	5.5%				82%
1947	36	CIN	NL	141		2.8%	7.8%	4.3%				84%
1947	36	NYG	NL	296		2.0%	7.8%	6.1%				81%
1948	37	NYG	NL	3	33%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		100%	1	0	0%
9 Yrs				2895	33%	1.4%	6.2%	6.5%	1.7%	7%		83%	1	0	0%
MLB Averages					49%	1.4%	9.5%	9.4%	3.2%	13%	0.95	82%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1938	27	NYY	AL		69			7												0

1940	29	CIN	NL		68			1												0
1941	30	CIN	NL		57			2												1
1942	31	CIN	NL		65			4												2
1943	32	CIN	NL		121			0												0
1944	33	CIN	NL		8			0												0

1946	35	CIN	NL		175			15												0
1947	36	TOT	NL		123			10												1
1947	36	CIN	NL		42			4												0
1947	36	NYG	NL		81			6												1
1948	37	NYG	NL	3	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				3	688			39	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	4	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1938	27	3	2	.600	5.40	14	9	3	4	0	0	58.1	69	41	35	7	20	8	0	1	0	257	85	1.526	10.6	1.1	3.1	1.2	0.40	85
1939	28	3	2	.600	5.40	14	9	3	4	0	0	58.1	69	41	35	7	20	8	0	1	0	257	85	1.526	10.6	1.1	3.1	1.2	0.40	85
1940	29	15	5	.750	3.47	51	10	30	4	0	7	135.0	137	60	52	8	41	33	1	1	0	562	120	1.319	9.1	0.5	2.7	2.2	0.80	120
1941	30	19	8	.704	3.56	88	10	57	4	0	12	192.0	194	89	76	10	68	52	1	1	1	820	112	1.365	9.1	0.5	3.2	2.4	0.76	112
1942	31	25	13	.658	3.11	126	10	87	4	0	20	280.2	259	117	97	14	101	76	2	3	3	1181	121	1.283	8.3	0.4	3.2	2.4	0.75	121
1943	32	32	19	.627	2.89	165	14	113	8	2	26	396.0	380	155	127	14	126	104	2	3	3	1660	126	1.278	8.6	0.3	2.9	2.4	0.83	126
1944	33	33	19	.635	2.87	166	15	113	9	2	26	405.0	388	157	129	14	126	106	2	3	3	1696	127	1.269	8.6	0.3	2.8	2.4	0.84	127
1945	34	33	19	.635	2.87	166	15	113	9	2	26	405.0	388	157	129	14	126	106	2	3	3	1696	127	1.269	8.6	0.3	2.8	2.4	0.84	127
1946	35	45	29	.608	2.69	194	37	117	23	4	27	595.0	563	220	178	29	165	144	3	5	3	2456	132	1.224	8.5	0.4	2.5	2.2	0.87	132
1947	36	48	35	.578	2.96	237	41	127	23	4	29	693.1	686	284	228	39	189	178	4	5	4	2892	123	1.262	8.9	0.5	2.5	2.3	0.94	123
1948	37	48	35	.578	2.96	238	41	127	23	4	29	693.2	688	284	228	39	189	178	4	5	4	2895	123	1.264	8.9	0.5	2.5	2.3	0.94	123

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1938	27	2	4	.333	4.72	61.0	68	36	32	7	20	8	0	1.443	10.0	3.0	1.2	0.40	1.0	14

1940	29	6	2	.750	2.16	75.0	72	20	18	1	22	25	1	1.253	8.6	2.6	3.0	1.14	0.1	37
1941	30	3	3	.500	3.90	60.0	60	29	26	2	28	20	0	1.467	9.0	4.2	3.0	0.71	0.3	37
1942	31	6	3	.667	2.50	90.0	74	28	25	5	38	24	1	1.244	7.4	3.8	2.4	0.63	0.5	38
1943	32	8	4	.667	2.79	113.0	134	39	35	0	28	27	0	1.434	10.7	2.2	2.2	0.96	0.0	39
1944	33	1	0	1.000	1.50	12.0	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	2.3		0.0	1

1946	35	13	7	.650	2.82	185.0	195	64	58	17	43	37	1	1.286	9.5	2.1	1.8	0.86	0.8	28
1947	36	5	6	.455	4.46	101.0	126	56	50	10	25	35	1	1.495	11.2	2.2	3.1	1.40	0.9	43
1948	37	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
9 Yrs		44	29	.603	3.17	698.0	729	274	246	42	204	179	4	1.337	9.4		2.3	0.88	0.5	238

* 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)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1946 NL 2.32 (3rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1946 NL 1.126 (2nd)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1946 NL 1.847 (3rd)
Games Played s c a p y 1943 NL 39 (9th) 1947 NL 43 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1940 NL 7 (1st) 1941 NL 5 (5th) 1942 NL 8 (3rd) 1943 NL 6 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1946 NL 14 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1946 NL 15 (2nd)
Games Finished s c a p y 1940 NL 27 (1st) 1941 NL 27 (2nd) 1942 NL 30 (2nd) 1943 NL 26 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1946 NL 146 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1946 NL 20 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1946 NL 2.3 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Tom Gorman (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Black (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Tellmann (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wilcy Moore (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Konstanty (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Konstanty (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sandy Consuegra (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Leach (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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