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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 (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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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:23AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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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

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	146	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 Seasons				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	137	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)			NL	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)			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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1938	27	NYY	AL	58.1	9	41	41	1	1.0	0	-0.2	$

1940	29	CIN	NL	76.2	1	19	43	4	1.0	24	2.1	$	MVP-17
1941	30	CIN	NL	57.0	0	29	31	1	1.0	2	0.1	$
1942	31	CIN	NL	88.2	0	28	42	2	1.0	14	1.4	$
1943	32	CIN	NL	115.1	4	38	55	3	1.0	17	1.6	$
1944	33	CIN	NL	9.0	1	2	5	0	1.0	3	0.2	$

1946	35	CIN	NL	190.0	22	63	97	6	1.0	34	3.1	$
1947	36	CIN	NL	32.1	4	26	20	-1	1.0	-6	-0.6	$
1947	36	NYG	NL	66.0	0	38	40	0	1.0	2	0.2	$
1948	37	NYG	NL	0.1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
9 Seasons				693.2	41	284	374	16	1.0	90	7.9	$

CIN (7 yrs)				569.0	32	205	293	15	1.0	88	7.9	$
NYG (2 yrs)				66.1	0	38	40	0	1.0	2	0.2	$
NYY (1 yr)				58.1	9	41	41	1	1.0	0	-0.2	$

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

Standard Batting

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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
1934	23	NYY-min	D,A	5																						WST,SCR · PASA,NYPL
1935	24	NYY-min	C,B	42	84	84		19	2	0	0						.226	.226	.250	.476		21				AKR,NFK · MATL,PIED
1936	25	NYY-min	B	46	106	106		16	4	0	0						.151	.151	.189	.340		20				NFK · PIED
1937	26	NYY-min	AA	35	67	67		11	1	0	0						.164	.164	.179	.343		12				NWK · IL
1938	27	NYY-min	AA	13	31	31		2	0	0	0						.065	.065	.065	.129		2				NWK · IL
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	4	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	87	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	74	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	NYY-min	AAA	38	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143		0		0	0	KCY · AA
1948	37	NYG	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
9 Seasons				238	220	198	14	33	3	0	0	11	0	0	8	48	.167	.199	.182	.381	7	36	1	0	14
162 Game Avg.				162	150	135	10	22	2	0	0	7	0		5	33	.167	.199	.182	.381	7	25		0	10

CIN (7 yrs)				191	184	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	199	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1938	27	NYY	AL	21	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1

1940	29	CIN	NL	22	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1	MVP-17
1941	30	CIN	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1942	31	CIN	NL	22	-5	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	1
1943	32	CIN	NL	39	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1944	33	CIN	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1946	35	CIN	NL	74	-4	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1
1947	36	CIN	NL	12	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1947	36	NYG	NL	15	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
8 Seasons				220	-24	0	0	0	0	15	6	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$

CIN (7 yrs)				184	-19	0	0	0	0	12	5	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$
NYG (1 yr)				15	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
NYY (1 yr)				21	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$

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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1938	NYY	AL	27	P	14	9	4	58.1	20	1	19	0	4	1.000	3.09	1.43	.952	2.11	2.06
1940	CIN	NL	29	P	37	1	0	76.2	26	6	20	0	3	1.000	3.05	0.70	.962	2.22	2.22	MVP-17
1941	CIN	NL	30	P	37	0	0	57.0	16	3	12	1	1	.938	2.37	0.41	.965	2.23	2.21
1942	CIN	NL	31	P	38	0	0	88.2	37	6	31	0	2	1.000	3.76	0.97	.968	2.35	2.35
1943	CIN	NL	32	P	39	4	4	115.1	35	5	30	0	2	1.000	2.73	0.90	.961	2.25	2.25
1944	CIN	NL	33	P	1	1	1	9.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	.960	2.10	2.10
1946	CIN	NL	35	P	28	22	14	190.0	57	11	45	1	2	.982	2.65	2.00	.960	2.24	2.22
1947	TOT	NL	36	P	43	4	0	98.1	26	6	20	0	0	1.000	2.38	0.60	.966	2.10	2.07
1947	CIN	NL	36	P	11	4	0	32.1	10	1	9	0	0	1.000	2.78	0.91	.966	2.09	2.07
1947	NYG	NL	36	P	32	0	0	66.0	16	5	11	0	0	1.000	2.18	0.50	.966	2.10	2.07
1948	NYG	NL	37	P	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.10
	9 Seasons			P	238	41	23	693.2	220	39	179	2	14	.991	2.83	0.92	.962	2.22	2.21
	9 Seasons			TOT	238	41	23	693.2	220	39	179	2	14	.991	2.83	0.92	.962	2.22	2.21

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1940 NL (17, 6%) 0.06 Career Shares (1057th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1946 NL 3.1 (10th)	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)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1940 NL 3.05 (4th) 1942 NL 3.76 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1946 NL 2.00 (2nd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1940 NL 1.000 (1st) 1942 NL 1.000 (1st) 1943 NL 1.000 (1st) 1947 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 22 (1008), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 19 (333), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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

Transactions

January 4, 1940: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Lee Grissom.
June 7, 1947: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Babe Young.
May 10, 1948: Released by the New York Giants.

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