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Joe Blong

Joseph Myles Blong

Positions: Rightfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right

Born: September 17, 1853 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1875
Teams (by GP): BrownStockings/RedStockings 1875-1877

Final Game: October 6, 1877
Died: September 17, 1892 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1875 21 SLR NA 16 68 68 3 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 7 .147 .147 .176 .324 17 12 1 0 1/O
1876 22 STL NL 62 266 264 30 62 7 4 0 30 2 9 .235 .241 .292 .532 82 77 0 *O/1
1877 23 STL NL 58 222 218 17 47 8 3 0 13 4 22 .216 .230 .280 .510 63 61 0 *O1
3 Seasons 136 556 550 50 119 17 7 0 48 1 0 6 38 .216 .225 .273 .498 66 150 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 662 655 60 142 20 8 0 57 7 45 .216 .225 .273 .498 66 179 0
STL (2 yrs) 120 488 482 47 109 15 7 0 43 6 31 .226 .236 .286 .522 73 138 0
SLR (1 yr) 16 68 68 3 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 7 .147 .147 .176 .324 17 12 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 120 488 482 47 109 15 7 0 43 6 31 .226 .236 .286 .522 73 138 0
NA (1 yr) 16 68 68 3 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 7 .147 .147 .176 .324 17 12 1 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
1875 21 SLR NA 68 -7 0 0 0 0 0 2 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.4 0.0 $ 1/O
1876 22 STL NL 266 -3 0 0 0 4 -4 8 5 0.5 1 0.1 0.4 $ *O/1
1877 23 STL NL 222 -11 -1 0 0 2 -3 7 -6 -0.5 -8 -0.7 0.2 $ *O1
3 Seasons 556 -21 -1 0 0 6 -7 17 -6 -0.4 -12 -1.0 0.6 $
STL (2 yrs) 488 -14 -1 0 0 6 -7 15 -1 0.0 -7 -0.6 0.6 $
SLR (1 yr) 68 -7 0 0 0 0 0 2 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.4 0.0 $

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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1875 21 SLR NA 3 12 .200 3.07 15 15 1 12 1 0 129.0 169 121 44 0 2 14 1 12 597 71 1.326 11.8 0.0 0.1 1.0 7.00
1876 22 STL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0.750 4.5 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
1877 23 STL NL 10 9 .526 2.74 25 21 4 17 0 0 187.1 203 121 57 0 38 51 29 813 96 1.286 9.8 0.0 1.8 2.5 1.34
3 Seasons 13 21 .382 2.84 41 36 6 29 1 0 320.1 374 242 101 0 41 65 1 41 1424 86 1.296 10.5 0.0 1.2 1.8 1.59
162 Game Avg. 11 19 .382 2.84 36 32 5 26 1 0 283 330 214 89 0 36 57 1 36 1258 86 1.296 10.5 0.0 1.2 1.8 1.59
STL (2 yrs) 10 9 .526 2.68 26 21 5 17 0 0 191.1 205 121 57 0 39 51 29 827 98 1.275 9.6 0.0 1.8 2.4 1.31
SLR (1 yr) 3 12 .200 3.07 15 15 1 12 1 0 129.0 169 121 44 0 2 14 1 12 597 71 1.326 11.8 0.0 0.1 1.0 7.00
NL (2 yrs) NL 10 9 .526 2.68 26 21 5 17 0 0 191.1 205 121 57 0 39 51 29 827 98 1.275 9.6 0.0 1.8 2.4 1.31
NA (1 yr) NA 3 12 .200 3.07 15 15 1 12 1 0 129.0 169 121 44 0 2 14 1 12 597 71 1.326 11.8 0.0 0.1 1.0 7.00

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
1876 22 STL NL 4.0 0 0 3 0 1.0 3 0.2 $
1877 23 STL NL 187.1 21 121 127 2 1.0 6 -0.4 $
2 Seasons 191.1 21 121 130 2 1.0 9 -0.2 $

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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 G Awards
1875 SLR NA 21 P 15 129.0 55 15 36 4 1 .927 3.56 3.40 .865 2.59 2.58
1875 SLR NA 21 OF 4 7 3 2 2 0 .714 1.25 .819 1.88 2-2-0
1876 STL NL 22 OF 62 86 64 13 9 2 .895 1.24 .847 2.11 0-0-62
1876 STL NL 22 P 1 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 2.00 .875 2.02 2.10
1877 STL NL 23 OF 40 79 60 6 13 0 .835 1.65 .831 1.88 13-4-23
1877 STL NL 23 P 25 187.1 42 13 24 5 0 .881 1.78 1.48 .915 2.10 2.10
3 Seasons OF 106 172 127 21 24 2 .860 1.40 .838 2.01 15-6-85
3 Seasons P 41 320.1 99 28 62 9 1 .909 2.53 2.20 .886 2.30 2.28
3 Seasons TOT 147 320.1 271 155 83 33 3 .878 2.53 1.62 .856 2.30 2.09 15-6-85
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1877 NL  22 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1876 NL  0.2 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1877 NL  2.74 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1877 NL  10 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1877 NL  .526 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1877 NL  1.286 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1877 NL  9.753 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1875 NA  0.140 (2nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1877 NL  2.450 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1877 NL  25 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1877 NL  187.3 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1877 NL  51 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1877 NL  21 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1877 NL  17 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1875 NA  1 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1877 NL  38 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1877 NL  203 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1875 NA  7.000 (4th)
1877 NL  1.342 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1875 NA  0.000 (1st)
1877 NL  0.000 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1877 NL  9 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1877 NL  57 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1877 NL  29 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1877 NL  813 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1876 NL  1 (8th)
1877 NL  4 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1877 NL  96 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1876 NL  1 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1876 NL  0.1 (8th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1876 NL  13 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1877 NL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1875 NA  3.56 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1875 NA  3.40 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1875 NA  .927 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 27 (867), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ralph Glaze (981)
  2. Mike Regan (978)
  3. John Fulgham (977)
  4. Johnny Enzmann (975)
  5. Joe Borden (974)
  6. Larry Pape (974)
  7. Irv Higginbotham (974)
  8. Dick Mauney (972)
  9. Ren Deagle (972)
  10. Lon Knight (972)
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  1. Bob Black (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Paul Carter (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lew Moren (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  1. Bud Sharpe (975)
  2. Joe Stanley (964)
  3. Jack Hoey (964)
  4. Johnny Ryan (959)
  5. Ed Glenn (958)
  6. Jock Menefee (957)
  7. Joe Lovitto (956)
  8. Bill Collins (954)
  9. Wally Mattick (953)
  10. Jeff Tesreau (953)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Lovitto (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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