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Joe Borden

Joseph Emley Borden
a.k.a. Joseph Emley Josephs In 1875

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 140 lb.

Born: May 9, 1854 in Jacobstown, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 1875
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/Whites 1875-1876

Final Game: July 15, 1876
Died: October 14, 1929 in Yeadon, PA
Buried: Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
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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…

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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	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1875	21	PHI	NA	2	4	.333	1.50	7	7	0	7	2	0	66.0	47	30	11	0	7	9	0	1	266	153	*0.818*	*6.4*	*0.0*	1.0	1.2	1.29
1876	22	BSN	NL	11	12	.478	2.89	29	24	6	16	2	1	218.1	257	155	70	4	51	34		21	983	79	1.411	10.6	0.2	2.1	1.4	0.67
2 Seasons				13	16	.448	2.56	36	31	6	23	4	1	284.1	304	185	81	4	58	43	0	22	1249	89	1.273	9.6	0.1	1.8	1.4	0.74
162 Game Avg.				13	16	.448	2.56	37	31	6	23	4	1	289	309	188	82	4	59	44	0	22	1268	89	1.273	9.6	0.1	1.8	1.4	0.74

PHI (1 yr)				2	4	.333	1.50	7	7	0	7	2	0	66.0	47	30	11	0	7	9	0	1	266	153	0.818	6.4	0.0	1.0	1.2	1.29
BSN (1 yr)				11	12	.478	2.89	29	24	6	16	2	1	218.1	257	155	70	4	51	34		21	983	79	1.411	10.6	0.2	2.1	1.4	0.67

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	BSN	NL	218.1	24	155	151	0	1.0	-4	-0.7	$
1 Season				218.1	24	155	151	0	1.0	-4	-0.7	$

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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	Pos
1875	21	PHI	NA	7	28	28	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.107	.107	.107	.214	-27	3	0	0	/1
1876	22	BSN	NL	32	124	121	19	25	3	0	0	7			3	3	.207	.226	.231	.457	51	28		0	1O
2 Seasons				39	152	149	22	28	3	0	0	8	0	0	3	4	.188	.204	.208	.412	37	31	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	631	619	91	116	12	0	0	33			12	17	.188	.204	.208	.412	37	129		0

PHI (1 yr)				7	28	28	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.107	.107	.107	.214	-27	3	0	0
BSN (1 yr)				32	124	121	19	25	3	0	0	7			3	3	.207	.226	.231	.457	51	28		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
1875	21	PHI	NA	28	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$	/1
1876	22	BSN	NL	124	-5	0	0	0	-4	-1	4	-6	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$2,000	1O
2 Seasons				152	-9	0	0	0	-4	-1	5	-9	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$2,000

PHI (1 yr)				28	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$
BSN (1 yr)				124	-5	0	0	0	-4	-1	4	-6	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$2,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G
1875	PHI	NA	21	P	7	66.0	17	2	12	3	.824	1.91	2.00	.865	2.59	2.59
1876	BSN	NL	22	P	29	218.1	70	15	33	22	.686	1.98	1.66	.874	2.08	2.10
1876	BSN	NL	22	OF	16		13	5	1	7	.462		0.38	.847		2.11	0-0-16
	2 Seasons			P	36	284.1	87	17	45	25	.713	1.96	1.72	.872	2.20	2.19
	1 Season			OF	16		13	5	1	7	.462		0.38	.847		2.11	0-0-16
	2 Seasons			TOT	52	284.1	100	22	46	32	.680	1.96	1.31	.869	2.20	2.17	0-0-16

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1875 NA 1.50 (3rd) 1876 NL 2.89 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 1876 NL 11 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1876 NL .478 (7th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1875 NA 0.818 (1st) 1876 NL 1.411 (10th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1875 NA 6.409 (1st) 1876 NL 10.594 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1875 NA 1.227 (7th) 1876 NL 1.402 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1876 NL 29 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1876 NL 1 (4th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1876 NL 218.3 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1876 NL 34 (6th)	Games Started s c a p y 1876 NL 24 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1875 NA 2 (8th) 1876 NL 2 (6th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1876 NL 4 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1876 NL 51 (1st)	Hits s c a p y 1876 NL 257 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1875 NA 0.000 (1st)
Losses s c a p y 1876 NL 12 (9th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1876 NL 70 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1876 NL 21 (3rd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1876 NL 983 (10th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1876 NL 6 (2nd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1875 NA 153 (3rd) 1876 NL 79 (10th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1875 NA 6 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1875 NA 0.5 (7th)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1876 NL 22 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 33 (724), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1876	22	Boston Red Stockings	$2,000	Braves Encyclopedia 9	Released after one year of 3-year deal

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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