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Joe Charboneau

Joseph Charboneau

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 17, 1955 in Belvidere, IL
School: West Valley College (Saratoga, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 10, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1980 (Age 24)
Team: Indians 1980-1982

Final Game: June 1, 1982 (Age 26)
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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
1976	21	PHI-min	A	43	133	121	20	36	3	0	4	18	1	1	9	25	.298	.353	.421	.775		51		2	0	1			SPB · WCRS
1977	22	PHI-min	A	12	34	29	4	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	7	.172	.294	.276	.570		8		1	0	0			PNS · CARL
1978	23	MIN-min	A	130	589	497	119	174	35	5	18	116	5	2	76	70	.350	.437	.549	.986		273		6	3	7			VIS · CALL
1979	24	CLE-min	AA	109	427	372	70	131	24	2	21	78	6	1	47	49	.352	.422	.597	1.019		222		1	3	4			CNG · SOUL
1980	25	CLE	AL	131	512	453	76	131	17	2	23	87	2	4	49	70	.289	.358	.488	.846	129	221	24	3	1	6	0	7D/9	RoY-1
1981	26	CLE-min	AAA	14	53	46	6	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	7	.217	.302	.239	.541		11		0	0	1	0		CHL · IL
1981	26	CLE	AL	48	147	138	14	29	7	1	4	18	1	0	7	22	.210	.247	.362	.609	75	50	5	0	1	1	0	7D/9
1982	27	CLE-min	AAA,AA	33	122	106	12	24	2	1	2	7	1	0	12	18	.226	.320	.321	.640		34		3	0	1	1		CHL,CNG · IL,SOUL
1982	27	CLE	AL	22	63	56	7	12	2	1	2	9	0	0	5	7	.214	.286	.393	.679	85	22	2	1	0	1	0	9/7D
1983	28	CLE-min	AA	11	40	35	3	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	5	.200	.275	.371	.646		13		1	0	1	0		BFL · EL
1984	29	PIT-min	A,AAA	123	455	391	69	110	20	2	8	55	4	4	52	56	.281	.361	.404	.765		158		2	1	9	1		PRW,HAW · CARL,PCL
3 Yrs				201	722	647	97	172	26	4	29	114	3	4	61	99	.266	.329	.453	.782	115	293	31	4	2	8	0
162 Game Avg.				162	582	521	78	139	21	3	23	92	2	3	49	80	.266	.329	.453	.782	115	236	25	3	2	6	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1980	25	CLE	AL	131	512	19	2	-3	-3	-8	6	0.8	17	24	2.4	.505	.504	2.7	-1.1	27		7D/9	RoY-1
1981	26	CLE	AL	48	147	-5	0	-0	-0	-2	-8	-0.9	5	-3	-0.4	.482	.495	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$75,000	7D/9
1982	27	CLE	AL	22	63	-2	0	-0	-3	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.470	.496	-0.1	-0.4	-1		9/7D
3 Seasons				201	722	12	2	-4	-7	-11	-8	-0.7	25	17	1.6	.496	.498	2.3	-1.9	24	$75,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1980	CLE	AL	25	LF	67	64	50	551.1	131	121	6	4	1	.969	-4	-8	2.07	1.90	.980	2.35	2.35	RoY-1
1980	CLE	AL	25	OF	67	64	50	553.1	136	125	6	5	1	.963	-3	-7	2.13	1.96	.979	2.47	2.46	RoY-1
1980	CLE	AL	25	DH	56	53																RoY-1
1980	CLE	AL	25	RF	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	300	9.00	2.00	.975	2.25	2.10	RoY-1
1981	CLE	AL	26	OF	27	27	9	213.0	54	51	1	2	0	.963	-0	-2	2.20	1.93	.983	2.48	2.47
1981	CLE	AL	26	LF	23	21	9	174.0	47	44	1	2	0	.957	0	0	2.33	1.96	.979	2.38	2.38
1981	CLE	AL	26	DH	14	9
1981	CLE	AL	26	RF	6	6	0	39.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-12	1.38	1.00	.980	2.17	2.15
1982	CLE	AL	27	OF	18	14	7	121.2	22	21	0	1	0	.955	-3	-34	1.55	1.17	.982	2.47	2.46
1982	CLE	AL	27	RF	10	8	6	77.0	15	14	0	1	0	.933	-2	-34	1.64	1.40	.981	2.27	2.26
1982	CLE	AL	27	LF	9	6	1	44.2	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-32	1.21	0.67	.982	2.30	2.28
1982	CLE	AL	27	DH	1	0
	3 Seasons			OF	112	105	66	888.0	212	197	7	8	1	.962	-7	-9	2.07	1.82	.980	2.47	2.46
	3 Seasons			LF	99	91	60	770.0	184	171	7	6	1	.967	-5	-8	2.08	1.80	.980	2.35	2.35
	3 Seasons			RF	17	14	6	118.0	23	22	0	1	0	.957	-2	-21	1.68	1.29	.980	2.23	2.21
	3 Seasons			TOT	112	105	66	888.0	212	197	7	8	1	.962	-7	-9	2.07	1.82	.980	2.47	2.46

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 1980 AL Rookie of the Year	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1980 AL .846 (10th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1980 AL 24 (2nd)	AB per HR s c a p y 1980 AL 19.7 (8th)

Awards (yr lg award)
1980 AL Rookie of the Year

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1980 AL .846 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1980 AL 24 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1980 AL 19.7 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2251), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Left Field (419th), 1.6 career WAR/1.6 7yr-peak WAR/1.6 JAWS Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

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Transactions

January 7, 1976: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 10, 1976.
December 6, 1978: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for Cardell Camper.
Before 1984 Season: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
February 1, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1981	26	Cleveland Indians	$75,000	Curse of Rocky Colavito 217

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$75,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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