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Joe Christopher
Joseph O'Neal Christopher

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 176 lb.

Born: December 13, 1935 in Frederiksted, V.I.
High School: St. Patricks (Frederiksted, VI)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1959
Final Game: June 9, 1966
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Joe Christopher
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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	SF	IBB	Pos
1959	23	PIT	NL	15	14	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	1	0	0	/9
1960	24	PIT	NL	50	61	56	21	13	2	0	1	3	1	0	5	8	.232	.295	.321	.617	69	18	0	0	0	0	0	7/89
1961	25	PIT	NL	76	206	186	25	49	7	3	0	14	6	4	18	24	.263	.327	.333	.660	76	62	7	0	1	1	0	7/89
1962	26	NYM	NL	119	314	271	36	66	10	2	6	32	11	3	35	42	.244	.338	.362	.699	88	98	4	4	3	1	0	987
1963	27	NYM	NL	64	168	149	19	33	5	1	1	8	1	3	13	21	.221	.295	.289	.584	69	43	2	3	2	1	0	9/7
1964	28	NYM	NL	154	604	543	78	163	26	8	16	76	6	5	48	92	.300	.360	.466	.826	134	253	18	6	1	6	5	*98/7
1965	29	NYM	NL	148	486	437	38	109	18	3	5	40	4	4	35	82	.249	.311	.339	.650	87	148	10	6	4	4	3	*79
1966	30	BOS	AL	12	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.077	.200	.077	.277	-20	1	0	0	0	0	0	/7
8 Seasons				638	1868	1667	224	434	68	17	29	173	29	19	157	277	.260	.329	.374	.702	97	623	41	19	12	13	8
162 Game Avg.				162	474	423	57	110	17	4	7	44	7	5	40	70	.260	.329	.374	.702	97	158	10	5	3	3	2

NYM (4 yrs)				485	1572	1400	171	371	59	14	28	156	22	15	131	237	.265	.334	.387	.721	104	542	34	19	10	12	8
PIT (3 yrs)				141	281	254	52	62	9	3	1	17	7	4	24	36	.244	.308	.315	.623	67	80	7	0	2	1	0
BOS (1 yr)				12	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.077	.200	.077	.277	-20	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				626	1853	1654	223	433	68	17	29	173	29	19	155	273	.262	.330	.376	.706	98	622	41	19	12	13	8
AL (1 yr)				12	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.077	.200	.077	.277	-20	1	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1959	23	PIT	NL	14	13	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.269	.077	.335	.000	.416	.077	.751	-77	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.083	.083	.000
1960	24	PIT	NL	61	43	6	3.8	100	.255	.232	.264	.295	.330	.321	.406	.617	.736	69	.432	-2.5	-0.2	.558	.196	.089	1.0
1961	25	PIT	NL	206	150	19	3.4	106	.301	.263	.271	.327	.338	.333	.422	.660	.760	76	.357	-6.4	-0.6	.554	.177	.070	.0
1962	26	NYM	NL	314	216	36	4.5	103	.268	.244	.270	.338	.337	.362	.410	.699	.747	88	.490	-3.8	-0.4	.684	.277	.118	7.8
1963	27	NYM	NL	168	124	13	2.8	89	.250	.221	.254	.295	.316	.289	.380	.584	.696	69	.355	-5.6	-0.6	.471	.141	.067	1.0
1964	28	NYM	NL	604	410	88	5.8	91	.333	.300	.260	.360	.317	.466	.386	.826	.703	134	.652	25.2	2.6	.764	.256	.166	8.7
1965	29	NYM	NL	486	350	46	3.6	90	.294	.249	.254	.311	.316	.339	.383	.650	.700	87	.430	-6.7	-0.7	.553	.169	.089	4.4
1966	30	BOS	AL	15	12	0	0.0	98	.111	.077	.260	.200	.329	.077	.401	.277	.729	-20	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.250	.154	.000
8 Seasons				1868	1318	208	4.2	95	.295	.260	.261	.329	.323	.374	.394	.702	.717	97	.500	-5.0	-0.5	.626	.214	.113	29.0
162 Game Avg.				474	335	53	4.2	95	.295	.260	.261	.329	.323	.374	.394	.702	.717	97	.500	-5.0	-0.5	.626	.214	.113	7

NYM (4 yrs)				1572	1100	183	4.5	93	.299	.265	.259	.334	.321	.387	.389	.721	.710	104	.531	9.1	0.9	.648	.221	.122	24.6
PIT (3 yrs)				281	206	25	3.2	105	.280	.244	.270	.308	.336	.315	.418	.623	.754	67	.346	-12.0	-1.2	.527	.177	.071	1.8
BOS (1 yr)				15	12	0	0.0	98	.111	.077	.260	.200	.329	.077	.401	.277	.729	-20	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.250	.154	.000

NL (7 yrs)				1853	1306	208	4.3	95	.296	.262	.261	.330	.323	.376	.393	.706	.717	98	.504	-2.9	-0.3	.629	.214	.114	29.0
AL (1 yr)				15	12	0	0.0	98	.111	.077	.260	.200	.329	.077	.401	.277	.729	-20	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.250	.154	.000

Postseason Batting

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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
1960	24	PIT	NL	WS	NYY	W	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0	1	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0	1	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	23	PIT	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	7.1%	0.0%		4.00	3.0			8.00	57%
1960	24	PIT	NL	61	1.6%	13.1%	8.2%	4.9%	23%	1.60	7.0	56.0	18.7	1.38	77%
1961	25	PIT	NL	206	0.0%	11.7%	8.7%	4.9%	20%	1.33	7.8		13.3	0.93	79%
1962	26	NYM	NL	314	1.9%	13.4%	11.2%	5.7%	27%	1.20	6.5	45.2	8.5	0.87	71%
1963	27	NYM	NL	168	0.6%	12.5%	7.7%	4.2%	21%	1.62	7.1	149.0	18.6	0.62	76%
1964	28	NYM	NL	604	2.7%	15.2%	8.0%	8.3%	31%	1.92	5.9	33.9	7.1	0.94	73%
1965	29	NYM	NL	486	1.0%	16.9%	7.2%	5.4%	24%	2.34	5.3	87.4	10.9	0.90	73%
1966	30	BOS	AL	15	0.0%	26.7%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.3			0.14	60%
8 Seasons				1868	1.6%	14.8%	8.4%	6.1%	26%	1.76	6.0	57.5	9.6	0.89	74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	23	PIT	NL	0	0	600%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	60%	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1960	24	PIT	NL	2	0	118%	66	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	52%	12	8	4	1	0	1	10	3	7
1961	25	PIT	NL	3	0	37%	89	6	4	60%	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	2	50%	16	7	9	5	4	1	9	3	5
1962	26	NYM	NL	3	0	30%	156	11	3	79%	11	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	11	47%	19	13	6	1	0	1	10	3	7
1963	27	NYM	NL	2	0	38%	72	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	56%	10	5	4	1	1	0	7	1	6
1964	28	NYM	NL	8	0	31%	225	6	5	55%	6	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	14	46%	37	20	15	13	9	4	16	5	11
1965	29	NYM	NL	5	0	23%	170	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	9	48%	24	14	8	7	4	3	13	3	10
1966	30	BOS	AL	0	0	33%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
8 Seasons				23	0	34%	789	29	19	60%	29	17	0	2	0	0	6	0	39	44	49%	122	69	48	28	18	10	68	19	48
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1959	23	PIT	NL	14	21%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1960	24	PIT	NL	58	66%	13			6	0	0	0	1.63	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	6	1	17%	31	2	6%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	3
1961	25	PIT	NL	203	59%	49			11	3	0	2	1.76	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	41	7	17%	20	6	30%	129	16	12%	9	4	44%	12	7	58%	3
1962	26	NYM	NL	314	36%	66			18	3	0	1	1.95	6	0	5	4	2	5	1	0	7	3	43%	58	4	7%	25	6	24%	168	26	15%	15	8	53%	21	7	33%	0
1963	27	NYM	NL	168	57%	33			21	3	0	1	1.10	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	67%	27	2	7%	15	5	33%	72	7	10%	4	3	75%	6	1	17%	0
1964	28	NYM	NL	604	30%	163			9	3	0	1	1.97	16	1	13	12	4	9	7	0	2	1	50%	132	18	14%	54	18	33%	388	63	16%	40	22	55%	26	13	50%	0
1965	29	NYM	NL	486	30%	109			34	10	0	0	1.12	5	0	6	1	4	5	0	0	5	4	80%	86	10	12%	38	11	29%	291	37	13%	28	10	36%	28	8	29%	0
1966	30	BOS	AL	15	60%	1			8	0	0	0	1.23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
8 Seasons				1862	38%	434			107	22	0	5	1.43	29	1	32	18	11	21	8	0	20	12	60%	354	41	12%	159	48	30%	1094	151	14%	99	47	47%	100	36	36%	6
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1959	23	15	14	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	1	0	0
1960	24	65	75	68	27	13	2	0	1	3	1	0	6	12	.191	.257	.265	.521	43	18	0	0	1	0	0
1961	25	141	281	254	52	62	9	3	1	17	7	4	24	36	.244	.308	.315	.623	67	80	7	0	2	1	0
1962	26	260	595	525	88	128	19	5	7	49	18	7	59	78	.244	.324	.339	.663	78	178	11	4	5	2	0
1963	27	324	763	674	107	161	24	6	8	57	19	10	72	99	.239	.317	.328	.645	76	221	13	7	7	3	0
1964	28	478	1367	1217	185	324	50	14	24	133	25	15	120	191	.266	.336	.389	.726	101	474	31	13	8	9	5
1965	29	626	1853	1654	223	433	68	17	29	173	29	19	155	273	.262	.330	.376	.706	98	622	41	19	12	13	8
1966	30	638	1868	1667	224	434	68	17	29	173	29	19	157	277	.260	.329	.374	.702	97	623	41	19	12	13	8

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	23	16	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	15
1960	24	52	66	60	23	15	2	0	1	3	1	6	8	.250	.318	.333	.652	6	50
1961	25	79	211	192	26	49	7	3	0	14	6	18	25	.255	.318	.323	.640	20	76
1962	26	119	317	275	36	70	11	2	6	32	12	37	42	.255	.350	.375	.725	36	119
1963	27	64	172	153	22	37	6	1	1	9	1	15	21	.242	.320	.314	.633	15	64
1964	28	154	615	552	88	172	27	8	17	86	6	51	92	.312	.372	.482	.854	99	154
1965	29	147	492	444	43	118	19	3	5	45	4	38	81	.266	.329	.356	.685	52	148
1966	30	12	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	12
8 Seasons		643	1902	1702	238	461	72	17	30	189	30	168	277	.271	.341	.386	.727	228	638
162 Game Avg.		162	479	429	60	116	18	4	8	48	8	42	70	.271	.341	.386	.727	57	638

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1964 NL 8 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 NL 6 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1964 NL 6 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1964 NL 18 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Whitey Herzog (979) *
Ray Coleman (975)
George Vukovich (971)
Jerome Walton (968)
Timo Perez (968)
Leron Lee (967)
Len Gabrielson (967)
Paul Lehner (966)
Luis Matos (966)
Greg Briley (966)

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages

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Ron Roenicke (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Whitey Herzog (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Reid Nichols (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Sheridan (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Whitey Herzog (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50