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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 PIT NL 23 OF 9 3 34.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 7.1 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 1.32 0.56 .980 2.20 1.90
1959 PIT NL 23 RF 9 3 34.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 7.1 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 1.32 0.56 .980 1.96 1.64
1960 PIT NL 24 OF 17 10 109.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -9.9 -0.9 -0.5 -0.3 0 1.98 1.41 .979 2.20 1.92
1960 PIT NL 24 LF 11 7 69.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.7 -0.1 -0.5 0.5 0 1.96 1.36 .973 1.98 1.54
1960 PIT NL 24 CF 5 3 39.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -27.7 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 1.85 1.60 .975 2.58 2.32
1960 PIT NL 24 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
1961 PIT NL 25 OF 55 44 410.2 90 86 2 2 1 .978 -3.4 -9.9 -2.4 0.0 -2.5 -1 1.93 1.60 .977 2.16 1.86
1961 PIT NL 25 LF 45 39 359.0 74 70 2 2 0 .973 -2.5 -8.4 -1.5 0.2 -1.7 -1 1.81 1.60 .973 1.88 1.50
1961 PIT NL 25 CF 5 5 43.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -22.3 -0.8 -0.3 -0.6 0 2.09 2.00 .980 2.64 2.28
1961 PIT NL 25 RF 5 0 8.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 1.04 0.20 1.000 1.97 1.60
1962 NYM NL 26 OF 94 69 639.1 142 133 5 4 4 .972 -5.3 -9.9 -5.3 -0.8 -4.5 0 1.94 1.47 .974 2.07 1.79
1962 NYM NL 26 RF 44 40 354.2 67 64 2 1 1 .985 -3.9 -13.2 -3.9 -1.1 -2.8 0 1.67 1.50 .975 1.90 1.65
1962 NYM NL 26 CF 32 26 239.1 64 58 3 3 3 .953 -2.0 -10.0 -2.0 -0.3 -1.7 0 2.29 1.91 .980 2.47 2.27
1962 NYM NL 26 LF 19 3 45.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 15.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 2.78 0.74 .964 1.81 1.37
1963 NYM NL 27 OF 45 33 300.0 60 58 1 1 1 .983 -5.9 -23.6 -3.9 -1.5 -2.4 -2 1.77 1.31 .977 2.01 1.75
1963 NYM NL 27 RF 40 29 268.2 51 49 1 1 1 .980 -5.4 -24.1 -3.4 -0.7 -2.7 -2 1.67 1.25 .976 1.83 1.61
1963 NYM NL 27 LF 6 4 31.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -19.1 -0.5 -0.8 0.3 0 1.15 0.67 .975 1.81 1.38
1964 NYM NL 28 OF 145 141 1241.0 268 251 10 7 2 .974 -12.7 -12.3 -7.7 -4.9 -2.7 -5 1.89 1.80 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 NYM NL 28 RF 129 127 1122.1 236 222 9 5 1 .979 -10.3 -11.0 -6.3 -3.9 -2.4 -4 1.85 1.79 .974 1.90 1.62
1964 NYM NL 28 CF 10 9 76.2 16 14 0 2 0 .875 -1.8 -28.2 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 -1 1.64 1.40 .981 2.35 2.10
1964 NYM NL 28 LF 7 5 42.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -17.1 -0.6 -0.2 -0.3 0 1.93 1.29 .967 1.71 1.34
1965 NYM NL 29 OF 112 110 942.0 185 180 3 2 0 .989 -4.7 -6.0 -1.7 -3.7 1.9 -3 1.75 1.63 .975 2.00 1.75
1965 NYM NL 29 LF 64 62 529.2 100 98 1 1 0 .990 -2.3 -5.2 -2.3 -2.5 0.1 0 1.68 1.55 .965 1.71 1.38
1965 NYM NL 29 RF 50 48 412.1 84 82 1 1 0 .988 -2.4 -7.0 0.6 -1.2 1.8 -3 1.81 1.66 .976 1.96 1.73
1966 BOS AL 30 LF 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.90 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.45
1966 BOS AL 30 OF 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.90 0.50 1.000 2.07 1.80
8 Seasons OF 479 411 3686.0 775 738 21 16 8 .979 -33.1 -10.8 -22.1 -11.0 -11.1 -11 1.85 1.58 .975 2.04 1.77
7 Seasons RF 278 247 2201.2 445 424 13 8 3 .982 -21.8 -11.9 -12.8 -6.4 -6.4 -9 1.79 1.57 .975 1.90 1.64
7 Seasons LF 154 121 1086.1 217 210 4 3 0 .986 -5.8 -6.4 -4.8 -3.2 -1.5 -1 1.77 1.39 .969 1.79 1.42
4 Seasons CF 52 43 398.0 98 89 4 5 4 .949 -5.5 -16.6 -4.5 -1.4 -3.2 -1 2.10 1.79 .980 2.48 2.24
8 Seasons TOT 479 411 3686.0 775 738 21 16 8 .979 -33.1 -10.8 -22.1 -11.0 -11.1 -11 1.85 1.58 .954 2.04 1.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 PIT NL 23 15 3 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 8
1960 PIT NL 24 50 10 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 1 17 7 26
1961 PIT NL 25 76 44 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 5 5 55 13 10
1962 NYM NL 26 119 69 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 32 44 94 19 16
1963 NYM NL 27 64 33 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 40 45 23 3
1964 NYM NL 28 154 141 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 129 145 9 1
1965 NYM NL 29 148 110 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 50 112 38 0
1966 BOS AL 30 12 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0
8 Seasons 638 411 638 638 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 52 278 479 119 64
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 PIT NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 55% 80% 27% 9 56%
1960 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 6 67% 83% 17% 2 50%
1961 PIT NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 36 81% 83% 31% 5 20%
1962 NYM NL 26 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 17 4 1 8 0 0 7 7 0 4 2 0 5 3 1 41 16 39.0% 23 2 4.9% 0 1665 62% 79% 27% 130 50%
1963 NYM NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 5 1 8 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 7 5 0 39 13 33.3% 25 1 2.6% 0 1196 55% 82% 28% 126 40%
1964 NYM NL 28 5 0 5 0 0 9 0 5 1 1 42 16 0 37 9 0 25 13 1 8 1 0 17 13 0 129 52 40.3% 76 1 0.8% 8 5016 58% 81% 33% 497 46%
1965 NYM NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18 2 0 9 1 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 8 6 0 43 14 32.6% 29 0 0.0% 1 1772 63% 79% 25% 175 47%
7 Seasons 8 0 7 1 0 13 0 7 1 1 96 28 2 63 12 0 40 26 1 18 4 0 38 28 1 255 98 38.4% 153 4 1.6% 9 9818 59% 80% 30% 944 46%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 284 49% 80% 28% 38 39%
1961 PIT NL 25 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 24 15 0 4 1 1 10 8 0 2 0 0 6 5 0 46 29 63.0% 16 1 2.2% 1 1582 61% 78% 25% 172 42%
1962 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 235 62% 83% 29% 29 48%
1963 NYM NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 150 63% 81% 20% 18 22%
1964 NYM NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 199 49% 84% 29% 17 53%
1965 NYM NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 28 23 1 12 3 0 10 6 0 4 0 0 9 8 0 63 40 63.5% 22 1 1.6% 0 2392 63% 80% 26% 249 40%
1966 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 50 58% 74% 20% 9 11%
7 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 62 46 1 24 6 1 28 20 0 9 0 0 19 17 0 142 89 62.7% 51 2 1.4% 2 4892 61% 80% 26% 532 40%
MLB Averages 57.1% 2.4% 61% 77% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 154 71% 73% 27% 16 50%
1961 PIT NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 189 65% 81% 22% 10 90%
1962 NYM NL 26 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 13 5 1 10 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 8 5 1 36 12 33.3% 22 2 5.6% 1 1098 58% 79% 30% 124 48%
1964 NYM NL 28 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 10 4 40.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 325 63% 80% 38% 34 41%
4 Seasons 5 0 4 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 19 8 1 14 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 16 12 1 54 22 40.7% 30 2 3.7% 2 1766 61% 79% 30% 184 49%
MLB Averages 40.6% 2.0% 61% 77% 27% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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