Joe Crotty

Joseph P. Crotty

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right

Born: December 24, 1859 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1882
Teams (by GP): Colonels/Reds/Metropolitans/BrownStockings/Eclipse 1882-1886

Final Game: July 5, 1886
Died: June 22, 1926 in Minneapolis, MN
Buried: St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
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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…

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…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1882	22	TOT	AA	13	51	48	3	6	1	0	0	0		3	.125	.176	.146	.322	9	7	0	2/O
1882	22	LOU	AA	5	20	20	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-31	2	0	/2
1882	22	STL	AA	8	31	28	2	4	1	0	0	0		3	.143	.226	.179	.404	35	5	0	/2O

1884	24	COR	UA	21	85	84	11	22	4	2	1	0		1	.262	.271	.393	.663	111	33	0	2
1885	25	LOU	AA	39	135	129	14	20	2	0	0	7		3	.155	.193	.171	.363	15	22	3	2/3
1886	26	NYP	AA	14	52	47	6	8	0	1	0	2	3	4	.170	.250	.213	.463	48	10	1	2
4 Seasons				87	323	308	34	56	7	3	1	9	3	11	.182	.220	.234	.454	46	72	4
162 Game Avg.				162	601	574	63	104	13	6	2	17		20	.182	.220	.234	.454	46	134	7

LOU (2 yrs)				44	155	149	15	22	2	0	0	7		3	.148	.181	.161	.342	10	24	3
COR (1 yr)				21	85	84	11	22	4	2	1	0		1	.262	.271	.393	.663	111	33	0
NYP (1 yr)				14	52	47	6	8	0	1	0	2	3	4	.170	.250	.213	.463	48	10	1
STL (1 yr)				8	31	28	2	4	1	0	0	0		3	.143	.226	.179	.404	35	5	0

AA (3 yrs)				66	238	224	23	34	3	1	0	9	3	10	.152	.202	.174	.376	21	39	4
UA (1 yr)				21	85	84	11	22	4	2	1	0		1	.262	.271	.393	.663	111	33	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
1882	22	LOU	AA	20	-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	/2
1882	22	STL	AA	31	-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	/2O

1884	24	COR	UA	85	1	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$	2
1885	25	LOU	AA	135	-14	0	0	0	-3	2	2	-13	-1.1	-10	-0.9	-0.2	$	2/3
1886	26	NYP	AA	52	-3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	2
4 Seasons				323	-21	0	0	0	-6	4	4	-19	-1.7	-13	-1.2	-0.5	$

LOU (2 yrs)				155	-17	0	0	0	-4	2	2	-17	-1.5	-13	-1.2	-0.3	$
COR (1 yr)				85	1	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$
NYP (1 yr)				52	-3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$
STL (1 yr)				31	-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB
1882	TOT	AA	22	C	12	85	58	17	10	4	.882	6.25	.880	6.32		17
1882	LOU	AA	22	C	5	34	19	11	4	1	.882	6.00	.880	6.32		7
1882	STL	AA	22	C	7	51	39	6	6	3	.882	6.43	.880	6.31		10
1882	STL	AA	22	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.850	1.80	0-1-0
1884	COR	UA	24	C	21	135	90	31	14	0	.896	5.76	.895	8.35		29
1885	LOU	AA	25	C	38	259	190	51	18	2	.931	6.34	.908	6.94		58
1885	LOU	AA	25	1B	1	10	9	0	1	1	.900	9.00	.966	10.60
1886	NYP	AA	26	C	14	89	60	23	6	1	.933	5.93	.910	7.19		19
	4 Seasons			C	85	568	398	122	48	7	.915	6.12	.901	7.24		123
	1 Season			1B	1	10	9	0	1	1	.900	9.00	.966	10.60
	1 Season			OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.850	1.80	0-1-0
	4 Seasons			TOT	87	579	408	122	49	8	.915	6.09	.902	7.22	0-1-0	123

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Passed Balls s c a p y 1885 AA 58 (4th) Career 123 (98th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1885 AA 58 (4th)
Career 123 (98th)

Transactions

August, 1882: Released by the Louisville Eclipse.

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