Joe Decker

George Henry Decker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 16, 1947 in Storm Lake, IA
High School: Petaluma HS (Petaluma, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1965 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1969
Teams (by GP): Twins/Cubs/Mariners 1969-1979

Final Game: July 7, 1979
Died: March 2, 2003 in Fraser, MI
Buried: Buena Vista Memorial Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA
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Standard Batting

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
1965	18	CHC-min	Rk	13	25	25		5	0	1	0						.200	.200	.280	.480		7							CDW · PION
1966	19	CHC-min	A	27	42	42		12	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571		12							LOD · CALL
1967	20	CHC-min	A	18	23	22	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	10	.182	.217	.318	.536		7							LOD · CALL
1968	21	CHC-min	A,AAA	20	47	43	1	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.209	.227	.256	.483		11		1	3	0			LOD,TAC · CALL,PCL
1969	22	CHC-min	AAA	40	58	49	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.102	.137	.102	.239		5		0	7	0			TAC · PCL
1969	22	CHC	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	23	CHC-min	AA	2	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SAN · TL
1970	23	CHC	NL	24	38	34	3	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	16	.176	.222	.294	.516	32	10	0	0	2	0	0	1
1971	24	CHC-min	AAA	10	29	24	5	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	8	.125	.250	.167	.417		4		0	1	0			TAC · PCL
1971	24	CHC	NL	22	10	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.250	.333	.375	.708	91	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1972	25	CHC-min	AAA	28	67	62	4	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	22	.194	.206	.194	.400		12		0	4	0			WCH · AA
1972	25	CHC	NL	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0	/1
1973	26	MIN	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	27	MIN	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	28	MIN	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	29	DET-min	AAA	12	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0			EVN · AA
1976	29	MIN	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1977	30	CHC-min	AAA	14	36	31	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.194	.194	.226	.419		7		0	5	0			WCH · AA
1978	31	SEA-min	AAA	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SJO · PCL
1979	32	SEA-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SPO · PCL
1979	32	SEA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1982	35	SEA-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SLC · PCL
1983	36	SEA-min	AAA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SLC · PCL
9 Yrs				153	55	46	5	8	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	0	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	58	49	5	8	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	23	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	14	0	0	6	0	0

MIN (4 yrs)				89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (4 yrs)				55	55	46	5	8	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	0	0	6	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (4 yrs)				55	55	46	5	8	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	0	0	6	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1969	22	CHC	NL	4	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1970	23	CHC	NL	24	38	-4	0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1971	24	CHC	NL	22	10	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1972	25	CHC	NL	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.527	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$16,000	/1
1973	26	MIN	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1974	27	MIN	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1975	28	MIN	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1976	29	MIN	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1979	32	SEA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
9 Seasons				153	55	-4	0	1	0	6	3	0.4	2	5	0.4	.502	.500	0.4	0.1	5	$16,000

MIN (4 yrs)				89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$
CHC (4 yrs)				55	55	-4	0	1	0	6	3	0.4	2	5	0.4	.506	.501	0.4	0.0	5	$16,000
SEA (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1969	22	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.274	.000	.346	.000	.406	.000	.752	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1970	23	CHC	NL	38	30	2	1.8	112	.294	.176	.280	.222	.354	.294	.427	.516	.781	32	.148	-3.7	-0.4	.429	.176	.118	.0
1971	24	CHC	NL	10	7	1	3.8	102	.667	.250	.274	.333	.342	.375	.401	.708	.744	91	.474	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.250	.125
1972	25	CHC	NL	5	5	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.268	.000	.338	.000	.396	.000	.733	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				55	44	3	1.8	110	.304	.174	.278	.224	.351	.283	.420	.507	.771	31	.164	-4.9	-0.5	.421	.174	.109	.0
162 Game Avg.				58	47	3	1.8	110	.304	.174	.278	.224	.351	.283	.420	.507	.771	31	.164	-4.9	-0.5	.421	.174	.109

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	22	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1970	23	CHC	NL	38	2.6%	42.1%	5.3%	5.3%	33%	8.00	2.1	34.0	11.3	2.50	45%
1971	24	CHC	NL	10	0.0%	50.0%	10.0%	10.0%	50%	5.00	1.6				30%
1972	25	CHC	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							40%
9 Yrs				55	1.8%	40.0%	5.5%	5.5%	38%	7.33	2.1	46.0	15.3	4.25	42%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.6%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.57	6.5	45.2	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1969	22	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.52	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.61	-0.5	0
1970	23	CHC	NL	-3.7	-0.4	38	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.84	-0.3	0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.88	-3.4	0
1971	24	CHC	NL	-0.1	-0.0	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.04	-0.0	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.12	-0.3	0
1972	25	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	5	0.1	0.2	-0.0	.69	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.2	1.48	0.7	0
1973	26	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1974	27	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1975	28	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1976	29	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0

1979	32	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0
9 Yrs				-4.9	-0.5	55	-0.2	0.7	-0.8	.85	-0.3	0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.97	-3.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1969	22	CHC	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0
1970	23	CHC	NL	0	29%	8	1	50%	1	1	1	1
1971	24	CHC	NL	0	33%	9	0		0	0	0	0
1972	25	CHC	NL	1		2	0		0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				1	40%	19	1	50%	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1969	22	CHC	NL	2	100%	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
1970	23	CHC	NL	38	8%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	4	2	50%	17	2	12%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1971	24	CHC	NL	10	60%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1972	25	CHC	NL	5	20%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	5	0	0%	4	2	50%	7	2	29%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
9 Yrs				55	22%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	8	6	75%	12	0	0%	11	5	45%	33	4	12%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			33%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1969	22	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1970	23	28	40	36	3	6	1	1	3	2	17	.167	.211	.278	.488	25	10	2
1971	24	50	50	44	4	8	2	1	3	3	22	.182	.234	.295	.529	37	13	3
1972	25	55	55	46	5	8	2	1	3	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	6
1973	26	84	55	46	5	8	2	1	3	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	6
1974	27	121	55	46	5	8	2	1	3	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	6
1975	28	131	55	46	5	8	2	1	3	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	6
1976	29	144	55	46	5	8	2	1	3	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	6
1977	30	144	55	46	5	8	2	1	3	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	6
1978	31	144	55	46	5	8	2	1	3	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	6
1979	32	153	55	46	5	8	2	1	3	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	31	13	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	22	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1970	23	24	38	34	3	6	1	1	3	2	16	.176	.222	.294	.516	2	24
1971	24	22	10	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	5	.250	.333	.375	.708	1	22
1972	25	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
4 Yrs		55	55	46	5	8	2	1	3	3	22	.174	.224	.283	.507	3	55
162 Game Avg.		162	162	135	15	24	6	3	9	9	65	.174	.224	.283	.507	9	55

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