Joe Decker
George Henry Decker Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 16, 1947 in Storm Lake, IA
High School: Petaluma (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
Final Game: July 7, 1979
Died: March 2, 2003 in Fraser, MI
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1969 22 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 2.92 4 1 1 0 0 0 12.1 10 4 4 0 6 0 13 0 0 1 51 138 1.297 7.3 0.0 4.4 9.5 2.17
1970 23 CHC NL 2 7 .222 4.64 24 17 3 1 0 0 108.2 108 64 56 12 56 3 79 4 0 5 482 96 1.509 8.9 1.0 4.6 6.5 1.41
1971 24 CHC NL 3 2 .600 4.73 21 4 4 0 0 0 45.2 62 24 24 2 25 3 37 0 0 1 215 83 1.905 12.2 0.4 4.9 7.3 1.48
1972 25 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 2.13 5 1 1 0 0 0 12.2 9 3 3 1 4 0 7 0 0 0 52 178 1.026 6.4 0.7 2.8 5.0 1.75
1973 26 MIN AL 10 10 .500 4.17 29 24 3 6 3 0 170.1 167 87 79 12 88 0 109 4 0 8 743 95 1.497 8.8 0.6 4.6 5.8 1.24
1974 27 MIN AL 16 14 .533 3.29 37 37 0 11 1 0 248.2 234 105 91 24 97 1 158 2 0 9 1047 114 1.331 8.5 0.9 3.5 5.7 1.63
1975 28 MIN AL 1 3 .250 8.54 10 7 2 1 0 0 26.1 25 25 25 2 36 0 8 0 0 5 135 45 2.316 8.5 0.7 12.3 2.7 0.22
1976 29 MIN AL 2 7 .222 5.28 13 12 1 0 0 0 58.0 60 37 34 3 51 0 35 1 1 6 279 68 1.914 9.3 0.5 7.9 5.4 0.69
1979 32 SEA AL 0 1 .000 4.28 9 2 6 0 0 0 27.1 27 14 13 2 14 1 12 0 0 2 121 103 1.500 8.9 0.7 4.6 4.0 0.86
9 Seasons 36 44 .450 4.17 152 105 21 19 4 0 710.0 702 363 329 58 377 8 458 11 1 37 3125 95 1.520 8.9 0.7 4.8 5.8 1.21
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .450 4.17 40 28 6 5 1 0 188 186 96 87 15 100 2 121 3 0 10 827 95 1.520 8.9 0.7 4.8 5.8 1.21
MIN (4 yrs) 29 34 .460 4.09 89 80 6 18 4 0 503.1 486 254 229 41 272 1 310 7 1 28 2204 93 1.506 8.7 0.7 4.9 5.5 1.14
CHC (4 yrs) 7 9 .438 4.37 54 23 9 1 0 0 179.1 189 95 87 15 91 6 136 4 0 7 800 97 1.561 9.5 0.8 4.6 6.8 1.49
SEA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.28 9 2 6 0 0 0 27.1 27 14 13 2 14 1 12 0 0 2 121 103 1.500 8.9 0.7 4.6 4.0 0.86
AL (5 yrs) 29 35 .453 4.10 98 82 12 18 4 0 530.2 513 268 242 43 286 2 322 7 1 30 2325 94 1.506 8.7 0.7 4.9 5.5 1.13
NL (4 yrs) 7 9 .438 4.37 54 23 9 1 0 0 179.1 189 95 87 15 91 6 136 4 0 7 800 97 1.561 9.5 0.8 4.6 6.8 1.49

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 22 CHC NL 4 51 45 4 10 0 0 0 0 2 6 13 .222 .314 .222 .536 .313 10 1 0 0 0 0
1970 23 CHC NL 24 482 410 64 108 20 2 12 9 3 56 79 .263 .354 .410 .763 .296 168 9 4 7 5 3
1971 24 CHC NL 21 215 181 24 62 12 2 2 6 4 25 37 .343 .418 .464 .882 .417 84 4 0 7 2 3
1972 25 CHC NL 5 52 48 3 9 3 1 1 1 0 4 7 .188 .250 .354 .604 .200 17 0 0 0 0 0
1973 26 MIN AL 29 743 643 87 167 21 3 12 12 12 88 109 .260 .350 .358 .708 .295 230 16 4 4 4 0
1974 27 MIN AL 37 1047 930 105 234 25 5 24 31 16 97 158 .252 .321 .367 .688 .278 341 25 2 10 8 1
1975 28 MIN AL 10 135 96 25 25 5 1 2 5 2 36 8 .260 .462 .396 .858 .267 38 3 0 3 0 0
1976 29 MIN AL 13 279 220 37 60 8 3 3 11 4 51 35 .273 .404 .377 .782 .305 83 6 1 2 5 0
1979 32 SEA AL 9 121 106 14 27 3 0 2 6 1 14 12 .255 .339 .340 .678 .269 36 2 0 0 1 1
9 Seasons 152 3125 2679 363 702 97 17 58 81 44 377 458 .262 .353 .376 .728 .294 1007 66 11 33 25 8
162 Game Avg. 40 827 709 96 186 26 4 15 21 12 100 121 .262 .353 .376 .728 .294 266 17 3 9 7 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 22 CHC NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 58 58 58 2 0 0 1 3.0 0.0 6.0
1970 23 CHC NL 24 17 2 7 8 0 4 4 13 .235 2 1 1 0 10 59% 49 75 25 16 7 9 6 3.7 4.5 5.7
1971 24 CHC NL 21 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 2 50% 48 72 30 15 6 2 2 2.8 2.6 4.9
1972 25 CHC NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 60 60 60 6 1 0 1 15.0 12.0 6.0
1973 26 MIN AL 29 24 10 10 4 1 3 11 13 .458 5 0 6 3 15 63% 52 91 16 28 17 13 3 4.6 4.4 6.6
1974 27 MIN AL 37 37 16 14 7 1 4 20 16 .556 2 2 11 1 22 59% 54 77 20 32 10 13 4 3.8 4.0 6.7
1975 28 MIN AL 10 7 1 3 3 1 0 3 4 .429 0 2 1 0 0 0% 37 52 28 15 6 3 4 4.5 3.1 2.9
1976 29 MIN AL 13 12 2 7 3 0 2 5 7 .417 0 2 0 0 4 33% 43 63 -4 22 4 3 6 4.3 4.8 4.4
1979 32 SEA AL 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 39 49 28 2 2 0 0 4.0 4.5 3.0
9 Seasons 152 105 33 44 28 3 13 46 58 .442 11 8 19 4 55 52% 50 91 -4 138 53 43 27 4.1 4.2 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 22 CHC NL 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.048 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 6.3
1970 23 CHC NL 24 7 3 0 0 2 0 2 0% 2 0 4 3 75% 8 0.951 2 0 5 2 0 5 3 4 4 2 4 0 5.0
1971 24 CHC NL 21 17 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 3 25% 7 0.934 2 4 10 2 1 14 8 9 9 5 9 2 4.6
1972 25 CHC NL 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0% 6 0.874 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 3 3 1 3 0 5.0
1973 26 MIN AL 29 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 0.931 0 1 4 0 0 5 2 3 5 0 5 0 7.8
1975 28 MIN AL 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.801 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 6.0
1976 29 MIN AL 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0.908 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 16.0
1979 32 SEA AL 9 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 6 0.513 0 1 6 0 0 7 4 3 6 1 7 1 9.1
8 Seasons 115 47 21 3 0 2 0 2 0% 6 2 29 8 28% 0.902 4 9 30 6 1 40 19 28 32 10 33 3 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 22 CHC NL 51 41% 0.0% 25.5% 11.8% 0.0% 0% 1.20 63% 13 1 8%
1970 23 CHC NL 482 40% 2.5% 16.4% 11.6% 7.1% 32% 1.10 67% 101 9 9%
1971 24 CHC NL 215 38% 0.9% 17.2% 11.6% 7.4% 26% 1.14 67% 55 4 7%
1972 25 CHC NL 52 44% 1.9% 13.5% 7.7% 9.6% 56% 1.21 77% 9 0 0%
1973 26 MIN AL 743 47% 1.6% 14.7% 11.8% 4.9% 22% 1.30 71% 148 16 11%
1974 27 MIN AL 1047 45% 2.3% 15.1% 9.3% 5.2% 23% 1.11 72% 202 25 12%
1975 28 MIN AL 135 42% 1.5% 5.9% 26.7% 5.9% 32% 1.19 64% 32 3 9%
1976 29 MIN AL 279 40% 1.1% 12.5% 18.3% 5.0% 23% 1.31 67% 58 6 10%
1979 32 SEA AL 121 50% 1.7% 9.9% 11.6% 4.1% 19% 1.23 77% 23 2 9%
9 Seasons 3125 44% 1.9% 14.7% 12.1% 5.5% 25% 1.18 70% 641 66 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 22 CHC NL 51 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 1 0 18 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1970 23 CHC NL 482 108 12 0 9 8 4 8 4 20 11 3 55% 5 5 2 199 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1971 24 CHC NL 215 62 2 0 9 1 1 0 2 20 7 2 35% 0 1 0 102 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
1972 25 CHC NL 52 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 26 MIN AL 743 167 12 1 13 5 7 6 6 36 19 7 53% 9 8 6 291 12 12 50% 11 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 0
1974 27 MIN AL 1047 234 24 1 17 20 4 10 14 65 26 12 40% 17 9 1 384 31 16 66% 28 13 2 1 1 2 1 1 19 0
1975 28 MIN AL 135 25 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 12 7 1 58% 2 5 0 51 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1976 29 MIN AL 279 60 3 0 8 1 2 1 2 20 11 2 55% 4 6 0 106 11 4 73% 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1979 32 SEA AL 121 27 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 6 4 0 67% 2 2 0 53 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Seasons 3125 702 58 3 66 40 18 28 30 182 86 27 47% 41 37 10 1219 81 44 65% 73 39 7 2 1 3 4 2 85 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1969 22 1 0 1.000 2.92 4 1 1 0 0 0 12.1 10 4 4 0 6 0 13 0 0 1 51 138 1.297 7.3 0.0 4.4 9.5 2.17 138
1970 23 3 7 .300 4.46 28 18 4 1 0 0 121.0 118 68 60 12 62 3 92 4 0 6 533 99 1.488 8.8 0.9 4.6 6.8 1.48 99
1971 24 6 9 .400 4.54 49 22 8 1 0 0 166.2 180 92 84 14 87 6 129 4 0 7 748 94 1.602 9.7 0.8 4.7 7.0 1.48 94
1972 25 7 9 .438 4.37 54 23 9 1 0 0 179.1 189 95 87 15 91 6 136 4 0 7 800 97 1.561 9.5 0.8 4.6 6.8 1.49 97
1973 26 17 19 .472 4.27 83 47 12 7 3 0 349.2 356 182 166 27 179 6 245 8 0 15 1543 96 1.530 9.2 0.7 4.6 6.3 1.37 96
1974 27 33 33 .500 3.87 120 84 12 18 4 0 598.1 590 287 257 51 276 7 403 10 0 24 2590 103 1.447 8.9 0.8 4.2 6.1 1.46 103
1975 28 34 36 .486 4.06 130 91 14 19 4 0 624.2 615 312 282 53 312 7 411 10 0 29 2725 98 1.484 8.9 0.8 4.5 5.9 1.32 98
1976 29 36 43 .456 4.17 143 103 15 19 4 0 682.2 675 349 316 56 363 7 446 11 1 35 3004 94 1.521 8.9 0.7 4.8 5.9 1.23 94
1977 30 36 43 .456 4.17 143 103 15 19 4 0 682.2 675 349 316 56 363 7 446 11 1 35 3004 94 1.521 8.9 0.7 4.8 5.9 1.23 94
1978 31 36 43 .456 4.17 143 103 15 19 4 0 682.2 675 349 316 56 363 7 446 11 1 35 3004 94 1.521 8.9 0.7 4.8 5.9 1.23 94
1979 32 36 44 .450 4.17 152 105 21 19 4 0 710.0 702 363 329 58 377 8 458 11 1 37 3125 95 1.520 8.9 0.7 4.8 5.8 1.21 95

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1969 22 1 0 1.000 3.00 12.0 9 4 4 0 5 13 0 1.167 6.8 3.8 9.8 2.60 0.0 4
1970 23 5 6 .455 4.17 108.0 102 56 50 11 53 78 4 1.435 8.5 4.4 6.5 1.47 0.9 24
1971 24 2 2 .500 5.02 43.0 61 27 24 2 25 35 0 2.000 12.8 5.2 7.3 1.40 0.4 21
1972 25 1 0 1.000 1.93 14.0 9 3 3 1 4 8 0 0.929 5.8 2.6 5.1 2.00 0.6 5
1973 26 7 10 .412 4.75 159.0 171 93 84 12 90 102 4 1.642 9.7 5.1 5.8 1.13 0.7 29
1974 27 13 12 .520 3.92 232.0 247 112 101 25 102 147 2 1.504 9.6 4.0 5.7 1.44 1.0 37
1975 28 0 2 .000 10.12 24.0 26 30 27 2 37 7 0 2.625 9.8 13.9 2.6 0.19 0.8 10
1976 29 2 4 .333 6.50 54.0 64 43 39 3 54 33 1 2.185 10.7 9.0 5.5 0.61 0.5 13
1979 32 1 2 .333 4.33 27.0 27 14 13 2 14 12 0 1.519 9.0 4.7 4.0 0.86 0.7 9
9 Seasons 32 38 .457 4.61 673.0 716 382 345 58 384 435 11 1.634 9.6 5.8 1.13 0.8 152

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL--5.718--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 AL--97--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 AL--9--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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