Joe Girardi

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: October 14, 1964 in Peoria, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).

High School: Spalding Catholic HS (Peoria, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Debut: April 4, 1989 (Age 24-172d, 15,578th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 38-349d)
vs. ARI 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Alan Nero

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Joseph Elliott Girardi

Pronunciation: \JIH-rahr-dee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.6

4127

1100

.267

454

RBI

422

OBP

.315

SLG

.350

OPS

.666

OPS+

Summary of 36 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 12 go ahead

3 Tms
COL	15
CHC	13
NYY	8

Platoon
vs RHP	29
vs LHP	7

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	16

Outs
1	14
0	14
2	8

19 Opps
SDP	7
PHI	3
ATL	3
HOU	3
TBD	2
COL	2
SFG	2
SEA	2
FLA	2
MIN	1
CAL	1
CIN	1
CHC	1
BAL	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
BOS	1
LAD	1
TOR	1

34 Pitchers
Steve Avery	2
Joey Hamilton	2
Jeff Brantley	1
Mark Leiter	1
Terry Mathews	1
José Rijo	1
Ron Villone	1
Brian Williams	1
Rick White	1
Wascar Serrano	1
Trevor Hoffman	1
Terry Mulholland	1
Bruce Ruffin	1
Bob Wells	1
Tyler Green	1
Mike Mussina	1
Tim Worrell	1
David Weathers	1
Pep Harris	1
Rolando Arrojo	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Bryan Rekar	1
Pedro Martinez	1
Bobby Ayala	1
Bruce Chen	1
Sid Fernandez	1
Denny Stark	1
Héctor Carrasco	1
Scott Sanders	1
José Lima	1
Mike Maddux	1
Stan Belinda	1
Jay Witasick	1
José Guzmán	1

13 Parks
Coors Fld (DEN)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
MileHigh Std (DEN)	3
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	18
9	9
78	6
8	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	12
1	9
5	4
3	3
4	3
7+	3
6	1
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	11
12-	2
-2-	2
-23	1

55 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	20
1 on	13
2 on	3
Any on	16

Inning
1	2
2	6
3	2
4	5
5	8
6	2
7	5
8	2
9	4

1-3	10
4-6	15
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	2
+1	2
Tied	11
-1	3
-2	1
-3	3
-4..	8

Ahead	10
Tied	11
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	10
0-0	9
3-2	3
1-1	3
2-2	3
2-1	2
3-1	2
0-1	2
1-2	1
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	35
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	12
7th	8
9th	8
2nd	6
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1989-06-29	CHC	@	SFG	Jeff Brantley	behind 1-7	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) ..FX	1	8	2	0.012	2%		Home Run (LF Line)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1990-06-10	CHC		PHI	Bruce Ruffin	tied 2-2	b 2	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.162	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Grace Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1992-05-08	CHC		CIN	José Rijo	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.119	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Girardi Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1993-05-04	COL	@	CHC	José Guzmán	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.144	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	2	1	1993-08-22	COL		NYM	Sid Fernandez	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	2	0.093	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	3	1	1993-09-21	COL		SDP	Tim Worrell	ahead 5-4	b 4	1	---		1	2	2	0.101	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1994-06-03	COL		PIT	Rick White	ahead 5-0	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	2	0.011	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	2	1	1994-06-16	COL	@	ATL	Steve Avery	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	1--	4,(1-2) 11BF1F1X	2	2	2	0.118	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Weiss Scores
9	9	3	1	1994-07-08	COL	@	FLA	David Weathers	behind 0-3	t 7	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	7	2	0.154	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Kingery Scores
10	10	4	1	1994-07-26	COL	@	SDP	Scott Sanders	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	2	0.144	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Hayes Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1995-05-03	COL		SDP	Joey Hamilton	tied 5-5	b 5	2	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	2	0.258	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Bichette Scores; A. Galarraga Scores
12	12	2	1	1995-06-20	COL		FLA	Terry Mathews	behind 0-6	b 5	1	---	5,(2-2) BFFBX	1	7	2	0.033	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	3	1	1995-07-24	COL	@	PHI	Tyler Green	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.108	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	4	1	1995-08-01	COL		LAD	Pedro Astacio	behind 4-8	b 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.130	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); V. Castilla Scores
15	15	5	1	1995-08-04	COL		SDP	Brian Williams	ahead 4-0	b 1	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	2	0.066	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Bichette Scores; V. Castilla Scores
16	16	6	1	1995-08-06	COL		SDP	Trevor Hoffman	behind 7-16	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ...X	1	9	PH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	7	1	1995-08-11	COL	@	ATL	Steve Avery	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	2	2	0.212	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. Reynoso Scores
18	18	8	1	1995-09-29	COL		SFG	Mark Leiter	behind 1-2	b 2	2	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	7	2	0.095	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1996-08-18	NYY		SEA	Bob Wells	behind 5-8	b 4	1	-2-	4,(2-1) .BBFX	2	9	2	0.155	42%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Raines Scores
20	20	2	1	1996-08-29	NYY	@	CAL	Pep Harris	behind 0-7	t 5	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	8	2	0.033	6%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); M. Duncan Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1997-04-28	NYY		SEA	Bobby Ayala	tied 5-5	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) ..BFFBBX	1	9	2	0.248	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1998-05-31	NYY		BOS	Pedro Martinez	behind 1-11	b 6	2	12-	9,(3-2) BFFFBFBFX	3	9	2	0.009	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Curtis Scores; S. Brosius Scores
23	23	2	1	1998-06-17	NYY	@	BAL	Mike Mussina	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.068	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	1998-07-09	NYY	@	TBD	Bryan Rekar	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	9	2	0.166	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Brosius Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1999-08-03	NYY		TOR	Joey Hamilton	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.166	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	2	1	1999-10-01	NYY	@	TBD	Rolando Arrojo	tied 3-3	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.113	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2000-05-02	CHC		HOU	José Lima	ahead 7-0	b 5	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.008	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Buford Scores
28	28	2	1	2000-05-04	CHC		HOU	Mike Maddux	behind 1-4	b 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.083	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
29	29	3	1	2000-05-24	CHC	@	COL	Stan Belinda	behind 3-9	t 9	0	---	10,(3-2) CFBFFBFBFX	1	8	2	0.006	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	4	1	2000-05-30	CHC		ATL	Terry Mulholland	behind 1-5	b 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	2	0.025	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	5	1	2000-07-20	CHC		PHI	Bruce Chen	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	7,(2-2) FCBBFFX	1	8	2	0.131	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	6	1	2000-08-04	CHC	@	SDP	Jay Witasick	behind 0-2	t 3	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.171	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); G. Matthews Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2001-06-16	CHC		MIN	Héctor Carrasco	ahead 7-0	b 5	1	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	8	2	0.008	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Matthews Scores
34	34	2	1	2001-07-31	CHC	@	SDP	Wascar Serrano	ahead 6-3	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.018	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	3	1	2001-08-15	CHC	@	HOU	Ron Villone	ahead 3-1	t 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.063	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Tucker Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2002-08-11	CHC	@	COL	Denny Stark	tied 3-3	t 5	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	2	0.135	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)