Joe Frazier

Joseph Filmore Frazier

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 6, 1922 in Liberty, NC
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1947
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Orioles/Redlegs/Indians 1947-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: February 15, 2011 in Broken Arrow, OK
Buried: Bixby Cemetery, Bixby, OK
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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
1941	18	LDS	D	110	463	463		143	31	11	10						.309	.309	.488	.797		226							LDS · BIST
1942	19	CLE-min	B	116	444	444		140	36	3	8						.315	.315	.464	.779		206							CDR · IIIL
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	23	CLE-min	A	135	503	503		151	25	8	6						.300	.300	.417	.718		210							WKB · EL
1947	24	CLE-min	AA	133	471	471		130	27	5	5						.276	.276	.386	.662		182							OKC · TL
1947	24	CLE	AL	9	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.071	.133	.143	.276	-22	2	1	0	0			/O9

1948	25	BAL-min	AA	139	472	472		126	24	8	9						.267	.267	.409	.676		193							SAN · TL
1949	26	BAL-min	AA,AAA	143	501	485	9	131	27	9	11	5	0		16	8	.270	.293	.431	.724		209		0	0				SAN,BLT · TL,IL
1950	27	BAL-min	AA	133	487	487		129	27	3	12						.265	.265	.407	.671		198							SAN · TL
1951	28	CHW-BAL-min	AA	138	467	467		123	29	7	14						.263	.263	.445	.709		208							MEM,SAN · SOUA,TL
1952	29	OKC	AA	156	574	574		169	48	1	14						.294	.294	.455	.749		261							OKC · TL
1953	30	OKC	AA	152	654	548	109	182	55	2	22	113	2	1	105	39	.332	.440	.560	1.001		307		1	0				OKC · TL
1954	31	STL	NL	81	104	88	8	26	5	2	3	18	0	0	13	17	.295	.388	.500	.888	130	44	1	1	0	1		/973
1955	32	STL	NL	58	79	70	12	14	1	0	4	9	0	0	6	12	.200	.269	.386	.655	72	27	3	1	1	1	0	9/7
1956	33	TOT	MLB	69	127	110	10	27	8	0	3	18	0	1	15	16	.245	.339	.400	.739	101	44	3	1	0	1	2	9/7
1956	33	TOT	NL	24	40	36	3	8	2	0	2	6	0	1	4	10	.222	.300	.444	.744	96	16	1	0	0	0	0	/79
1956	33	STL	NL	14	22	19	1	4	2	0	1	4	0	1	3	3	.211	.318	.474	.792	111	9	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1956	33	CIN	NL	10	18	17	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.235	.278	.412	.690	79	7	1	0	0	0	0	/7
1956	33	BAL	AL	45	87	74	7	19	6	0	1	12	0	0	11	6	.257	.356	.378	.735	103	28	2	1	0	1	2	9
1957	34	BAL-min	Opn	147	550	471	62	121	23	2	15	72	2		63	52	.257	.341	.410	.750		193	11	1	7	8			VAN · PCL
1958	35	BAL-min	AAA	117	415	357	55	98	13	0	14	70	1		49	39	.275	.359	.429	.788		153	9	0	6	3			VAN · PCL
1959	36	BAL-min	AAA	101	340	293	28	64	12	0	4	25	1	3	43	39	.218	.320	.300	.621		88		1	3	0			VAN · PCL
1960	37	LAD-min	AAA	56	109	100	6	21	2	0	0	8	0	0	9	20	.210	.275	.230	.505		23							SPO · PCL
4 Yrs				217	325	282	31	68	15	2	10	45	0	1	35	46	.241	.328	.415	.743	98	117	8	3	1	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	243	211	23	51	11	1	7	34	0	1	26	34	.241	.328	.415	.743	98	87	6	2	1

STL (3 yrs)				153	205	177	21	44	8	2	8	31	0	1	22	32	.249	.335	.452	.787	106	80	4	2	1	2	0
CIN (1 yr)				10	18	17	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.235	.278	.412	.690	79	7	1	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				9	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.071	.133	.143	.276	-22	2	1	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				45	87	74	7	19	6	0	1	12	0	0	11	6	.257	.356	.378	.735	103	28	2	1	0	1	2

NL (3 yrs)				163	223	194	23	48	8	2	9	33	0	1	23	39	.247	.330	.448	.779	104	87	5	2	1	2	0
AL (2 yrs)				54	102	88	8	20	7	0	1	12	0	0	12	7	.227	.324	.341	.664	84	30	3	1	0	1	2

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
1947	24	CLE	AL	9	15	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.470	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/O9

1954	31	STL	NL	81	104	3	-0	0	0	-0	3	0.2	4	6	0.6	.503	.502	0.6	-0.1	6	$	/973
1955	32	STL	NL	58	79	-3	0	-0	1	-0	-2	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.495	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	9/7
1956	33	STL	NL	14	22	1	-0	0	-1	-0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/9
1956	33	CIN	NL	10	18	-1	0	-0	-2	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.471	.498	0.0	-0.2	-0	$	/7
1956	33	BAL	AL	45	87	1	-0	-0	-1	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.497	.499	0.2	-0.1	2	$	9
4 Seasons				217	325	-1	-1	-0	-3	-2	-7	-0.8	10	4	0.3	.497	.499	0.6	-0.6	6	$

STL (3 yrs)				153	205	1	-1	-0	0	-1	-0	-0.1	7	7	0.6	.500	.500	0.6	-0.2	6	$
CIN (1 yr)				10	18	-1	0	-0	-2	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.471	.498	0.0	-0.2	-0	$
CLE (1 yr)				9	15	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.470	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$
BAL (1 yr)				45	87	1	-0	-0	-1	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.497	.499	0.2	-0.1	2	$

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
1947	24	CLE	AL	15	14	0	0.0	94	.077	.071	.259	.133	.339	.143	.373	.276	.711	-22	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.214	.143	.071

1954	31	STL	NL	104	64	17	7.1	109	.333	.295	.274	.388	.345	.500	.424	.888	.769	130	.674	4.2	0.4	.921	.352	.205	.0
1955	32	STL	NL	79	61	7	3.1	105	.182	.200	.264	.269	.335	.386	.419	.655	.754	72	.316	-3.1	-0.3	.576	.271	.186	.0
1956	33	TOT	MLB	127	88	15	4.6	100	.261	.245	.259	.339	.335	.400	.401	.739	.736	101	.486	0.8	0.1	.678	.282	.155	.0
1956	33	TOT	NL	40	30	5	4.4	105	.250	.222	.266	.300	.333	.444	.420	.744	.753	96	.498	-0.3	-0.0	.633	.306	.222	.0
1956	33	STL	NL	22	16	3	5.0	102	.200	.211	.263	.318	.330	.474	.415	.792	.745	111	.552	0.4	0.0	.688	.368	.263	.0
1956	33	CIN	NL	18	14	2	3.8	107	.333	.235	.270	.278	.338	.412	.426	.690	.764	79	.429	-0.6	-0.1	.571	.235	.176	.0
1956	33	BAL	AL	87	58	10	4.6	98	.265	.257	.256	.356	.337	.378	.391	.735	.728	103	.482	1.1	0.1	.702	.270	.122	.0
4 Yrs				325	227	39	4.6	104	.253	.241	.265	.328	.339	.415	.411	.743	.750	98	.490	-0.4	-0.1	.691	.294	.174	.0
162 Game Avg.				243	169	29	4.6	104	.253	.241	.265	.328	.339	.415	.411	.743	.750	98	.490	-0.4	-0.1	.691	.294	.174

STL (3 yrs)				205	141	27	5.1	107	.259	.249	.269	.335	.340	.452	.421	.787	.761	106	.538	1.5	0.1	.746	.322	.203	.0
CIN (1 yr)				18	14	2	3.8	107	.333	.235	.270	.278	.338	.412	.426	.690	.764	79	.428	-0.6	-0.1	.571	.235	.176	.0
CLE (1 yr)				15	14	0	0.0	94	.077	.071	.259	.133	.339	.143	.373	.276	.711	-22	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.214	.143	.071
BAL (1 yr)				87	58	10	4.6	98	.265	.257	.256	.356	.337	.378	.391	.735	.728	103	.481	1.1	0.1	.702	.270	.122	.0

NL (3 yrs)				223	155	29	5.0	107	.264	.247	.269	.330	.340	.448	.421	.779	.761	104	.530	0.9	0.1	.730	.314	.201	.0
AL (2 yrs)				102	72	10	3.7	98	.235	.227	.257	.324	.337	.341	.388	.664	.725	84	.393	-1.3	-0.1	.606	.250	.114	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	24	CLE	AL	15	0.0%	6.7%	6.7%	6.7%	100%	1.00	14.0				87%

1954	31	STL	NL	104	2.9%	16.4%	12.5%	9.6%	39%	1.31	5.2	29.3	4.9	0.50	66%
1955	32	STL	NL	79	5.1%	15.2%	7.6%	6.3%	36%	2.00	5.8	17.5	7.8	0.67	70%
1956	33	TOT	MLB	127	2.4%	12.6%	11.8%	8.7%	41%	1.07	6.9	36.7	6.1	0.41	72%
1956	33	TOT	NL	40	5.0%	25.0%	10.0%	10.0%	50%	2.50	3.6	18.0	6.0	0.64	60%
1956	33	STL	NL	22	4.6%	13.6%	13.6%	13.6%	75%	1.00	6.3	19.0	4.8	0.38	68%
1956	33	CIN	NL	18	5.6%	38.9%	5.6%	5.6%	25%	7.00	2.4	17.0	8.5	1.33	50%
1956	33	BAL	AL	87	1.2%	6.9%	12.6%	8.1%	37%	0.55	12.3	74.0	6.2	0.34	78%
4 Yrs				325	3.1%	14.2%	10.8%	8.3%	40%	1.31	6.1	28.2	6.3	0.50	70%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.4%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.07	8.5	44.4	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	24	CLE	AL	-2.3	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1954	31	STL	NL	4.2	0.4	94	-0.0	2.3	-2.3	1.43	0.1	-0.2	3.4	0.3	0.99	1.7	1.68	53
1955	32	STL	NL	-3.1	-0.3	68	-0.8	1.3	-2.1	1.47	-0.5	-0.1	-10.0	-1.0	1.10	-5.8	1.77	41
1956	33	TOT	MLB	0.6	0.1	128	-0.3	2.5	-2.8	1.27	0.1	-0.4	0.9	0.1	0.98	1.7	1.70	40
1956	33	TOT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	41	0.1	1.0	-0.8	1.19	0.2	-0.1	1.0	0.1	0.97	2.4	1.65	15
1956	33	STL	NL	0.3	0.0	23	0.3	0.7	-0.4	1.24	0.2	0.0	1.6	0.2	1.04	2.9	1.90	7
1956	33	CIN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	18	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.12	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.88	-0.5	1.45	8
1956	33	BAL	AL	0.9	0.1	87	-0.4	1.6	-1.9	1.31	-0.0	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.99	-0.7	1.73	25
4 Yrs				-0.6	-0.1	290	-1.1	6.1	-7.3	1.37	-0.2	-0.6	-5.7	-0.6	1.01	-2.4	1.71	134

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	31	STL	NL	0	1	14%	21	0		0	2	1	17%	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1955	32	STL	NL	1	0	47%	14	0		0	0	0	43%	3	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	2
1956	33	TOT	MLB	3	0	18%	42	1	0%	1	1	1	55%	7	4	3	1	0	1	3	1	2
1956	33	TOT	NL	1	0	10%	11	1	0%	1	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	33	STL	NL	1	0	0%	5	1	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	33	CIN	NL	0	0	25%	6	0		0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	33	BAL	AL	2	0	20%	31	0		0	1	1	56%	5	3	2	1	0	1	3	1	2
4 Yrs				4	1	22%	77	1	0%	1	3	2	42%	14	10	4	5	2	2	5	1	4

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
1954	31	STL	NL	104	85%	26			53	16	2	8	1.68	3	0	4	2	0	2	1	0	0	0		23	1	4%	7	2	29%	77	14	18%	11	7	64%	3	1	33%	0
1955	32	STL	NL	79	93%	14			41	3	1	3	1.77	4	0	4	3	0	1	3	0	1	1	100%	17	3	18%	9	2	22%	65	3	5%	3	1	33%	4	1	25%	0
1956	33	TOT	MLB	127	95%	27			40	9	0	6	1.70	3	0	4	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		23	3	13%	11	2	18%	89	16	18%	11	6	55%	4	1	25%	0
1956	33	TOT	NL	40	93%	8			15	4	0	2	1.65	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		9	1	11%	4	0	0%	25	5	20%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1956	33	STL	NL	22	95%	4			7	1	0	1	1.90	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	0	0%	17	4	24%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1956	33	CIN	NL	18	89%	4			8	3	0	1	1.45	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	8	1	13%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	33	BAL	AL	87	97%	19			25	5	0	4	1.73	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		14	2	14%	7	2	29%	64	11	17%	8	5	63%	3	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				310	91%	68			134	28	3	17	1.71	10	0	12	8	0	4	6	0	1	1	100%	63	8	13%	27	6	22%	231	33	14%	25	14	56%	11	3	27%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			104%			13%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	24	9	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.071	.133	.143	.276	-22	2	1	0	0
1948	25	9	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.071	.133	.143	.276	-22	2	1	0	0
1949	26	9	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.071	.133	.143	.276	-22	2	1	0	0
1950	27	9	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.071	.133	.143	.276	-22	2	1	0	0
1951	28	9	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.071	.133	.143	.276	-22	2	1	0	0
1952	29	9	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.071	.133	.143	.276	-22	2	1	0	0
1953	30	9	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.071	.133	.143	.276	-22	2	1	0	0
1954	31	90	119	102	9	27	6	2	3	18	0	14	18	.265	.356	.451	.807	111	46	2	1	0	1
1955	32	148	198	172	21	41	7	2	7	27	0	20	30	.238	.321	.424	.746	96	73	5	2	1	2	0
1956	33	217	325	282	31	68	15	2	10	45	1	35	46	.241	.328	.415	.743	98	117	8	3	1	3	2

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	24	9	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	9

1954	31	85	106	91	8	26	5	2	3	18	0	13	18	.286	.377	.484	.861	17	81
1955	32	61	83	74	12	15	1	0	4	9	0	6	13	.203	.268	.378	.647	7	58
1956	33	72	133	115	11	28	8	0	3	19	0	16	17	.243	.338	.391	.730	16	69
4 Yrs		227	338	295	31	69	14	2	10	46	0	36	49	.234	.320	.397	.717	40	217
162 Game Avg.		162	241	211	22	49	10	1	7	33	0	26	35	.234	.320	.397	.717	29	217

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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