Joe Frazier
Joseph Filmore Frazier
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
Final Game: September 30, 1956
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Standard Batting

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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
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 /O
1954 31 STL NL 81 103 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 73 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 .739 100 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 95 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 .792 110 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 78 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 .735 102 28 2 1 0 1 2 9
4 Seasons 217 324 282 31 68 15 2 10 45 0 1 35 46 .241 .328 .415 .743 98 117 8 3 1 3 2
162 Game Avg. 162 242 211 23 51 11 1 7 34 0 1 26 34 .241 .328 .415 .743 98 87 6 2 1
STL (3 yrs) 153 204 177 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 78 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 .735 102 28 2 1 0 1 2
NL (3 yrs) 163 222 194 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 83 30 3 1 0 1 2

Advanced Batting

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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 .338 .143 .372 .276 .711 -22 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .214 .143 .071
1954 31 STL NL 103 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 .418 .655 .754 73 .316 -3.0 -0.3 .576 .271 .186 .0
1956 33 TOT MLB 127 88 15 4.6 101 .261 .245 .261 .339 .337 .400 .403 .739 .739 100 .486 0.6 0.0 .678 .282 .155 .0
1956 33 TOT NL 40 30 5 4.4 105 .250 .222 .267 .300 .334 .444 .422 .744 .756 95 .498 -0.3 -0.1 .633 .306 .222 .0
1956 33 STL NL 22 16 3 5.0 103 .200 .211 .264 .318 .331 .474 .417 .792 .748 110 .552 0.3 0.0 .688 .368 .263 .0
1956 33 CIN NL 18 14 2 3.8 108 .333 .235 .271 .278 .339 .412 .428 .690 .766 78 .429 -0.6 -0.1 .571 .235 .176 .0
1956 33 BAL AL 87 58 10 4.6 99 .265 .257 .258 .356 .338 .378 .393 .735 .731 102 .482 1.0 0.1 .702 .270 .122 .0
4 Seasons 324 227 39 4.6 104 .253 .241 .266 .328 .339 .415 .412 .743 .751 98 .490 -0.5 -0.1 .691 .294 .174 .0
162 Game Avg. 242 169 29 4.6 104 .253 .241 .266 .328 .339 .415 .412 .743 .751 98 .490 -0.5 -0.1 .691 .294 .174
STL (3 yrs) 204 141 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 3.8 108 .333 .235 .271 .278 .339 .412 .428 .690 .766 78 .428 -0.6 -0.1 .571 .235 .176 .0
CLE (1 yr) 15 14 0 0.0 94 .077 .071 .259 .133 .338 .143 .372 .276 .711 -22 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .214 .143 .071
BAL (1 yr) 87 58 10 4.6 99 .265 .257 .258 .356 .338 .378 .393 .735 .731 102 .481 1.0 0.1 .702 .270 .122 .0
NL (3 yrs) 222 155 29 5.0 107 .264 .247 .269 .330 .340 .448 .421 .779 .761 104 .529 0.9 0.0 .730 .314 .201 .0
AL (2 yrs) 102 72 10 3.7 98 .235 .227 .258 .324 .338 .341 .390 .664 .728 83 .393 -1.4 -0.1 .606 .250 .114 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 24 CLE AL 15 0.0% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 100% 1.00 14.0 87%
1954 31 STL NL 103 2.9% 16.5% 12.6% 9.7% 39% 1.31 5.2 29.3 4.9 0.52 67%
1955 32 STL NL 79 5.1% 15.2% 7.6% 6.3% 36% 2.00 5.8 17.5 7.8 0.52 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 Seasons 324 3.1% 14.2% 10.8% 8.3% 40% 1.31 6.1 28.2 6.3 0.46 71%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 31 STL NL 0 1 14% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17% 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1955 32 STL NL 1 0 47% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
1956 33 TOT MLB 3 0 18% 42 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 55% 7 4 3 1 0 1 3 1 2
1956 33 TOT NL 1 0 10% 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 33 STL NL 1 0 0% 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 33 CIN NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 33 BAL AL 2 0 20% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 56% 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
4 Seasons 4 1 22% 69 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 36% 13 10 3 5 2 2 4 1 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 88 85% 26 48 12 2 6 1.68 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 1 5% 5 1 20% 69 11 16% 10 6 60% 9 3 33% 16
1955 32 STL NL 52 94% 14 35 3 1 3 1.74 4 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 13 3 23% 7 2 29% 56 3 5% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 27
1956 33 TOT MLB 127 95% 27 40 9 0 6 1.72 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 23 3 13% 11 2 18% 89 16 18% 11 6 55% 13 4 31% 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% 2 2 100% 0
1956 33 STL NL 22 95% 4 7 1 0 1 1.87 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 1.47 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1956 33 BAL AL 87 97% 19 25 5 0 4 1.76 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 14% 7 2 29% 64 11 17% 8 5 63% 11 2 18% 0
4 Seasons 267 92% 68 123 24 3 15 1.71 10 0 11 7 0 2 5 0 1 1 100% 57 8 14% 23 5 22% 214 30 14% 24 13 54% 25 7 28% 43
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB 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 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1948 25 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 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 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1950 27 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 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 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1952 29 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 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 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1954 31 90 118 102 9 27 6 2 3 18 0 0 14 18 .265 .356 .451 .807 112 46 2 1 0 1
1955 32 148 197 172 21 41 7 2 7 27 0 0 20 30 .238 .321 .424 .746 96 73 5 2 1 2 0
1956 33 217 324 282 31 68 15 2 10 45 0 1 35 46 .241 .328 .415 .743 98 117 8 3 1 3 2

Neutralized Batting

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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 82 74 13 15 1 0 4 10 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 Seasons 227 337 295 32 69 14 2 10 47 0 36 49 .234 .320 .397 .717 40 217
162 Game Avg. 162 241 211 23 49 10 1 7 34 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 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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