Joe Gaines

Arnesta Joe Gaines

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 22, 1936 in Bryan, TX
High School: Technical HS (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1960
Teams (by GP): Astros/Colt.45's/Orioles/Reds 1960-1966

Final Game: October 2, 1966
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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
1956	19	CIN-min	C	26	70	70		15	3	2	2						.214	.214	.400	.614		28							WAU · NORL
1957	20	CIN-min	C	135	498	498		179	22	9	14						.359	.359	.524	.884		261							VIS · CALL
1958	21	CIN-min	A	48	162	162		44	7	3	8						.272	.272	.500	.772		81							SAV · SALL
1959	22	CIN-min	A	136	582	497	81	139	26	4	12	74	6		67	53	.280	.371	.421	.792		209		9	3	6	2		SAV · SALL
1960	23	CIN-min	A,AAA	52	192	169	34	54	5	2	4	20	11		23	19	.320	.401	.444	.845		75							CLM,POR · SALL,PCL
1960	23	CIN	NL	11	15	15	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	/987
1961	24	CIN-min	AAA	142	586	517	85	163	20	12	10	65	29		69	57	.315	.396	.458	.854		237							INA · AA
1961	24	CIN	NL	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	/87
1962	25	CIN	NL	64	60	52	12	12	3	0	1	7	0	0	8	16	.231	.333	.346	.679	80	18	1	0	0	0	0	7/9
1963	26	BAL	AL	66	147	126	24	36	4	1	6	20	2	1	20	39	.286	.381	.476	.857	143	60	4	0	0	1	0	7/89
1964	27	TOT	MLB	105	371	333	39	82	9	7	8	36	8	2	30	76	.246	.311	.387	.699	101	129	7	2	5	1	0	9/7
1964	27	BAL	AL	16	29	26	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	7	.154	.241	.269	.511	42	7	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1964	27	HOU	NL	89	342	307	37	78	9	7	7	34	8	2	27	69	.254	.318	.397	.715	106	122	7	2	5	1	0	9/7
1965	28	HOU	NL	100	256	229	21	52	8	1	6	31	4	1	18	59	.227	.290	.349	.639	86	80	4	3	4	2	0	97
1966	29	HOU-min	AAA	139	522	456	65	125	16	9	8	59	7	3	55	78	.274	.354	.401	.756		183		5	0	6			OKC · PCL
1966	29	HOU	NL	11	16	13	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.077	.250	.154	.404	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1967	30	OAK-min	AAA	146	620	531	81	148	23	2	10	47	22	15	79	67	.279	.375	.386	.761		205		3	7	0			VAN · PCL
1968	31	CHW-MIN-min	AAA	125	475	414	63	119	14	4	8	38	24	5	42	55	.287	.355	.399	.754		165		5	8	6			HAW,DEN · PCL
1969	32	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
7 Yrs				362	870	771	104	186	25	9	21	95	14	4	81	197	.241	.316	.379	.695	99	292	16	5	9	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	389	345	47	83	11	4	9	43	6	2	36	88	.241	.316	.379	.695	99	131	7	2	4	2	0

CIN (3 yrs)				80	80	70	16	15	3	0	1	8	0	0	10	18	.214	.313	.300	.613	64	21	1	0	0	0	0
HOU (3 yrs)				200	614	549	62	131	18	8	13	65	12	3	48	133	.239	.304	.372	.676	95	204	11	5	9	3	0
BAL (2 yrs)				82	176	152	26	40	4	1	7	22	2	1	23	46	.263	.358	.441	.799	126	67	4	0	0	1	0

NL (6 yrs)				280	694	619	78	146	21	8	14	73	12	3	58	151	.236	.305	.363	.669	92	225	12	5	9	3	0
AL (2 yrs)				82	176	152	26	40	4	1	7	22	2	1	23	46	.263	.358	.441	.799	126	67	4	0	0	1	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
1960	23	CIN	NL	11	15	-1	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	/987
1961	24	CIN	NL	5	5	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.488	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/87
1962	25	CIN	NL	64	60	-0	1	-0	-0	-0	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$	7/9
1963	26	BAL	AL	66	147	9	1	-0	-2	-2	6	0.6	4	10	1.0	.510	.504	1.3	-0.5	12	$	7/89
1964	27	BAL	AL	16	29	-2	-0	0	-2	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.470	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$8,500	/7
1964	27	HOU	NL	89	342	6	-1	-0	-7	-4	-7	-0.7	12	5	0.4	.491	.495	1.2	-1.1	12	$	9/7
1965	28	HOU	NL	100	256	-2	0	-0	-6	-3	-11	-1.3	9	-3	-0.4	.487	.492	0.2	-1.0	3	$	97
1966	29	HOU	NL	11	16	-1	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.480	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/97
7 Seasons				362	870	6	2	-1	-19	-9	-21	-2.3	28	7	0.5	.493	.498	2.6	-3.1	27	$8,500

CIN (3 yrs)				80	80	-2	2	0	-1	-1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.2	-0.2	2	$
HOU (3 yrs)				200	614	2	-1	-1	-14	-7	-20	-2.2	21	0	-0.2	.489	.495	1.3	-2.2	14	$
BAL (2 yrs)				82	176	7	1	-0	-4	-2	2	0.1	5	6	0.6	.502	.500	1.1	-0.7	10	$8,500

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
1960	23	CIN	NL	15	12	1	2.2	101	.214	.200	.266	.200	.332	.200	.407	.400	.739	9	.229	-1.9	-0.2	.250	.000	.000
1961	24	CIN	NL	5	3	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.271	.400	.338	.000	.423	.400	.761	18	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.667	.000
1962	25	CIN	NL	60	41	6	3.9	107	.314	.231	.275	.333	.343	.346	.417	.679	.760	80	.431	-1.3	-0.1	.634	.269	.115	.0
1963	26	BAL	AL	147	96	23	6.5	91	.366	.286	.251	.381	.316	.476	.387	.857	.703	143	.688	7.8	0.8	.853	.357	.190	3.0
1964	27	TOT	MLB	371	266	41	4.1	89	.296	.246	.256	.311	.314	.387	.382	.699	.696	101	.504	-0.3	-0.0	.642	.249	.141	8.0
1964	27	BAL	AL	29	22	2	2.4	96	.167	.154	.256	.241	.324	.269	.397	.511	.721	42	.268	-2.1	-0.2	.455	.231	.115	.0
1964	27	HOU	NL	342	244	39	4.3	89	.306	.254	.256	.318	.313	.397	.381	.715	.694	106	.522	1.8	0.2	.660	.251	.143	7.5
1965	28	HOU	NL	256	188	24	3.4	87	.277	.227	.249	.290	.311	.349	.376	.639	.687	86	.417	-3.9	-0.4	.571	.214	.122	4.8
1966	29	HOU	NL	16	12	1	2.2	90	.125	.077	.257	.250	.314	.154	.386	.404	.701	19	.240	-1.2	-0.1	.417	.308	.077
7 Yrs				870	618	96	4.2	90	.296	.241	.255	.316	.316	.379	.384	.695	.700	99	.501	-1.1	-0.1	.641	.256	.137	16.8
162 Game Avg.				389	277	43	4.2	90	.296	.241	.255	.316	.316	.379	.384	.695	.700	99	.501	-1.1	-0.1	.641	.256	.137	8

CIN (3 yrs)				80	56	7	3.4	105	.275	.214	.273	.313	.340	.300	.415	.613	.755	64	.365	-3.4	-0.4	.554	.229	.086	.0
HOU (3 yrs)				614	444	64	3.9	88	.291	.239	.253	.304	.312	.372	.379	.676	.691	95	.473	-3.3	-0.4	.616	.237	.133	12.5
BAL (2 yrs)				176	118	25	5.7	92	.330	.263	.252	.358	.318	.441	.389	.799	.707	126	.637	5.7	0.6	.778	.336	.178	3.1

NL (6 yrs)				694	500	71	3.8	90	.289	.236	.255	.305	.316	.363	.383	.669	.699	92	.461	-6.7	-0.7	.609	.236	.128	12.9
AL (2 yrs)				176	118	25	5.7	92	.330	.263	.252	.358	.318	.441	.389	.799	.707	126	.637	5.7	0.6	.778	.336	.178	3.1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	23	CIN	NL	15	0.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		15.0		15.0	1.50	93%
1961	24	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	0.0%		0.50	3.0			1.00	40%
1962	25	CIN	NL	60	1.7%	26.7%	13.3%	6.7%	33%	2.00	3.3	52.0	7.4	1.30	58%
1963	26	BAL	AL	147	4.1%	26.5%	13.6%	7.5%	31%	1.95	3.2	21.0	6.3	0.93	56%
1964	27	TOT	MLB	371	2.2%	20.5%	8.1%	6.5%	29%	2.53	4.4	41.6	9.3	1.54	67%
1964	27	BAL	AL	29	3.5%	24.1%	10.3%	3.5%	25%	2.33	3.7	26.0	13.0	0.88	62%
1964	27	HOU	NL	342	2.1%	20.2%	7.9%	6.7%	30%	2.56	4.4	43.9	9.0	1.63	68%
1965	28	HOU	NL	256	2.3%	23.1%	7.0%	5.9%	29%	3.28	3.9	38.2	7.4	1.08	65%
1966	29	HOU	NL	16	0.0%	31.3%	18.8%	6.3%	100%	1.67	2.6			0.00	50%
7 Yrs				870	2.4%	22.6%	9.3%	6.3%	30%	2.43	3.9	36.7	8.1	1.22	64%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.8%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.79	6.0	39.0	8.7	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1960	23	CIN	NL	-1.9	-0.2	16	0.2	0.5	-0.3	1.78	-0.1	0.3	-1.5	-0.1	1.14	-1.7	0.94	2
1961	24	CIN	NL	-0.2	-0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.27	-0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.66	0.0	0.57	1
1962	25	CIN	NL	-1.3	-0.1	63	-0.4	1.2	-1.7	1.53	-0.0	-0.3	0.4	0.0	1.15	1.0	1.78	39
1963	26	BAL	AL	7.8	0.8	152	1.1	3.2	-2.1	1.02	1.1	-0.0	12.7	1.3	0.99	10.8	1.42	25
1964	27	TOT	MLB	-0.7	-0.1	383	0.3	7.3	-7.0	1.12	0.1	0.1	7.8	0.8	0.91	2.5	1.45	17
1964	27	BAL	AL	-2.1	-0.2	29	0.0	0.6	-0.5	1.06	-0.0	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.83	-0.6	1.29	10
1964	27	HOU	NL	1.4	0.2	354	0.2	6.7	-6.5	1.13	0.2	0.0	9.1	1.0	0.91	3.0	1.66	7
1965	28	HOU	NL	-3.9	-0.4	264	1.7	5.8	-4.1	1.01	-0.1	1.8	3.7	0.4	0.92	-1.9	1.54	32
1966	29	HOU	NL	-1.2	-0.1	17	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.67	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	-0.2	0.96	-1.4	0.74	6
7 Yrs				-1.5	-0.2	900	2.7	18.1	-15.4	1.10	0.8	1.7	21.8	2.3	0.95	9.3	1.52	122

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1960	23	CIN	NL	1	67%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1961	24	CIN	NL	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	25	CIN	NL	2	58%	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	7	22%	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	2	2
1963	26	BAL	AL	3	36%	66	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	4	63%	13	7	6	5	2	3	6	0	6
1964	27	TOT	MLB	8	29%	124	8	2	80%	8	2	1	7	6	50%	19	9	8	5	2	3	6	2	4
1964	27	BAL	AL	0	17%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	27	HOU	NL	8	30%	117	8	2	80%	8	2	1	7	6	50%	19	9	8	5	2	3	6	2	4
1965	28	HOU	NL	4	22%	97	4	1	80%	4	1	1	3	5	39%	14	9	5	2	2	0	2	0	2
1966	29	HOU	NL	0	100%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
7 Yrs				18	33%	342	14	4	78%	14	4	2	10	27	48%	55	32	21	13	7	6	20	5	15

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
1960	23	CIN	NL	15	27%	3			2	1	0	0	0.94	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	4	1	25%	14	2	14%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1961	24	CIN	NL	5	40%	0			1	0	0	0	0.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1962	25	CIN	NL	60	62%	12			39	11	1	4	1.78	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		16	1	6%	8	0	0%	56	6	11%	6	2	33%	3	1	33%	0
1963	26	BAL	AL	147	56%	36			25	5	0	1	1.42	6	0	2	2	4	4	2	0	0	0		42	4	10%	11	4	36%	92	14	15%	5	3	60%	6	2	33%	0
1964	27	TOT	MLB	371	42%	82			17	2	1	3	1.45	8	0	3	4	4	2	6	0	5	5	100%	67	7	10%	29	8	28%	210	30	14%	17	9	53%	15	8	53%	0
1964	27	BAL	AL	29	76%	4			10	2	1	2	1.29	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1964	27	HOU	NL	342	39%	78			7	0	0	1	1.66	7	0	3	4	3	2	5	0	5	5	100%	65	7	11%	28	8	29%	199	29	15%	16	9	56%	15	8	53%	0
1965	28	HOU	NL	256	67%	52			32	8	3	6	1.54	6	0	4	2	4	2	4	0	5	4	80%	48	4	8%	20	5	25%	136	27	20%	12	9	75%	8	2	25%	0
1966	29	HOU	NL	16	50%	1			6	0	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
7 Yrs				870	53%	186			122	27	5	14	1.52	21	0	14	8	13	9	12	0	10	9	90%	177	16	9%	73	18	25%	516	79	15%	43	24	56%	33	13	39%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

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
1960	23	11	15	15	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	3	0	0	0	0
1961	24	16	20	18	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.167	.250	.167	.417	16	3	0	0	0	0
1962	25	80	80	70	16	15	3	0	1	8	0	0	10	18	.214	.313	.300	.613	64	21	1	0	0	0
1963	26	146	227	196	40	51	7	1	7	28	2	1	30	57	.260	.357	.413	.770	114	81	5	0	0	1
1964	27	251	598	529	79	133	16	8	15	64	10	3	60	133	.251	.329	.397	.726	106	210	12	2	5	2
1965	28	351	854	758	100	185	24	9	21	95	14	4	78	192	.244	.317	.383	.700	100	290	16	5	9	4
1966	29	362	870	771	104	186	25	9	21	95	14	4	81	197	.241	.316	.379	.695	99	292	16	5	9	4

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
1960	23	11	17	17	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.235	.235	.235	.471	1	11
1961	24	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	5
1962	25	64	60	52	12	12	3	0	1	7	0	8	16	.231	.333	.346	.679	6	64
1963	26	66	152	129	27	39	4	1	6	23	2	22	39	.302	.401	.488	.890	26	66
1964	27	105	382	341	46	90	10	8	9	42	9	33	76	.264	.332	.419	.751	47	105
1965	28	99	262	233	25	57	9	1	7	37	4	20	59	.245	.310	.382	.692	27	100
1966	29	11	20	14	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	5	.143	.400	.286	.686	1	11
7 Yrs		361	898	789	123	204	28	10	23	111	15	91	197	.259	.337	.407	.744	108	362
162 Game Avg.		162	403	354	55	92	13	4	10	50	7	41	88	.259	.337	.407	.744	48	362

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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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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