Joe Gaines
Arnesta Joe Gaines
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 22, 1936 in Bryan, TX
High School: Oakland Technical (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1960
Final Game: October 2, 1966
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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
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 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 .699 100 129 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 .715 105 122 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 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
7 Seasons 362 870 771 104 186 25 9 21 95 14 4 81 197 .241 .316 .379 .695 98 292 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 98 131 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 91 225 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

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
1960 23 CIN NL 15 12 1 2.2 101 .214 .200 .265 .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 .272 .400 .339 .000 .424 .400 .764 18 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .667 .000
1962 25 CIN NL 60 41 6 3.9 106 .314 .231 .275 .333 .342 .346 .417 .679 .759 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 90 .296 .246 .257 .311 .315 .387 .383 .699 .699 100 .504 -0.7 -0.1 .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 .258 .318 .314 .397 .382 .715 .697 105 .522 1.5 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 .256 .250 .314 .154 .386 .404 .700 19 .240 -1.2 -0.1 .417 .308 .077
7 Seasons 870 618 96 4.2 91 .296 .241 .255 .316 .316 .379 .385 .695 .701 98 .501 -1.4 -0.1 .641 .256 .137 16.8
162 Game Avg. 389 277 43 4.2 91 .296 .241 .255 .316 .316 .379 .385 .695 .701 98 .501 -1.4 -0.1 .641 .256 .137 8
CIN (3 yrs) 80 56 7 3.3 105 .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 .254 .304 .313 .372 .380 .676 .693 95 .473 -3.6 -0.4 .616 .237 .133 12.5
BAL (2 yrs) 176 118 25 5.7 92 .330 .263 .252 .358 .318 .441 .389 .799 .706 126 .637 5.7 0.6 .778 .336 .178 3.1
NL (6 yrs) 694 500 71 3.8 90 .289 .236 .256 .305 .316 .363 .384 .669 .700 91 .461 -7.1 -0.7 .609 .236 .128 12.9
AL (2 yrs) 176 118 25 5.7 92 .330 .263 .252 .358 .318 .441 .389 .799 .706 126 .637 5.7 0.6 .778 .336 .178 3.1

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
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 Seasons 870 2.4% 22.6% 9.3% 6.3% 30% 2.43 3.9 36.7 8.1 1.22 64%
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
1960 23 CIN NL 1 0 67% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1961 24 CIN NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 25 CIN NL 2 0 58% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 22% 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1963 26 BAL AL 3 0 36% 66 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 63% 13 7 6 5 2 3 6 0 6
1964 27 TOT MLB 8 0 29% 124 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 6 50% 19 9 8 5 2 3 6 2 4
1964 27 BAL AL 0 0 17% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 27 HOU NL 8 0 30% 117 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 6 50% 19 9 8 5 2 3 6 2 4
1965 28 HOU NL 4 0 22% 97 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 39% 14 9 5 2 2 0 2 0 2
1966 29 HOU NL 0 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
7 Seasons 18 0 33% 342 14 4 78% 14 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 27 48% 55 32 21 13 7 6 20 5 15
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
1960 23 CIN NL 15 27% 3 2 1 0 0 0.98 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 14 2 14% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1961 24 CIN NL 5 40% 0 1 0 0 0 0.58 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 1.81 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 1 6% 8 0 0% 56 6 11% 6 2 33% 4 1 25% 0
1963 26 BAL AL 147 56% 36 25 5 0 1 1.47 6 0 2 2 4 4 2 0 0 0 42 4 10% 11 4 36% 92 14 15% 5 3 60% 7 2 29% 0
1964 27 TOT MLB 371 42% 82 17 2 1 3 1.51 8 0 3 4 4 2 6 0 5 5 100% 67 7 10% 29 8 28% 210 30 14% 17 9 53% 25 6 24% 0
1964 27 BAL AL 29 76% 4 10 2 1 2 1.36 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 11 1 9% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1964 27 HOU NL 342 39% 78 7 0 0 1 1.73 7 0 3 4 3 2 5 0 5 5 100% 65 7 11% 28 8 29% 199 29 15% 16 9 56% 22 6 27% 0
1965 28 HOU NL 256 67% 52 32 8 3 6 1.59 6 0 4 2 4 2 4 0 5 4 80% 48 4 8% 20 5 25% 136 27 20% 12 9 75% 16 5 31% 0
1966 29 HOU NL 16 50% 1 6 0 0 0 0.84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 870 53% 186 122 27 5 14 1.57 21 0 14 8 13 9 12 0 10 9 90% 177 16 9% 73 18 25% 516 79 15% 43 24 56% 55 14 25% 0
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
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 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 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 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 0
1964 27 251 598 529 79 133 16 8 15 64 10 3 60 133 .251 .329 .397 .726 105 210 12 2 5 2 0
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 0
1966 29 362 870 771 104 186 25 9 21 95 14 4 81 197 .241 .316 .379 .695 98 292 16 5 9 4 0

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
1960 23 11 16 16 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 11
1961 24 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 5
1962 25 64 60 52 11 12 3 0 1 7 0 8 16 .231 .333 .346 .679 6 64
1963 26 66 152 129 27 39 4 1 6 22 2 22 39 .302 .401 .488 .890 26 66
1964 27 105 377 341 45 90 10 8 9 41 9 33 76 .264 .332 .419 .751 47 105
1965 28 99 262 236 25 60 9 1 7 37 5 21 59 .254 .321 .390 .710 29 100
1966 29 11 20 14 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 5 .143 .400 .286 .686 1 11
7 Seasons 361 892 791 117 203 28 10 23 109 16 92 197 .257 .336 .405 .741 110 362
162 Game Avg. 162 400 355 53 91 13 4 10 49 7 41 88 .257 .336 .405 .741 49 362

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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