Joe Gates

Joseph Daniel Gates

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Runner and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 3, 1954 in Gary, IN
High School: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Gary, IN)
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1978
Team: WhiteSox 1978-1979

Final Game: June 24, 1979
Died: March 28, 2010 in Gary, IN
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Gary, IN
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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
1974	19	KCR-min	Rk	52	220	174	54	66	4	5	2	16	10	5	40	31	.379	.498	.494	.992		86	2	3	1	2	1		RYA · GULF
1975	20	KCR-min	A	123	550	411	115	111	15	4	3	44	55	14	122	101	.270	.443	.348	.791		143	2	6	10	1	2		WLO · MIDW
1976	21	KCR-min	AA	124	459	386	63	108	14	5	1	21	25	9	64	71	.280	.387	.350	.737		135	2	5	2	2	0		JCK · SOUL
1977	22	KCR-min	AA	120	483	397	62	105	12	8	2	26	32	13	79	78	.264	.387	.350	.737		139		1	5	1			JCK · SOUL
1978	23	CHW-min	AA	133	560	485	85	161	18	5	4	53	38	15	57	73	.332	.406	.414	.820		201		4	13	1			KNX · SOUL
1978	23	CHW	AL	8	30	24	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	6	.250	.379	.250	.629	80	6	1	1	1	0	0	/4
1979	24	CHW-min	AAA	64	240	215	25	55	9	1	2	24	9	7	19	36	.256	.321	.335	.656		72		2	3	1			IWA · AA
1979	24	CHW	AL	16	18	16	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	.063	.167	.188	.354	-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	/45D
1980	25	CHW-min	AAA	58	237	213	21	49	9	0	5	20	0	2	22	28	.230	.302	.343	.645		73		0	2	0			IWA · AA
1981	26	CHW-min	AAA	86	329	289	45	74	11	6	10	43	18	5	36	31	.256	.343	.439	.782		127		2	2	0	4		EDM · PCL
1982	27	PIT-TEX-min	AAA	37	92	86	20	21	3	0	1	3	2	1	5	12	.244	.293	.314	.607		27		1	0	0	0		POR,DEN · PCL,AA
2 Yrs				24	48	40	11	7	0	1	0	2	2	1	6	9	.175	.298	.225	.523	47	9	1	1	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	324	270	74	47	0	7	0	14	14	7	41	61	.175	.298	.225	.523	47	61	7	7	7	0	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	Rfield	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	23	CHW	AL	8	30	-0	2	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.526	.501	0.1	0.2	1	$	/4
1979	24	CHW	AL	16	18	-3	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-3	-0.3	.479	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/45D
2 Seasons				24	48	-3	1	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.495	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$

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
1978	23	CHW	AL	30	20	3	4.0	94	.333	.250	.262	.379	.328	.250	.386	.629	.714	80	.466	-0.4	-0.0	.632	.208	.000	.0
1979	24	CHW	AL	18	16	0	0.0	102	.077	.063	.270	.167	.334	.188	.408	.354	.743	-4	.000	-2.6	-0.2	.313	.250	.125	.0
2 Yrs				48	36	3	2.2	97	.226	.175	.265	.298	.330	.225	.395	.523	.725	47	.219	-2.9	-0.3	.486	.225	.050	.0
162 Game Avg.				324	243	20	2.2	97	.226	.175	.265	.298	.330	.225	.395	.523	.725	47	.219	-2.9	-0.3	.486	.225	.050

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	23	CHW	AL	30	0.0%	20.0%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	1.50	4.0		24.0	1.00	60%
1979	24	CHW	AL	18	0.0%	16.7%	11.1%	5.6%	100%	1.50	5.3		16.0	1.40	72%
2 Yrs				48	0.0%	18.8%	12.5%	2.1%	14%	1.50	4.4		20.0	1.17	65%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.6%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	1.48	7.1	44.5	8.4	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	23	CHW	AL	-0.4	-0.0	31	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.85	-0.0	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	1.07	-0.4		0
1979	24	CHW	AL	-2.6	-0.2	20	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.79	-0.3	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.89	-2.1	0.06	3
2 Yrs				-2.9	-0.3	51	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.83	-0.3	0.0	-4.1	-0.4	1.00	-2.5	0.06	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	23	CHW	AL	55%	21	1	0	100%	1	0	1	43%	2	2	1	1	4	2	2
1979	24	CHW	AL	167%	11	1	1	50%	1	1	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				79%	32	2	1	67%	2	1	2	33%	4	4	1	1	4	2	2

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
1978	23	CHW	AL	30	83%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	10	1	10%	7	1	14%	23	1	4%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1979	24	CHW	AL	18	89%	1			3	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	1	10%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				48	85%	7			3	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	13	1	8%	9	2	22%	33	2	6%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			50%			55%

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	IBB
1978	23	8	30	24	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	6	.250	.379	.250	.629	80	6	1	1	1	0	0
1979	24	24	48	40	11	7	0	1	0	2	2	1	6	9	.175	.298	.225	.523	47	9	1	1	1	0	0

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	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	23	8	30	24	6	6	0	1	1	4	6	.250	.379	.250	.629	2	8
1979	24	16	18	16	10	1	1	2	1	2	3	.063	.167	.188	.354	1	16
2 Yrs		24	48	40	16	7	1	3	2	6	9	.175	.298	.225	.523	3	24
162 Game Avg.		162	324	270	108	47	7	20	14	41	61	.175	.298	.225	.523	20	24

* 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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