Joe Gunson

Joseph Brook Gunson

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: March 23, 1863 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1884
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Nationals/Browns/Cowboys/Spiders 1884-1893

Final Game: September 18, 1893
Died: November 15, 1942 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1884	WHS	UA	21	C	33	283	210	49	24	0	.915	7.85	.895	8.35		48
1884	WHS	UA	21	OF	18	46	27	10	9	0	.804	2.06	.816	1.53	0-10-9
1889	KCC	AA	26	C	32	188	118	44	26	2	.862	5.06	.917	6.26		18
1889	KCC	AA	26	3B	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.860	3.60
1889	KCC	AA	26	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.00	1-0-0
1892	BLN	NL	29	C	67	405	281	92	32	3	.921	5.57	.936	5.87		27	120	73	38%	37%
1892	BLN	NL	29	OF	20	37	30	2	5	1	.865	1.60	.912	1.89	10-3-7
1892	BLN	NL	29	1B	2	13	13	0	0	1	1.000	6.50	.976	10.55
1892	BLN	NL	29	2B	1	4	0	4	0	1	1.000	4.00	.928	5.60
1893	TOT	NL	30	C	55	265	190	57	18	5	.932	4.49	.936	4.78		14	93	54	37%	37%
1893	STL	NL	30	C	35	179	130	36	13	4	.927	4.74	.936	4.78		10	66	34	34%	37%
1893	STL	NL	30	OF	5	9	8	1	0	1	1.000	1.80	.916	2.18	1-0-4
1893	CLV	NL	30	C	20	86	60	21	5	1	.942	4.05	.936	4.78		4	27	20	43%	37%
	4 Seasons			C	187	1141	799	242	100	10	.912	5.57	.923	6.05		107	213	127	37%	37%
	4 Seasons			OF	44	92	65	13	14	2	.848	1.77	.864	1.78	12-13-20
	1 Season			1B	2	13	13	0	0	1	1.000	6.50	.976	10.55
	1 Season			2B	1	4	0	4	0	1	1.000	4.00	.928	5.60
	1 Season			3B	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.860	3.60
	4 Seasons			TOT	235	1251	877	259	115	14	.908	4.83	.919	5.28	12-13-20	107	213	127	37%	37%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	2B	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF
1884	WHS	UA	21	45	45	33	0	0	0	0	10	9	18
1889	KCC	AA	26	34	34	32	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
1892	BLN	NL	29	89	89	67	2	1	0	10	3	7	20
1893	STL	NL	30	40	40	35	0	0	0	1	0	4	5
1893	CLV	NL	30	21	21	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			229	229	187	2	1	1	12	13	20	44

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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