Joe Christopher

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: December 13, 1935 in Frederiksted, U. S. Virgin Islands vi

Died: October 3, 2023 in Edgewood, MD

Buried: Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD

High School: St. Patricks HS (Frederiksted, U. S. Virgin Islands)

Debut: May 26, 1959 (Age 23-164d, 11,641st in major league history)
vs. MLN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 9, 1966 (Age 30-178d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Joseph O'Neal Christopher

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1960 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

1667

434

.260

224

RBI

173

OBP

.329

SLG

.374

OPS

.702

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-44 / in Starts: 18-26
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	57 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 206 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	131 (65-43-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 206 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	128 (67-39-21)

Most Driven In
R Clemente	4
D Hoak	2
H Smith	2
D Stuart	2
B Mazeroski	2
B Friend	1
D Groat	1
D Schofield	0

Most Driven In By
R Clemente	6
D Hoak	4
D Groat	3
D Stuart	3
H Smith	2
B Mazeroski	2
B Virdon	2
Self	0

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	66	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						PR
2	67	2	Apr 12	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					4						PR
3	68	3	Apr 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-6	11-11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
4	69	6 (2)	Apr 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-13	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						PR
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	70	17 (10)	May 3	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7						PR
6	71	20 (2)	May 7	PIT		LAD	L,2-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7						PR
7	72	22 (1)	May 10	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.05	-0.027	3.65	-0.06%	-0.24	PH
8	73	23	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,8-5	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	1	.84	0.028	2.45	0.05%	0.09	LF
9	74	24	May 13	PIT		CIN	W,13-5	CG	5	5	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.455	.727	1.182	5	.44	0.040	1.41	0.08%	2.20	LF
10	75	25	May 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.385	.500	.615	1.115	1	.93	0.047	3.17	0.10%	0.07	LF
11	76	26	May 16	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.313	.421	.500	.921	5	1.40	-0.134	4.12	-0.24%	-1.26	LF
12	77	30 (3)	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-11	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.450	.500	.950	9	1.86	0.064	5.37	0.11%	1.00	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	78	46 (15)	Jun 7	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.429	.471	.899	9	1.21	-0.030	3.94	-0.06%	-0.32	PH
14	79	47	Jun 8	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-2	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.429	.471	.899	4						PR
15	80	48	Jun 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,6-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.409	.444	.854	9	.86	-0.022	2.60	-0.04%	-0.23	PH
16	81	49	Jun 10	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.346	.364	.710	6	.73	-0.077	2.09	-0.13%	-0.79	LF
17	82	52 (2)	Jun 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.333	.348	.681	9	3.49	-0.099	11.28	-0.19%	-0.32	PH
18	83	53	Jun 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-8	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.321	.333	.655	9	1.32	-0.034	4.45	-0.07%	-0.44	PH
19	84	55 (1)	Jun 17	PIT		STL	W,9-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.310	.320	.630	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.77	RF
20	85	57 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.346	.679	9	.60	0.029	1.33	0.04%	0.39	PH
21	86	61 (3)	Jun 24	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.324	.333	.657	6	.98	-0.036	1.86	-0.04%	-0.35	LF
22	87	62	Jun 25 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.342	.441	.783	6	1.01	0.168	1.68	0.17%	2.89	LF
23	88	63	Jun 25 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.289	.357	.447	.805	6	1.28	0.055	2.32	0.06%	0.17	LF
24	89	64	Jun 27	PIT		LAD	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.310	.370	.452	.822	6	1.45	-0.025	2.96	-0.03%	0.17	LF
25	90	66 (1)	Jun 29	PIT		LAD	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.380	.457	.837	6	1.00	0.031	1.92	0.04%	-0.19	LF
26	91	67	Jun 30	PIT		SFG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.370	.440	.810	6	1.60	0.064	3.45	0.08%	-0.32	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	92	69 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,7-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.368	.423	.791	6	1.85	-0.005	3.81	-0.01%	-0.04	LF
28	93	70	Jul 2 (2)	PIT		SFG	W,9-0	CG(7)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.361	.411	.771	7	.52	-0.053	1.18	-0.07%	-0.64	LF
29	94	71	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.344	.390	.734	7	.86	-0.066	2.33	-0.11%	-0.51	LF
30	95	73 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-3	CG	6	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.343	.415	.758	6	.46	0.130	.48	0.08%	0.64	LF
31	96	74	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.342	.412	.754	7	.65	-0.016	.83	-0.01%	-0.01	LF
32	97	75	Jul 7	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.351	.420	.772	9	5.56	0.485	5.82	0.31%	1.94	PH LF
33	98	76	Jul 8	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.351	.420	.772	6						LF
34	99	77	Jul 9	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.351	.420	.772	6						LF
35	100	78	Jul 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.338	.403	.740	6	.99	-0.072	1.58	-0.07%	-0.74	LF
36	101	79	Jul 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-4	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.292	.346	.403	.749	9	.48	0.019	.56	0.01%	0.22	LF
37	102	82 (2)	Jul 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.342	.397	.739	3	.55	-0.015	.72	-0.01%	-0.11	PH LF
38	103	83	Jul 20	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.286	.337	.390	.727	2	.49	0.014	.61	0.01%	-0.23	LF
39	104	84	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.330	.378	.708	1	1.47	-0.123	2.14	-0.11%	-1.02	LF
40	105	85	Jul 22	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.359	.407	.766	2	1.42	0.194	1.82	0.15%	1.31	LF
41	106	86	Jul 23 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-11	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.354	.393	.747	7	.82	-0.075	.95	-0.05%	-0.56	LF
42	107	87	Jul 23 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.293	.340	.380	.720	7	1.84	-0.077	1.83	-0.05%	-0.52	LF
43	108	88	Jul 25	PIT		SFG	L,7-16	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.343	.392	.735	6	1.29	0.027	.64	0.01%	0.60	LF
44	109	89	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	W,8-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.349	.408	.757	3	.22	0.018	.07	0.00%	1.77	LF
45	110	91 (1)	Jul 28	PIT		LAD	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.297	.339	.396	.735	6	1.42	-0.131	.34	-0.02%	-0.87	LF
46	111	92	Jul 29	PIT		LAD	L,4-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.351	.400	.751	6	1.77	0.016	.25	0.00%	0.75	LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	112	95 (2)	Aug 3	PIT	@	STL	W,19-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.351	.400	.751	5						RF
48	113	96	Aug 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.351	.400	.751	6						PR
49	114	99 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.356	.413	.769	7	1.12	-0.084	.06	0.00%	-0.81	LF
50	115	101 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.356	.413	.769	5						RF
51	116	102	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.344	.398	.742	7	1.38	-0.128	.06	0.00%	-1.42	LF
52	117	103	Aug 9	PIT		STL	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.310	.357	.405	.762	7	.83	-0.018	.04	0.00%	-0.13	LF
53	118	104	Aug 10	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.346	.392	.738	7	1.54	-0.163	.01	0.00%	-0.80	LF
54	119	110 (5)	Aug 16	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.351	.397	.748	9	1.36	0.041	.03	0.00%	0.12	PH
55	120	112 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306	.356	.395	.751	1	1.43	0.162	.01	0.00%	0.37	LF
56	121	113	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(11)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.302	.355	.388	.742	1	1.81	-0.158	.01	0.00%	-0.45	LF
57	122	114	Aug 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG(11)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.354	.385	.739	1	1.28	-0.104	.01	0.00%	-0.43	LF
58	123	118 (3)	Aug 24	PIT		MLN	L,1-6	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.307	.355	.393	.748	1	1.09	0.053	.01	0.00%	0.24	LF
59	124	120 (1)	Aug 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.346	.382	.728	1	.89	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-1.16	LF
60	125	121	Aug 27 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.348	.374	.722	1	.93	0.007	.02	0.00%	-0.04	LF
61	126	122	Aug 27 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.339	.364	.704	1	.86	-0.090	.01	0.00%	-0.88	LF
62	127	124 (1)	Aug 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.337	.362	.699	9	2.58	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.30	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
63	128	127 (2)	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.280	.333	.357	.690	1	1.20	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-1.22	LF
64	129	128	Sep 3	PIT	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.280	.335	.354	.689	1	.39	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.59	LF
65	130	129	Sep 4	PIT	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.339	.364	.703	1	.50	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.25	LF
66	131	135 (5)	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.339	.364	.703	3						RF
67	132	136	Sep 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.282	.335	.359	.694	1	1.08	-0.167	.00	0.00%	-1.87	CF
68	133	137	Sep 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-0	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.328	.351	.679	1	.46	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.72	CF
69	134	139 (1)	Sep 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.328	.351	.679	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
70	135	140	Sep 16	PIT		STL	L,3-6	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.332	.351	.682	9	1.91	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
71	136	143 (2)	Sep 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-10	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.330	.349	.678	9	.46	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
72	137	149 (5)	Sep 26 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,8-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.330	.349	.678	5						RF
73	138	150	Sep 27	PIT		SFG	W,5-3	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.275	.337	.348	.685	1	1.66	0.251	.00	0.00%	1.59	CF
74	139	151	Sep 28	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.328	.339	.667	1	1.42	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.66	CF
75	140	152	Sep 29	PIT		CIN	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.327	.333	.660	1	.48	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.37	CF
76	141	154 (1)	Oct 1	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.327	.333	.660	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
							32-44		206	186	25	49	7	3	0	14	18	0	24	0	1	1	3	7	6	4	.263	.327	.333	.660		1.11	-0.472	1.09	-0.08%	-4.08

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