Joe Decker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 16, 1947 in Storm Lake, IA us

Died: March 2, 2003 in Fraser, MI

Buried: Buena Vista Memorial Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Petaluma HS (Petaluma, CA).

High School: Petaluma HS (Petaluma, CA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 18, 1969 (Age 22-094d, 12,934th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: July 7, 1979 (Age 32-021d)
vs. BOS 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: George Henry Decker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.7

ERA

4.17

152

105

710.0

458

WHIP

1.520

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-16 / in Starts: 20-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	84	5	Apr 11	MIN		CHW	T,4-4	CG(6)		99	6.0	5	4	4	3	4	0	0	6.00	2.74	26	12	3	0	0	4	47			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.174	2.30	-0.18%	-1.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
2	85	9	Apr 16	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	6.1	4	0	0	2	11	0	0	2.92	1.36	25	5	3	0	1	4	74			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.364	2.26	0.40%	2.54	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a1
3	86	14	Apr 21	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	6	2	0	2	4	0	0	1.96	1.65	24	8	4	1	1	6	58			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.223	1.65	0.23%	0.66	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a3
4	87	18	Apr 27	MIN		MIL	L,0-9	GS-5	L(2-1)	5	4.0	8	7	7	1	3	1	0	4.43	2.26	22	7	3	0	0	8	20			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.322	1.21	-0.28%	-5.10	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	88	22	May 3	MIN		DET	L,3-4	GS-7	L(2-2)	5	6.1	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.71	2.72	27	3	11	3	2	7	45			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.198	1.57	-0.14%	-0.84	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d1
6	89	25	May 7	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-2)	3	9.0	8	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.58	2.45	34	5	14	3	2	8	76			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.476	1.18	0.36%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
7	90	28	May 12	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-9	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.0	5	5	4	3	5	1	0	4.10	2.75	20	4	3	1	1	5	36			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.210	1.14	-0.19%	-2.62	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d3
8	91	31	May 17	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	8.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.62	2.80	32	13	7	0	0	4	70			1	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	0.267	1.46	0.22%	2.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
9	92	36	May 21	MIN		OAK	L,1-8	GS-7	L(4-4)	3	6.0	8	3	3	2	7	1	0	3.72	2.87	26	8	1	0	0	8	49			2	2	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.41	-0.078	2.22	-0.07%	-0.07	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out d1
10	93	40	May 26	MIN		TEX	W,6-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.34	2.70	31	12	7	0	0	8	71			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	.96	0.271	1.16	0.20%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	94	44	May 31	MIN		NYY	W,5-2	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	7.2	6	2	1	6	4	0	0	3.11	2.83	32	7	9	1	0	6	59			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	3	0	0	.99	0.252	.99	0.15%	2.37	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	95	48	Jun 4	MIN		BOS	L,3-4	GS-5		3	4.2	3	2	2	5	5	1	0	3.16	3.05	22	3	6	0	0	3	50			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.22	-0.022	1.16	-0.01%	0.15	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
13	96	52	Jun 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6		4	5.2	5	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.05	3.18	25	7	6	1	1	5	56			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.198	.89	0.09%	1.50	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out a1
14	97	56	Jun 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	6	2	0	2.95	3.34	31	10	8	0	0	5	73			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.27	0.134	.17	0.05%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
15	98	61	Jun 18	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-10	GS-5	L(7-5)	3	5.0	8	6	6	0	3	2	0	3.35	3.51	23	6	6	0	0	8	30			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.389	.50	-0.15%	-3.79	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d5
16	99	66	Jun 23(1)	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	GS-9	L(7-6)	4	8.2	12	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.16	3.44	39	11	9	0	1	12	55			2	1	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.06	0.168	.40	0.04%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out d1
17	100	71	Jun 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-7	W(8-6)	3	6.1	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.98	3.37	25	8	7	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	.81	0.169	.40	0.05%	1.79	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 1 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	101	76	Jul 1	MIN		TEX	L,2-6	GS-9	L(8-7)	3	8.1	8	5	5	6	5	2	0	3.15	3.59	37	10	8	0	0	8	46			3	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.015	.74	-0.01%	-0.23	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d3
19	102	82	Jul 6	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-3	GS-8	L(8-8)	4	7.0	5	3	2	4	2	0	0	3.12	3.60	29	9	9	0	0	5	55			0	2	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.041	.24	-0.01%	-1.18	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d3
20	103	88	Jul 11	MIN		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.04	3.50	35	10	12	2	0	8	66			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.147	.56	0.05%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	104	92	Jul 15	MIN		MIL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.1	7	3	1	4	1	0	0	2.95	3.52	33	9	12	2	3	7	53			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.12	-0.073	.72	-0.03%	0.63	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a1
22	105	97	Jul 20	MIN	@	DET	W,12-6	GS-6	W(10-8)	4	5.1	6	4	4	6	3	2	0	3.09	3.74	28	5	8	0	1	6	37			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.93	0.018	.45	0.01%	-2.08	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out a5
23	106	99	Jul 25	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-5	GS-5	L(10-9)	4	4.0	8	5	5	2	1	3	0	3.30	3.99	22	5	6	0	1	8	25			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.255	.61	-0.16%	-3.25	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d4
24	107	104	Jul 30	MIN		KCR	W,7-3	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	11	3	2	3	6	0	0	3.23	3.90	40	17	5	1	3	9	58			1	0	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	1	.74	0.082	.29	0.02%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	108	108	Aug 4(1)	MIN		OAK	L,4-10	GS-7	L(11-10)	4	6.0	7	8	6	3	3	1	0	3.44	3.94	30	12	5	0	2	7	30			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.43	-0.677	.69	-0.19%	-4.53	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d3
26	109	115	Aug 8	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.35	3.84	28	10	5	1	2	6	64			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.304	.12	0.01%	2.36	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
27	110	119	Aug 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,1-0	GS-9	W(12-10)	5	8.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	1	3.20	3.78	29	10	7	2	0	4	77			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.445	.18	0.04%	3.24	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
28	111	124	Aug 19	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.15	3.79	33	11	11	3	2	6	68			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.66	0.177	.09	0.02%	2.07	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
29	112	128	Aug 24	MIN	@	BAL	W,9-5	GS-2		4	1.1	2	4	4	5	1	0	0	3.31	3.85	11	2	1	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.157	.12	-0.01%	-3.62	1b start a 1	2b 123 1 out a4
30	113	132	Aug 28	MIN		NYY	L,0-5	GS-5	L(13-11)	3	4.2	9	4	3	0	2	1	0	3.37	3.86	23	6	6	0	0	9	34			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	2	1	.93	-0.199	.06	-0.01%	-1.98	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	114	136	Sep 2	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-3	CG	W(14-11)	4	9.0	6	3	3	5	5	1	1	3.35	3.91	37	8	12	2	1	6	63			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.60	0.232	.05	0.01%	0.99	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
32	115	140	Sep 7	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(14-12)	4	8.0	2	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.27	3.84	27	14	5	0	0	1	77			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.233	.03	0.01%	2.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
33	116	144	Sep 11	MIN		OAK	W,5-3	GS-8		3	8.0	7	3	3	4	7	2	0	3.27	3.90	33	8	7	0	0	7	59			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.103	.11	-0.01%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
34	117	149	Sep 15	MIN		KCR	W,5-2	CG	W(15-12)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.22	3.81	34	6	12	3	2	6	73			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.280	.02	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	118	153	Sep 20	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	CG	W(16-12)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.18	3.74	35	6	13	2	1	6	71			3	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.391	.04	0.01%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
36	119	156	Sep 24	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-5	GS-6	L(16-13)	3	5.1	7	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.29	3.78	26	5	10	1	0	7	34			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	1	1	.82	-0.228	.19	-0.03%	-3.26	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d5
37	120	160	Sep 28	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-4	GS-3	L(16-14)	3	2.2	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.29	3.76	13	4	4	0	0	4	45			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d2
							20-16		W-L:16-14	3.7	248.2	234	105	91	97	158	24	2	3.29	3.76	1047	1.12		5%	5%	229	54		---%	31	16	0	930	25	5	1	25	8	17	1.00	1.554	.69	0.48%	9.24

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