Joe Hoover

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 15, 1915 in Brawley, CA us

Died: September 2, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: San Gorgonio Memorial Park, Banning, CA

High School: Pomona HS (Pomona, CA)

Debut: April 21, 1943 (Age 28-006d, 9,409th in major league history)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1945 (Age 30-161d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Robert Joseph Hoover

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1945 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

1238

301

.243

177

RBI

OBP

.300

SLG

.316

OPS

.616

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-36 / in Starts: 29-25
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	55 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 250 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	93 (44-29-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 250 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	165 (85-53-26)

Most Driven In
D Trout	3
P Richards	2
R York	2
B Maier	2
J Outlaw	1
S Overmire	1
B Swift	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
R Cullenbine	5
H Greenberg	5
D Cramer	3
E Mayo	2
J Outlaw	2
Self	1
R York	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 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	265	3 (2)	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						PR
2	266	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,1-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	7	1.31	0.024	3.50	0.04%	0.13	SS
3	267	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	7						SS
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
4	268	19 (13)	May 19 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	7	.06	0.004	.19	0.01%	1.87	SS
5	269	21 (1)	May 20 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.222	.422	7	.29	-0.029	.93	-0.06%	-0.76	SS
6	270	22	May 20 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-1	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.200	.222	.422	8						PR
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
7	271	32 (9)	Jun 1	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.200	.222	.422	7						PR SS
8	272	34 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.143	.276	1	1.72	-0.203	6.37	-0.45%	-1.11	SS
9	273	40 (5)	Jun 9	DET		CHW	W,7-6	0-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.143	.276	8						PR
10	274	42 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,4-9	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	1						SS
11	275	43	Jun 12	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.190	.158	.348	1	1.36	-0.108	6.67	-0.32%	-0.42	SS
12	276	44	Jun 13	DET		SLB	W,6-4	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.269	.348	.617	1	.76	0.140	4.05	0.45%	1.18	SS
13	277	45	Jun 14	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.233	.296	.530	1	1.42	-0.049	7.60	-0.16%	-0.48	SS
14	278	46	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.156	.229	.281	.510	1	1.74	-0.191	9.24	-0.61%	-1.41	SS
15	279	49 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.139	.205	.250	.455	1						SS
16	280	57 (7)	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.186	.225	.411	1	1.37	-0.147	7.98	-0.51%	-1.04	SS
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
17	281	62 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.205	.268	.473	1	.56	0.055	2.80	0.16%	1.00	SS
18	282	63	Jul 1 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	1	0	.178	.229	.289	.518	1						SS
19	283	64	Jul 3	DET		BOS	L,0-4	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.184	.231	.286	.516	1						SS
20	284	65	Jul 4 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.189	.232	.283	.515	1	1.45	-0.023	9.43	-0.09%	-0.51	SS
21	285	66	Jul 4 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.228	.278	.506	1	.07	-0.002	.46	-0.01%	-0.15	SS
22	286	67	Jul 5	DET		BOS	W,9-8	GS-9	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.186	.226	.288	.514	1	1.78	-0.225	11.67	-0.88%	-1.18	SS
23	287	68	Jul 6	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GS-9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.180	.231	.279	.509	1	1.00	-0.076	7.08	-0.32%	-1.11	SS
24	288	69	Jul 7	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.169	.217	.262	.479	1	1.56	-0.206	10.90	-0.86%	-1.97	SS
25	289	70	Jul 8 (1)	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	1	0	.186	.230	.271	.501	1						SS
26	290	71	Jul 8 (2)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	1	0	.178	.231	.260	.491	1						SS
27	291	72	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.182	.241	.273	.514	1	1.64	-0.125	10.76	-0.49%	-0.14	SS
28	292	73	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.272	.513	1	.53	-0.012	3.56	-0.05%	-0.08	SS
29	293	74	Jul 14	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.250	.271	.521	1	.49	0.018	3.34	0.07%	-0.47	SS
30	294	82 (7)	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.247	.289	.536	1	.77	-0.033	4.64	-0.12%	0.15	SS
31	295	88 (5)	Jul 31	DET		SLB	W,5-4	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.247	.289	.536	8						PR
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
32	296	89	Aug 1	DET		SLB	W,9-8	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.247	.289	.536	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
33	297	91 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.247	.289	.536	1						SS
34	298	94 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.255	.295	.550	1	1.09	-0.082	7.58	-0.34%	-0.96	SS
35	299	96 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.192	.245	.283	.528	1						SS
36	300	98 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG(12)	6	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.212	.268	.298	.566	1	.91	0.175	6.25	0.72%	1.34	SS
37	301	99	Aug 9	DET		BOS	W,11-5	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0			0	1	0	.206	.274	.290	.563	1						SS
38	302	100	Aug 10	DET		BOS	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	1	.198	.264	.279	.544	1						SS
39	303	101	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.209	.272	.313	.585	1						SS
40	304	102	Aug 12 (1)	DET		NYY	W,9-6	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.210	.277	.311	.588	1						SS
41	305	104 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,15-4	CG	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.211	.281	.309	.590	1	.46	-0.040	3.97	-0.21%	0.00	SS
42	306	106 (1)	Aug 15	DET		WSH	L,0-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.281	.302	.582	1	.38	-0.038	3.96	-0.24%	-0.66	SS
43	307	109 (2)	Aug 18	DET		WSH	L,5-11	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.286	.307	.593	1	.03	0.001	.35	0.01%	0.24	SS
44	308	111 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-8	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.278	.298	.575	7	1.15	-0.119	8.73	-0.54%	-1.10	SS
45	309	113 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	.211	.281	.308	.589	7	.81	0.108	6.21	0.49%	1.68	SS
46	310	114	Aug 21 (1)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.281	.308	.589	8						PR
47	311	115	Aug 21 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.289	.311	.600	7	.58	0.020	4.41	0.09%	0.23	SS
48	312	119 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.289	.312	.601	7	1.36	-0.030	10.61	-0.14%	-0.51	SS
49	313	120	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.284	.305	.589	1	.96	-0.069	7.56	-0.33%	-0.60	SS
50	314	123 (2)	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,2-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.284	.305	.589	1						SS
Sept		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
51	315	124	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,5-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.282	.303	.585	1						SS
52	316	125	Sep 2	DET		CLE	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.287	.308	.594	1	1.72	0.049	15.45	0.27%	0.12	SS
53	317	127 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.223	.290	.324	.614	1						SS
54	318	129 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-7	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.290	.324	.614	1		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR SS
55	319	130	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.289	.318	.607	1	.61	-0.018	6.57	-0.11%	0.15	SS
56	320	132 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.298	.323	.621	1	.97	0.079	12.02	0.59%	0.53	SS
57	321	133	Sep 7	DET	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.233	.303	.327	.630	1	.78	-0.053	8.76	-0.36%	-0.28	SS
58	322	134	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	6	5	3	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.315	.348	.662	1	.50	0.140	5.19	0.87%	2.38	SS
59	323	135	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.312	.339	.651	1						SS
60	324	136	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.316	.343	.659	1						SS
61	325	137	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.314	.341	.655	1	1.17	0.043	11.32	0.25%	0.15	SS
62	326	138	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.246	.318	.341	.659	1						SS
63	327	139	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.315	.342	.658	1	.76	-0.045	7.82	-0.28%	-0.25	SS
64	328	140	Sep 12 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.239	.309	.335	.644	1	.68	-0.047	6.02	-0.25%	-0.59	SS
65	329	141	Sep 12 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(16)	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.307	.328	.635	1	1.40	-0.143	12.21	-0.75%	-0.75	SS
66	330	142	Sep 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.311	.342	.652	1	1.29	-0.002	13.30	-0.01%	0.08	SS
67	331	143	Sep 14	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG(5)	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.315	.353	.669	1	1.18	0.020	13.47	0.13%	0.19	SS
68	332	144	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.313	.350	.662	1	.93	-0.066	23.64	-1.01%	-0.62	SS
69	333	145	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.319	.355	.674	1	.97	0.029	21.63	0.39%	0.21	SS
70	334	146	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.322	.358	.680	1	.85	0.040	12.27	0.35%	0.45	SS
71	335	147	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.321	.361	.682	1	.47	0.024	11.12	0.34%	0.54	SS
72	336	148	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,5-12	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.325	.362	.687	1	.53	0.046	6.22	0.33%	0.40	SS
73	337	149	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.325	.362	.687	1						SS
74	338	152 (2)	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,0-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.324	.360	.684	1	.06	-0.002	.68	-0.01%	-0.10	SS
							37-36		250	222	34	57	10	5	1	17	21	0	35	1	6		2	2	6	2	.257	.324	.360	.684		.99	-1.168	8.42	-3.95%	-4.20

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