Joe Pepitone

Positions: First Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: March 13, 2023 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, NY

High School: John Jay HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: April 10, 1962 (Age 21-183d, 11,919th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 25, 1973 (Age 32-228d)
vs. STL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Joseph Anthony Pepitone

Nicknames: Pepi

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

5097

1315

219

.258

606

RBI

721

OBP

.301

SLG

.432

OPS

.733

OPS+

105

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
2	2	Apr 10	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 11	NYY		BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 13	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
5	5	Apr 14	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
6	6	Apr 16	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
7	7	Apr 17	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	1B
8	8	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
9	9	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
10	10	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
11	12 (1)	Apr 27	NYY		CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
12	13	Apr 28	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
13	14	Apr 30	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16 (1)	May 2	NYY	@	LAA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
15	18 (1)	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
16	19	May 5	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
17	20	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
18	22 (1)	May 8	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
19	23	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
20	24	May 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
21	25	May 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-1	GF	16	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
22	26	May 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
23	27	May 14	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
24	28	May 15	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
25	29	May 17	NYY		LAA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
26	30	May 19 (1)	NYY		LAA	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
27	31	May 19 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
28	32	May 21	NYY		KCA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
29	33	May 22	NYY		KCA	W,8-7	CG	50	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
30	34	May 24	NYY		WSA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
31	35	May 25	NYY		WSA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	10	4	0	14	1	1B
32	36	May 26 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
33	37	May 26 (2)	NYY		WSA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
34	38	May 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
35	39	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
36	40	May 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	41	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
38	43 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
39	44	Jun 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
40	45	Jun 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	CF 1B
41	46	Jun 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	47	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
43	48	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
44	49	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
45	50	Jun 10 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
46	51	Jun 10 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
47	52	Jun 12	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	12	2	0	14	3	1B
48	53	Jun 13	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
49	54	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
50	55	Jun 15	NYY		DET	W,9-2	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
51	56	Jun 16 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
52	57	Jun 16 (2)	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
53	58	Jun 18	NYY		WSA	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
54	59	Jun 19	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
55	60	Jun 20	NYY		WSA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
56	61	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
57	62	Jun 22 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
58	63	Jun 22 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
59	64	Jun 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
60	65	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
61	67 (1)	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
62	68	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
63	69	Jun 28	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
64	70	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
65	71	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
66	72	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,11-4	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	73	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
68	74	Jul 2	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
69	75	Jul 3	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
70	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
71	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
72	78	Jul 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
73	79	Jul 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
74	81 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	40	10.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
75	82	Jul 11	NYY	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
76	83	Jul 12	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
77	84	Jul 13	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	85	Jul 14 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
79	86	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
80	87	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCA	L,10-11	CG	57	11.2	12	0	0	12	1	1B
81	88	Jul 17	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
82	89	Jul 18	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-9	GS	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B CF
83	90	Jul 20	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
84	91	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	92	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
86	93	Jul 22	NYY		LAA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
87	94	Jul 23	NYY		LAA	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
88	95	Jul 24	NYY		LAA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
89	96	Jul 25	NYY		LAA	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
90	97	Jul 26	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
91	98	Jul 27	NYY		MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
92	99	Jul 28 (1)	NYY		MIN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
93	100	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
94	101	Jul 29	NYY		KCA	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
95	102	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
96	103	Jul 31	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	104	Aug 2	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
98	105	Aug 3	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
99	106	Aug 4 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	107	Aug 4 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,11-10	GS	52	10.0	8	1	1	10	1	RF 1B
101	108	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,5-8	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
102	109	Aug 6 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
103	110	Aug 7	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
104	111	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-1	GS	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF 1B
105	112	Aug 9	NYY	@	LAA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
106	113	Aug 10	NYY	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
107	114	Aug 11	NYY	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	13	2	0	15	4	1B
108	115	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-14	CG	50	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
109	116	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
110	117	Aug 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
111	118	Aug 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
112	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
113	120	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
114	121	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
115	122	Aug 20	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
116	123	Aug 21 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF 1B
117	124	Aug 21 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
118	125	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
119	126	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
120	127	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
121	128	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
122	129	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	50	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
123	130	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
124	131	Aug 27 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
125	132	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
126	133	Aug 29	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
127	134	Aug 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
128	135	Aug 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	136	Sep 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
130	137	Sep 2 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	2	6	2	1B
131	138	Sep 2 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
132	139	Sep 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	53	14.1	17	1	0	18	1	1B
133	140	Sep 4	NYY		WSA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	8	4	0	12	1	1B
134	141	Sep 5	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
135	142	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
136	143	Sep 7	NYY		DET	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
137	144	Sep 8	NYY		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
138	145	Sep 9	NYY	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
139	146	Sep 10	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
140	147	Sep 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	3	1	10	1	1B
141	148	Sep 12	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
142	149	Sep 13	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
143	150	Sep 14 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
144	151	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
145	152	Sep 15	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
146	153	Sep 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	6	3	0	9	0	1B
147	154	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,5-4	CG	55	13.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
148	155	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
149	156	Sep 21	NYY		KCA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	1B
150	157	Sep 22	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
151	158	Sep 24	NYY		LAA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
152	159	Sep 25	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
153	160	Sep 27	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
154	161	Sep 28	NYY		MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
							161gm		1322.1	1168	103	8	1279	111