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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
2	2	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	11	0	0	11	1	1B
3	3	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	52	11.1	10	0	0	10	0	1B
4	4	Apr 19	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
5	5	Apr 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
6	6	Apr 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	17	3	0	20	1	1B
7	7	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
8	8	Apr 26	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	NYY		WSA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
10	10	May 2	NYY		WSA	L,4-5	CG	39	10.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
11	11	May 3 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
12	12	May 3 (2)	NYY		WSA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	1B
13	13	May 5	NYY		DET	W,4-3	GS	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF 1B
14	14	May 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-2	GS	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B CF
15	15	May 6 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	1B CF
16	16	May 7	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
17	17	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-3	GS	33	9.0	10	2	1	13	2	1B CF
18	18	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B CF
19	19	May 10 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-2	GS	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	1B CF
20	20	May 10 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
21	21	May 12	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B CF
22	22	May 13	NYY	@	DET	T,1-1	CG	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
23	23	May 14	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	1B
24	24	May 15	NYY		KCA	L,0-11	GS	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B CF
25	25	May 16	NYY		KCA	W,10-6	GS	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B CF
26	26	May 17 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,11-9	GS	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B CF
27	27	May 17 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
28	28	May 19	NYY		MIN	L,2-7	GS	51	13.0	11	2	2	15	2	1B CF
29	29	May 20	NYY		MIN	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
30	30	May 22	NYY		LAA	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B CF
31	31	May 23	NYY		LAA	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
32	32	May 24 (1)	NYY		LAA	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
33	33	May 24 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,8-5	GS	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B CF
34	34	May 26	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B CF
35	35	May 27	NYY		CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
36	36	May 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
37	37	May 30	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
38	38	May 31	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
40	40	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
41	41	Jun 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
42	42	Jun 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
43	43	Jun 5	NYY	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
44	44	Jun 6	NYY	@	LAA	W,2-0	CG	59	15.0	13	3	1	17	2	1B
45	45	Jun 7	NYY	@	LAA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
46	46	Jun 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
47	49 (2)	Jun 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
48	50	Jun 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
49	51	Jun 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
50	52	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
51	53	Jun 14 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
52	54	Jun 14 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
53	55	Jun 16 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
54	56	Jun 16 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
55	57	Jun 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	46	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
56	58	Jun 18	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
57	59	Jun 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
58	60	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
59	61	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	66	17.0	14	2	0	16	3	1B
60	62	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
61	63	Jun 23	NYY	@	BAL	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B
62	64	Jun 24	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
63	65	Jun 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
64	66	Jun 26	NYY		DET	L,0-1	CG	46	11.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
65	67	Jun 27	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
66	68	Jun 28 (1)	NYY		DET	W,8-6	GS	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B CF
67	69	Jun 28 (2)	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
68	70	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B CF
69	71	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	72	Jul 1	NYY		KCA	L,4-5	GS	48	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B CF
71	73	Jul 2	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	CG	58	15.0	15	2	0	17	2	1B
72	74	Jul 3	NYY		MIN	L,0-1	CG	36	10.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
73	75	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,7-5	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B CF
74	76	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B CF
75	77	Jul 5	NYY		MIN	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
76	78	Jul 9	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-5	GS	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B CF
77	79	Jul 10	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B CF
78	80	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B CF
79	81	Jul 12	NYY	@	CLE	T,2-2	CG	22	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
80	82	Jul 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-4	GS	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B CF
81	83	Jul 14	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B CF
82	84	Jul 15	NYY		BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
83	85	Jul 16	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
84	87 (1)	Jul 18	NYY		CLE	L,4-6	GS	61	15.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B CF
85	89 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
86	90	Jul 21	NYY		WSA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
87	91	Jul 22	NYY		WSA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
88	92	Jul 23	NYY		WSA	L,1-2	GS	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B CF
89	93	Jul 24 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
90	94	Jul 24 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
91	95	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,14-2	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
92	96	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
93	97	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B CF
94	98	Jul 27	NYY	@	LAA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
95	99	Jul 28	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
96	100	Jul 29	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
97	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	102	Aug 1	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
99	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
100	105 (1)	Aug 5	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
101	106	Aug 6	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
102	107	Aug 7	NYY		BAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
103	108	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
104	109	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
105	110	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
106	111	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
107	112	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
108	113	Aug 12	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	16	1	1	18	0	1B
109	114	Aug 13	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
110	115	Aug 14	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
111	116	Aug 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
112	117	Aug 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
113	118	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
114	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
115	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
116	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
117	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
118	123	Aug 22 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
119	124	Aug 22 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-0	GS	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B RF
120	125	Aug 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
121	126	Aug 25	NYY		WSA	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
122	127	Aug 26	NYY		WSA	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
123	128	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
124	129	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
125	130	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
126	131	Aug 30	NYY		BOS	W,9-3	GS	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	132	Sep 1	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
128	133	Sep 2	NYY	@	LAA	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
129	134	Sep 3	NYY	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
130	135	Sep 4	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	46	10.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
131	136	Sep 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
132	137	Sep 6	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
133	138	Sep 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
134	139	Sep 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
135	140	Sep 9	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
136	141	Sep 10	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
137	142	Sep 11	NYY		MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
138	143	Sep 12	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
139	144	Sep 13	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
140	145	Sep 15	NYY		LAA	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
141	146	Sep 16	NYY		LAA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
142	147	Sep 17	NYY		LAA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
143	149 (1)	Sep 19	NYY		KCA	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
144	150	Sep 20	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
145	151	Sep 22 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
146	152	Sep 22 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
147	153	Sep 23 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
148	154	Sep 23 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
149	155	Sep 25	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
150	156	Sep 26	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	4	1B
151	157	Sep 27	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
152	158	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
153	159	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		DET	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
154	160	Oct 1 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
155	161	Oct 1 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
156	162	Oct 2	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
157	163	Oct 3	NYY		CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
158	164	Oct 4	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							188gm		1413.0	1346	121	18	1485	128