Joe Zdeb

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: June 27, 1953 in Compton, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Maine Township HS South (Park Ridge, IL).

High School: Maine Township HS South (Park Ridge, IL)

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: April 7, 1977 (Age 23-284d, 13,840th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 29, 1979 (Age 25-336d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Joseph Edmund Zdeb

Pronunciation: \ZEB\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

345

.273

RBI

OBP

.317

SLG

.348

OPS

.665

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-24 / in Starts: 18-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	23 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 141 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	91 (45-33-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 141 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	86 (42-28-15)

Most Driven In
H McRae	3
F Patek	2
C Hurdle	2
A Otis	1
W Wilson	1
F White	1
A Cowens	1
U Washington	0

Most Driven In By
A Otis	5
A Cowens	4
H McRae	3
F White	2
W Wilson	1
F Patek	1
D Porter	1
C Hurdle	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 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	106	2 (1)	Apr 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-4	6-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0					6	.06	-0.002	.07	0.00%	-0.19	LF
2	107	4 (1)	Apr 12	KCR		BAL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	7	1.07	-0.069	1.35	-0.05%	-0.35	LF
3	108	6 (1)	Apr 15	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	5						PR LF
4	109	11 (4)	Apr 22	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.429	.571	1	.78	-0.079	1.35	-0.08%	-0.84	LF
5	110	12	Apr 23	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-5	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.375	.500	6	.39	-0.009	.68	-0.01%	-0.14	PH LF
6	111	13	Apr 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.333	.444	1	.35	-0.008	.70	-0.01%	-0.15	PH LF
7	112	16 (2)	Apr 27	KCR		TOR	L,7-8	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.091	.091	.273	.364	6	1.28	-0.098	2.27	-0.10%	-0.52	PH LF
8	113	17	Apr 28	KCR		MIL	W,7-6	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	1	1.51	0.067	2.53	0.07%	0.38	PH LF
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
9	114	20 (2)	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.308	.462	2	.31	-0.008	.58	-0.01%	-0.22	LF
10	115	23 (2)	May 5	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-9	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.308	.462	5						LF
11	116	25 (1)	May 7	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.235	.222	.353	.575	2	1.21	0.022	1.74	0.02%	-0.01	LF
12	117	30 (4)	May 14	KCR		NYY	W,10-9	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.211	.333	.544	2	3.49	-0.155	4.93	-0.13%	-0.89	PH RF
13	118	32 (1)	May 16	KCR		BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.217	.364	.581	7	2.47	-0.137	3.89	-0.13%	-0.12	RF
14	119	33	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.217	.364	.581	2						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
15	120	45 (11)	Jun 1	KCR		SEA	W,10-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.280	.259	.400	.659	6	.67	-0.040	1.39	-0.05%	0.21	LF
16	121	47 (1)	Jun 3	KCR		CHW	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.323	.483	.805	6	.31	0.054	.67	0.07%	2.06	LF
17	122	48	Jun 4	KCR		CHW	W,13-2	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.313	.467	.779	6	1.30	-0.036	2.76	-0.05%	-0.35	LF
18	123	51 (2)	Jun 8 (2)	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG(13)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.278	.412	.690	6	1.71	-0.209	3.87	-0.28%	-1.43	LF
19	124	53 (1)	Jun 10	KCR	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.316	.300	.421	.721	7	1.12	0.108	1.97	0.11%	0.88	LF
20	125	55 (1)	Jun 12	KCR		TEX	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.293	.410	.703	8	3.49	-0.098	8.13	-0.14%	-0.31	PH LF
21	126	56	Jun 13	KCR		TEX	W,5-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.293	.410	.703	1						LF
22	127	57	Jun 14	KCR		DET	W,7-1	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.293	.410	.703	1	.00	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.85	PH LF
23	128	58	Jun 15	KCR		DET	W,7-2	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.295	.405	.700	1	1.18	0.053	2.41	0.06%	0.36	LF
24	129	60 (1)	Jun 17	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.298	.400	.698	5	.45	-0.015	1.27	-0.03%	-0.33	LF
25	130	61	Jun 18 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.275	.367	.642	6	1.69	-0.147	4.56	-0.24%	-0.95	LF
26	131	63 (1)	Jun 19	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.273	.358	.631	6	.81	-0.016	1.86	-0.02%	-0.43	LF
27	132	65 (1)	Jun 21	KCR		CLE	L,2-4	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.263	.345	.609	2	1.01	-0.033	2.51	-0.05%	-0.40	RF
28	133	66	Jun 23 (1)	KCR		OAK	W,5-3	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.250	.328	.578	7	.35	-0.028	.96	-0.05%	-0.87	PH RF LF
29	134	67	Jun 23 (2)	KCR		OAK	L,4-5	GS-5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.242	.317	.559	7	.82	-0.038	2.29	-0.06%	-0.51	LF
30	135	69 (1)	Jun 25	KCR		OAK	L,3-6	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.238	.311	.550	1	1.91	-0.048	5.42	-0.08%	-0.23	PH LF
31	136	70	Jun 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.242	.313	.555	6	1.16	-0.029	3.48	-0.05%	0.20	LF RF
32	137	71	Jun 27	KCR	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.254	.309	.562	2	1.02	0.029	3.13	0.05%	0.07	RF
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
33	138	75 (3)	Jul 1	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.240	.292	.532	2	.78	-0.079	2.03	-0.12%	-0.58	RF
34	139	76	Jul 2 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-2	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.237	.288	.525	7	4.98	-0.121	12.36	-0.18%	-0.73	PH RF
35	140	78 (1)	Jul 3	KCR		CAL	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.247	.297	.544	7	.47	0.026	1.22	0.04%	0.25	PH
36	141	82 (3)	Jul 7	KCR		BAL	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.259	.299	.558	2	1.80	0.033	3.56	0.04%	-0.02	LF
37	142	83	Jul 8	KCR		BAL	W,11-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.259	.299	.558	4						PR LF
38	143	84	Jul 9	KCR		BAL	W,10-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.267	.305	.572	2	.31	0.033	.68	0.04%	0.50	LF
39	144	85	Jul 13	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.256	.291	.546	2	.19	-0.019	.45	-0.03%	-0.93	LF
40	145	86	Jul 14	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-2	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.256	.291	.546	7	1.35	-0.012	3.02	-0.02%	-0.19	PH LF
41	146	88 (1)	Jul 16	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.253	.287	.540	6	.19	-0.005	.45	-0.01%	-0.15	PH RF
42	147	89	Jul 17	KCR	@	NYY	W,9-7	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.250	.284	.534	7	1.62	-0.038	4.20	-0.06%	-0.27	PH LF
43	148	92 (2)	Jul 21	KCR		BOS	W,9-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.247	.281	.528	7	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-1.17	PH LF
44	149	97 (4)	Jul 26	KCR		SEA	W,12-3	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.255	.281	.536	7	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.38	LF
45	150	101 (3)	Jul 30	KCR	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.265	.290	.556	2	.82	0.047	2.34	0.08%	0.48	RF
46	151	102	Jul 31	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.284	.330	.614	2	.97	0.132	2.78	0.23%	1.07	RF 3B 2B
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	152	107 (4)	Aug 6	KCR		TOR	W,12-5	CG	5	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.299	.356	.656	2	.25	0.050	.83	0.10%	0.81	LF
48	153	110 (2)	Aug 9	KCR	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.288	.343	.631	2	.68	-0.066	2.29	-0.13%	-0.64	LF
49	154	112 (1)	Aug 11	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-8	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.292	.346	.638	2	1.02	-0.049	3.39	-0.10%	-0.50	LF
50	155	114 (1)	Aug 13	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261	.288	.333	.621	2	1.78	-0.167	6.06	-0.34%	-0.91	LF RF
51	156	116 (1)	Aug 15	KCR	@	DET	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.288	.333	.621	9						LF
52	157	117	Aug 16 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.279	.322	.600	2	.55	-0.056	2.02	-0.12%	-1.18	LF
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
53	158	137 (19)	Sep 6	KCR	@	OAK	W,11-8	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.285	.328	.612	1	1.05	0.044	4.04	0.10%	0.37	PH
54	159	139 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256	.282	.325	.607	1	4.96	-0.260	24.68	-0.78%	-0.70	PH
55	160	147 (7)	Sep 16	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.280	.322	.602	1	3.41	-0.086	10.42	-0.16%	-0.23	PH
56	161	148	Sep 17	KCR		CAL	W,5-0	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.271	.311	.583	7	.41	-0.043	2.14	-0.13%	-0.70	LF
57	162	151 (2)	Sep 20	KCR		MIL	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.269	.309	.578	1	1.76	-0.045	.74	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
58	163	154 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.278	.312	.590	7	.82	0.023	.10	0.00%	0.41	LF
59	164	160 (5)	Sep 29	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.281	.315	.596	7	.41	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.16	DH
60	165	161	Sep 30	KCR		MIN	L,3-7	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.287	.315	.602	9	2.24	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
							36-24		141	127	18	32	2	3	0	11	7	0	18	0	5	2	0	2	3	0	.252	.287	.315	.602		1.06	-1.547	2.55	-2.78%	-8.40

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