Joe Hague
Joe Clarence Hague
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: April 25, 1944 in Huntington, WV
High School: Bel Aire (El Paso, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1968
Final Game: June 2, 1973
Died: November 5, 1994 in San Antonio, TX
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1968 24 STL NL 7 19 17 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .235 .316 .412 .728 119 7 0 0 0 0 0 /93
1969 25 STL NL 40 112 100 8 17 2 1 2 8 0 2 12 23 .170 .259 .270 .529 49 27 2 0 0 0 1 9/37
1970 26 STL NL 139 524 451 58 122 16 4 14 68 2 1 63 87 .271 .358 .417 .775 105 188 12 1 4 5 3 39/7
1971 27 STL NL 129 443 380 46 86 9 3 16 54 0 3 58 69 .226 .330 .392 .722 101 149 6 2 0 3 10 39
1972 28 TOT NL 96 255 214 25 52 12 2 7 31 1 2 37 36 .243 .350 .416 .766 122 89 6 0 1 3 7 39
1972 28 STL NL 27 96 76 8 18 5 1 3 11 0 1 17 18 .237 .368 .447 .816 133 34 2 0 1 2 2 3/9
1972 28 CIN NL 69 159 138 17 34 7 1 4 20 1 1 20 18 .246 .340 .399 .738 115 55 4 0 0 1 5 39
1973 29 CIN NL 19 39 33 2 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 5 .152 .256 .212 .469 35 7 0 0 0 1 0 /93
6 Seasons 430 1392 1195 141 286 41 10 40 163 4 8 177 222 .239 .336 .391 .727 100 467 26 3 5 12 21
162 Game Avg. 162 524 450 53 108 15 4 15 61 2 3 67 84 .239 .336 .391 .727 100 176 10 1 2 5 8
STL (5 yrs) 342 1194 1024 122 247 32 9 36 142 2 7 152 199 .241 .338 .396 .734 100 405 22 3 5 10 16
CIN (2 yrs) 88 198 171 19 39 9 1 4 21 2 1 25 23 .228 .323 .363 .686 99 62 4 0 0 2 5

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1968 24 STL NL 19 13 2 4.2 81 .214 .235 .251 .316 .309 .412 .354 .728 .663 119 .569 0.3 0.0 .692 .294 .176 .0
1969 25 STL NL 112 87 7 2.2 94 .200 .170 .259 .259 .330 .270 .384 .529 .714 49 .231 -7.1 -0.7 .425 .200 .100 .0
1970 26 STL NL 524 351 69 5.3 106 .304 .271 .270 .358 .344 .417 .413 .775 .757 105 .559 4.0 0.4 .740 .288 .146 3.5
1971 27 STL NL 443 306 51 4.5 96 .235 .226 .264 .330 .331 .392 .387 .722 .718 101 .544 0.7 0.1 .680 .311 .166 .0
1972 28 TOT NL 255 174 31 4.8 88 .259 .243 .252 .350 .319 .416 .372 .766 .691 122 .577 7.5 0.7 .735 .341 .173 1.8
1972 28 STL NL 96 64 13 5.5 91 .263 .237 .255 .368 .323 .447 .377 .816 .701 133 .634 4.2 0.4 .820 .421 .211 .0
1972 28 CIN NL 159 110 18 4.4 87 .256 .246 .250 .340 .317 .399 .369 .738 .685 115 .539 3.3 0.3 .688 .297 .152 1.6
1973 29 CIN NL 39 29 2 1.9 92 .172 .152 .257 .256 .325 .212 .382 .469 .706 35 .178 -2.6 -0.3 .464 .242 .061 .0
6 Seasons 1392 960 162 4.6 98 .260 .239 .263 .336 .333 .391 .393 .727 .726 100 .526 2.7 0.2 .682 .296 .151 7.3
162 Game Avg. 524 362 61 4.6 98 .260 .239 .263 .336 .333 .391 .393 .727 .726 100 .526 1 0 .682 .296 .151 3
STL (5 yrs) 1194 821 142 4.7 99 .264 .241 .266 .338 .336 .396 .397 .734 .732 100 .533 2.1 0.2 .689 .298 .154 3.8
CIN (2 yrs) 198 139 20 3.9 88 .240 .228 .251 .323 .318 .363 .371 .686 .689 99 .475 0.7 -0.0 .642 .287 .135 2.7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 28 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 28 CIN NL WS OAK L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 24 STL NL 19 5.3% 10.5% 10.5% 5.3% 25% 1.00 8.5 17.0 17.0 0.83 74%
1969 25 STL NL 112 1.8% 20.5% 10.7% 4.5% 29% 1.92 4.3 50.0 12.5 0.62 67%
1970 26 STL NL 524 2.7% 16.6% 12.0% 6.5% 28% 1.38 5.2 32.2 6.6 0.93 68%
1971 27 STL NL 443 3.6% 15.6% 13.1% 6.3% 33% 1.19 5.5 23.8 7.0 0.71 67%
1972 28 TOT NL 255 2.8% 14.1% 14.5% 8.2% 40% 0.97 5.9 30.6 6.9 0.73 68%
1972 28 STL NL 96 3.1% 18.8% 17.7% 9.4% 50% 1.06 4.2 25.3 6.9 1.05 59%
1972 28 CIN NL 159 2.5% 11.3% 12.6% 7.6% 35% 0.90 7.7 34.5 6.9 0.61 74%
1973 29 CIN NL 39 0.0% 12.8% 12.8% 5.1% 40% 1.00 6.6 33.0 1.18 74%
6 Seasons 1392 2.9% 16.0% 12.7% 6.5% 32% 1.25 5.4 29.9 7.3 0.79 68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 24 STL NL 0 0 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 25 STL NL 0 0 22% 25 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60% 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1970 26 STL NL 8 0 26% 200 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 43% 36 22 12 3 2 1 15 5 10
1971 27 STL NL 3 0 23% 131 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 7 32% 25 20 5 4 3 1 9 3 6
1972 28 TOT NL 3 0 22% 74 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 41% 14 9 5 5 3 2 8 3 4
1972 28 STL NL 2 0 16% 34 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 54% 7 3 4 1 0 1 5 2 2
1972 28 CIN NL 1 0 26% 40 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 29% 7 6 1 4 3 1 3 1 2
1973 29 CIN NL 0 0 20% 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1
6 Seasons 14 0 24% 442 4 8 33% 4 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 16 21 39% 79 54 23 13 9 4 37 12 23
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1968 24 STL NL 19 79% 4 1 0 0 0 0.36 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 25 STL NL 112 86% 17 13 1 0 1 1.88 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 24 2 8% 12 3 25% 70 6 9% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 0
1970 26 STL NL 524 86% 122 17 7 1 5 2.54 14 0 19 11 3 7 7 0 4 4 100% 120 12 10% 56 16 29% 342 61 18% 39 22 56% 31 13 42% 0
1971 27 STL NL 443 84% 86 17 2 0 1 2.21 16 1 12 16 0 5 11 0 0 0 91 6 7% 48 9 19% 308 42 14% 28 10 36% 38 10 26% 0
1972 28 TOT NL 254 93% 52 32 11 0 5 1.44 7 0 5 6 1 2 5 0 2 1 50% 58 6 10% 26 9 35% 171 27 16% 12 8 67% 23 9 39% 1
1972 28 STL NL 96 91% 18 3 1 0 1 1.09 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 24 2 8% 15 5 33% 64 10 16% 6 3 50% 8 2 25% 0
1972 28 CIN NL 158 94% 34 29 10 0 4 1.47 4 0 3 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0% 34 4 12% 11 4 36% 107 17 16% 6 5 83% 15 7 47% 1
1973 29 CIN NL 39 95% 5 8 3 0 0 1.32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 5 3 60% 23 1 4% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
6 Seasons 1391 87% 286 88 24 1 12 1.84 40 1 37 36 4 16 24 0 6 5 83% 307 26 8% 147 40 27% 924 137 15% 84 42 50% 97 33 34% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 24 7 19 17 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .235 .316 .412 .728 119 7 0 0 0 0 0
1969 25 47 131 117 10 21 2 1 3 9 0 2 14 25 .179 .267 .291 .558 58 34 2 0 0 0 1
1970 26 186 655 568 68 143 18 5 17 77 2 3 77 112 .252 .339 .391 .730 96 222 14 1 4 5 4
1971 27 315 1098 948 114 229 27 8 33 131 2 6 135 181 .242 .335 .391 .727 98 371 20 3 4 8 14
1972 28 411 1353 1162 139 281 39 10 40 162 3 8 172 217 .242 .338 .396 .734 102 460 26 3 5 11 21
1973 29 430 1392 1195 141 286 41 10 40 163 4 8 177 222 .239 .336 .391 .727 100 467 26 3 5 12 21

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 24 7 20 18 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .278 .350 .444 .794 3 7
1969 25 40 112 100 8 17 2 1 2 8 0 12 23 .170 .259 .270 .529 7 40
1970 26 139 517 449 55 120 16 4 14 65 2 62 87 .267 .354 .414 .768 66 139
1971 27 129 453 386 50 92 10 3 17 59 0 62 69 .238 .344 .412 .756 55 129
1972 28 100 275 229 31 60 14 2 8 38 1 43 38 .262 .375 .445 .820 39 96
1973 29 19 43 35 3 7 3 0 0 1 1 7 5 .200 .326 .286 .611 3 19
6 Seasons 434 1420 1217 150 301 45 10 42 172 4 188 224 .247 .346 .404 .751 173 430
162 Game Avg. 162 530 454 56 112 17 4 16 64 1 70 84 .247 .346 .404 .751 65 430

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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