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Joe Hesketh
Joseph Thomas Hesketh

Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 15, 1959 in Lackawanna, NY
School: State University of New York at Buffalo
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1984
Final Game: August 7, 1994
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Joe Hesketh
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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
1984	25	MON	NL	11	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.100	.250	.100	.350	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1985	26	MON	NL	26	53	44	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	30	.091	.167	.091	.258	-24	4	1	0	5	0	0	1	RoY-8
1986	27	MON	NL	15	28	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.000	.080	.000	.080	-76	0	1	0	3	0	0	1
1987	28	MON	NL	18	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1988	29	MON	NL	60	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	30	MON	NL	43	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	185	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	31	TOT	NL	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	31	MON	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1990	31	ATL	NL	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				206	105	86	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	58	.070	.167	.070	.236	-31	6	3	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	83	68	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	46	.070	.167	.070	.236	-31	5	2	0	7	0	0

MON (7 yrs)				175	104	85	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	57	.071	.168	.071	.239	-30	6	3	0	9	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1984	25	MON	NL	12	10	0	0.0	90	.167	.100	.259	.250	.323	.100	.376	.350	.699	4	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.300	.200	.000
1985	26	MON	NL	53	46	1	0.6	91	.286	.091	.254	.167	.321	.091	.379	.258	.700	-24	.027	-7.2	-0.8	.195	.091	.000
1986	27	MON	NL	28	27	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.261	.080	.332	.000	.394	.080	.726	-76	.000	-5.7	-0.6	.083	.087	.000
1987	28	MON	NL	5	5	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.342	.000	.425	.000	.767	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1988	29	MON	NL	4	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.261	.500	.325	.000	.383	.500	.708	54	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1989	30	MON	NL	2	1	1	27.0	92	1.000	.500	.256	.500	.324	.500	.382	1.000	.706	185	.970	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1990	31	TOT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.270	.000	.337	.000	.406	.000	.743	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1990	31	ATL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.270	.000	.337	.000	.406	.000	.743	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
12 Seasons				105	92	2	0.6	93	.214	.070	.258	.167	.325	.070	.385	.236	.711	-31	.026	-15.2	-1.6	.193	.116	.000
162 Game Avg.				83	72	2	0.6	93	.214	.070	.258	.167	.325	.070	.385	.236	.711	-31	.026	-15.2	-1.6	.193	.116	.000

MON (7 yrs)				104	91	2	0.6	93	.214	.071	.258	.168	.325	.071	.385	.239	.710	-30	.026	-15.0	-1.6	.195	.118	.000
ATL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.270	.000	.337	.000	.406	.000	.743	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1984	25	MON	NL	12	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.5	10.0		5.00	50%
1985	26	MON	NL	53	0.0%	56.6%	7.6%	0.0%	0%	7.50	1.5	44.0		6.50	26%
1986	27	MON	NL	28	0.0%	64.3%	7.1%	0.0%		9.00	1.3			4.50	18%
1987	28	MON	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3				20%
1988	29	MON	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.50	2.0				25%	0%
1989	30	MON	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		0.00		50%	100%	0.0%	0%
1990	31	TOT	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1990	31	ATL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
11 Seasons				105	0.0%	55.2%	9.5%	0.0%	0%	5.80	1.5	43.0	0.00	6.00	27%	50%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1984	25	MON	NL	0	0	33%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	26	MON	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1986	27	MON	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1987	28	MON	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	29	MON	NL	0	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	30	MON	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	31	TOT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	31	ATL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Seasons				0	0	13%	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17%	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
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
1984	25	MON	NL	12	8%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	5	0	0%	8	1	13%	0	0		0	0		0
1985	26	MON	NL	53	66%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	9	1	11%	9	3	33%	32	1	3%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1986	27	MON	NL	28	79%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	43%	8	1	13%	9	2	22%	22	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
1987	28	MON	NL	5	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1988	29	MON	NL	4	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1989	30	MON	NL	2	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1990	31	TOT	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1990	31	ATL	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
11 Seasons				105	65%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	15	9	60%	24	3	13%	25	5	20%	73	2	3%	7	1	14%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	29	MON	NL	3	11	3.67	5	45%	80%	0%	0%	20%	20%	0%	9%	100%	0%	33%	1	0	33%	1	0	0%	0	0	100%	1	0	0
1989	30	MON	NL	2	6	3.00	4	67%	50%	25%	0%	25%	50%	0%	33%	50%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1990	31	TOT	NL	1	6	6.00	3	50%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%		0%	100%	1	0	100%	1	0	100%	1	0	100%	0	0	0
1990	31	ATL	NL	1	6	6.00	3	50%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%		0%	100%	1	0	100%	1	0	100%	1	0	100%	0	0	0
3 Seasons				6	23	3.83	12	52%	75%	8%	0%	17%	25%	0%	13%	67%	17%	33%	2	0	33%	2	0	17%	1	0	67%	1	0	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1984	25	11	12	10	1	1	1	2	4	.100	.250	.100	.350	4	1	1	0
1985	26	37	65	54	1	5	2	6	34	.093	.183	.093	.276	-19	5	2	5
1986	27	52	93	77	1	5	2	8	52	.065	.153	.065	.218	-36	5	3	8
1987	28	70	98	81	1	5	2	8	55	.062	.146	.062	.208	-39	5	3	9
1988	29	130	102	83	2	5	2	10	56	.060	.161	.060	.222	-35	5	3	9
1989	30	173	104	85	2	6	2	10	57	.071	.168	.071	.239	-30	6	3	9
1990	31	412	210	172	4	12	4	20	116	.070	.167	.070	.236	-31	12	6	18
1991	32	206	105	86	2	6	2	10	58	.070	.167	.070	.236	-31	6	3	9
1992	33	206	105	86	2	6	2	10	58	.070	.167	.070	.236	-31	6	3	9
1993	34	206	105	86	2	6	2	10	58	.070	.167	.070	.236	-31	6	3	9
1994	35	206	105	86	2	6	2	10	58	.070	.167	.070	.236	-31	6	3	9

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1984	25	11	12	10	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	11
1985	26	26	50	45	5	1	5	30	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	26
1986	27	15	25	23	0	0	2	18	.000	.080	.000	.080	0	15
1987	28	18	4	4	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	18
1988	29	60	4	2	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	60
1989	30	43	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	43
1990	31	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	33
7 Seasons		206	98	87	5	1	11	58	.057	.163	.057	.221	2	206
162 Game Avg.		162	77	68	4	1	9	46	.057	.163	.057	.221	2	206

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