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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 MON NL 25 P 11 5 45.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 1.60 0.73 .956 1.88 0.67
1985 MON NL 26 P 25 25 155.1 25 3 22 0 0 1.000 1.45 1.00 .952 1.92 0.68 RoY-8
1986 MON NL 27 P 15 15 82.2 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.09 0.67 .955 1.94 0.66
1987 MON NL 28 P 18 0 28.2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.63 0.11 .967 1.92 0.62
1988 MON NL 29 P 60 0 72.2 20 6 14 0 2 1.000 2.48 0.33 .955 1.96 0.69
1989 MON NL 30 P 43 0 48.1 13 3 9 1 3 .923 2.23 0.28 .946 1.86 0.63
1990 TOT MLB 31 P 45 2 59.2 12 4 6 2 0 .833 1.51 0.22 .967 1.79 0.58
1990 TOT NL 31 P 33 0 34.0 8 4 3 1 0 .875 1.85 0.21 .962 1.80 0.58
1990 MON NL 31 P 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 1.000 1.80 0.60
1990 ATL NL 31 P 31 0 31.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 1.74 0.19 .957 1.80 0.58
1990 BOS AL 31 P 12 2 25.2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.05 0.25 .975 1.79 0.59
1991 BOS AL 32 P 39 17 153.1 33 13 19 1 1 .970 1.88 0.82 .955 1.80 0.58
1992 BOS AL 33 P 30 25 148.2 32 6 22 4 1 .875 1.70 0.93 .956 1.72 0.56
1993 BOS AL 34 P 28 5 53.1 10 2 7 1 1 .900 1.52 0.32 .960 1.79 0.56
1994 BOS AL 35 P 25 20 114.0 19 5 10 4 0 .789 1.18 0.60 .963 1.72 0.52
11 Seasons P 339 114 961.2 187 47 124 16 9 .914 1.60 0.50 .956 1.83 0.61
11 Seasons TOT 339 114 961.2 187 47 124 16 9 .914 1.60 0.50 .871 1.83 0.61

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 MON NL 25 11 5 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MON NL 26 26 25 26 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 MON NL 27 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MON NL 28 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MON NL 29 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MON NL 30 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 ATL NL 31 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BOS AL 31 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MON NL 31 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 BOS AL 32 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 BOS AL 33 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BOS AL 34 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BOS AL 35 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 340 45 206 339 339 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1984 MON NL 25 189 75% 25% 4 75% 0 3 1 2 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1985 MON NL 26 646 75% 24% 18 100% 0 3 0 2 23 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1986 MON NL 27 386 74% 25% 7 86% 0 2 1 0 7 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1987 MON NL 28 130 63% 32% 3 67% 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 MON NL 29 323 69% 29% 14 86% 0 5 0 2 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 100%
1989 MON NL 30 232 70% 28% 10 80% 2 3 1 1 9 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 4 50%
1990 ATL NL 31 141 76% 33% 5 80% 0 3 0 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1990 BOS AL 31 126 71% 30% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MON NL 31 14 64% 14% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 BOS AL 32 655 76% 32% 15 100% 0 13 0 11 19 12 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1992 BOS AL 33 686 76% 33% 22 86% 0 6 0 5 23 15 1 4 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1993 BOS AL 34 258 76% 34% 7 86% 0 2 0 2 7 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1994 BOS AL 35 517 75% 28% 15 73% 1 5 1 2 11 9 1 4 0 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 2 100%
11 Seasons 4303 74% 29% 123 87% 3 47 5 30 129 82 7 16 1 6 9 8 10 5 8 2 27 85%
MLB Averages 77% 30% 92% 87%

* 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.

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