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Joe Hesketh

Joseph Thomas Hesketh

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, 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
Teams (by GP): Expos/RedSox/Braves 1984-1994
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: August 7, 1994
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:09AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1984 25 MON NL 2 2 .500 1.80 11 5 2 1 1 1 45.0 38 12 9 2 15 3 32 0 3 1 182 194 1.178 7.6 0.4 3.0 6.4 2.13
1985 26 MON NL 10 5 .667 2.49 25 25 0 2 1 0 155.1 125 52 43 10 45 2 113 0 3 3 618 138 1.094 7.2 0.6 2.6 6.5 2.51 RoY-8
1986 27 MON NL 6 5 .545 5.01 15 15 0 0 0 0 82.2 92 46 46 11 31 4 67 2 3 4 362 75 1.488 10.0 1.2 3.4 7.3 2.16
1987 28 MON NL 0 0 3.14 18 0 3 0 0 1 28.2 23 12 10 2 15 3 31 2 0 1 128 136 1.326 7.2 0.6 4.7 9.7 2.07
1988 29 MON NL 4 3 .571 2.85 60 0 23 0 0 9 72.2 63 30 23 1 35 9 64 0 1 5 304 127 1.349 7.8 0.1 4.3 7.9 1.83
1989 30 MON NL 6 4 .600 5.77 43 0 17 0 0 3 48.1 54 34 31 5 26 6 44 0 3 1 219 62 1.655 10.1 0.9 4.8 8.2 1.69
1990 31 TOT MLB 1 6 .143 4.53 45 2 19 0 0 5 59.2 69 35 30 7 25 2 50 1 0 8 269 91 1.575 10.4 1.1 3.8 7.5 2.00
1990 31 TOT NL 1 2 .333 5.29 33 0 15 0 0 5 34.0 32 23 20 5 14 1 24 1 0 5 147 77 1.353 8.5 1.3 3.7 6.4 1.71
1990 31 MON NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1990 31 ATL NL 0 2 .000 5.81 31 0 15 0 0 5 31.0 30 23 20 5 12 0 21 1 0 5 135 70 1.355 8.7 1.5 3.5 6.1 1.75
1990 31 BOS AL 0 4 .000 3.51 12 2 4 0 0 0 25.2 37 12 10 2 11 1 26 0 0 3 122 119 1.870 13.0 0.7 3.9 9.1 2.36
1991 32 BOS AL 12 4 .750 3.29 39 17 5 0 0 0 153.1 142 59 56 19 53 3 104 0 0 8 631 131 1.272 8.3 1.1 3.1 6.1 1.96
1992 33 BOS AL 8 9 .471 4.36 30 25 1 1 0 1 148.2 162 84 72 15 58 9 104 2 0 6 659 97 1.480 9.8 0.9 3.5 6.3 1.79
1993 34 BOS AL 3 4 .429 5.06 28 5 8 0 0 1 53.1 62 35 30 4 29 4 34 0 2 4 246 92 1.706 10.5 0.7 4.9 5.7 1.17
1994 35 BOS AL 8 5 .615 4.26 25 20 1 0 0 0 114.0 117 70 54 9 46 3 83 2 1 6 495 119 1.430 9.2 0.7 3.6 6.6 1.80
11 Seasons 60 47 .561 3.78 339 114 79 4 2 21 961.2 947 469 404 85 378 48 726 9 16 47 4113 108 1.378 8.9 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.92
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .561 3.78 51 17 12 1 0 3 144 142 70 61 13 57 7 109 1 2 7 617 108 1.378 8.9 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.92
MON (7 yrs) 29 19 .604 3.35 174 45 45 3 2 14 435.2 397 186 162 31 169 28 354 4 13 15 1825 108 1.299 8.2 0.6 3.5 7.3 2.09
BOS (5 yrs) 31 26 .544 4.04 134 69 19 1 0 2 495.0 520 260 222 49 197 20 351 4 3 27 2153 111 1.448 9.5 0.9 3.6 6.4 1.78
ATL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.81 31 0 15 0 0 5 31.0 30 23 20 5 12 0 21 1 0 5 135 70 1.355 8.7 1.5 3.5 6.1 1.75
NL (7 yrs) NL 29 21 .580 3.51 205 45 60 3 2 19 466.2 427 209 182 36 181 28 375 5 13 20 1960 103 1.303 8.2 0.7 3.5 7.2 2.07
AL (5 yrs) AL 31 26 .544 4.04 134 69 19 1 0 2 495.0 520 260 222 49 197 20 351 4 3 27 2153 111 1.448 9.5 0.9 3.6 6.4 1.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1984 25 MON NL 45.0 5 12 23 1 .9 11 1.1 $
1985 26 MON NL 155.1 25 52 80 1 1.0 28 3.2 $ RoY-8
1986 27 MON NL 82.2 15 46 46 -1 1.0 0 0.0 $170,000
1987 28 MON NL 28.2 0 12 18 0 .9 6 0.4 $150,000
1988 29 MON NL 72.2 0 30 38 2 1.4 8 0.4 $
1989 30 MON NL 48.1 0 34 27 -1 1.0 -7 -1.2 $417,000
1990 31 MON NL 3.0 0 0 2 0 .6 2 0.1 $375,000
1990 31 ATL NL 31.0 0 23 20 -1 1.2 -3 -0.6 $
1990 31 BOS AL 25.2 2 12 16 -1 .7 4 0.3 $
1991 32 BOS AL 153.1 17 59 92 4 .9 33 3.0 $525,000
1992 33 BOS AL 148.2 25 84 97 -2 1.0 13 1.2 $1,775,000
1993 34 BOS AL 53.1 5 35 34 3 .6 -1 -0.2 $1,775,000
1994 35 BOS AL 114.0 20 70 84 1 .9 14 1.1 $1,750,000
11 Seasons 961.2 114 469 577 6 1.0 108 8.8 $6,937,000
MON (7 yrs) 435.2 45 186 234 2 1.0 48 4.0 $1,112,000
BOS (5 yrs) 495.0 69 260 323 5 .9 63 5.4 $5,825,000
ATL (1 yr) 31.0 0 23 20 -1 1.2 -3 -0.6 $

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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 MLB 45 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 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
1990 31 BOS AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 32 BOS AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 33 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 34 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 35 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 340 105 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 50 41 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 28 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 3 1 0 4 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
BOS (5 yrs) 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
NL (7 yrs) 206 105 86 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 58 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 6 3 0 9 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1984 25 MON NL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1985 26 MON NL 53 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1 RoY-8
1986 27 MON NL 28 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $170,000 1
1987 28 MON NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $150,000 1
1988 29 MON NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $191,000 1
1989 30 MON NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $417,000 1
1990 31 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
7 Seasons 105 -14 0 0 0 0 9 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $928,000
MON (6 yrs) 104 -14 0 0 0 0 9 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $928,000
ATL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1984 MON NL 25 P 11 5 1 45.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 1.60 0.73 .954 1.88 1.87 1 1 50% 1
1985 MON NL 26 P 25 25 2 155.1 25 3 22 0 0 1.000 1.45 1.00 .953 1.92 1.92 13 9 41% 3 RoY-8
1986 MON NL 27 P 15 15 0 82.2 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.09 0.67 .955 1.94 1.94 14 3 18% 2
1987 MON NL 28 P 18 0 0 28.2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.63 0.11 .953 1.92 1.90 1 0 0% 0
1988 MON NL 29 P 60 0 0 72.2 20 6 14 0 2 1.000 2.48 0.33 .955 1.96 1.96 10 2 17% 4
1989 MON NL 30 P 43 0 0 48.1 13 3 9 1 3 .923 2.23 0.28 .947 1.86 1.87 5 3 38% 1
1990 TOT MLB 31 P 45 2 0 59.2 12 4 6 2 0 .833 1.51 0.22 .956 1.79 1.78 2 0 0% 1
1990 TOT NL 31 P 33 0 0 34.0 8 4 3 1 0 .875 1.85 0.21 .958 1.80 1.79 1 0 0% 1
1990 MON NL 31 P 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 .960 1.80 1.80 1 0 0% 0
1990 ATL NL 31 P 31 0 0 31.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 1.74 0.19 .957 1.80 1.79 0 0 1
1990 BOS AL 31 P 12 2 0 25.2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.05 0.25 .952 1.79 1.76 1 0 0% 0
1991 BOS AL 32 P 39 17 0 153.1 33 13 19 1 1 .970 1.88 0.82 .956 1.80 1.80 7 8 53% 1
1992 BOS AL 33 P 30 25 1 148.2 32 6 22 4 1 .875 1.70 0.93 .953 1.72 1.71 17 4 19% 1
1993 BOS AL 34 P 28 5 0 53.1 10 2 7 1 1 .900 1.52 0.32 .953 1.79 1.78 4 2 33% 0
1994 BOS AL 35 P 25 20 0 114.0 19 5 10 4 0 .789 1.18 0.60 .956 1.72 1.71 13 2 13% 0
11 Seasons P 339 114 4 961.2 187 47 124 16 9 .914 1.60 0.50 .954 1.83 1.84 87 34 28% 14
11 Seasons TOT 339 114 4 961.2 187 47 124 16 9 .914 1.60 0.50 .954 1.83 1.84 87 34 28% 14
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1991 AL  .750 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 AL  0.711 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1992 AL  4 (4th)
1994 AL  4 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Jeff Fassero (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Danforth (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198627Montreal Expos$170,0001986 USA Today survey
198728Montreal Expos$150,000*
198829Montreal Expos$191,00012/13/88 NYT
198930Montreal Expos$417,0001991 TSN Guide 28; T. Timmerman database
199031Montreal Expos$375,000USA TodayArbitration loss; $485,000 offer
199132Boston Red Sox$525,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $60,000 earned bonus
199233Boston Red Sox$1,775,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $175,000 signing bonus
199334Boston Red Sox$1,775,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $175,000 signing bonus
199435Boston Red Sox$1,750,0004/5/94 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,128,000
Disputed Salaries
*1987 - $156,000 - 1987 USA Today survey -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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