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Joe Hoerner
Joseph Walter Hoerner
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 12, 1936 in Dubuque, IA
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1963
Final Game: August 5, 1977
Died: October 4, 1996 in Hermann, MO
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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
1963 26 HOU NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1964 27 HOU NL 0 0 4.91 7 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 13 11 6 3 6 1 4 0 0 0 50 70 1.727 10.6 2.5 4.9 3.3 0.67
1966 29 STL NL 5 1 .833 1.54 57 0 39 0 0 13 76.0 57 16 13 5 21 8 63 4 1 1 303 234 1.026 6.8 0.6 2.5 7.5 3.00
1967 30 STL NL 4 4 .500 2.59 57 0 32 0 0 15 66.0 52 25 19 5 20 6 50 1 0 0 268 126 1.091 7.1 0.7 2.7 6.8 2.50
1968 31 STL NL 8 2 .800 1.48 47 0 33 0 0 17 48.2 34 9 8 2 12 4 42 0 0 3 194 196 0.945 6.3 0.4 2.2 7.8 3.50
1969 32 STL NL 2 3 .400 2.87 45 0 33 0 0 15 53.1 44 18 17 5 9 4 35 1 0 2 207 124 0.994 7.4 0.8 1.5 5.9 3.89
1970 33 PHI NL 9 5 .643 2.65 44 0 28 0 0 9 57.2 53 20 17 5 20 7 39 1 0 1 245 151 1.266 8.3 0.8 3.1 6.1 1.95 AS
1971 34 PHI NL 4 5 .444 1.97 49 0 28 0 0 9 73.0 57 19 16 6 21 3 57 1 1 2 296 179 1.068 7.0 0.7 2.6 7.0 2.71
1972 35 TOT NL 1 5 .167 4.40 40 0 20 0 0 5 45.0 55 24 22 6 13 7 31 2 1 3 203 84 1.511 11.0 1.2 2.6 6.2 2.38
1972 35 PHI NL 0 2 .000 2.08 15 0 8 0 0 3 21.2 21 6 5 2 5 5 12 1 0 1 92 173 1.200 8.7 0.8 2.1 5.0 2.40
1972 35 ATL NL 1 3 .250 6.56 25 0 12 0 0 2 23.1 34 18 17 4 8 2 19 1 1 2 111 58 1.800 13.1 1.5 3.1 7.3 2.38
1973 36 TOT MLB 4 2 .667 5.62 42 0 14 0 0 6 32.0 45 20 20 1 17 5 25 0 0 0 156 71 1.938 12.7 0.3 4.8 7.0 1.47
1973 36 ATL NL 2 2 .500 6.39 20 0 5 0 0 2 12.2 17 9 9 1 4 0 10 0 0 0 56 62 1.658 12.1 0.7 2.8 7.1 2.50
1973 36 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 5.12 22 0 9 0 0 4 19.1 28 11 11 0 13 5 15 0 0 0 100 79 2.121 13.0 0.0 6.1 7.0 1.15
1974 37 KCR AL 2 3 .400 3.82 30 0 11 0 0 2 35.1 32 15 15 3 12 5 24 4 1 1 153 100 1.245 8.2 0.8 3.1 6.1 2.00
1975 38 PHI NL 0 0 2.57 25 0 9 0 0 0 21.0 25 6 6 3 8 2 20 1 0 3 96 146 1.571 10.7 1.3 3.4 8.6 2.50
1976 39 TEX AL 0 4 .000 5.14 41 0 19 0 0 8 35.0 41 22 20 3 19 6 15 0 1 2 161 70 1.714 10.5 0.8 4.9 3.9 0.79
1977 40 CIN NL 0 0 12.71 8 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 9 8 8 3 3 1 5 3 1 1 32 31 2.118 14.3 4.8 4.8 7.9 1.67
14 Seasons 39 34 .534 2.99 493 0 268 0 0 99 562.2 519 213 187 50 181 59 412 18 6 19 2375 120 1.244 8.3 0.8 2.9 6.6 2.28
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .534 2.99 68 0 37 0 0 14 78 72 29 26 7 25 8 57 2 1 3 328 120 1.244 8.3 0.8 2.9 6.6 2.28
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
PHI (4 yrs) 13 12 .520 2.28 133 0 73 0 0 21 173.1 156 51 44 16 54 17 128 4 1 7 729 163 1.212 8.1 0.8 2.8 6.6 2.37
STL (4 yrs) 19 10 .655 2.10 206 0 137 0 0 60 244.0 187 68 57 17 62 22 190 6 1 6 972 160 1.020 6.9 0.6 2.3 7.0 3.06
KCR (2 yrs) 4 3 .571 4.28 52 0 20 0 0 6 54.2 60 26 26 3 25 10 39 4 1 1 253 91 1.555 9.9 0.5 4.1 6.4 1.56
ATL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 6.50 45 0 17 0 0 4 36.0 51 27 26 5 12 2 29 1 1 2 167 59 1.750 12.8 1.3 3.0 7.3 2.42
HOU (2 yrs) 0 0 3.86 8 0 2 0 0 0 14.0 15 11 6 3 6 1 6 0 0 0 61 87 1.500 9.6 1.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
TEX (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.14 41 0 19 0 0 8 35.0 41 22 20 3 19 6 15 0 1 2 161 70 1.714 10.5 0.8 4.9 3.9 0.79
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 12.71 8 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 9 8 8 3 3 1 5 3 1 1 32 31 2.118 14.3 4.8 4.8 7.9 1.67
NL (12 yrs) 35 27 .565 2.68 400 0 229 0 0 85 473.0 418 165 141 44 137 43 358 14 4 16 1961 132 1.173 8.0 0.8 2.6 6.8 2.61
AL (3 yrs) 4 7 .364 4.62 93 0 39 0 0 14 89.2 101 48 46 6 44 16 54 4 2 3 414 82 1.617 10.1 0.6 4.4 5.4 1.23

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1967 30 STL NL WS W BOS 0 0 40.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 54.0 13.5 13.5 0.0 0.00
1968 31 STL NL WS L DET 0 1 .000 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.2 5 4 2 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 25 2.143 9.6 0.0 9.6 5.8 0.60
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 8.44 5 0 2 0 0 1 5.1 9 7 5 1 6 1 3 0 0 0 32 2.813 15.2 1.7 10.1 5.1 0.50
2 WS 0 1 .000 8.44 5 0 2 0 0 1 5.1 9 7 5 1 6 1 3 0 0 0 32 2.813 15.2 1.7 10.1 5.1 0.50

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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
1963 26 HOU NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 27 HOU NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1966 29 STL NL 57 11 8 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .500 .625 64 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1967 30 STL NL 57 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .182 .364 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1968 31 STL NL 47 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 32 STL NL 45 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 33 PHI NL 44 12 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .200 .333 .300 .633 73 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1971 34 PHI NL 49 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 -43 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 35 TOT NL 40 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 35 PHI NL 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 35 ATL NL 25 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 36 TOT MLB 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 36 ATL NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 36 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 37 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 38 PHI NL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 40 CIN NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Seasons 402 68 59 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 32 .102 .131 .169 .301 -16 10 0 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 27 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .102 .131 .169 .301 -16 4 0 0 3 0 0
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
PHI (4 yrs) 133 26 23 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .130 .200 .174 .374 5 4 0 0 1 0 0
STL (4 yrs) 206 36 30 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 17 .100 .100 .200 .300 -16 6 0 0 6 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (2 yrs) 45 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (2 yrs) 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 400 68 59 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 32 .102 .131 .169 .301 -16 10 0 0 7 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1967 30 STL NL WS BOS W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 31 STL NL WS DET L 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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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
1963 HOU NL 26 P 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.00 .900 2.10 0.80
1964 HOU NL 27 P 7 0 11.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 3.27 0.57 .960 2.13 0.84
1966 STL NL 29 P 57 0 76.0 16 5 9 2 0 .875 1.66 0.25 .950 1.97 0.74
1967 STL NL 30 P 57 0 66.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.77 0.23 .962 2.00 0.78
1968 STL NL 31 P 47 0 49.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 1.47 0.17 .956 2.00 0.85
1969 STL NL 32 P 45 0 53.1 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.02 0.27 .958 1.94 0.78
1970 PHI NL 33 P 44 0 57.2 4 2 1 1 0 .750 0.47 0.07 .950 1.86 0.71 AS
1971 PHI NL 34 P 49 0 73.0 14 2 10 2 0 .857 1.48 0.24 .957 1.90 0.78
1972 TOT NL 35 P 40 0 45.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.80 0.10 .960 1.78 0.73
1972 PHI NL 35 P 15 0 21.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.83 0.13 .967 1.79 0.73
1972 ATL NL 35 P 25 0 23.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.77 0.08 .950 1.77 0.73
1973 TOT MLB 36 P 42 0 32.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.28 0.02 .900 1.88 0.80
1973 ATL NL 36 P 20 0 12.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.92 0.73
1973 KCR AL 36 P 22 0 19.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.47 0.05 .900 1.86 0.86
1974 KCR AL 37 P 30 0 35.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 0.03 .900 1.81 0.83
1975 PHI NL 38 P 25 0 21.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.84 0.72
1976 TEX AL 39 P 41 0 35.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.77 0.07 .933 1.88 0.85
1977 CIN NL 40 P 8 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.91 0.68
14 Seasons P 493 0 563.0 84 19 57 8 1 .905 1.21 0.15 .954 1.92 0.78
14 Seasons TOT 493 0 563.0 84 19 57 8 1 .905 1.21 0.15 .858 1.92 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1970

Games Played s c a p y
1967 NL--57--5th

Saves s c a p y
1966 NL--13--7th
1967 NL--15--5th
1968 NL--17--2nd
1969 NL--15--6th
Career--99--121st

Games Finished s c a p y
1966 NL--39--5th
1967 NL--32--8th
1968 NL--33--9th
Career--268--136th

Oldest s c a p y
1975 NL--born 1936-11-12--3rd
1976 AL--born 1936-11-12--4th
1977 NL--born 1936-11-12--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 16 (1204), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (796), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1957 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 27, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Chicago White Sox in the 1961 minor league draft.

November 29, 1965: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Houston Astros in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

October 7, 1969: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Byron Browne, Curt Flood and Tim McCarver to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson and Cookie Rojas. Curt Flood refused to report to his new team. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Willie Montanez (April 8, 1970) and Jim Browning (minors) (August 30, 1970) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

June 15, 1972: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Andre Thornton to the Atlanta Braves for Jim Nash and Gary Neibauer.

July 18, 1973: Purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the Atlanta Braves.

December 9, 1974: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

January 14, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 24, 1975: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 6, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

Before 1977 Season: Released by the Texas Rangers.

April 27, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 3, 1977: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

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