Joe Hoover

Robert Joseph Hoover

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 15, 1915 in Brawley, CA
High School: Pomona HS (Pomona, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1943
Team: Tigers 1943-1945

Final Game: September 23, 1945
Died: September 2, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Banning-Cabazon Cemetery, Banning, CA
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1937	22	RKI,INA	A,AA	92	304	304		76	8	3	3						.250	.250	.326	.576		99					RKI,INA · WL,AA
1938	23	HOL	AA	93	288	288		74	11	5	3						.257	.257	.361	.618		104					HOL · PCL
1939	24	HOL	AA	137	457	457		136	28	6	6						.298	.298	.425	.722		194					HOL · PCL
1940	25	HOL	AA	154	583	583		146	19	4	3						.250	.250	.312	.563		182					HOL · PCL
1941	26	HOL	AA	164	598	531	62	125	23	5	8	62	11		42	76	.235	.296	.343	.639		182		4	21		HOL · PCL
1942	27	HOL	AA	149	628	590	88	193	34	10	11	62	14		26	67	.327	.360	.475	.834		280		4	8		HOL · PCL
1943	28	DET	AL	144	640	575	78	140	15	8	4	38	6	5	36	101	.243	.289	.318	.607	73	183	10	1	28	*6
1944	29	DET	AL	120	494	441	67	104	20	2	0	29	7	10	35	66	.236	.301	.290	.591	66	128	4	6	12	*6/4
1945	30	DET	AL	74	250	222	33	57	10	5	1	17	6	2	21	35	.257	.324	.360	.684	93	80	3	1	6	6
1946	31	SFG-min	AAA	87	246	215	28	43	9	0	1	27	3		23	40	.200	.283	.256	.539		55		2	6		SFR · PCL
3 Yrs				338	1384	1238	178	301	45	15	5	84	19	17	92	202	.243	.300	.316	.616	74	391	17	8	46
162 Game Avg.				162	663	593	85	144	22	7	2	40	9	8	44	97	.243	.300	.316	.616	74	187	8	4	22

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	28	DET	AL	144	640	-22	-0	-10	10	-22	-2.6	13	-9	-1.3	.482	.484	-0.2	-0.0	1	$	*6
1944	29	DET	AL	120	494	-20	-2	1	8	-13	-1.5	10	-3	-0.5	.488	.491	-0.6	1.0	-4	$	*6/4
1945	30	DET	AL	74	250	-3	1	1	4	3	0.3	5	8	0.9	.505	.502	0.8	0.6	7	$	6
3 Seasons				338	1384	-45	-2	-8	22	-32	-3.8	29	-4	-0.9	.489	.492	-0.0	1.5	4	$

Advanced Batting

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
1943	28	DET	AL	640	*478*	52	3.0	92	.289	.243	.264	.289	.340	.318	.364	.607	.704	73	.389	-23.2	-2.6	.491	.139	.075	4.8
1944	29	DET	AL	494	363	36	2.7	95	.277	.236	.274	.301	.341	.290	.374	.591	.715	66	.321	-19.7	-2.1	.473	.127	.054	.0
1945	30	DET	AL	250	176	26	4.0	94	.301	.257	.270	.324	.343	.360	.366	.684	.709	93	.510	-2.6	-0.3	.624	.216	.104	1.7
3 Yrs				1384	1017	114	3.0	94	.287	.243	.268	.300	.341	.316	.368	.616	.709	74	.388	-45.6	-5.0	.508	.149	.073	7.9
162 Game Avg.				663	487	55	3.0	94	.287	.243	.268	.300	.341	.316	.368	.616	.709	74	.388	-45.6	-5.0	.508	.149	.073	4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1945	30	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1943	28	DET	AL	640	0.6%	15.8%	5.6%	4.2%	19%	2.81	5.7	143.8	15.1	73%
1944	29	DET	AL	494	0.0%	13.4%	7.1%	4.5%	21%	1.89	6.7		15.2	76%
1945	30	DET	AL	250	0.4%	14.0%	8.4%	6.4%	28%	1.67	6.3	222.0	13.1	74%
3 Yrs				1384	0.4%	14.6%	6.7%	4.7%	22%	2.20	6.1	247.6	14.7	74%
MLB Averages					1.0%	8.7%	8.6%	5.6%	24%	1.01	10.3	86.5	9.1	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	28	144	640	575	78	140	15	8	4	38	6	5	36	101	.243	.289	.318	.607	73	183	10	1	28
1944	29	264	1134	1016	145	244	35	10	4	67	13	15	71	167	.240	.294	.306	.600	70	311	14	7	40
1945	30	338	1384	1238	178	301	45	15	5	84	19	17	92	202	.243	.300	.316	.616	74	391	17	8	46

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	28	151	680	611	87	153	16	9	4	42	7	39	106	.250	.296	.326	.622	59	144
1944	29	125	519	463	73	111	21	2	0	32	7	37	69	.240	.304	.294	.598	41	120
1945	30	78	267	237	37	62	11	5	1	19	7	23	37	.262	.330	.363	.692	29	74
3 Yrs		354	1466	1311	197	326	48	16	5	93	21	99	212	.249	.305	.321	.626	129	338
162 Game Avg.		162	671	600	90	149	22	7	2	43	10	45	97	.249	.305	.321	.626	59	338

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1944 AL 1.0 (8th)	Triples s c a p y 1943 AL 8 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1943 AL 101 (2nd) 1944 AL 66 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1944 AL 6 (3rd)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1943 AL 28 (1st) 1944 AL 12 (10th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1944 AL 10 (5th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1943 AL 478 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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