Joe Hoover
Robert Joseph Hoover
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 15, 1915 in Brawley, CA
High School: Pomona (Pomona, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1943
Final Game: September 23, 1945
Died: September 2, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA
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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
1943 28 DET AL 144 640 575 78 140 15 8 4 38 6 5 36 101 .243 .289 .318 .607 72 183 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 65 128 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 94 80 3 1 6 6
3 Seasons 338 1384 1238 178 301 45 15 5 84 19 17 92 202 .243 .300 .316 .616 73 391 17 8 46
162 Game Avg. 162 663 593 85 144 22 7 2 40 9 8 44 97 .243 .300 .316 .616 73 187 8 4 22

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 PwrSpd
1943 28 DET AL 640 478 52 3.0 93 .289 .243 .265 .289 .341 .318 .366 .607 .706 72 .389 -23.8 -2.6 .491 .139 .075 4.8
1944 29 DET AL 494 363 36 2.7 96 .277 .236 .275 .301 .343 .290 .375 .591 .718 65 .321 -20.2 -2.2 .473 .127 .054 .0
1945 30 DET AL 250 176 26 4.0 93 .301 .257 .268 .324 .342 .360 .365 .684 .706 94 .511 -2.4 -0.3 .624 .216 .104 1.7
3 Seasons 1384 1017 114 3.0 94 .287 .243 .269 .300 .342 .316 .369 .616 .711 73 .388 -46.4 -5.1 .508 .149 .073 7.9
162 Game Avg. 663 487 55 3.0 94 .287 .243 .269 .300 .342 .316 .369 .616 .711 73 .388 -46.4 -5.1 .508 .149 .073 4

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
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

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 28 144 640 575 78 140 15 8 4 38 6 5 36 101 .243 .289 .318 .607 72 183 10 1 28
1944 29 264 1134 1016 145 244 35 10 4 67 13 15 71 167 .240 .294 .306 .600 69 311 14 7 40
1945 30 338 1384 1238 178 301 45 15 5 84 19 17 92 202 .243 .300 .316 .616 73 391 17 8 46

Neutralized Batting

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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 28 151 649 609 87 151 16 9 4 42 6 39 106 .248 .294 .323 .618 58 144
1944 29 125 500 458 71 106 20 2 0 31 7 36 69 .231 .296 .284 .580 38 120
1945 30 78 264 239 38 64 11 6 1 19 7 24 37 .268 .337 .377 .714 30 74
3 Seasons 354 1413 1306 196 321 47 17 5 92 20 99 212 .246 .303 .319 .622 126 338
162 Game Avg. 162 647 598 90 147 22 8 2 42 9 45 97 .246 .303 .319 .622 58 338

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 InkBatting - 1 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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