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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1943 DET AL 28 SS 144 143 137 735 301 393 41 84 .944 4.82 .953 5.13
1944 DET AL 29 SS 119 119 111 709 256 405 48 102 .932 5.55 .947 5.29
1944 DET AL 29 2B 1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 .967 5.60
1945 DET AL 30 SS 68 55 49 306 126 163 17 35 .944 4.25 .951 5.28
3 Seasons SS 331 317 297 1750 683 961 106 221 .939 4.97 .950 5.22
1 Season 2B 1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 .967 5.60
3 Seasons TOT 332 317 297 1753 685 962 106 222 .940 4.96 .950 5.22
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1943 DET AL 28 144 143 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1944 DET AL 29 120 119 120 120 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 DET AL 30 74 55 74 68 0 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
3 Seasons 338 317 338 332 0 0 0 0 0 332 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1943 AL  41 (1st)
1944 AL  48 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1943 AL  144 (4th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1943 AL  301 (2nd)
1944 AL  256 (3rd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1943 AL  393 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1943 AL  41 (1st)
1944 AL  48 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1944 AL  5.55 (2nd)

                           

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