Joey Jay
Joseph Richard Jay
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 228 lb.

Born: August 15, 1935 in Middletown, CT
High School: Middletown (Middletown, CT)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1953
Final Game: October 2, 1966
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Standard Fielding

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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
1953 MLN NL 17 P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.87
1954 MLN NL 18 P 15 1 18.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.20 .967 2.05 0.87
1955 MLN NL 19 P 12 1 19.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.47 0.08 .900 2.04 0.83
1957 MLN NL 21 P 1 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 0.80
1958 MLN NL 22 P 18 12 96.2 23 9 13 1 0 .957 2.05 1.22 .957 1.97 0.77
1959 MLN NL 23 P 34 19 136.1 43 13 28 2 3 .953 2.71 1.21 .953 1.99 0.82
1960 MLN NL 24 P 32 11 133.0 32 13 18 1 1 .969 2.10 0.97 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 CIN NL 25 P 34 34 247.1 57 23 32 2 2 .965 2.00 1.62 .958 2.18 0.88 AS,MVP-5
1962 CIN NL 26 P 39 37 273.0 54 14 39 1 3 .981 1.75 1.36 .946 2.07 0.82
1963 CIN NL 27 P 30 22 170.0 41 14 24 3 3 .927 2.01 1.27 .951 2.06 0.84
1964 CIN NL 28 P 34 23 183.0 31 6 24 1 1 .968 1.48 0.88 .952 2.14 0.84
1965 CIN NL 29 P 37 24 155.2 36 9 26 1 1 .972 2.02 0.95 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 TOT NL 30 P 21 18 103.4 18 4 12 2 0 .889 1.39 0.76 .950 1.97 0.74
1966 CIN NL 30 P 12 10 73.2 13 3 8 2 0 .846 1.34 0.92 .954 1.97 0.74
1966 ATL NL 30 P 9 8 29.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.56 .940 1.97 0.74
13 Seasons P 310 202 1536.0 340 105 221 14 15 .959 1.91 1.05 .954 2.08 0.83
13 Seasons TOT 310 202 1536.0 340 105 221 14 15 .959 1.91 1.05 .913 2.08 0.83

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 MLN NL 17 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 18 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 MLN NL 19 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 MLN NL 21 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 MLN NL 22 18 12 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 MLN NL 23 34 19 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 24 32 11 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CIN NL 25 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CIN NL 26 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 27 30 22 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CIN NL 28 34 23 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CIN NL 29 37 24 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CIN NL 30 12 10 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 ATL NL 30 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 310 202 310 310 310 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 MLN NL 18 83 71% 16% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1955 MLN NL 19 88 83% 26% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 MLN NL 21 2 100% 100% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 MLN NL 22 395 70% 30% 16 94% 0 9 0 7 14 14 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1959 MLN NL 23 577 73% 27% 31 81% 0 10 0 10 26 22 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 8 38%
1960 MLN NL 24 595 74% 23% 21 90% 0 11 0 9 17 16 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1961 CIN NL 25 1067 76% 26% 41 93% 2 25 3 19 37 29 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 8 75%
1962 CIN NL 26 1191 78% 26% 42 93% 0 20 2 16 36 32 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1963 CIN NL 27 762 75% 24% 32 78% 0 15 2 13 23 17 3 3 0 2 1 3 3 2 3 0 4 50%
1964 CIN NL 28 761 77% 27% 29 79% 0 6 0 6 25 22 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 60%
1965 CIN NL 29 701 76% 24% 29 90% 1 7 0 6 26 19 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1966 CIN NL 30 336 79% 21% 9 89% 0 2 1 1 8 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1966 ATL NL 30 152 74% 19% 4 75% 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
12 Seasons 6710 76% 25% 258 87% 3 106 8 87 219 182 21 14 0 10 4 11 15 10 14 1 42 74%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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