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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
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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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
1953 17 MLN NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 1 1 1 1 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 1 37 1.100 5.4 0.0 4.5 3.6 0.80
1954 18 MLN NL 1 0 1.000 6.50 15 1 8 0 0 0 18.0 21 13 13 2 16 13 1 0 1 88 58 2.056 10.5 1.0 8.0 6.5 0.81
1955 19 MLN NL 0 0 4.74 12 1 7 0 0 0 19.0 23 11 10 2 13 2 3 0 0 1 86 79 1.895 10.9 0.9 6.2 1.4 0.23
1957 21 MLN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1958 22 MLN NL 7 5 .583 2.14 18 12 2 6 3 0 96.2 60 25 23 8 43 3 74 1 0 2 387 164 1.066 5.6 0.7 4.0 6.9 1.72
1959 23 MLN NL 6 11 .353 4.09 34 19 5 4 1 0 136.1 130 71 62 11 64 6 88 5 0 1 601 87 1.423 8.6 0.7 4.2 5.8 1.38
1960 24 MLN NL 9 8 .529 3.24 32 11 7 3 0 1 133.1 128 60 48 10 59 5 90 6 0 8 581 106 1.403 8.6 0.7 4.0 6.1 1.53
1961 25 CIN NL 21 10 .677 3.53 34 34 0 14 4 0 247.1 217 102 97 25 92 1 157 5 0 9 1032 115 1.249 7.9 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.71 AS,MVP-5
1962 26 CIN NL 21 14 .600 3.76 39 37 1 16 4 0 273.0 269 121 114 26 100 5 155 4 2 7 1165 107 1.352 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.1 1.55
1963 27 CIN NL 7 18 .280 4.29 30 22 5 4 1 1 170.0 172 91 81 19 73 2 116 3 0 8 733 78 1.441 9.1 1.0 3.9 6.1 1.59
1964 28 CIN NL 11 11 .500 3.39 34 23 7 10 0 2 183.0 167 75 69 17 36 6 134 3 0 3 737 106 1.109 8.2 0.8 1.8 6.6 3.72
1965 29 CIN NL 9 8 .529 4.22 37 24 8 4 1 1 155.2 150 83 73 21 63 0 102 4 0 8 673 89 1.368 8.7 1.2 3.6 5.9 1.62
1966 30 TOT NL 6 6 .500 5.05 21 18 1 1 1 1 103.1 117 62 58 12 43 4 63 4 0 5 461 76 1.548 10.2 1.0 3.7 5.5 1.47
1966 30 CIN NL 6 2 .750 3.91 12 10 0 1 1 0 73.2 78 33 32 8 23 1 44 3 0 3 313 101 1.371 9.5 1.0 2.8 5.4 1.91
1966 30 ATL NL 0 4 .000 7.89 9 8 1 0 0 1 29.2 39 29 26 4 20 3 19 1 0 2 148 47 1.989 11.8 1.2 6.1 5.8 0.95
13 Seasons 99 91 .521 3.77 310 203 53 63 16 7 1546.1 1460 714 648 153 607 34 999 36 2 54 6583 99 1.337 8.5 0.9 3.5 5.8 1.65
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .521 3.77 41 27 7 8 2 1 205 194 95 86 20 80 132 5 0 7 873 99 1.337 8.5 0.9 3.5 5.8 1.65
ATL (8 yrs) 24 28 .462 3.69 124 53 32 14 5 3 443.2 407 209 182 37 220 19 291 14 0 16 1930 96 1.413 8.3 0.8 4.5 5.9 1.32
CIN (6 yrs) 75 63 .543 3.80 186 150 21 49 11 4 1102.2 1053 505 466 116 387 15 708 22 2 38 4653 100 1.306 8.6 0.9 3.2 5.8 1.83

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
1961 25 CIN NL WS L NYY 1 1 .500 5.59 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.2 8 6 6 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 42 1.448 7.4 1.9 5.6 5.6 1.00
1 WS 1 1 .500 5.59 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.2 8 6 6 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 42 1.448 7.4 1.9 5.6 5.6 1.00
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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
1953 17 MLN NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1954 18 MLN NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1955 19 MLN NL 12 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 264 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 21 MLN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 22 MLN NL 18 37 32 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 .094 .194 .094 .288 -17 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
1959 23 MLN NL 34 38 35 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .086 .135 .086 .221 -37 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1960 24 MLN NL 32 52 45 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 23 .156 .204 .156 .360 4 7 2 0 3 1 0 1
1961 25 CIN NL 34 93 89 3 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 29 .090 .110 .124 .233 -38 11 2 0 2 0 0 1 AS,MVP-5
1962 26 CIN NL 39 107 90 7 15 0 0 2 9 0 0 10 36 .167 .250 .233 .483 29 21 2 0 7 0 0 1
1963 27 CIN NL 30 54 50 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 .160 .192 .180 .372 7 9 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 28 CIN NL 34 60 53 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 23 .057 .091 .075 .166 -53 4 0 1 5 0 0 1
1965 29 CIN NL 37 55 49 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 .041 .078 .061 .140 -61 3 2 0 4 0 0 1
1966 30 TOT NL 21 38 34 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 .118 .167 .147 .314 -14 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1966 30 CIN NL 12 30 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .115 .179 .115 .294 -19 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1966 30 ATL NL 9 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Seasons 310 540 483 17 55 7 0 2 19 0 0 28 206 .114 .164 .141 .305 -16 68 9 1 27 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 282 252 9 29 4 0 1 10 0 0 15 108 .114 .164 .141 .305 -16 36 5 1 14
ATL (8 yrs) 124 141 126 2 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 59 .127 .184 .135 .319 -10 17 3 0 5 1 0
CIN (6 yrs) 186 399 357 15 39 6 0 2 16 0 0 19 147 .109 .156 .143 .299 -18 51 6 1 22 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
1961 25 CIN NL WS NYY L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.05 1.22 .957 1.97 0.77
1959 MLN NL 23 P 34 19 136.1 43 13 28 2 3 .953 0.0 0.0 2.71 1.21 .953 1.99 0.82
1960 MLN NL 24 P 32 11 133.0 32 13 18 1 1 .969 0.0 0.0 2.10 0.97 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 CIN NL 25 P 34 34 247.1 57 23 32 2 2 .965 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.75 1.36 .946 2.07 0.82
1963 CIN NL 27 P 30 22 170.0 41 14 24 3 3 .927 0.0 0.0 2.01 1.27 .951 2.06 0.84
1964 CIN NL 28 P 34 23 183.0 31 6 24 1 1 .968 0.0 0.0 1.48 0.88 .952 2.14 0.84
1965 CIN NL 29 P 37 24 155.2 36 9 26 1 1 .972 0.0 0.0 2.02 0.95 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 TOT NL 30 P 21 18 103.4 18 4 12 2 0 .889 0.0 0.0 1.39 0.76 .950 1.97 0.74
1966 CIN NL 30 P 12 10 73.2 13 3 8 2 0 .846 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.52 0.56 .940 1.97 0.74
13 Seasons P 310 202 1536.0 340 105 221 14 15 .959 0.0 0.0 1.91 1.05 .954 2.08 0.83
13 Seasons TOT 310 202 1536.0 340 105 221 14 15 .959 0.0 0.0 1.91 1.05 .913 2.08 0.83

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1
1961-2

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1961-NL-5-33%
0.33 Career Shares (557th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1961 NL--3.530--8th

Wins s c a p y
1961 NL--21--1st
1962 NL--21--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1961 NL--.677--4th
1962 NL--.600--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1961 NL--1.249--9th
1964 NL--1.109--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL--7.896--2nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL--1.770--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1961 NL--247.3--7th
1962 NL--273.0--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 NL--157--8th
1962 NL--155--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1961 NL--34--9th
1962 NL--37--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1961 NL--14--3rd
1962 NL--16--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 NL--3--2nd
1961 NL--4--1st
1962 NL--4--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1962 NL--26--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 NL--92--7th
1962 NL--100--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1961 NL--217--10th
1962 NL--269--5th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1964 NL--3.722--5th

Losses s c a p y
1962 NL--14--10th
1963 NL--18--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 NL--114--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1960 NL--8--7th
1961 NL--9--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL--6--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1961 NL--1032--8th
1962 NL--1165--4th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 NL--0--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1953 NL--born 1935-08-15--1st
1954 NL--born 1935-08-15--1st
1955 NL--born 1935-08-15--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (418), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 42 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (484), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (981), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 23, 1953: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

December 15, 1960: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Juan Pizarro to the Cincinnati Reds for Roy McMillan.

June 15, 1966: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Atlanta Braves for Hank Fischer.

December 2, 1966: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

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