Duane Josephson
Duane Charles Josephson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 3, 1942 in New Hampton, IA
School: University of Northern Iowa
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1965
Final Game: July 2, 1972
Died: January 30, 1997 in New Hampton, IA
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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
1965 23 CHW AL 4 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1966 24 CHW AL 11 41 38 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .237 .293 .263 .556 67 10 2 0 0 0 0 2
1967 25 CHW AL 62 199 189 11 45 5 1 1 9 0 3 6 24 .238 .262 .291 .553 69 55 5 0 4 0 0 2
1968 26 CHW AL 128 465 434 35 107 16 6 6 45 2 4 18 52 .247 .284 .353 .636 88 153 10 6 3 4 2 *2 AS
1969 27 CHW AL 52 179 162 19 39 6 2 1 20 0 0 13 17 .241 .296 .321 .617 69 52 3 1 0 3 0 2
1970 28 CHW AL 96 317 285 28 90 12 1 4 41 0 1 24 28 .316 .370 .407 .777 114 116 10 3 1 4 2 2
1971 29 BOS AL 91 331 306 38 75 14 1 10 39 2 0 22 35 .245 .294 .395 .689 88 121 18 0 1 2 4 2
1972 30 BOS AL 26 88 82 11 22 4 1 1 7 0 2 4 11 .268 .310 .378 .688 100 31 5 1 1 0 0 3/2
8 Seasons 470 1631 1505 147 388 58 12 23 164 4 10 92 174 .258 .303 .358 .661 88 539 53 11 10 13 8
162 Game Avg. 162 562 519 51 134 20 4 8 57 1 3 32 60 .258 .303 .358 .661 88 186 18 4 3 4 3
CHW (6 yrs) 353 1212 1117 98 291 40 10 12 118 2 8 66 128 .261 .305 .346 .651 88 387 30 10 8 11 4
BOS (2 yrs) 117 419 388 49 97 18 2 11 46 2 2 26 46 .250 .297 .392 .689 90 152 23 1 2 2 4

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
1965 23 CHW AL 11 8 0 0.0 86 .200 .111 .243 .273 .311 .111 .372 .384 .683 17 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .375 .222 .000
1966 24 CHW AL 41 31 3 2.6 84 .257 .237 .240 .293 .306 .263 .370 .556 .676 67 .323 -1.5 -0.2 .419 .105 .026
1967 25 CHW AL 199 156 13 2.2 79 .268 .238 .235 .262 .303 .291 .353 .553 .656 69 .283 -7.8 -0.9 .382 .069 .053 .0
1968 26 CHW AL 465 348 41 3.2 84 .266 .247 .244 .284 .314 .353 .362 .636 .676 88 .454 -8.1 -0.9 .513 .143 .106 3.0
1969 27 CHW AL 179 129 16 3.4 100 .259 .241 .261 .296 .339 .321 .394 .617 .733 69 .396 -7.0 -0.7 .524 .160 .080 .0
1970 28 CHW AL 317 211 42 5.4 98 .335 .316 .259 .370 .334 .407 .395 .777 .729 114 .599 6.2 0.6 .689 .172 .091 .0
1971 29 BOS AL 331 252 31 3.3 99 .247 .245 .264 .294 .337 .395 .392 .689 .729 88 .411 -6.1 -0.6 .582 .229 .150 3.3
1972 30 BOS AL 88 68 7 2.8 88 .300 .268 .253 .310 .323 .378 .365 .688 .688 100 .379 -0.3 -0.0 .507 .134 .110 .0
8 Seasons 1631 1203 153 3.4 91 .276 .258 .252 .303 .324 .358 .377 .661 .701 88 .441 -25.6 -2.8 .539 .157 .100 6.8
162 Game Avg. 562 415 53 3.4 91 .276 .258 .252 .303 .324 .358 .377 .661 .701 88 .441 -25.6 -2.8 .539 .157 .100 2
CHW (6 yrs) 1212 883 115 3.5 89 .282 .261 .249 .305 .321 .346 .374 .651 .695 88 .454 -19.1 -2.1 .529 .140 .086 3.4
BOS (2 yrs) 419 320 38 3.2 96 .258 .250 .262 .297 .334 .392 .386 .689 .720 90 .405 -6.4 -0.7 .566 .209 .142 3.4

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1965 23 CHW AL 11 0.0% 36.4% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.3 45%
1966 24 CHW AL 41 0.0% 7.3% 7.3% 2.4% 11% 1.00 12.7 12.7 1.00 85%
1967 25 CHW AL 199 0.5% 12.1% 3.0% 3.5% 16% 4.00 7.9 189.0 21.0 1.10 82%
1968 26 CHW AL 465 1.3% 11.2% 3.9% 6.0% 26% 2.89 8.3 72.3 9.6 0.93 82%
1969 27 CHW AL 179 0.6% 9.5% 7.3% 5.0% 23% 1.31 9.5 162.0 8.1 1.04 82%
1970 28 CHW AL 317 1.3% 8.8% 7.6% 5.4% 19% 1.17 10.2 71.3 7.0 1.28 81%
1971 29 BOS AL 331 3.0% 10.6% 6.7% 7.6% 33% 1.59 8.7 30.6 7.8 1.22 79%
1972 30 BOS AL 88 1.1% 12.5% 4.6% 6.8% 27% 2.75 7.5 82.0 11.7 1.70 80%
8 Seasons 1631 1.4% 10.7% 5.6% 5.7% 24% 1.89 8.6 65.4 9.2 1.12 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 23 CHW AL 0 0 67% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1966 24 CHW AL 0 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1967 25 CHW AL 5 0 20% 77 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 36% 8 7 1 2 1 1 4 1 3
1968 26 CHW AL 10 0 23% 151 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 36% 30 21 9 3 2 1 14 7 7
1969 27 CHW AL 4 0 35% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 54% 7 4 2 2 1 1 4 0 4
1970 28 CHW AL 1 0 21% 136 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 11 31% 20 16 3 1 1 0 11 4 7
1971 29 BOS AL 4 0 32% 114 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 38% 21 13 8 3 3 0 10 3 5
1972 30 BOS AL 1 0 39% 30 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 30% 5 4 1 0 0 0 5 3 2
8 Seasons 25 0 27% 578 4 10 29% 4 10 0 0 0 0 5 1 16 36 37% 91 65 24 12 9 3 50 18 30
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 23 CHW AL 11 18% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1966 24 CHW AL 41 41% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 5 2 40% 27 3 11% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
1967 25 CHW AL 199 39% 45 5 0 0 0 2.13 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 100% 38 5 13% 13 2 15% 93 12 13% 7 2 29% 9 4 44% 0
1968 26 CHW AL 465 29% 107 13 3 0 1 2.56 6 0 9 6 0 3 3 0 4 3 75% 73 10 14% 40 12 30% 278 42 15% 28 12 43% 25 6 24% 0
1969 27 CHW AL 179 38% 39 7 3 0 3 2.20 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 35 3 9% 17 7 41% 126 20 16% 15 9 60% 9 3 33% 0
1970 28 CHW AL 317 49% 90 14 5 0 3 2.97 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 0 1 1 100% 68 10 15% 29 6 21% 217 38 18% 20 10 50% 20 10 50% 0
1971 29 BOS AL 331 27% 75 5 1 0 1 3.14 10 0 7 6 4 2 8 0 2 1 50% 63 18 29% 36 7 19% 189 33 17% 20 9 45% 19 6 32% 0
1972 30 BOS AL 88 43% 22 4 1 0 0 1.32 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 19 5 26% 6 2 33% 53 6 11% 1 1 100% 5 3 60% 0
8 Seasons 1631 36% 388 48 13 0 8 2.54 23 0 32 17 6 10 13 0 13 10 77% 306 53 17% 149 38 26% 990 154 16% 98 45 46% 90 33 37% 0
MLB Averages

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
1965 23 4 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 17 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 15 52 47 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 7 .213 .288 .234 .523 57 11 2 0 0 0 0
1967 25 77 251 236 16 55 6 1 1 12 0 3 11 31 .233 .267 .280 .547 66 66 7 0 4 0 0
1968 26 205 716 670 51 162 22 7 7 57 2 7 29 83 .242 .278 .327 .605 80 219 17 6 7 4 2
1969 27 257 895 832 70 201 28 9 8 77 2 7 42 100 .242 .282 .326 .607 78 271 20 7 7 7 2
1970 28 353 1212 1117 98 291 40 10 12 118 2 8 66 128 .261 .305 .346 .651 88 387 30 10 8 11 4
1971 29 444 1543 1423 136 366 54 11 22 157 4 8 88 163 .257 .302 .357 .659 88 508 48 10 9 13 8
1972 30 470 1631 1505 147 388 58 12 23 164 4 10 92 174 .258 .303 .358 .661 88 539 53 11 10 13 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 23 4 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 4
1966 24 11 41 38 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 .237 .293 .263 .556 3 11
1967 25 62 198 192 14 48 5 1 1 11 0 6 24 .250 .273 .302 .575 16 62
1968 26 128 476 445 43 118 18 7 7 55 2 20 52 .265 .305 .384 .689 50 128
1969 27 52 180 163 19 40 6 2 1 20 0 13 17 .245 .300 .325 .625 16 52
1970 28 96 319 287 29 92 12 1 4 43 0 25 28 .321 .376 .411 .787 44 96
1971 29 92 326 303 40 71 13 1 9 41 2 21 35 .234 .282 .373 .655 32 91
1972 30 27 90 85 14 22 4 1 1 9 0 4 11 .259 .300 .365 .665 9 26
8 Seasons 472 1641 1522 162 400 59 13 23 182 4 94 174 .263 .308 .364 .672 170 470
162 Game Avg. 162 563 522 56 137 20 4 8 62 1 32 60 .263 .308 .364 .672 58 470

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1968 *

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 AL--6--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1971 AL--18--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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