Joe Kiefer

Joseph William Kiefer (Harlem Joe or Smoke)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 19, 1899 in West Leyden, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1920
Teams (by GP): RedSox/WhiteSox 1920-1926

Final Game: May 25, 1926
Died: July 5, 1975 in Utica, NY
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Whitesboro, NY
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1920	20	CHW	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1

1921	21	MLW	AA	17	35	35		3	0	0	0						.086	.086	.086	.171		3				MLW · AA
1922	22	CHS	B	42	97	97		19	1	0	0						.196	.196	.206	.402		20				CHS · SALL
1923	23	GAL	A	40	48	48		10	2	0	0						.208	.208	.250	.458		12				GAL · TL
1924	24	BAY	B	37	96	96		27	7	1	0						.281	.281	.375	.656		36				BAY · MION
1925	25	JER	AA	44	86	86		21	1	2	0						.244	.244	.302	.547		26				JER · IL
1925	25	BOS	AL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1926	26	WFL	A	22	55	55		11	2	0	0						.200	.200	.236	.436		13				WFL · TL
1926	26	BOS	AL	11	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	12	2	0	0	1
1927	27	WFL	A	32	98	98		21	2	0	1						.214	.214	.265	.480		26				WFL · TL
1928	28	BAL-min	A	35	67	67		16	2	0	0						.239	.239	.269	.507		18				WFL · TL
1929	29	ATA	A	37	78	78		11	1	0	0						.141	.141	.154	.295		12				ATA · SOUA
1930	30	ATA	A	37	67	67		18	0	2	0						.269	.269	.328	.597		22				ATA · SOUA
1931	31	ATA	A	24	44	44		10	0	0	0						.227	.227	.227	.455		10				ATA · SOUA
1932	32	BOS-min	B	51	115	115		26	7	1	0						.226	.226	.304	.530		35				HZL · NYPL
1933	33	OAK-BOS-min	A	36	63	63		20	4	2	0						.317	.317	.444	.762		28				WPT,SCR,REA · NYPL
1934	34	PHI-min	A	22	50	50		11	1	0	0						.220	.220	.240	.460		12				WKB,HZL · NYPL
1937	37	RME	C	18	43	43		10	1	0	2						.233	.233	.395	.628		17				RME · CAML
3 Yrs				15	13	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.154	.231	-41	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	140	140	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	.077	.077	.154	.231	-41	22	0	0

BOS (2 yrs)				13	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.182	.273	-30	2	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1920	20	CHW	AL	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.480	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1925	25	BOS	AL	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.462	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1926	26	BOS	AL	11	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
3 Seasons				15	13	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.490	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

BOS (2 yrs)				13	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.480	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1920	20	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.292	.000	.356	.000	.400	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1925	25	BOS	AL	4	4	0	0.0	115	.000	.000	.298	.000	.368	.000	.418	.000	.787	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1926	26	BOS	AL	7	6	0	0.0	106	.200	.143	.285	.143	.356	.286	.399	.429	.755	12	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.143	.143
3 Yrs				13	12	0	0.0	109	.100	.077	.290	.077	.360	.154	.405	.231	.765	-41	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.167	.077	.077
162 Game Avg.				140	130	0	0.0	109	.100	.077	.290	.077	.360	.154	.405	.231	.765	-41	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.167	.077	.077

BOS (2 yrs)				11	10	0	0.0	109	.111	.091	.290	.091	.360	.182	.406	.273	.767	-30	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.200	.091	.091
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.292	.000	.356	.000	.400	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1920	20	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			50%

1925	25	BOS	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						100%
1926	26	BOS	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	14.3%	100%		3.5			71%
3 Yrs				13	0.0%	23.1%	0.0%	7.7%	100%		4.3			77%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.2%	7.7%	6.4%	25%	0.94	12.3	90.9	8.0	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1920	20	2	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1921	21	2	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1922	22	2	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1923	23	2	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1924	24	2	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1925	25	4	6	6	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1926	26	15	13	13	1	1	3	.077	.077	.154	.231	-41	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1920	20	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1925	25	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1926	26	12	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
3 Yrs		16	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
162 Game Avg.		162	132	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15

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