Joe Kmak

Joseph Robert Kmak

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 3, 1963 in Napa, CA
High School: Serra HS (San Mateo, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1993
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Cubs 1993-1995
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: August 27, 1995
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Willie Mays… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Willie Mays… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
1985	22	SFG-min	A-	40	154	129	21	40	10	1	1	14	0	1	20	23	.310	.409	.426	.835		55		3	0	2	0		EVR · NORW
1986	23	SFG-min	A	60	182	163	23	44	5	0	1	9	3	2	15	38	.270	.341	.319	.660		52		3	0	1	0		FRE · CALL
1987	24	SFG-min	A,AA	63	220	195	23	42	8	1	0	15	1	2	18	36	.215	.295	.267	.562		52		4	3	0	0		FRE,SHV · CALL,TL
1988	25	SFG-min	AA	71	195	178	16	40	5	2	1	14	0	0	11	19	.225	.284	.292	.576		52	3	4	1	1	2		SHV · TL
1989	26	REN	A	78	294	248	39	68	10	5	4	34	8	4	40	41	.274	.384	.403	.788		100		5	0	1	1		REN · CALL
1990	27	MIL-min	AA,AAA	63	230	204	20	53	6	2	3	21	2	1	11	38	.260	.311	.353	.664		72		5	8	2	0		ELP,DEN · TL,AA
1991	28	MIL-min	AAA	100	336	295	34	70	17	2	1	33	7	3	28	45	.237	.313	.319	.632		94	5	5	7	1	0		DEN · AA
1992	29	MIL-min	AAA	67	254	225	27	70	11	4	3	31	6	3	19	39	.311	.369	.436	.805		98	5	3	5	2	0		DEN · AA
1993	30	MIL-min	AAA	24	84	76	9	23	3	2	1	13	1	0	8	14	.303	.369	.434	.803		33	1	0	0	0	0		NOR · AA
1993	30	MIL	AL	51	127	110	9	24	5	0	0	7	6	2	14	13	.218	.317	.264	.581	59	29	2	2	1	0	0	2

1994	31	NYM-min	AAA	86	302	264	28	66	5	0	5	31	2	3	31	51	.250	.339	.326	.665		86	6	5	1	1	1		NFK · IL
1995	32	CHC-min	AAA	34	109	98	6	17	3	0	2	7	0	0	6	24	.173	.217	.265	.482		26	4	0	3	2	0		IWA · AA
1995	32	CHC	NL	19	61	53	7	13	3	0	1	6	0	0	6	12	.245	.328	.358	.686	84	19	2	1	0	1	0	2/5
1996	33	CIN-min	AAA	48	171	143	20	40	3	0	2	19	3	0	26	35	.280	.394	.343	.737		49	4	1	1	0	1		INA · AA
1997	34	FLA-CIN-min	AAA	52	151	131	13	28	6	1	1	14	1	0	16	34	.214	.295	.298	.593		39	5	0	2	2	1		CHR,INA · IL,AA
1998	35	KCR-min	AAA	24	71	63	6	14	3	0	2	9	0	0	7	8	.222	.300	.365	.665		23	3	0	1	0	0		OMA · PCL
2 Yrs				70	188	163	16	37	8	0	1	13	6	2	20	25	.227	.321	.294	.615	68	48	4	3	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	435	377	37	86	19	0	2	30	14	5	46	58	.227	.321	.294	.615	68	111	9	7	2	2	0

CHC (1 yr)				19	61	53	7	13	3	0	1	6	0	0	6	12	.245	.328	.358	.686	84	19	2	1	0	1	0
MIL (1 yr)				51	127	110	9	24	5	0	0	7	6	2	14	13	.218	.317	.264	.581	59	29	2	2	1	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
1993	30	MIL	AL	51	127	-4	1	-0	2	2	1	0.1	4	5	0.5	.502	.501	0.3	0.4	3	$109,000	2

1995	32	CHC	NL	19	61	-2	-0	-0	2	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.505	.501	0.0	0.3	0	$130,000	2/5
2 Seasons				70	188	-6	1	-1	4	3	2	0.2	6	8	0.8	.502	.501	0.3	0.7	3	$239,000

CHC (1 yr)				19	61	-2	-0	-0	2	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.505	.501	0.0	0.3	0	$130,000
MIL (1 yr)				51	127	-4	1	-0	2	2	1	0.1	4	5	0.5	.502	.501	0.3	0.4	3	$109,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1993	MIL	AL	30	C	50	37	23	316.1	195	172	23	4	1.000	2	8	5.55	3.90	.991	6.56	6.50	4	5	27	15	36%	36%	0
1995	CHC	NL	32	C	18	16	12	144.2	101	93	8	0	1.000	2	17	6.28	5.61	.989	7.40	7.37	1	6	11	5	31%	30%	1
1995	CHC	NL	32	3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	120	4.50	1.00	.950	2.70	2.80
	2 Seasons			C	68	53	35	461.0	296	265	31	4	1.000	4	10	5.78	4.35	.990	6.82	6.73	5	11	38	20	34%	34%	1
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	120	4.50	1.00	.950	2.70	2.80
	2 Seasons			TOT	69	53	35	463.0	297	265	32	4	1.000	4	11	5.77	4.30	.990	6.81	6.67	5	11	38	20	34%	34%	1

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.
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Transactions

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1985.
October 3, 1989: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
January 20, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
November 18, 1993: Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
December 24, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1993	30	Milwaukee Brewers	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1

1995	32	Chicago Cubs	$130,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$239,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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