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Joe Koppe

Joseph Koppe
born Joseph Kopchia

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 19, 1930 in Detroit, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1958
Teams (by GP): Angels/Phillies/Braves 1958-1965

Final Game: September 11, 1965
Died: September 27, 2006 in Ann Arbor, MI
Cremated
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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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1958 27 MLN NL 16 10 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .444 .500 .444 .944 163 4 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1959 28 PHI NL 126 472 422 68 110 18 7 7 28 7 7 41 80 .261 .327 .386 .713 89 163 6 2 4 3 0 *64
1960 29 PHI NL 58 195 170 13 29 6 1 1 13 3 2 23 47 .171 .272 .235 .507 41 40 2 1 0 1 3 6/5
1961 30 TOT MLB 97 395 341 47 85 12 2 5 40 3 3 45 77 .249 .337 .340 .677 75 116 4 1 6 2 0 6/45
1961 30 PHI NL 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1961 30 LAA AL 91 392 338 46 85 12 2 5 40 3 3 45 77 .251 .339 .343 .683 77 116 4 1 6 2 0 6/45
1962 31 LAA AL 128 464 375 47 85 16 0 4 40 2 1 73 84 .227 .352 .301 .653 81 113 10 2 9 5 3 *6/45
1963 32 LAA AL 76 155 143 11 30 4 1 1 12 0 0 9 30 .210 .258 .273 .531 53 39 2 1 1 2 1 654/9
1964 33 LAA AL 54 129 113 10 29 4 1 0 6 0 0 14 16 .257 .339 .310 .648 91 35 2 0 2 0 1 64/5
1965 34 CAL AL 23 36 33 3 7 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 10 .212 .278 .333 .611 76 11 1 0 0 0 1 4/56
8 Yrs 578 1856 1606 202 379 61 12 19 141 16 13 209 345 .236 .324 .324 .649 76 521 27 7 22 13 9
162 Game Avg. 162 520 450 57 106 17 3 5 40 4 4 59 97 .236 .324 .324 .649 76 146 8 2 6 4 3
CAL (5 yrs) 372 1176 1002 117 236 37 4 11 100 6 4 144 217 .236 .331 .313 .645 77 314 19 4 18 9 6
PHI (3 yrs) 190 670 595 82 139 24 8 8 41 10 9 64 127 .234 .309 .341 .650 75 203 8 3 4 4 3
MLN (1 yr) 16 10 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .444 .500 .444 .944 163 4 0 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 372 1176 1002 117 236 37 4 11 100 6 4 144 217 .236 .331 .313 .645 77 314 19 4 18 9 6
NL (4 yrs) 206 680 604 85 143 24 8 8 41 10 9 65 128 .237 .312 .343 .655 76 207 8 3 4 4 3

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 Awards
1958 27 MLN NL 16 10 1 -1 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .501 0.0 0.1 0 $ /6
1959 28 PHI NL 126 472 -7 0 1 8 7 8 0.9 16 24 2.5 .507 .505 1.7 1.6 16 $ *64
1960 29 PHI NL 58 195 -15 -1 1 -6 3 -17 -1.9 7 -10 -1.2 .468 .488 -0.6 -0.3 -5 $ 6/5
1961 30 PHI NL 6 3 -0 0 0 -0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .491 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /6
1961 30 LAA AL 91 392 -12 0 1 0 5 -5 -0.7 11 5 0.3 .494 .497 0.5 0.5 5 $ 6/45
1962 31 LAA AL 128 464 -11 -3 -2 -7 7 -15 -1.7 13 -2 -0.5 .488 .491 0.4 -0.1 5 $ *6/45
1963 32 LAA AL 76 155 -8 -2 -0 3 2 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .492 .496 -0.5 0.5 -4 $ 654/9
1964 33 LAA AL 54 129 -1 1 -0 -1 2 1 0.0 4 4 0.4 .502 .501 0.5 0.1 5 $ 64/5
1965 34 CAL AL 23 36 -2 0 -0 4 1 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .515 .502 0.0 0.5 0 $ 4/56
8 Seasons 578 1856 -55 -4 0 2 27 -30 -3.6 55 25 1.8 .495 .498 2.0 2.9 23 $
CAL (5 yrs) 372 1176 -34 -3 -1 -0 17 -22 -2.7 32 11 0.4 .494 .497 0.9 1.5 11 $
PHI (3 yrs) 190 670 -22 -0 1 2 10 -9 -1.0 23 13 1.3 .495 .498 1.1 1.2 12 $
MLN (1 yr) 16 10 1 -1 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .501 0.0 0.1 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 PwrSpd
1958 27 MLN NL 10 5 2 10.7 99 .500 .444 .260 .500 .327 .444 .406 .944 .733 163 .822 0.9 0.1 1.000 .111 .000
1959 28 PHI NL 472 332 54 4.4 106 .305 .261 .271 .327 .338 .386 .420 .713 .758 89 .472 -7.1 -0.7 .634 .223 .126 7.0
1960 29 PHI NL 195 146 12 2.2 98 .228 .171 .262 .272 .328 .235 .402 .507 .730 41 .223 -13.4 -1.4 .448 .206 .065 1.5
1961 30 TOT MLB 395 271 42 4.1 112 .307 .249 .275 .337 .352 .340 .428 .677 .780 75 .446 -12.3 -1.2 .616 .223 .091 3.8
1961 30 PHI NL 3 3 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .267 .000 .333 .000 .415 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1961 30 LAA AL 392 268 42 4.2 112 .310 .251 .275 .339 .352 .343 .428 .683 .780 77 .451 -11.4 -1.1 .623 .225 .092 3.8
1962 31 LAA AL 464 315 45 3.8 100 .277 .227 .259 .352 .331 .301 .404 .653 .736 81 .422 -5.9 -0.6 .628 .272 .075 2.7
1963 32 LAA AL 155 118 10 2.3 90 .254 .210 .248 .258 .314 .273 .384 .531 .697 53 .248 -8.7 -0.9 .426 .126 .063 .0
1964 33 LAA AL 129 88 13 4.0 87 .299 .257 .244 .339 .311 .310 .379 .648 .690 91 .471 -0.7 -0.1 .570 .177 .053
1965 34 CAL AL 36 27 3 3.0 89 .273 .212 .247 .278 .317 .333 .379 .611 .696 76 .367 -1.1 -0.1 .556 .242 .121 1.0
8 Yrs 1856 1302 181 3.7 102 .287 .236 .264 .324 .334 .324 .409 .649 .743 76 .414 -48.3 -4.9 .584 .220 .088 17.4
162 Game Avg. 520 365 51 3.7 102 .287 .236 .264 .324 .334 .324 .409 .649 .743 76 .414 -48.3 -4.9 .584 .220 .088 5
CAL (5 yrs) 1176 816 113 3.7 101 .287 .236 .261 .331 .333 .313 .406 .645 .739 77 .414 -27.9 -2.8 .588 .224 .078 7.8
PHI (3 yrs) 670 481 66 3.7 104 .282 .234 .269 .309 .335 .341 .415 .650 .750 75 .404 -21.3 -2.2 .573 .217 .108 8.9
MLN (1 yr) 10 5 2 10.7 99 .500 .444 .260 .500 .327 .444 .406 .944 .733 163 .822 0.9 0.1 1.000 .111 .000
AL (5 yrs) 1176 816 113 3.7 101 .287 .236 .261 .331 .333 .313 .406 .645 .739 77 .414 -27.9 -2.8 .588 .224 .078 7.8
NL (4 yrs) 680 486 68 3.7 104 .286 .237 .268 .312 .335 .343 .415 .655 .749 76 .412 -20.5 -2.1 .577 .215 .106 8.9

Ratio Batting*

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
1958 27 MLN NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 9.0 0.00 80%
1959 28 PHI NL 472 1.5% 17.0% 8.7% 6.8% 29% 1.95 5.3 60.3 15.1 1.01 72%
1960 29 PHI NL 195 0.5% 24.1% 11.8% 4.1% 28% 2.04 3.6 170.0 13.1 1.02 63%
1961 30 TOT MLB 395 1.3% 19.5% 11.4% 4.8% 22% 1.71 4.4 68.2 8.5 1.42 66%
1961 30 PHI NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1961 30 LAA AL 392 1.3% 19.6% 11.5% 4.9% 22% 1.71 4.4 67.6 8.5 1.45 66%
1962 31 LAA AL 464 0.9% 18.1% 15.7% 4.3% 24% 1.15 4.5 93.8 9.4 1.03 63%
1963 32 LAA AL 155 0.7% 19.4% 5.8% 3.9% 20% 3.33 4.8 143.0 11.9 0.91 74%
1964 33 LAA AL 129 0.0% 12.4% 10.9% 3.9% 17% 1.14 7.1 18.8 1.45 75%
1965 34 CAL AL 36 2.8% 27.8% 8.3% 5.6% 29% 3.33 3.3 33.0 16.5 1.13 61%
8 Yrs 1856 1.0% 18.6% 11.3% 5.0% 24% 1.65 4.7 84.5 11.4 1.10 68%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.4% 8.4% 6.5% 29% 1.70 6.2 38.5 8.6 1.06 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1958 27 MLN NL 0.9 0.1 11 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .55 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.83 0.2 0.57 1
1959 28 PHI NL -7.1 -0.7 494 -0.1 7.6 -7.7 .94 -0.4 0.2 -9.2 -0.9 0.93 -5.3 0.39 0
1960 29 PHI NL -13.6 -1.4 203 -1.2 2.9 -4.1 1.16 -1.4 0.4 -8.8 -0.9 0.95 -14.2 0.70 1
1961 30 TOT MLB -12.6 -1.2 408 1.1 8.5 -7.4 1.10 -0.4 1.4 -4.0 -0.4 0.98 -4.7 0
1961 30 PHI NL -0.8 -0.1 3 0.0 0.1 -0.1 2.52 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.91 -0.1 0
1961 30 LAA AL -11.8 -1.2 405 1.1 8.3 -7.2 1.09 -0.4 1.4 -4.0 -0.4 0.98 -4.5 0
1962 31 LAA AL -5.9 -0.6 456 -1.2 6.4 -7.6 .96 -1.0 -0.2 -10.5 -1.1 0.95 -11.4 2.67 2
1963 32 LAA AL -8.7 -0.9 158 -0.5 2.2 -2.7 .99 -0.8 0.3 -2.0 -0.2 0.90 -6.7 0.83 20
1964 33 LAA AL -0.7 -0.1 132 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 .97 -0.2 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.91 -2.7 1.11 3
1965 34 CAL AL -1.1 -0.1 37 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .67 -0.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2 0.82 -2.2 0.37 3
8 Yrs -48.9 -4.9 1899 -2.6 29.6 -32.2 1.00 -4.4 1.8 -37.6 -3.8 0.94 -46.9 0.92 30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1958 27 MLN NL 0 0 60% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 28 PHI NL 4 0 42% 219 7 7 50% 6 5 1 1 0 1 2 0 7 12 57% 33 19 14 4 1 3 16 3 13
1960 29 PHI NL 1 0 23% 55 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 33% 4 4 0 0 0 0 5 1 3
1961 30 TOT MLB 4 0 33% 168 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 11 40% 18 14 4 9 6 3 11 3 8
1961 30 PHI NL 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1961 30 LAA AL 3 0 33% 166 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 11 39% 17 13 4 9 6 3 10 3 7
1962 31 LAA AL 1 0 28% 195 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 4 57% 15 9 5 5 2 2 17 3 14
1963 32 LAA AL 2 0 26% 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 20% 8 6 1 2 1 0 5 3 2
1964 33 LAA AL 1 0 23% 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 54% 8 5 3 2 0 2 3 1 2
1965 34 CAL AL 0 0 22% 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Yrs 13 0 32% 814 16 13 55% 15 11 1 1 0 1 12 0 33 35 48% 92 60 29 22 10 10 59 14 44

Situational Hitting*

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
1958 27 MLN NL 10 60% 4 1 0 0 0 0.57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1959 28 PHI NL 472 37% 110 0 0 0 0 0.39 7 0 16 2 5 6 1 0 8 4 50% 76 6 8% 37 10 27% 234 23 10% 14 10 71% 8 3 38% 0
1960 29 PHI NL 195 30% 29 1 0 0 0 0.70 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0% 39 2 5% 16 5 31% 116 13 11% 11 5 45% 8 4 50% 0
1961 30 TOT MLB 395 29% 85 0 0 0 0 5 1 13 4 1 3 2 0 6 6 100% 79 4 5% 38 13 34% 258 36 14% 24 10 42% 13 8 62% 0
1961 30 PHI NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 30 LAA AL 392 29% 85 0 0 0 0 5 1 13 4 1 3 2 0 6 6 100% 79 4 5% 38 13 34% 256 36 14% 24 10 42% 13 8 62% 0
1962 31 LAA AL 464 31% 85 2 0 0 0 2.67 4 0 11 3 1 1 3 0 10 9 90% 88 10 11% 48 20 42% 281 36 13% 25 14 56% 22 14 64% 0
1963 32 LAA AL 155 38% 30 20 4 0 0 0.83 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 19 2 11% 5 4 80% 76 11 14% 4 4 100% 3 3 100% 0
1964 33 LAA AL 129 26% 29 3 1 0 0 1.11 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 17 2 12% 7 2 29% 64 6 9% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1965 34 CAL AL 36 31% 7 3 1 0 0 0.37 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 14 1 7% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
8 Yrs 1856 32% 379 30 6 0 0 0.92 19 1 45 11 8 10 9 0 31 22 71% 321 27 8% 154 54 35% 1046 126 12% 82 43 52% 58 34 59% 0
MLB Averages 51% 75% 10% 30% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

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
1958 27 16 10 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .444 .500 .444 .944 163 4 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 142 482 431 71 114 18 7 7 28 7 7 42 81 .265 .331 .387 .718 90 167 6 2 4 3 0
1960 29 200 677 601 84 143 24 8 8 41 10 9 65 128 .238 .314 .344 .658 77 207 8 3 4 4 3
1961 30 297 1072 942 131 228 36 10 13 81 13 12 110 205 .242 .322 .343 .665 76 323 12 4 10 6 3
1962 31 425 1536 1317 178 313 52 10 17 121 15 13 183 289 .238 .331 .331 .662 78 436 22 6 19 11 6
1963 32 501 1691 1460 189 343 56 11 18 133 15 13 192 319 .235 .324 .325 .650 75 475 24 7 20 13 7
1964 33 555 1820 1573 199 372 60 12 18 139 15 13 206 335 .236 .325 .324 .649 76 510 26 7 22 13 8
1965 34 578 1856 1606 202 379 61 12 19 141 16 13 209 345 .236 .324 .324 .649 76 521 27 7 22 13 9

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1958 27 17 10 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .444 .500 .444 .944 2 16
1959 28 132 493 441 71 115 19 7 7 29 7 43 84 .261 .327 .383 .710 55 126
1960 29 61 205 178 14 31 6 1 1 14 3 25 49 .174 .278 .236 .514 11 58
1961 30 97 387 336 42 80 11 2 5 36 3 42 77 .238 .323 .327 .650 35 97
1962 31 128 466 376 48 86 16 0 4 41 2 74 84 .229 .354 .303 .658 41 128
1963 32 76 160 146 13 33 4 1 1 14 0 10 30 .226 .277 .288 .564 12 76
1964 33 54 132 115 12 32 4 1 0 7 0 15 16 .278 .362 .330 .692 14 54
1965 34 23 37 34 4 8 1 0 1 3 1 3 10 .235 .297 .353 .650 4 23
8 Yrs 588 1890 1635 207 389 61 12 19 144 16 213 351 .238 .326 .325 .651 174 578
162 Game Avg. 162 521 450 57 107 17 3 5 40 4 59 97 .238 .326 .325 .651 48 578

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WARs c a p y
1959 NL  1.6 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1959 NL  7 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1959 NL  7 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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