Joe Lis
Joseph Anthony Lis
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 15, 1946 in Somerville, NJ
High School: Somerville (Somerville, NJ)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1970
Final Game: May 8, 1977
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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
1970 23 PHI NL 13 42 37 1 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 11 .189 .286 .324 .610 65 12 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1971 24 PHI NL 59 144 123 16 26 6 0 6 10 0 1 16 43 .211 .308 .407 .714 101 50 1 2 1 2 0 7
1972 25 PHI NL 62 172 140 13 34 6 0 6 18 0 1 30 34 .243 .380 .414 .794 124 58 2 1 1 0 1 3/79
1973 26 MIN AL 103 286 253 37 62 11 1 9 25 0 1 28 66 .245 .325 .403 .728 101 102 13 3 0 2 1 3/D
1974 27 TOT AL 81 171 150 20 30 3 0 6 19 1 0 19 42 .200 .294 .340 .634 82 51 7 1 1 0 1 3/5D7
1974 27 MIN AL 24 48 41 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 12 .195 .298 .195 .493 42 8 2 1 1 0 0 3
1974 27 CLE AL 57 123 109 15 22 3 0 6 16 1 0 14 30 .202 .293 .394 .687 98 43 5 0 0 0 1 3/5D7
1975 28 CLE AL 9 18 13 4 4 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 3 .308 .444 .923 1.368 281 12 0 1 0 1 0 /3D
1976 29 CLE AL 20 60 51 4 16 1 0 2 7 0 0 8 8 .314 .400 .451 .851 152 23 0 0 0 1 0 3/D
1977 30 SEA AL 9 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .231 .286 .231 .516 44 3 3 0 0 0 0 /32
8 Seasons 356 907 780 96 182 31 1 32 92 1 3 110 209 .233 .332 .399 .731 106 311 26 8 3 6 3
162 Game Avg. 162 413 355 44 83 14 0 15 42 0 1 50 95 .233 .332 .399 .731 106 142 12 4 1 3 1
PHI (3 yrs) 134 358 300 30 67 14 0 13 32 0 2 51 88 .223 .340 .400 .740 108 120 3 3 2 2 1
CLE (3 yrs) 86 201 173 23 42 6 0 10 31 1 0 25 41 .243 .338 .451 .789 128 78 5 1 0 2 1
MIN (2 yrs) 127 334 294 42 70 11 1 9 28 0 1 33 78 .238 .321 .374 .695 93 110 15 4 1 2 1
SEA (1 yr) 9 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .231 .286 .231 .516 44 3 3 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 222 549 480 66 115 17 1 19 60 1 1 59 121 .240 .327 .398 .725 104 191 23 5 1 4 2
NL (3 yrs) 134 358 300 30 67 14 0 13 32 0 2 51 88 .223 .340 .400 .740 108 120 3 3 2 2 1

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
1970 23 PHI NL 42 30 4 3.6 102 .240 .189 .265 .286 .337 .324 .404 .610 .741 65 .384 -1.8 -0.2 .567 .270 .135 .0
1971 24 PHI NL 144 102 16 4.2 92 .263 .211 .260 .308 .326 .407 .380 .714 .706 101 .517 0.4 0.0 .677 .317 .195 .0
1972 25 PHI NL 172 110 24 5.9 93 .280 .243 .259 .380 .327 .414 .382 .794 .710 124 .664 5.8 0.6 .807 .379 .171 .0
1973 26 MIN AL 286 207 31 4.0 97 .294 .245 .264 .325 .334 .403 .388 .728 .722 101 .465 0.4 0.0 .644 .265 .158 .0
1974 27 TOT AL 171 128 15 3.2 90 .235 .200 .259 .294 .323 .340 .372 .634 .695 82 .379 -3.6 -0.4 .567 .273 .140 1.7
1974 27 MIN AL 48 36 3 2.2 92 .276 .195 .263 .298 .328 .195 .378 .493 .706 42 .246 -3.0 -0.3 .400 .122 .000
1974 27 CLE AL 123 92 12 3.5 88 .219 .202 .257 .293 .321 .394 .370 .687 .691 98 .426 -0.6 -0.1 .630 .330 .193 1.7
1975 28 CLE AL 18 10 6 16.1 92 .222 .308 .257 .444 .326 .923 .377 1.368 .704 281 .918 3.4 0.3 1.778 .846 .615 .0
1976 29 CLE AL 60 36 10 7.5 84 .333 .314 .254 .400 .318 .451 .358 .851 .675 152 .761 3.7 0.4 .886 .294 .137 .0
1977 30 SEA AL 14 13 0 0.0 99 .273 .231 .265 .286 .329 .231 .403 .516 .732 44 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .308 .077 .000
8 Seasons 907 636 106 4.5 93 .275 .233 .261 .332 .328 .399 .382 .731 .710 106 .531 7.3 0.6 .681 .304 .165 1.9
162 Game Avg. 413 289 48 4.5 93 .275 .233 .261 .332 .328 .399 .382 .731 .710 106 .531 3 0 .681 .304 .165 1
PHI (3 yrs) 358 242 44 4.9 94 .269 .223 .260 .340 .328 .400 .384 .740 .712 108 .577 4.4 0.4 .723 .340 .177 .0
CLE (3 yrs) 201 138 28 5.5 87 .258 .243 .256 .338 .321 .451 .367 .789 .688 128 .628 6.5 0.6 .772 .358 .208 1.8
MIN (2 yrs) 334 243 34 3.8 96 .292 .238 .264 .321 .333 .374 .387 .695 .719 93 .437 -2.6 -0.3 .608 .245 .136 .0
SEA (1 yr) 14 13 0 0.0 99 .273 .231 .265 .286 .329 .231 .403 .516 .732 44 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .308 .077 .000
AL (5 yrs) 549 394 62 4.2 93 .279 .240 .261 .327 .328 .398 .380 .725 .708 104 .499 2.9 0.2 .656 .281 .158 1.9
NL (3 yrs) 358 242 44 4.9 94 .269 .223 .260 .340 .328 .400 .384 .740 .712 108 .577 4.4 0.4 .723 .340 .177 .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
1970 23 PHI NL 42 2.4% 26.2% 11.9% 7.1% 43% 2.20 3.4 37.0 9.3 0.58 60%
1971 24 PHI NL 144 4.2% 29.9% 11.1% 8.3% 46% 2.69 2.9 20.5 12.3 0.65 53%
1972 25 PHI NL 172 3.5% 19.8% 17.4% 7.0% 35% 1.13 4.1 23.3 7.8 0.60 58%
1973 26 MIN AL 286 3.2% 23.1% 9.8% 7.3% 34% 2.36 3.8 28.1 10.1 0.97 63%
1974 27 TOT AL 171 3.5% 24.6% 11.1% 5.3% 30% 2.21 3.6 25.0 7.9 0.98 60%
1974 27 MIN AL 48 0.0% 25.0% 10.4% 0.0% 0% 2.40 3.4 13.7 1.09 60%
1974 27 CLE AL 123 4.9% 24.4% 11.4% 7.3% 41% 2.14 3.6 18.2 6.8 0.94 59%
1975 28 CLE AL 18 11.1% 16.7% 16.7% 22.2% 100% 1.00 4.3 6.5 1.6 1.33 50%
1976 29 CLE AL 60 3.3% 13.3% 13.3% 5.0% 19% 1.00 6.4 25.5 7.3 0.59 70%
1977 30 SEA AL 14 0.0% 14.3% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 6.5 13.0 4.50 79%
8 Seasons 907 3.5% 23.0% 12.1% 7.1% 35% 1.90 3.7 24.4 8.5 0.83 60%
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
1970 23 PHI NL 0 0 0% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1971 24 PHI NL 1 0 26% 51 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13% 9 8 1 3 2 0 4 3 1
1972 25 PHI NL 1 0 12% 55 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25% 5 5 0 3 2 1 4 2 2
1973 26 MIN AL 4 0 33% 113 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 39% 16 11 4 5 4 1 10 2 7
1974 27 TOT AL 3 0 32% 62 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 13 11 2 1 1 0 4 0 4
1974 27 MIN AL 1 0 36% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1974 27 CLE AL 2 0 30% 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31% 10 9 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
1975 28 CLE AL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 29 CLE AL 1 0 9% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1977 30 SEA AL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 10 0 24% 326 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 15 31% 48 39 8 13 10 2 25 7 17
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
1970 23 PHI NL 42 71% 7 4 0 0 0 4.28 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 5 0 0% 38 3 8% 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 0
1971 24 PHI NL 144 53% 26 22 3 1 2 1.16 6 0 1 1 5 3 3 0 2 1 50% 26 1 4% 16 4 25% 61 4 7% 6 3 50% 5 2 40% 0
1972 25 PHI NL 172 33% 34 19 4 0 2 1.27 6 0 2 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 100% 32 2 6% 10 3 30% 101 14 14% 7 2 29% 9 4 44% 0
1973 26 MIN AL 286 44% 62 3 1 0 1 2.70 9 0 6 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 63 13 21% 36 5 14% 187 16 9% 17 7 41% 17 1 6% 0
1974 27 TOT AL 171 66% 30 15 4 0 2 1.83 6 0 2 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 100% 35 7 20% 16 2 13% 104 13 13% 11 4 36% 10 3 30% 0
1974 27 MIN AL 48 75% 8 7 2 0 1 2.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 2 22% 6 1 17% 27 3 11% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1974 27 CLE AL 123 62% 22 8 2 0 1 1.54 6 0 2 3 3 2 4 1 0 0 26 5 19% 10 1 10% 77 10 13% 8 3 38% 8 2 25% 0
1975 28 CLE AL 18 56% 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 1 100% 18 6 33% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0
1976 29 CLE AL 60 53% 16 2 0 0 0 1.84 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0% 8 2 25% 35 6 17% 4 3 75% 6 0 0% 0
1977 30 SEA AL 14 93% 3 4 1 0 0 2.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 3 1 33% 11 1 9% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 907 50% 182 69 13 1 7 1.66 32 0 16 19 13 16 16 1 4 3 75% 186 26 14% 95 18 19% 555 63 11% 52 22 42% 53 11 21% 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
1970 23 13 42 37 1 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 11 .189 .286 .324 .610 65 12 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 72 186 160 17 33 8 0 7 14 0 1 21 54 .206 .303 .388 .690 93 62 1 2 1 2 0
1972 25 134 358 300 30 67 14 0 13 32 0 2 51 88 .223 .340 .400 .740 108 120 3 3 2 2 1
1973 26 237 644 553 67 129 25 1 22 57 0 3 79 154 .233 .333 .401 .735 105 222 16 6 2 4 2
1974 27 318 815 703 87 159 28 1 28 76 1 3 98 196 .226 .325 .388 .713 100 273 23 7 3 4 3
1975 28 327 833 716 91 163 30 1 30 84 1 3 101 199 .228 .328 .398 .726 104 285 23 8 3 5 3
1976 29 347 893 767 95 179 31 1 32 91 1 3 109 207 .233 .333 .402 .734 107 308 23 8 3 6 3
1977 30 356 907 780 96 182 31 1 32 92 1 3 110 209 .233 .332 .399 .731 106 311 26 8 3 6 3

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
1970 23 13 44 38 1 8 2 0 1 4 0 6 11 .211 .318 .342 .660 4 13
1971 24 59 149 127 19 30 7 0 7 12 0 18 43 .236 .336 .457 .792 19 59
1972 25 65 189 152 15 41 7 0 7 21 0 36 36 .270 .413 .454 .867 28 62
1973 26 103 285 252 39 61 11 1 9 26 0 28 66 .242 .323 .401 .724 32 103
1974 27 81 172 151 22 31 3 0 6 21 1 20 42 .205 .302 .344 .647 16 81
1975 28 9 20 14 5 5 2 0 2 9 0 4 3 .357 .500 .929 1.429 7 9
1976 29 20 65 54 5 19 1 0 2 8 0 10 8 .352 .446 .481 .928 12 20
1977 30 9 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 9
8 Seasons 359 938 801 106 195 33 1 34 101 1 123 211 .243 .348 .414 .762 118 356
162 Game Avg. 162 423 361 48 88 15 0 15 46 0 56 95 .243 .348 .414 .762 53 356

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