Joe Lovitto
Joseph Lovitto Jr.
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 6, 1951 in San Pedro, CA
High School: San Pedro (San Pedro, CA)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1972
Final Game: September 16, 1975
Died: May 19, 2001 in Arlington, TX
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1972 TEX AL 21 OF 103 90 805.2 246 233 7 6 2 .976 6.5 9.7 5.5 -4.4 10.0 1 2.68 2.33 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 TEX AL 21 CF 77 71 618.2 208 197 8 3 2 .986 6.5 12.6 4.5 -4.2 8.7 2 2.98 2.66 .987 2.65 2.29
1972 TEX AL 21 RF 25 19 172.1 39 36 0 3 0 .923 0.0 0.0 1.0 -0.2 1.3 -1 1.88 1.44 .982 2.12 1.76
1972 TEX AL 21 LF 6 0 14.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.84 0.50 .967 1.90 1.53
1973 TEX AL 22 3B 20 12 112.0 49 23 21 5 3 .898 -3.9 -41.8 -3.9 -1.9 -2.0 0 3.54 2.20 .953 3.00 2.68
1973 TEX AL 22 CF 3 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.57 0.67 1.000 2.83 2.53
1973 TEX AL 22 OF 3 0 8.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -14.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0 3.24 1.00 .967 2.27 2.03
1973 TEX AL 22 RF 2 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0 6.75 0.50 1.000 2.02 1.75
1974 TEX AL 23 OF 107 73 720.0 214 201 7 6 1 .972 2.1 3.5 -1.9 -1.9 0.0 4 2.60 1.94 .980 2.41 2.12
1974 TEX AL 23 CF 106 73 719.0 213 200 7 6 1 .972 2.1 3.5 -1.9 -1.9 0.0 4 2.59 1.95 .986 2.93 2.63
1974 TEX AL 23 1B 5 4 28.0 23 23 0 0 3 1.000 -0.3 -12.9 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 7.39 4.60 .991 9.71 8.00
1974 TEX AL 23 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1975 TEX AL 24 OF 38 21 243.1 66 62 3 1 1 .985 2.7 13.3 1.7 0.4 1.3 1 2.40 1.71 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 TEX AL 24 CF 25 16 174.0 49 47 2 0 2 1.000 2.0 13.8 1.0 0.2 0.9 1 2.53 1.96 .984 2.84 2.52
1975 TEX AL 24 LF 17 5 69.1 18 16 1 1 0 .944 0.7 12.1 0.7 0.2 0.4 0 2.21 1.00 .978 2.18 1.80
1975 TEX AL 24 1B 2 1 9.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 9.00 4.50 .989 9.80 8.30
1975 TEX AL 24 DH 2
1975 TEX AL 24 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 0
4 Seasons OF 251 184 1777.1 529 499 17 13 4 .975 11.2 7.6 5.2 -6.0 11.4 6 2.61 2.06 .981 2.32 2.03
4 Seasons CF 211 160 1518.2 472 446 17 9 5 .981 10.5 8.3 3.5 -5.9 9.5 7 2.74 2.19 .986 2.81 2.49
3 Seasons RF 28 19 174.2 40 37 0 3 0 .925 0.0 0.0 1.0 -0.3 1.5 -1 1.91 1.32 .982 2.12 1.76
2 Seasons LF 23 5 84.0 21 19 1 1 0 .952 0.7 10.0 0.7 0.2 0.4 0 2.14 0.87 .976 2.13 1.73
1 Season 3B 20 12 112.0 49 23 21 5 3 .898 -3.9 -41.8 -3.9 -1.9 -2.0 0 3.54 2.20 .953 3.00 2.68
2 Seasons 1B 7 5 37.0 32 32 0 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -16.2 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 7.78 4.57 .991 9.73 8.09
1 Season DH 2
1 Season C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 0
4 Seasons TOT 279 201 1926.1 610 554 38 18 10 .970 6.8 4.2 0.8 -8.2 9.2 6 0 2.77 2.12 .950 2.50 2.24 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 TEX AL 21 117 90 117 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 77 25 103 9 10
1973 TEX AL 22 26 12 26 24 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 6
1974 TEX AL 23 113 77 113 109 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 106 1 107 0 2 4
1975 TEX AL 24 50 22 50 39 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 25 0 38 0 9 7
4 Seasons 306 201 306 289 0 0 7 0 19 0 23 211 28 253 0 20 27
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 TEX AL 21 3 0 3 0 1 8 0 1 4 2 35 23 1 18 0 2 9 4 0 12 2 0 17 14 1 91 43 47.3% 44 4 4.4% 4 2757 58% 75% 26% 355 57%
1973 TEX AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 52% 82% 15% 2 100%
1974 TEX AL 23 6 0 5 1 2 7 0 3 2 2 38 27 1 30 5 1 8 5 0 9 1 1 12 10 0 97 48 49.5% 46 3 3.1% 4 3127 56% 78% 27% 397 52%
1975 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 15 7 46.7% 8 0 0.0% 2 737 59% 81% 22% 103 46%
4 Seasons 9 0 8 1 3 17 0 4 7 4 76 52 2 53 7 3 18 9 0 26 5 1 30 25 1 203 98 48.3% 98 7 3.4% 10 6654 57% 77% 26% 857 53%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.3% 61% 78% 26% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 TEX AL 21 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 0 731 70% 75% 23% 59 63%
1973 TEX AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 11 45% 82% 27% 4 25%
1974 TEX AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0% 75% 50% 0
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 14 6 42.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 746 70% 75% 23% 63 60%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.3% 61% 78% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 TEX AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 68 56% 79% 25% 8 38%
1975 TEX AL 24 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 1 316 53% 78% 22% 32 53%
2 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 1 384 54% 78% 23% 40 50%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.7% 61% 78% 26% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 TEX AL 22 512 63% 79% 25% 45 82% 1 23 18 1 4 20 14 4 0 2 5 0 4 1 5 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0%
1 Season 512 63% 79% 25% 45 82% 1 23 18 1 4 20 14 4 0 2 5 0 4 1 5 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 TEX AL 23 130 55% 71% 21% 3 100% 0 23 0 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
1975 TEX AL 24 40 25% 83% 23% 1 100% 0 9 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 170 48% 74% 21% 4 100% 0 32 0 32 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 94% 90%

* 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.

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