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Joe Lovitto

Joseph Lovitto

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman
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
Team: Rangers 1972-1975

Final Game: September 16, 1975
Died: May 19, 2001 in Arlington, TX
Buried: Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, TX
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:43AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
1972 21 TEX AL 117 373 330 23 74 9 1 1 19 13 11 37 54 .224 .306 .267 .573 75 88 8 2 4 0 2 *89/7
1973 22 TEX AL 26 49 44 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 .136 .224 .159 .384 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 5/89D
1974 23 TEX AL 113 313 283 27 63 9 3 2 26 6 8 25 36 .223 .285 .297 .582 70 84 10 0 4 1 4 8/39
1975 24 TEX AL 50 123 106 17 22 3 0 1 8 2 2 13 16 .208 .289 .264 .553 59 28 2 0 2 2 1 87/32
4 Seasons 306 858 763 70 165 22 4 4 53 22 21 80 113 .216 .291 .271 .563 67 207 20 2 10 3 7
162 Game Avg. 162 454 404 37 87 12 2 2 28 12 11 42 60 .216 .291 .271 .563 67 110 11 1 5 2 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 21 TEX AL 375 -6 -2 1 0 6 -2 12 10 0.9 3 0.3 0.6 $ *89/7
1973 22 TEX AL 49 -5 0 -1 0 -4 0 2 -8 -0.9 -4 -0.4 -0.5 $ 5/89D
1974 23 TEX AL 313 -13 -3 -2 2 2 -1 10 -5 -0.6 -7 -0.7 0.1 $ 8/39
1975 24 TEX AL 123 -6 0 0 0 2 -1 4 0 0.0 -3 -0.3 0.3 $ 87/32
4 Seasons 860 -30 -5 -2 2 7 -4 28 -3 -0.6 -11 -1.1 0.5 $

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1972 TEX AL 21 OF 103 90 76 805.2 246 233 7 6 2 .976 6 10 2.68 2.33 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 TEX AL 21 CF 77 71 62 618.2 208 197 8 3 2 .986 6 13 2.98 2.66 .987 2.65 2.64
1972 TEX AL 21 RF 25 19 14 172.1 39 36 0 3 0 .923 0 0 1.88 1.44 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 TEX AL 21 LF 6 0 0 14.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.84 0.50 .980 1.90 1.88
1973 TEX AL 22 3B 20 12 11 112.0 49 23 21 5 3 .898 -4 -42 3.54 2.20 .950 3.00 2.98
1973 TEX AL 22 CF 3 0 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 2.57 0.67 .985 2.83 2.77
1973 TEX AL 22 OF 3 0 0 8.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 3.24 1.00 .980 2.27 2.27
1973 TEX AL 22 RF 2 0 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.75 0.50 .980 2.02 2.05
1973 TEX AL 22 DH 1 0
1974 TEX AL 23 OF 107 73 69 720.0 214 201 7 6 1 .972 2 3 2.60 1.94 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 TEX AL 23 CF 106 73 69 719.0 213 200 7 6 1 .972 2 4 2.59 1.95 .986 2.93 2.92
1974 TEX AL 23 1B 5 4 1 28.0 23 23 0 0 3 1.000 -0 -13 7.39 4.60 .992 9.71 9.66
1974 TEX AL 23 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1975 TEX AL 24 OF 38 21 17 243.1 66 62 3 1 1 .985 3 13 2.40 1.71 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 TEX AL 24 CF 25 16 13 174.0 49 47 2 0 2 1.000 2 14 2.53 1.96 .983 2.84 2.83
1975 TEX AL 24 LF 17 5 4 69.1 18 16 1 1 0 .944 1 12 2.21 1.00 .977 2.18 2.17
1975 TEX AL 24 1B 2 1 0 9.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 9.00 4.50 .990 9.80 9.80
1975 TEX AL 24 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.00 0 0 0
4 Seasons OF 251 184 162 1777.1 529 499 17 13 4 .975 11 8 2.61 2.06 .981 2.32 2.31
4 Seasons CF 211 160 144 1518.2 472 446 17 9 5 .981 10 8 2.74 2.19 .986 2.81 2.81
3 Seasons RF 28 19 14 174.2 40 37 0 3 0 .925 0 0 1.91 1.32 .980 2.12 2.11
2 Seasons LF 23 5 4 84.0 21 19 1 1 0 .952 1 10 2.14 0.87 .978 2.13 2.10
1 Season 3B 20 12 11 112.0 49 23 21 5 3 .898 -4 -42 3.54 2.20 .950 3.00 2.98
2 Seasons 1B 7 5 1 37.0 32 32 0 0 3 1.000 -1 -16 7.78 4.57 .992 9.73 9.70
1 Season C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.00 0 0 0
4 Seasons TOT 279 201 174 1926.1 610 554 38 18 10 .970 7 4 2.77 2.12 .979 2.50 2.56 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1972 AL  11 (7th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1972 AL  6 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1972 AL  2.98 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1972 AL  2.66 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1972 AL  2.68 (4th)

                                         

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