Joe Moeller

Joseph Douglas Moeller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: February 15, 1943 in Blue Island, IL
High School: Mira Costa HS (Manhattan Beach, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1962
Team: Dodgers 1962-1971

Final Game: September 29, 1971
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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
1961	18	LAD-min	C,AAA,A	33	90	77	9	11	1	0	0	8	0	0	13	20	.143	.267	.117	.384		9							REN,SPO,GRV · CALL,PCL,SALL
1962	19	LAD-min	AAA	8	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.100	.000	.100		0		1	2	0	0		OMA · AA
1962	19	LAD	NL	19	34	33	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.212	.212	.212	.424	18	7	0	0	1	0	0	1

1963	20	LAD-min	AAA	41	81	74	10	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	7	35	.081	.160	.108	.269		8							SPO · PCL
1964	21	LAD	NL	27	50	45	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.067	.087	.067	.154	-55	3	0	0	4	0	0	1

1965	22	LAD-min	AAA	31	68	61	5	11	3	0	2	4	0	0	2	27	.180	.203	.328	.531		20		0	4	1			SPO · PCL
1966	23	LAD	NL	29	17	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.167	.286	.167	.452	35	2	1	0	3	0	0	1
1967	24	LAD-min	AAA	21	40	36	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	.056	.128	.056	.184		2		0	1	0			SPO · PCL
1967	24	LAD	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	25	LAD-min	AAA	33	86	78	9	15	2	0	2	7	0	0	5	28	.192	.241	.295	.536		23		0	3	0			SPO · PCL
1968	25	LAD	NL	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	26	LAD	NL	23	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	27	LAD	NL	31	45	39	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	21	.154	.214	.154	.368	3	6	1	0	3	0	0	1
1971	28	LAD	NL	28	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.182	.000	.182	-43	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	29	SDP-min	AAA	37	63	54	12	9	3	0	2	7	0	0	9	21	.167	.286	.333	.619		18		0	0	0			HAW · PCL
1973	30	SDP-PHI-min	AAA	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			HAW,EUG · PCL
8 Yrs				166	174	155	6	20	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	78	.129	.172	.129	.301	-13	20	2	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	170	151	6	20	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	76	.129	.172	.129	.301	-13	20	2	0	11	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
1962	19	LAD	NL	19	34	-4	-0	0	0	4	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1

1964	21	LAD	NL	27	50	-9	-0	0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.485	.497	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1

1966	23	LAD	NL	29	17	-1	0	-0	0	2	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$10,000	1
1967	24	LAD	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1968	25	LAD	NL	3	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1969	26	LAD	NL	23	10	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1970	27	LAD	NL	31	45	-6	-0	-0	0	5	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1971	28	LAD	NL	28	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$24,000	1
8 Seasons				166	174	-24	-0	-0	0	20	-5	-0.5	6	1	-0.5	.497	.500	-0.5	0.1	1	$34,000

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
1962	19	LAD	NL	34	27	2	2.0	98	.438	.212	.263	.212	.329	.212	.399	.424	.728	18	.178	-3.8	-0.4	.269	.000	.000

1964	21	LAD	NL	50	46	0	0.0	88	.115	.067	.255	.087	.312	.067	.379	.154	.691	-55	.000	-9.0	-1.0	.095	.022	.000

1966	23	LAD	NL	17	14	1	1.9	89	.286	.167	.255	.286	.313	.167	.385	.452	.697	35	.192	-0.9	-0.1	.364	.167	.000

1968	25	LAD	NL	7	7	0	0.0	75	.000	.000	.243	.000	.300	.000	.342	.000	.642	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1969	26	LAD	NL	10	8	0	0.0	89	.400	.200	.251	.200	.320	.200	.372	.400	.693	16	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1970	27	LAD	NL	45	37	1	0.7	99	.333	.154	.261	.214	.333	.154	.399	.368	.732	3	.033	-5.3	-0.5	.265	.077	.000
1971	28	LAD	NL	11	9	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.253	.182	.318	.000	.370	.182	.688	-43	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.222	.222	.000
8 Yrs				174	148	4	0.7	92	.260	.129	.257	.172	.321	.129	.386	.301	.707	-13	.037	-23.4	-2.4	.204	.052	.000
162 Game Avg.				170	144	4	0.7	92	.260	.129	.257	.172	.321	.129	.386	.301	.707	-13	.037	-23.4	-2.4	.204	.052	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1966	23	LAD	NL	WS	BAL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	19	LAD	NL	34	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.9			1.75	47%

1964	21	LAD	NL	50	0.0%	38.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	19.00	2.4			3.50	52%

1966	23	LAD	NL	17	0.0%	29.4%	11.8%	0.0%	0%	2.50	2.4			3.50	41%

1968	25	LAD	NL	7	0.0%	71.4%	0.0%	0.0%			1.4				29%
1969	26	LAD	NL	10	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		10.0		50%
1970	27	LAD	NL	45	0.0%	46.7%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	7.00	1.9		19.5	4.67	40%
1971	28	LAD	NL	11	0.0%	54.6%	18.2%	0.0%		3.00	1.5			0.50	27%
8 Yrs				174	0.0%	44.8%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	9.75	2.0		51.7	3.24	44%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.2%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.83	5.9	42.1	9.1	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1962	19	LAD	NL	-3.8	-0.4	34	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.54	-0.4	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.91	-4.3	0

1964	21	LAD	NL	-9.0	-1.0	50	-1.0	0.1	-1.1	.99	-0.9	-0.1	-8.8	-1.0	0.90	-9.4	0

1966	23	LAD	NL	-0.9	-0.1	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.98	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.02	-1.9	0
1967	24	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1968	25	LAD	NL	-1.6	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.77	-0.2	0.0	-1.5	-0.2	1.01	-1.5	0
1969	26	LAD	NL	-1.1	-0.1	10	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.80	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.78	-1.0	0
1970	27	LAD	NL	-5.3	-0.5	46	-0.9	0.2	-1.1	.97	-0.6	-0.3	-8.9	-0.9	1.10	-6.5	0
1971	28	LAD	NL	-1.6	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	1.04	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.94	-1.4	0
8 Yrs				-23.4	-2.4	176	-2.6	0.8	-3.4	.88	-2.5	-0.5	-28.8	-3.1	0.97	-26.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	19	LAD	NL	0	0	14%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

1964	21	LAD	NL	0	0	25%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1966	23	LAD	NL	0	0	25%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1968	25	LAD	NL	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	LAD	NL	0	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	27	LAD	NL	0	0	22%	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1971	28	LAD	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	21%	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	29%	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	1

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
1962	19	LAD	NL	34	50%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	6	0	0%	6	1	17%	16	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1964	21	LAD	NL	50	30%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	6	0	0%	8	1	13%	27	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

1966	23	LAD	NL	17	29%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	5	1	20%	5	2	40%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1968	25	LAD	NL	7	29%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	26	LAD	NL	10	30%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	27	LAD	NL	45	29%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	12	1	8%	16	3	19%	39	2	5%	6	1	17%	3	2	67%	0
1971	28	LAD	NL	11	45%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				174	34%	20			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	11	73%	34	2	6%	40	7	18%	107	3	3%	8	1	13%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1962	19	19	34	33	1	7	0	0	17	.212	.212	.212	.424	18	7	0	1
1963	20	19	34	33	1	7	0	0	17	.212	.212	.212	.424	18	7	0	1
1964	21	46	84	78	2	10	0	1	36	.128	.139	.128	.267	-23	10	0	5
1965	22	46	84	78	2	10	0	1	36	.128	.139	.128	.267	-23	10	0	5
1966	23	75	101	90	3	12	0	3	41	.133	.161	.133	.295	-15	12	1	8
1967	24	81	101	90	3	12	0	3	41	.133	.161	.133	.295	-15	12	1	8
1968	25	84	108	97	3	12	0	3	46	.124	.150	.124	.274	-20	12	1	8
1969	26	107	118	107	4	14	1	3	51	.131	.155	.131	.285	-17	14	1	8
1970	27	138	163	146	6	20	3	6	72	.137	.171	.137	.308	-11	20	2	11
1971	28	166	174	155	6	20	3	8	78	.129	.172	.129	.301	-13	20	2	11

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
1962	19	19	35	34	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.235	.235	.235	.471	2	19

1964	21	27	50	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.000	.022	.000	.022	0	27

1966	23	29	19	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.231	.375	.231	.606	1	29

1968	25	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1969	26	23	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
1970	27	31	43	38	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	21	.132	.175	.132	.307	1	31
1971	28	28	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	28
7 Yrs		160	175	156	5	16	0	0	0	2	0	8	78	.103	.146	.103	.249	4	160
162 Game Avg.		162	177	158	5	16	0	0	0	2	0	8	79	.103	.146	.103	.249	4	160

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Youngest s c a p y 1962 NL born 1943-02-15 (2nd)

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1962 NL born 1943-02-15 (2nd)

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