Joe Nossek

Joseph Rudolph Nossek

Positions: Centerfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 8, 1940 in Cleveland, OH
School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1964
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Twins/Cardinals 1964-1970

Final Game: September 13, 1970
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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	20	MIN-min	A	80	313	303	24	83	9	3	0	27	1		10	26	.274	.297	.323	.621		98							CHR · SALL
1962	21	MIN-min	A	134	574	521	58	144	17	4	3	56	8		44	46	.276	.330	.342	.672		178		0	5	4	5		CHR · SALL
1963	22	MIN-min	AAA	128	462	447	38	131	22	2	4	52	0	3	15	54	.293	.316	.378	.694		169							DFW · PCL
1964	23	MIN-min	AAA	113	459	424	47	101	11	2	8	29	7	9	26	49	.238	.286	.330	.616		140		3	4	2			ATA · IL
1964	23	MIN	AL	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/87
1965	24	MIN	AL	87	183	170	19	37	9	0	2	16	2	0	7	22	.218	.250	.306	.556	54	52	5	1	3	2	1	8/579
1966	25	TOT	AL	91	241	230	13	60	10	3	1	27	4	2	8	21	.261	.285	.343	.628	82	79	7	0	2	1	1	87/95
1966	25	MIN	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1966	25	KCA	AL	87	241	230	13	60	10	3	1	27	4	2	8	21	.261	.285	.343	.628	82	79	7	0	2	1	1	87/95
1967	26	KCA	AL	87	173	166	12	34	6	1	0	10	2	0	4	26	.205	.221	.253	.474	41	42	2	0	1	2	1	78

1968	27	OAK-min	AAA	146	577	539	53	133	15	3	3	36	7	8	23	39	.247	.284	.302	.587		163		6	7	2			VAN · PCL
1969	28	STL-OAK-min	AAA	50	209	195	26	66	8	0	3	27	6	3	10	23	.338	.378	.426	.804		83		3	0	1			TUL,IWA · AA
1969	28	TOT	MLB	22	11	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-48	1	1	0	0	0	0	/78
1969	28	OAK	AL	13	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/78
1969	28	STL	NL	9	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1970	29	STL-min	AAA	116	396	356	35	81	11	1	2	30	2	10	33	54	.228	.296	.281	.577		100		2	4	1			TUL · AA
1970	29	STL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	30	MIL-min	AAA	67	174	157	17	35	4	0	1	17	3	1	13	18	.223	.279	.268	.547		42		0	2	2			EVN · AA
6 Yrs				295	610	579	47	132	25	4	3	53	8	2	19	72	.228	.252	.301	.552	59	174	15	1	6	5	3
162 Game Avg.				162	335	318	26	72	14	2	2	29	4	1	10	40	.228	.252	.301	.552	59	96	8	1	3	3	2

MIN (3 yrs)				98	184	171	20	37	9	0	2	16	2	0	7	22	.216	.249	.304	.553	53	52	5	1	3	2	1
OAK (3 yrs)				187	420	402	25	94	16	4	1	37	6	2	12	47	.234	.254	.301	.555	63	121	10	0	3	3	2
STL (2 yrs)				10	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				285	604	573	45	131	25	4	3	53	8	2	19	69	.229	.253	.302	.554	60	173	15	1	6	5	3
NL (2 yrs)				10	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7	1	0	0	0	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
1964	23	MIN	AL	7	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/87
1965	24	MIN	AL	87	183	-11	1	1	2	-0	-8	-1.0	5	-3	-0.5	.489	.494	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	8/579
1966	25	MIN	AL	4	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$10,500	/8
1966	25	KCA	AL	87	241	-5	-2	0	5	-1	-2	-0.4	7	5	0.3	.497	.498	-0.2	0.4	-1	$	87/95
1967	26	KCA	AL	87	173	-9	0	0	3	-2	-8	-1.0	5	-3	-0.5	.489	.494	-0.8	-0.0	-5	$14,000	78

1969	28	OAK	AL	13	6	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/78
1969	28	STL	NL	9	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/8
1970	29	STL	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
6 Seasons				295	610	-27	-0	1	11	-4	-20	-2.5	17	-3	-0.8	.492	.498	-1.8	0.6	-13	$24,500

MIN (3 yrs)				98	184	-11	1	1	2	-0	-8	-1.0	5	-3	-0.5	.490	.498	-0.6	0.1	-5	$10,500
OAK (3 yrs)				187	420	-15	-1	0	8	-3	-11	-1.5	12	1	-0.3	.493	.497	-1.2	0.4	-8	$14,000
STL (2 yrs)				10	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	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
1964	23	MIN	AL	1	1	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.257	.000	.325	.000	.399	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1965	24	MIN	AL	183	143	13	2.4	96	.236	.218	.256	.250	.327	.306	.393	.556	.720	54	.287	-10.5	-1.1	.449	.141	.088	2.0
1966	25	TOT	AL	241	182	21	3.1	87	.282	.261	.245	.285	.311	.343	.378	.628	.689	82	.397	-5.8	-0.6	.497	.126	.083	1.6
1966	25	KCA	AL	241	182	21	3.1	87	.282	.261	.245	.285	.311	.343	.378	.628	.689	82	.397	-5.8	-0.6	.497	.126	.083	1.6
1967	26	KCA	AL	173	137	9	1.8	83	.239	.205	.241	.221	.310	.253	.362	.474	.672	41	.204	-12.4	-1.4	.358	.084	.048	.0

1969	28	TOT	MLB	11	11	0	0.0	92	.125	.091	.254	.091	.327	.091	.379	.182	.706	-48	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.091	.000	.000
1969	28	OAK	AL	6	7	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.249	.000	.324	.000	.375	.000	.700	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1969	28	STL	NL	5	4	0	0.0	95	.500	.200	.259	.200	.330	.200	.384	.400	.714	13	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1970	29	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.269	.000	.342	.000	.411	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				610	475	43	2.4	89	.253	.228	.247	.252	.316	.301	.378	.552	.693	59	.298	-31.4	-3.4	.431	.116	.073	4.4
162 Game Avg.				335	261	24	2.4	89	.253	.228	.247	.252	.316	.301	.378	.552	.693	59	.298	-31.4	-3.4	.431	.116	.073	2

OAK (3 yrs)				420	326	30	2.5	85	.261	.234	.243	.254	.311	.301	.371	.555	.682	63	.310	-19.7	-2.2	.428	.107	.067	1.7
MIN (3 yrs)				184	144	13	2.4	96	.235	.216	.256	.249	.327	.304	.393	.553	.720	53	.284	-10.8	-1.2	.446	.140	.088	2.0
STL (2 yrs)				6	5	0	0.0	96	.333	.167	.261	.167	.332	.167	.389	.333	.721	-7	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000

AL (5 yrs)				604	470	43	2.5	89	.253	.229	.247	.253	.316	.302	.377	.554	.693	60	.302	-30.6	-3.3	.434	.117	.073	4.4
NL (2 yrs)				6	5	0	0.0	96	.333	.167	.261	.167	.332	.167	.389	.333	.721	-7	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.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
1965	24	MIN	AL	WS	LAD	L	6	21	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1	0	1	0	0
1 WS							6	21	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1	0	1	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%
1964	23	MIN	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1965	24	MIN	AL	183	1.1%	12.0%	3.8%	6.0%	30%	3.14	7.7	85.0	10.6	1.03	81%
1966	25	TOT	AL	241	0.4%	8.7%	3.3%	5.8%	23%	2.63	11.0	230.0	8.5	1.31	87%
1966	25	KCA	AL	241	0.4%	8.7%	3.3%	5.8%	23%	2.63	11.0	230.0	8.5	1.31	87%
1967	26	KCA	AL	173	0.0%	15.0%	2.3%	4.1%	21%	6.50	6.4		16.6	0.88	82%

1969	28	TOT	MLB	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.7			1.00	73%
1969	28	OAK	AL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.33	100%
1969	28	STL	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7			0.00	40%
1970	29	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
6 Yrs				610	0.5%	11.8%	3.1%	5.3%	24%	3.79	8.0	193.0	10.9	1.09	83%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.5%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.88	5.8	42.6	9.2	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	23	MIN	AL	-0.3	-0.0	2	0.2	0.2	-0.0	3.62	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	1.21	0.0	0.14	1
1965	24	MIN	AL	-10.5	-1.1	189	0.2	4.0	-3.8	1.24	-0.7	0.8	-6.2	-0.6	1.03	-8.6	1.83	28
1966	25	TOT	AL	-5.8	-0.6	250	-0.1	3.8	-3.9	.91	-0.5	0.4	-1.0	-0.1	0.95	-4.4	0.86	17
1966	25	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1966	25	KCA	AL	-5.8	-0.6	250	-0.1	3.8	-3.9	.91	-0.5	0.4	-1.0	-0.1	0.95	-4.4	0.86	17
1967	26	KCA	AL	-12.2	-1.4	178	-1.7	1.8	-3.5	1.06	-0.9	-0.7	-10.0	-1.1	0.99	-10.0	1.42	28

1969	28	TOT	MLB	-2.2	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.06	-0.2	0.0	-3.3	-0.4	1.21	-2.5	1.16	4
1969	28	OAK	AL	-1.6	-0.2	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.12	-0.2	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.17	-1.7		0
1969	28	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.99	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.25	-0.7	1.16	4
1970	29	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	3.44	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.41	-0.3	3.44	1
6 Yrs				-31.3	-3.4	631	-1.7	9.8	-11.5	1.07	-2.3	0.7	-20.6	-2.2	0.99	-25.6	1.44	79

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	23	MIN	AL	0	0		8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	MIN	AL	1	0	40%	67	2	0	100%	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	60%	11	6	5	1	1	0	8	1	7
1966	25	TOT	AL	4	0	18%	88	4	2	67%	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	3	2	62%	9	4	5	0	0	0	4	1	3
1966	25	KCA	AL	4	0	18%	86	4	2	67%	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	3	2	62%	9	4	5	0	0	0	4	1	3
1967	26	KCA	AL	6	0	32%	51	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	64%	5	5	0	0	0	0	9	0	9

1969	28	TOT	MLB	0	0	200%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1969	28	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	STL	NL	0	0	200%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1970	29	STL	NL	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				11	0	30%	226	8	2	80%	4	2	4	0	0	0	6	0	6	11	62%	29	17	12	1	1	0	22	2	20

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
1964	23	MIN	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1965	24	MIN	AL	183	67%	37			28	7	0	5	1.83	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	4	3	75%	47	5	11%	28	9	32%	134	15	11%	13	5	38%	8	5	63%	0
1966	25	TOT	AL	241	54%	60			17	8	0	1	0.86	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	46	7	15%	24	12	50%	154	29	19%	17	10	59%	9	5	56%	0
1966	25	KCA	AL	241	54%	60			17	8	0	1	0.86	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	46	7	15%	24	12	50%	154	29	19%	17	10	59%	9	5	56%	0
1967	26	KCA	AL	173	59%	34			28	1	0	0	1.42	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	37	2	5%	20	7	35%	108	10	9%	6	4	67%	9	3	33%	0

1969	28	TOT	MLB	11	82%	1			4	1	0	0	1.16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	4	0	0%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
1969	28	OAK	AL	6	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1969	28	STL	NL	5	60%	1			4	1	0	0	1.16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1970	29	STL	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	3.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				610	60%	132			79	17	0	6	1.44	3	0	16	1	2	2	1	0	7	6	86%	136	15	11%	77	28	36%	408	54	13%	37	19	51%	29	13	45%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			47%			51%

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
1964	23	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	94	184	171	20	37	9	0	2	16	2	0	7	22	.216	.249	.304	.553	53	52	5	1	3	2	1
1966	25	185	425	401	33	97	19	3	3	43	6	2	15	43	.242	.269	.327	.596	70	131	12	1	5	3	2
1967	26	272	598	567	45	131	25	4	3	53	8	2	19	69	.231	.255	.305	.560	62	173	14	1	6	5	3
1968	27	272	598	567	45	131	25	4	3	53	8	2	19	69	.231	.255	.305	.560	62	173	14	1	6	5	3
1969	28	294	609	578	47	132	25	4	3	53	8	2	19	72	.228	.252	.301	.553	60	174	15	1	6	5	3
1970	29	295	610	579	47	132	25	4	3	53	8	2	19	72	.228	.252	.301	.552	59	174	15	1	6	5	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1964	23	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1965	24	87	185	172	21	39	9	0	2	17	2	7	22	.227	.258	.314	.572	14	87
1966	25	92	249	237	15	66	11	3	1	31	4	9	21	.278	.304	.363	.667	26	91
1967	26	87	176	169	14	37	7	1	0	12	2	4	26	.219	.234	.272	.506	11	87

1969	28	22	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	22
1970	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
6 Yrs		296	623	591	51	142	27	4	3	60	8	20	72	.240	.264	.315	.579	51	295
162 Game Avg.		162	341	323	28	78	15	2	2	33	4	11	39	.240	.264	.315	.579	28	295

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Whitey Herzog (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Kelly (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Kelly (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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