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Joe Page

Joseph Francis Page (Fireman or The Gay Reliever)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 28, 1917 in Cherry Valley, PA
Signed
by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1944
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Pirates 1944-1954

Final Game: May 25, 1954
Died: April 21, 1980 in Latrobe, PA
Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell, PA
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1944 26 NYY AL 5 7 .417 4.56 19 16 2 4 0 0 102.2 100 65 52 3 52 63 3 0 6 453 77 1.481 8.8 0.3 4.6 5.5 1.21 AS
1945 27 NYY AL 6 3 .667 2.82 20 9 5 4 0 0 102.0 95 43 32 1 46 50 0 1 2 438 123 1.382 8.4 0.1 4.1 4.4 1.09
1946 28 NYY AL 9 8 .529 3.57 31 17 8 6 1 3 136.0 126 66 54 7 72 77 4 2 1 588 96 1.456 8.3 0.5 4.8 5.1 1.07
1947 29 NYY AL 14 8 .636 2.48 56 2 44 0 0 17 141.1 105 41 39 5 72 116 1 0 1 584 142 1.252 6.7 0.3 4.6 7.4 1.61 AS,MVP-4
1948 30 NYY AL 7 8 .467 4.26 55 1 38 0 0 16 107.2 116 59 51 6 66 77 1 0 2 503 96 1.690 9.7 0.5 5.5 6.4 1.17 AS
1949 31 NYY AL 13 8 .619 2.59 60 0 48 0 0 27 135.1 103 44 39 8 75 99 5 1 4 571 156 1.315 6.8 0.5 5.0 6.6 1.32 MVP-3
1950 32 NYY AL 3 7 .300 5.04 37 0 33 0 0 13 55.1 66 34 31 8 31 33 0 1 0 259 86 1.753 10.7 1.3 5.0 5.4 1.06
1954 36 PIT NL 0 0 11.17 7 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 16 17 12 4 7 4 1 0 0 54 39 2.379 14.9 3.7 6.5 3.7 0.57
8 Yrs 57 49 .538 3.53 285 45 182 14 1 76 790.0 727 369 310 42 421 519 15 5 16 3450 106 1.453 8.3 0.5 4.8 5.9 1.23
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .538 3.53 59 9 38 3 0 16 163 150 76 64 9 87 107 3 1 3 711 106 1.453 8.3 0.5 4.8 5.9 1.23
NYY (7 yrs) 57 49 .538 3.44 278 45 178 14 1 76 780.1 711 352 298 38 414 515 14 5 16 3396 108 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 11.17 7 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 16 17 12 4 7 4 1 0 0 54 39 2.379 14.9 3.7 6.5 3.7 0.57
AL (7 yrs) 57 49 .538 3.44 278 45 178 14 1 76 780.1 711 352 298 38 414 515 14 5 16 3396 108 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24
NL (1 yr) 0 0 11.17 7 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 16 17 12 4 7 4 1 0 0 54 39 2.379 14.9 3.7 6.5 3.7 0.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1944 26 NYY AL 102.2 19 16 65 5.70 4.15 0.15 0.00 100.0 4.00 -19 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 -1.5 -13 .396 .488 $8,500 AS
1945 27 NYY AL 102.0 20 9 43 3.79 3.86 0.21 0.00 102.0 3.72 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.5 5 .497 .500 $
1946 28 NYY AL 136.0 31 17 66 4.37 4.23 0.31 0.00 99.0 3.89 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.0 3 .474 .495 $
1947 29 NYY AL 141.1 56 2 41 2.61 4.00 0.12 0.00 96.0 3.72 18 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.0 29 .536 .513 $ AS,MVP-4
1948 30 NYY AL 107.2 55 1 59 4.93 4.66 0.07 0.00 96.1 4.41 -6 -0.6 1.4 -0.3 -0.1 3 .488 .496 $20,000 AS
1949 31 NYY AL 135.2 60 0 44 2.92 4.68 0.19 0.00 96.3 4.33 21 2.2 2.0 0.9 4.1 33 .537 .514 $ MVP-3
1950 32 NYY AL 55.1 37 0 34 5.53 5.17 0.13 0.00 95.9 4.83 -5 -0.4 1.8 -0.2 -0.2 1 .488 .497 $35,000
1954 36 PIT NL 9.2 7 0 17 15.83 4.62 -0.27 0.00 102.3 5.00 -12 -1.0 .7 0.2 -0.8 -11 .352 .494 $
8 Seasons 790.1 285 45 369 4.20 4.34 0.17 0.00 98.0 4.08 -11 -0.7 1.4 0.2 5.0 52 .497 .499 $63,500
NYY (7 yrs) 780.2 278 45 352 4.06 4.33 0.17 0.00 97.9 4.07 1 0.3 1.5 0.1 5.8 63 .501 .500 $63,500
PIT (1 yr) 9.2 7 0 17 15.83 4.62 -0.27 0.00 102.3 5.00 -12 -1.0 .7 0.2 -0.8 -11 .352 .494 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1947 29 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 1 .500 4.15 4 0 3 0 0 1 13.0 12 6 6 0 2 0 7 0 0 2 52 1.077 8.3 0.0 1.4 4.8 3.50
1949 31 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 2.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 35 1.000 6.0 2.0 3.0 8.0 2.67
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 1 .667 3.27 7 0 6 0 0 2 22.0 18 8 8 2 5 0 15 0 0 2 87 1.045 7.4 0.8 2.0 6.1 3.00
2 WS 2 1 .667 3.27 7 0 6 0 0 2 22.0 18 8 8 2 5 0 15 0 0 2 87 1.045 7.4 0.8 2.0 6.1 3.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1944 NYY AL 26
1947 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
1948 NYY AL 30

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 30 NYY AL 55 223 420 59 116 9 0 6 3 0 66 77 .276 .376 .340 .716 .326 143 2 1 14 0 1
1949 31 NYY AL 60 466 478 44 103 11 6 8 1 2 75 99 .215 .328 .314 .642 .256 150 13 5 14 0 5
1950 32 NYY AL 37 238 223 34 66 6 1 8 1 0 31 33 .296 .382 .439 .821 .319 98 2 0 4 0 2
1954 36 PIT NL 7 38 44 17 16 1 1 4 3 0 7 4 .364 .462 .705 1.166 .333 31 0 1 2 0 2
4 Yrs 159 965 1165 154 301 27 8 26 8 2 179 213 .258 .360 .362 .723 .297 422 17 7 34 0 10
162 Game Avg. 68 410 495 65 128 11 3 11 3 1 76 91 .258 .360 .362 .723 .297 179 7 3 14 0 4
MLB Averages .261 .335 .356 .691 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 30 NYY AL -3.2 -0.3 234 0.2 5.3 -5.1 1.43 -0.5 0.7 -2.0 -0.2 1.41 -6.9 12 7 6
1949 31 NYY AL 22.7 2.3 475 3.2 16.7 -13.5 1.89 1.0 0.7 21.6 2.2 1.89 13.9 29 10 8
1950 32 NYY AL -4.3 -0.4 240 -2.2 4.1 -6.2 1.09 -0.9 -1.1 -9.6 -0.9 1.09 -5.8 18 8 9
1954 36 PIT NL -8.7 -0.8 40 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .37 -0.7 0.4 -10.9 -1.0 0.37 -7.9 1 0 4
8 Yrs 13.9 1.6 989 1.2 26.2 -25.0 1.53 -1.1 1.8 -0.9 0.1 1.52 -6.7 60 25 27

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1944 26 NYY AL 19 16 5 7 4 1 3 6 10 .375 0 0 4 0 10 63% 49.8 78 19 10 6 3.8 6.0
1945 27 NYY AL 20 9 5 3 1 1 1 6 3 .667 0 0 4 0 6 67% 54.0 80 28 2 5 6.0 7.2
1946 28 NYY AL 31 17 7 4 6 1 1 12 5 .706 0 0 6 1 7 41% 51.2 78 28 6 7 6.1 6.2
1947 29 NYY AL 56 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.5 40 37 1 1 5.9 3.7
1948 30 NYY AL 55 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 32 32 4 2 1 0 12.4 5.7
5 Yrs 181 45 17 15 13 3 5 25 20 .556 0 0 14 1 23 51% 50 80 19 4 2 20 19 5.3 6.2
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.5 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1944 26 NYY AL 19 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6.0
1945 27 NYY AL 20 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 10.1
1946 28 NYY AL 31 14 8 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 10 3 2 6.6
1947 29 NYY AL 56 54 44 14 7 0 17 0 0 0 41 8 17 7.4
1948 30 NYY AL 55 54 38 7 8 10 16 3 160% 11 0 32 14 44% 1.426 12 7 6 11 4 10 18 7 31 13 14 13 5.7
1949 31 NYY AL 60 60 48 13 8 32 27 9 84% 33 0 56 19 34% 7 1.895 29 10 8 33 5 9 26 21 45 6 36 17 6.8
1950 32 NYY AL 37 37 33 3 7 18 13 5 72% 20 1 30 19 63% 8 1.088 18 8 9 21 6 8 13 22 24 8 23 5 4.5
1954 36 PIT NL 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 .368 1 0 4 0 0 5 2 3 4 1 3 0 4.1
8 Yrs 285 240 182 40 34 60 76 17 127% 64 1 123 54 44% 1.527 60 25 27 65 15 32 59 53 167 39 76 55 6.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1944 26 NYY AL 453 0.7% 13.9% 11.5% 1.8% 8% 71%
1945 27 NYY AL 438 0.2% 11.4% 10.5% 0.7% 3% 76%
1946 28 NYY AL 588 1.2% 13.1% 12.2% 2.7% 13% 71%
1947 29 NYY AL 584 0.9% 19.9% 12.3% 66%
1948 30 NYY AL 501 38% 2.7% 34.5% 29.6% 6.7% 13% 0.53 151% 46 2 4%
1949 31 NYY AL 572 33% 1.7% 21.2% 16.1% 5.4% 24% 0.76 80% 132 13 10%
1950 32 NYY AL 258 33% 3.4% 13.9% 13.0% 6.3% 23% 0.64 76% 45 2 4%
1954 36 PIT NL 54 37% 10.5% 10.5% 18.4% 15.8% 38% 0.44 95% 14 0 0%
8 Yrs 3448 34% 1.4% 17.1% 13.9% 2.9% 12% 0.67 79% 237 17 7%
MLB Averages 50% 1.9% 11.1% 10.7% 5.2% 20% 0.95 88% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1944 26 NYY AL 100 3 6
1945 27 NYY AL 95 1 2
1946 28 NYY AL 126 7 1
1947 29 NYY AL 105 5 1
1948 30 NYY AL 223 116 6 0 15 3 2 1 4 17 10 3 59% 1 2 0 105 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 278
1949 31 NYY AL 466 103 8 1 39 3 4 4 3 53 21 11 40% 5 4 0 184 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 106
1950 32 NYY AL 238 66 8 0 16 5 3 1 7 24 17 2 71% 2 0 0 84 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20
1954 36 PIT NL 38 16 4 1 6 0 3 1 2 9 5 2 56% 2 0 0 18 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
8 Yrs 965 727 42 2 76 11 12 7 16 103 53 18 51% 10 16 0 391 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 420
MLB Averages 53% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1944 26 5 7 .417 4.56 19 16 2 4 0 0 102.2 100 65 52 3 52 63 3 0 6 453 77 1.481 8.8 0.3 4.6 5.5 1.21 77
1945 27 11 10 .524 3.69 39 25 7 8 0 0 204.2 195 108 84 4 98 113 3 1 8 891 95 1.432 8.6 0.2 4.3 5.0 1.15 95
1946 28 20 18 .526 3.65 70 42 15 14 1 3 340.2 321 174 138 11 170 190 7 3 9 1479 95 1.441 8.5 0.3 4.5 5.0 1.12 95
1947 29 34 26 .567 3.30 126 44 59 14 1 20 482.0 426 215 177 16 242 306 8 3 10 2063 106 1.386 8.0 0.3 4.5 5.7 1.26 106
1948 30 41 34 .547 3.48 181 45 97 14 1 36 589.2 542 274 228 22 308 383 9 3 12 2566 103 1.441 8.3 0.3 4.7 5.8 1.24 103
1949 31 54 42 .563 3.31 241 45 145 14 1 63 725.0 645 318 267 30 383 482 14 4 16 3137 111 1.418 8.0 0.4 4.8 6.0 1.26 111
1950 32 57 49 .538 3.44 278 45 178 14 1 76 780.1 711 352 298 38 414 515 14 5 16 3396 108 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24 108
1951 33 57 49 .538 3.44 278 45 178 14 1 76 780.1 711 352 298 38 414 515 14 5 16 3396 108 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24 108
1952 34 57 49 .538 3.44 278 45 178 14 1 76 780.1 711 352 298 38 414 515 14 5 16 3396 108 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24 108
1953 35 57 49 .538 3.44 278 45 178 14 1 76 780.1 711 352 298 38 414 515 14 5 16 3396 108 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24 108
1954 36 57 49 .538 3.53 285 45 182 14 1 76 790.0 727 369 310 42 421 519 15 5 16 3450 106 1.453 8.3 0.5 4.8 5.9 1.23 106

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1944 26 4 7 .364 5.03 102.0 107 63 57 3 56 63 3 1.598 9.4 4.9 5.6 1.13 0.3 19
1945 27 7 4 .636 3.23 103.0 105 41 37 1 51 50 0 1.515 9.2 4.5 4.4 0.98 0.1 20
1946 28 6 8 .429 4.33 131.0 139 70 63 8 79 74 4 1.664 9.5 5.4 5.1 0.94 0.5 31
1947 29 9 6 .600 3.04 136.0 116 51 46 6 80 112 1 1.441 7.7 5.3 7.4 1.40 0.4 56
1948 30 6 6 .500 4.26 112.0 120 59 53 6 68 80 1 1.679 9.6 5.5 6.4 1.18 0.5 55
1949 31 10 5 .667 2.65 136.0 107 44 40 8 78 99 5 1.360 7.1 5.2 6.6 1.27 0.5 60
1950 32 2 4 .333 4.81 58.0 67 34 31 8 31 34 0 1.690 10.4 4.8 5.3 1.10 1.2 37
1954 36 0 1 .000 9.82 11.0 16 13 12 4 7 5 1 2.091 13.1 5.7 4.1 0.71 3.3 7
8 Yrs 44 41 .518 3.87 789.0 777 375 339 44 450 517 15 1.555 8.9 5.9 1.15 0.5 285

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (4, 50%)
1949 AL (3, 49%)
0.99 Career Shares (244th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1949 AL  4.1 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  14 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 AL  .636 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1947 AL  56 (2nd)
1948 AL  55 (1st)
1949 AL  60 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1946 AL  3 (8th)
1947 AL  17 (1st)
1948 AL  16 (2nd)
1949 AL  27 (1st)
1950 AL  13 (2nd)
Career  76 (182nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 AL  116 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1944 AL  6 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 AL  4 (5th)
1949 AL  5 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1947 AL  44 (1st)
1948 AL  38 (1st)
1949 AL  48 (1st)
1950 AL  33 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  19 (8th)
1949 AL  23 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  2.0 (9th)
1949 AL  2.3 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1949 AL  21.64 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1949 AL  3.2 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1949 AL  2.2 (9th)

                                         

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 29 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (483), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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