Joe Page
Joseph Francis Page (Fireman and The Gay Reliever)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 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
Final Game: May 25, 1954
Died: April 21, 1980 in Latrobe, PA
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Standard Pitching

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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 97 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 1 584 143 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 95 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 4 571 157 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 85 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 37 2.379 14.9 3.7 6.5 3.7 0.57
8 Seasons 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 109 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 37 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 109 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 37 2.379 14.9 3.7 6.5 3.7 0.57

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1944 NYY AL 26
1947 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 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*

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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
1954 36 PIT NL 7 54 44 17 16 1 1 4 3 0 7 4 .364 .462 .705 1.166 .333 31 0 1 2 0
1 Season 7 54 44 17 16 1 1 4 3 0 7 4 .364 .462 .705 1.166 .333 31 0 1 2 0
162 Game Avg. 68 525 427 165 155 10 10 39 29 0 68 39 .364 .462 .705 1.166 .333 301 0 10 19 0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 36 PIT NL 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 0.403 1 1 3 0 0 5 2 3 4 1 3 0 4.1
1 Season 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 0.403 1 1 3 0 0 5 2 3 4 1 3 0 4.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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
1945 27 NYY AL
1946 28 NYY AL
1947 29 NYY AL
1948 30 NYY AL
1949 31 NYY AL
1950 32 NYY AL
1954 36 PIT NL 54 63% 7.4% 7.4% 13.0% 11.1% 38% 0.44 67% 14 0 0%
8 Seasons 54 63% 77.8% 961.1% 779.6% 11.1% 1% 0.44 67% 14 0 0%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 116 6 2
1949 31 NYY AL 103 8 4
1950 32 NYY AL 66 8 0
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 Seasons 38 727 42 1 6 0 3 1 2 9 5 2 56% 2 16 0 18 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 94 1.432 8.6 0.2 4.3 5.0 1.15 94
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 104 1.441 8.3 0.3 4.7 5.8 1.24 104
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 109 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24 109
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 109 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24 109
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 109 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24 109
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 109 1.442 8.2 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.24 109
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

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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 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 5.12 102.0 107 64 58 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 7 7 .500 4.23 132.0 137 69 62 8 78 75 4 1.629 9.3 5.3 5.1 0.96 0.5 31
1947 29 10 5 .667 2.93 138.0 114 50 45 5 78 113 1 1.391 7.4 5.1 7.4 1.45 0.3 56
1948 30 6 6 .500 4.18 112.0 121 58 52 6 69 80 1 1.696 9.7 5.5 6.4 1.16 0.5 55
1949 31 10 5 .667 2.65 136.0 106 44 40 8 77 100 5 1.346 7.0 5.1 6.6 1.30 0.5 60
1950 32 3 3 .500 4.66 58.0 67 33 30 8 31 35 0 1.690 10.4 4.8 5.4 1.13 1.2 37
1954 36 0 1 .000 9.82 11.0 17 13 12 4 7 5 1 2.182 13.9 5.7 4.1 0.71 3.3 7
8 Seasons 47 38 .553 3.82 792.0 774 372 336 43 447 521 15 1.542 8.8 5.9 1.17 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 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1944
1947 *
1948

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1949-AL-Babe Ruth Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1947-AL-4-50%
1949-AL-3-49%
0.99 Career Shares (237th)

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--171st

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 29 (803), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (470), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Hal Woodeshick (938)
  6. Luke Walker (937)
  7. Larry Sherry (934)
  8. Joe Hesketh (933)
  9. Sammy Stewart (932)
  10. Bob Grim (929)
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  5. Dave Hamilton (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Don Mossi (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sid Monge (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tippy Martinez (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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