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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:13AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 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 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 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) AL 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) 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1944 26 NYY AL 102.2 16 65 51 1 1.0 -14 -1.5 $ AS
1945 27 NYY AL 102.0 9 43 49 2 1.0 6 0.6 $
1946 28 NYY AL 136.0 17 66 72 3 1.0 6 0.3 $
1947 29 NYY AL 141.1 2 41 77 2 1.0 36 3.5 $ AS,MVP-4
1948 30 NYY AL 107.2 1 59 66 1 1.0 7 0.4 $ AS
1949 31 NYY AL 135.1 0 44 83 2 1.0 39 3.5 $ MVP-3
1950 32 NYY AL 55.1 0 34 37 1 1.0 3 0.0 $
1954 36 PIT NL 9.2 0 17 7 0 .4 -10 -0.8 $
8 Seasons 790.0 45 369 442 12 1.0 73 6.0 $
NYY (7 yrs) 780.1 45 352 435 12 1.0 83 6.8 $
PIT (1 yr) 9.2 0 17 7 0 .4 -10 -0.8 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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
1944 26 NYY AL 19 34 32 3 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 .156 .156 .281 .438 21 9 2 0 2 1 AS
1945 27 NYY AL 20 39 36 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .250 .308 .250 .558 59 9 1 0 0 1
1946 28 NYY AL 32 49 43 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 14 .163 .163 .256 .419 15 11 0 0 6 1
1947 29 NYY AL 56 50 46 1 10 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 16 .217 .250 .283 .533 48 13 0 0 2 1 AS,MVP-4
1948 30 NYY AL 55 28 24 3 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 4 .292 .370 .500 .870 131 12 0 0 1 1 AS
1949 31 NYY AL 60 41 40 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 14 .175 .195 .175 .370 -2 7 1 0 0 1 MVP-3
1950 32 NYY AL 37 10 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .250 .400 .375 .775 102 3 0 0 0 1
1954 36 PIT NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Seasons 286 251 229 20 47 5 3 2 26 0 0 11 67 .205 .242 .279 .521 43 64 4 0 11 0
162 Game Avg. 162 142 130 11 27 3 2 1 15 0 0 6 38 .205 .242 .279 .521 43 36 2 0 6
NYY (7 yrs) 279 251 229 20 47 5 3 2 26 0 0 11 67 .205 .242 .279 .521 43 64 4 0 11
PIT (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 279 251 229 20 47 5 3 2 26 0 0 11 67 .205 .242 .279 .521 43 64 4 0 11
NL (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1944 26 NYY AL 34 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $8,500 1 AS
1945 27 NYY AL 39 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1946 28 NYY AL 49 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1947 29 NYY AL 50 -4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-4
1948 30 NYY AL 28 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $20,000 1 AS
1949 31 NYY AL 41 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1 MVP-3
1950 32 NYY AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $35,000 1
7 Seasons 251 -20 0 0 0 0 17 6 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $63,500

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
1947 29 NYY AL WS BRO W 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 31 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1944 NYY AL 26 P 19 16 4 102.2 18 3 14 1 1 .944 1.49 0.89 .960 2.09 2.10 AS
1945 NYY AL 27 P 20 9 4 102.0 15 2 12 1 1 .933 1.24 0.70 .955 2.24 2.23
1946 NYY AL 28 P 31 17 6 136.0 30 2 23 5 1 .833 1.65 0.81 .951 2.01 1.99
1947 NYY AL 29 P 56 2 0 141.1 20 2 18 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.36 .955 1.92 1.90 AS,MVP-4
1948 NYY AL 30 P 55 1 0 107.2 17 3 14 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.31 .963 2.02 1.99 AS
1949 NYY AL 31 P 60 0 0 135.1 20 4 15 1 1 .950 1.26 0.32 .962 2.12 2.09 MVP-3
1950 NYY AL 32 P 37 0 0 55.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.14 0.19 .950 2.03 1.99 1 0 0% 0
1954 PIT NL 36 P 7 0 0 9.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86 0.29 .960 2.05 2.06 3 0 0% 0
8 Seasons P 285 45 14 790.0 129 17 104 8 4 .938 1.38 0.42 .957 2.06 2.02 4 0 0% 0
8 Seasons TOT 285 45 14 790.0 129 17 104 8 4 .938 1.38 0.42 .957 2.06 2.02 4 0 0% 0
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

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 (244th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1947 AL  3.5 (9th)

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 (180th)

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)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1947 AL  56 (2nd)
1948 AL  55 (1st)
1949 AL  60 (1st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1946 AL  5 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1948 AL  1.000 (1st)
1950 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 29 (813), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (482), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Sid Monge (951)
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  3. Tippy Martinez (940)
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  5. Hal Woodeshick (938)
  6. C.J. Wilson (938)
  7. Luke Walker (937)
  8. Larry Sherry (934)
  9. Joe Hesketh (933)
  10. Sammy Stewart (932)
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  1. Walter Clarkson (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Garland Buckeye (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Don Mossi (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
194426New York Yankees$8,5002/16/55 TSN
194830New York Yankees$20,0001/14/48 TSN
195032New York Yankees$35,0002/16/55 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$63,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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