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Joe Price
Joseph Walter Price
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 29, 1956 in Inglewood, CA
Schools: University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1980
Final Game: September 16, 1990
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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
1980 23 CIN NL 7 3 .700 3.56 24 13 3 2 0 0 111.1 95 45 44 10 37 0 44 1 1 1 448 101 1.186 7.7 0.8 3.0 3.6 1.19
1981 24 CIN NL 6 1 .857 2.52 41 0 13 0 0 4 53.2 42 19 15 3 18 2 41 0 0 2 216 142 1.118 7.0 0.5 3.0 6.9 2.28
1982 25 CIN NL 3 4 .429 2.85 59 1 17 0 0 3 72.2 73 26 23 7 32 8 71 4 0 1 318 129 1.445 9.0 0.9 4.0 8.8 2.22
1983 26 CIN NL 10 6 .625 2.88 21 21 0 5 0 0 144.0 118 46 46 12 46 2 83 0 0 0 581 132 1.139 7.4 0.8 2.9 5.2 1.80
1984 27 CIN NL 7 13 .350 4.19 30 30 0 3 1 0 171.2 176 91 80 19 61 5 129 2 0 3 748 90 1.381 9.2 1.0 3.2 6.8 2.11
1985 28 CIN NL 2 2 .500 3.90 26 8 5 0 0 1 64.2 59 35 28 10 23 7 52 0 0 2 274 97 1.268 8.2 1.4 3.2 7.2 2.26
1986 29 CIN NL 1 2 .333 5.40 25 2 2 0 0 0 41.2 49 30 25 5 22 2 30 0 0 1 194 72 1.704 10.6 1.1 4.8 6.5 1.36
1987 30 SFG NL 2 2 .500 2.57 20 0 5 0 0 1 35.0 19 10 10 5 13 2 42 1 0 1 137 151 0.914 4.9 1.3 3.3 10.8 3.23
1988 31 SFG NL 1 6 .143 3.94 38 3 14 0 0 4 61.2 59 33 27 5 27 6 49 1 3 1 269 83 1.395 8.6 0.7 3.9 7.2 1.81
1989 32 TOT 3 6 .333 4.59 38 6 13 0 0 0 84.1 87 44 43 11 34 5 62 0 1 2 364 87 1.435 9.3 1.2 3.6 6.6 1.82
1989 32 SFG NL 1 1 .500 5.79 7 1 3 0 0 0 14.0 16 9 9 3 4 2 10 0 1 1 59 58 1.429 10.3 1.9 2.6 6.4 2.50
1989 32 BOS AL 2 5 .286 4.35 31 5 10 0 0 0 70.1 71 35 34 8 30 3 52 0 0 1 305 95 1.436 9.1 1.0 3.8 6.7 1.73
1990 33 BAL AL 3 4 .429 3.58 50 0 12 0 0 0 65.1 62 29 26 8 24 2 54 0 0 1 273 107 1.316 8.5 1.1 3.3 7.4 2.25
11 Seasons 45 49 .479 3.65 372 84 84 10 1 13 906.0 839 408 367 95 337 41 657 9 5 15 3822 102 1.298 8.3 0.9 3.3 6.5 1.95
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .479 3.65 55 13 13 1 0 2 135 125 61 55 14 50 6 98 1 1 2 570 102 1.298 8.3 0.9 3.3 6.5 1.95
CIN (7 yrs) 36 31 .537 3.56 226 75 40 10 1 8 659.2 612 292 261 66 239 26 450 7 1 10 2779 105 1.290 8.3 0.9 3.3 6.1 1.88
SFG (3 yrs) 4 9 .308 3.74 65 4 22 0 0 5 110.2 94 52 46 13 44 10 101 2 4 3 465 93 1.247 7.6 1.1 3.6 8.2 2.30
BOS (1 yr) 2 5 .286 4.35 31 5 10 0 0 0 70.1 71 35 34 8 30 3 52 0 0 1 305 95 1.436 9.1 1.0 3.8 6.7 1.73
BAL (1 yr) 3 4 .429 3.58 50 0 12 0 0 0 65.1 62 29 26 8 24 2 54 0 0 1 273 107 1.316 8.5 1.1 3.3 7.4 2.25
NL (10 yrs) 40 40 .500 3.59 291 79 62 10 1 13 770.1 706 344 307 79 283 36 551 9 5 13 3244 103 1.284 8.2 0.9 3.3 6.4 1.95
AL (2 yrs) 5 9 .357 3.98 81 5 22 0 0 0 135.2 133 64 60 16 54 5 106 0 0 2 578 100 1.378 8.8 1.1 3.6 7.0 1.96

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
1987 30 SFG NL NLCS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 21 0.706 4.8 0.0 1.6 11.1 7.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 21 0.706 4.8 0.0 1.6 11.1 7.00

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
1980 23 CIN NL 24 42 39 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .128 .128 .128 .256 -28 5 1 0 3 0 0 1
1981 24 CIN NL 41 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 25 CIN NL 59 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 86 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1983 26 CIN NL 21 47 41 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 .098 .159 .098 .257 -28 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1984 27 CIN NL 30 59 48 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 .146 .180 .167 .347 -3 8 0 0 9 0 0 1
1985 28 CIN NL 26 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .067 .000 .067 -80 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 29 CIN NL 25 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 30 SFG NL 20 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 31 SFG NL 38 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .111 .000 .111 -65 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1989 32 TOT 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 32 SFG NL 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Seasons 291 200 171 6 19 1 0 0 5 0 0 9 53 .111 .156 .117 .273 -23 20 1 0 20 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 111 95 3 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 30 .111 .156 .117 .273 -23 11 1 0 11 0 0
CIN (7 yrs) 226 180 155 4 18 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 46 .116 .154 .123 .277 -22 19 1 0 18 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 65 20 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .063 .167 .063 .229 -32 1 0 0 2 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 291 200 171 6 19 1 0 0 5 0 0 9 54 .111 .156 .117 .273 -23 20 1 0 20 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1987 30 SFG NL NLCS STL L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 CIN NL 23 P 24 13 111.1 21 3 16 2 1 .905 1.54 0.79 .952 1.91 0.69
1981 CIN NL 24 P 41 0 53.2 16 1 13 2 0 .875 2.35 0.34 .962 1.98 0.68
1982 CIN NL 25 P 59 1 72.2 11 1 8 2 0 .818 1.11 0.15 .955 1.96 0.70
1983 CIN NL 26 P 21 21 144.0 33 8 21 4 3 .879 1.81 1.38 .955 1.92 0.68
1984 CIN NL 27 P 30 30 171.2 18 4 14 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.60 .950 1.88 0.67
1985 CIN NL 28 P 26 8 64.2 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.70 0.19 .960 1.92 0.68
1986 CIN NL 29 P 25 2 41.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.86 0.16 .950 1.94 0.66
1987 SFG NL 30 P 20 0 35.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.77 0.15 .967 1.90 0.62
1988 SFG NL 31 P 38 3 61.2 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.29 .955 1.96 0.69
1989 TOT 32 P 38 6 84.1 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.07 0.26 .950 1.87 0.66
1989 SFG NL 32 P 7 1 14.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.93 0.43 .933 1.86 0.63
1989 BOS AL 32 P 31 5 70.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.90 0.23 .957 1.87 0.66
1990 BAL AL 33 P 50 0 65.1 11 1 8 2 0 .818 1.24 0.18 .964 1.78 0.59
11 Seasons P 372 84 906.0 143 27 104 12 6 .916 1.30 0.35 .955 1.91 0.67
11 Seasons TOT 372 84 906.0 143 27 104 12 6 .916 1.30 0.35 .871 1.91 0.67

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL--6.763--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 NL--19--9th

Losses s c a p y
1984 NL--13--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2253), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1615), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (987), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

February 5, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

December 14, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

May 1, 1989: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

May 5, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

January 12, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Cincinnati Reds$410,000
1986Cincinnati Reds$430,000
1987San Francisco Giants$100,000
1988San Francisco Giants$300,000
1989San Francisco Giants$68,000
1990Baltimore Orioles$325,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,633,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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