Joe Quest

Joseph L. Quest

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: November 16, 1852 in New Castle, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1871
Teams (by GP): WhiteStockings/Browns/Wolverines/Blues/Athletics/... 1871-1886

Final Game: July 13, 1886
Died: November 14, 1924 in San Diego, CA
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1871	CLE	NA	18	2B	2				14	2	6	6	0	.571		4.00	.824		5.75
1871	CLE	NA	18	SS	1				2	1	0	1	0	.500		1.00	.780		5.40
1878	IND	NL	25	2B	62				484	228	196	60	27	.876		6.84	.874		6.36
1879	CHC	NL	26	2B	83				642	263	331	48	30	.925		7.16	.897		6.82
1880	CHC	NL	27	2B	80				551	223	270	58	26	.895		6.16	.897		6.39
1880	CHC	NL	27	SS	2				11	2	8	1	0	.909		5.00	.882		4.40
1880	CHC	NL	27	3B	1				2	1	0	1	0	.500		1.00	.855		3.50
1881	CHC	NL	28	2B	77				524	238	249	37	28	.929		6.32	.903		6.24
1881	CHC	NL	28	SS	1				7	4	3	0	0	1.000		7.00	.873		4.60
1882	CHC	NL	29	2B	41				273	113	127	33	18	.879		5.85	.896		6.11
1882	CHC	NL	29	SS	1				3	0	1	2	0	.333		1.00	.853		4.50
1883	TOT	MLB	30	2B	56				361	162	161	38	29	.895		5.77	.886		6.13
1883	DTN	NL	30	2B	37				252	114	112	26	25	.897		6.11	.890		6.15
1883	STL	AA	30	2B	19				109	48	49	12	4	.890		5.11	.878		6.09
1884	TOT	AA	31	2B	88				583	254	269	60	43	.897		5.94	.902		5.99
1884	STL	AA	31	2B	81				535	234	244	57	39	.893		5.90	.902		5.99
1884	PIT	AA	31	2B	7				48	20	25	3	4	.938		6.43	.902		5.99
1884	PIT	AA	31	SS	5				28	7	17	4	2	.857		4.80	.862		4.28
1885	DTN	NL	32	2B	39				255	107	122	26	10	.898		5.87	.899		5.76
1885	DTN	NL	32	SS	15				67	10	46	11	3	.836		3.73	.872		4.59
1885	DTN	NL	32	OF	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.880		1.80	1-0-0
1886	PHA	AA	33	SS	41				229	56	138	35	15	.847		4.73	.854		4.56
1886	PHA	AA	33	2B	2				19	7	8	4	1	.789		7.50	.908		6.05
	10 Seasons			2B	530				3706	1597	1739	370	212	.900		6.29	.894		6.27
	7 Seasons			SS	66				347	80	213	54	20	.844		4.44	.859		4.55
	1 Season			3B	1				2	1	0	1	0	.500		1.00	.855		3.50
	1 Season			OF	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.880		1.80	1-0-0
	10 Seasons			TOT	598				4056	1678	1953	425	232	.895		6.07	.891		6.07	1-0-0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	2B	3B	SS	LF	OF
1871	CLE	NA	18	3	3	2	0	1	0	0
1878	IND	NL	25	62	62	62	0	0	0	0
1879	CHC	NL	26	83	83	83	0	0	0	0
1880	CHC	NL	27	82	82	80	1	2	0	0
1881	CHC	NL	28	78	78	77	0	1	0	0
1882	CHC	NL	29	42	42	41	0	1	0	0
1883	DTN	NL	30	37	37	37	0	0	0	0
1883	STL	AA	30	19	19	19	0	0	0	0
1884	STL	AA	31	81	81	81	0	0	0	0
1884	PIT	AA	31	12	12	7	0	5	0	0
1885	DTN	NL	32	55	55	39	0	15	1	1
1886	PHA	AA	33	42	42	2	0	41	0	0
	10 Seasons			596	596	530	1	66	1	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1879 NL 331 (1st) 1880 NL 278 (5th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1878 NL 60 (1st)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1878 NL 62 (1st) 1879 NL 83 (2nd)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1878 NL 228 (2nd) 1879 NL 263 (3rd) 1881 NL 238 (4th)
Assists as 2B s c a p y 1878 NL 196 (3rd) 1879 NL 331 (1st) 1880 NL 270 (5th) 1881 NL 249 (4th)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1878 NL 60 (1st) 1880 NL 58 (4th) Career 370 (24th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1878 NL 6.84 (3rd) 1879 NL 7.16 (4th) 1881 NL 6.32 (4th) Career 6.29 (6th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1878 NL .876 (3rd) 1879 NL .925 (1st) 1880 NL .895 (5th) 1881 NL .929 (2nd)
Oldest s c a p y 1886 AA born 1852-11-16 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1871 NA born 1852-11-16 (2nd)

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