Joe Schaffernoth
Joseph Arthur Schaffernoth
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 6, 1937 in Trenton, NJ
High School: Dayton (Trenton, NJ)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1959
Final Game: September 30, 1961
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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
1959 21 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 8.22 5 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 7 7 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 36 48 1.957 12.9 1.2 4.7 3.5 0.75
1960 22 CHC NL 2 3 .400 2.78 33 0 18 0 0 3 55.0 46 21 17 2 17 2 33 1 0 1 221 135 1.145 7.5 0.3 2.8 5.4 1.94
1961 23 TOT MLB 0 5 .000 5.86 36 0 15 0 0 0 55.1 59 40 36 9 32 3 32 2 0 5 252 70 1.645 9.6 1.5 5.2 5.2 1.00
1961 23 CHC NL 0 4 .000 6.34 21 0 7 0 0 0 38.1 43 29 27 7 18 2 23 1 0 4 170 66 1.591 10.1 1.6 4.2 5.4 1.28
1961 23 CLE AL 0 1 .000 4.76 15 0 8 0 0 0 17.0 16 11 9 2 14 1 9 1 0 1 82 83 1.765 8.5 1.1 7.4 4.8 0.64
3 Seasons 3 8 .273 4.58 74 1 34 0 0 3 118.0 116 68 60 12 53 5 68 3 0 6 509 86 1.432 8.8 0.9 4.0 5.2 1.28
162 Game Avg. 3 7 .273 4.58 67 1 31 0 0 3 107 105 62 54 11 48 5 62 3 0 5 461 86 1.432 8.8 0.9 4.0 5.2 1.28
CHC (3 yrs) 3 7 .300 4.54 59 1 26 0 0 3 101.0 100 57 51 10 39 4 59 2 0 5 427 87 1.376 8.9 0.9 3.5 5.3 1.51
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.76 15 0 8 0 0 0 17.0 16 11 9 2 14 1 9 1 0 1 82 83 1.765 8.5 1.1 7.4 4.8 0.64
NL (3 yrs) 3 7 .300 4.54 59 1 26 0 0 3 101.0 100 57 51 10 39 4 59 2 0 5 427 87 1.376 8.9 0.9 3.5 5.3 1.51
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.76 15 0 8 0 0 0 17.0 16 11 9 2 14 1 9 1 0 1 82 83 1.765 8.5 1.1 7.4 4.8 0.64

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
1959 21 CHC NL 5 36 31 7 11 3 0 1 2 0 4 3 .355 .429 .548 .977 .370 17 1 0 1 0 0
1960 22 CHC NL 33 221 196 21 46 9 3 2 6 4 17 33 .235 .295 .342 .637 .268 67 4 1 4 3 2
1961 23 TOT MLB 36 252 213 40 59 12 2 9 3 1 32 32 .277 .377 .479 .855 .291 102 4 2 5 0 3
1961 23 CHC NL 21 170 147 29 43 9 2 7 2 0 18 23 .293 .373 .524 .897 .308 77 4 1 4 0 2
1961 23 CLE AL 15 82 66 11 16 3 0 2 1 1 14 9 .242 .383 .379 .762 .255 25 0 1 1 0 1
3 Seasons 74 509 440 68 116 24 5 12 11 5 53 68 .264 .345 .423 .767 .287 186 9 3 10 3 5
162 Game Avg. 67 461 399 62 105 22 5 11 10 5 48 62 .264 .345 .423 .767 .287 169 8 3 9 3 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1959 21 CHC NL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31 31 31 5 2 1 0 7.0 0.0 0.0
1 Season 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31 31 31 5 2 1 0 7.0 0.0 0.0
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
1959 21 CHC NL 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0.826 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 5.8
1960 22 CHC NL 33 33 18 2 3 3 3 0 100% 4 0 27 11 41% 8 0.714 7 9 17 5 5 23 15 18 19 5 20 3 5.0
1961 23 TOT MLB 36 36 15 0 5 2 0 2 0% 2 0 21 9 43% 0.863 5 12 15 2 4 30 12 24 19 8 20 7 4.6
1961 23 CHC NL 21 21 7 0 4 2 0 2 0% 2 0 16 9 56% 8 0.917 4 7 8 2 3 16 9 12 14 4 14 3 5.5
1961 23 CLE AL 15 15 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 8 0.750 1 5 7 0 1 14 3 12 5 4 6 4 3.4
3 Seasons 74 73 34 3 8 5 3 2 60% 6 0 51 20 39% 0.796 13 21 35 8 9 56 29 44 41 13 43 10 4.8

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%
1959 21 CHC NL 36 42% 2.8% 8.3% 11.1% 11.1% 36% 1.38 75% 6 1 17%
1960 22 CHC NL 220 40% 0.9% 14.9% 7.7% 6.3% 30% 1.37 74% 35 4 11%
1961 23 TOT MLB 252 36% 3.6% 12.7% 12.7% 9.1% 39% 0.82 68% 61 4 7%
1961 23 CHC NL 170 37% 4.1% 13.5% 10.6% 10.6% 42% 0.63 69% 41 4 10%
1961 23 CLE AL 82 33% 2.4% 11.0% 17.1% 6.1% 31% 1.41 67% 20 0 0%
3 Seasons 508 38% 2.4% 13.4% 10.4% 8.1% 35% 1.07 71% 102 9 9%
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
1959 21 CHC NL 36 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 14 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 22 CHC NL 217 46 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 10 8 1 80% 2 1 1 93 6 4 60% 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3
1961 23 TOT MLB 252 59 9 0 5 5 4 3 6 15 7 3 47% 4 5 1 121 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1961 23 CHC NL 170 43 7 0 5 3 4 2 5 14 7 3 50% 3 4 0 76 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1961 23 CLE AL 82 16 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0% 1 1 1 45 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Seasons 505 116 12 0 8 7 5 4 8 27 17 4 63% 6 6 2 228 11 5 69% 9 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 12 3
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+
1959 21 1 0 1.000 8.22 5 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 7 7 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 36 48 1.957 12.9 1.2 4.7 3.5 0.75 48
1960 22 3 3 .500 3.45 38 1 19 0 0 3 62.2 57 28 24 3 21 2 36 1 0 1 257 110 1.245 8.2 0.4 3.0 5.2 1.71 110
1961 23 3 8 .273 4.58 74 1 34 0 0 3 118.0 116 68 60 12 53 5 68 3 0 6 509 86 1.432 8.8 0.9 4.0 5.2 1.28 86

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
1959 21 0 0 7.88 8.0 11 8 7 1 4 3 0 1.875 12.4 4.5 3.4 0.75 1.1 5
1960 22 4 2 .667 3.17 54.0 49 21 19 2 18 32 1 1.241 8.2 3.0 5.3 1.78 0.3 33
1961 23 2 4 .333 5.89 55.0 60 40 36 9 33 32 2 1.691 9.8 5.4 5.2 0.97 1.5 36
3 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.77 117.0 120 69 62 12 55 67 3 1.496 9.2 5.2 1.22 0.9 74

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