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Joe Schaffernoth

Joseph Arthur Schaffernoth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", 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
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians 1959-1961

Final Game: September 30, 1961
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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…

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

More Stats

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
1956	18	CHC-min	D	21	6	.778	2.72	31	23					202.0	173	89	61	16	71								1.208	7.7	0.7	3.2			PRS · MIDW
1957	19	CHC-min	A	9	12	.429	5.39	30	21					152.0	172	102	91	11	109								1.849	10.2	0.7	6.5			DMO · WL
1958	20	CHC-min	A	5	8	.385	5.50	26	14					103.0	115	72	63	4	60								1.699	10.0	0.3	5.2			PBO · WL
1959	21	CHC-min	AAA	4	3	.571	0.98	17	5		1	1		55.0	44	13	6	0	24	5	21	1	0	0			1.236	7.2	0.0	3.9	3.4	0.88	FTW · AA
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	50	1.957	12.9	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75
1960	22	CHC-min	AAA	8	2	.800	2.52	16	14					93.0	90	35	26	2	40								1.398	8.7	0.2	3.9			HSN · AA
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	136	1.145	7.5	0.3	2.8	5.4	1.94
1961	23	CLE-min	AAA	0	3	.000	6.63	7	4					19.0	25	18	14	1	13								2.000	11.8	0.5	6.2			SLC · PCL
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	71	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	67	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	85	1.765	8.5	1.1	7.4	4.8	0.64
1962	24	CLE-min	AAA	18	11	.621	2.67	30	30		12	0		219.0	191	81	65	15	60	5	160	3	0	8			1.146	7.8	0.6	2.5	6.6	2.67	JCK · IL
1963	25	CLE-min	AAA	3	7	.300	3.47	17	12					83.0	77	40	32	12	25		39						1.229	8.3	1.3	2.7	4.2	1.56	JCK · IL
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	87	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	87	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	88	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	85	1.765	8.5	1.1	7.4	4.8	0.64

NL (3 yrs)			NL	3	7	.300	4.54	59	1	26	0	0	3	101.0	100	57	51	10	39	4	59	2	0	5	427	88	1.376	8.9	0.9	3.5	5.3	1.51
AL (1 yr)			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	85	1.765	8.5	1.1	7.4	4.8	0.64

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
1959	21	CHC	NL	7.2	1	7	4	0	.9	-3	-0.3	$
1960	22	CHC	NL	55.0	0	21	32	0	.6	11	0.6	$
1961	23	CHC	NL	38.1	0	29	27	-2	.9	-2	-0.5	$
1961	23	CLE	AL	17.0	0	11	10	0	.7	-1	-0.2	$
3 Seasons				118.0	1	68	73	-2	.7	5	-0.4	$

CHC (3 yrs)				101.0	1	57	63	-2	.7	6	-0.2	$
CLE (1 yr)				17.0	0	11	10	0	.7	-1	-0.2	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1956	18	CHC-min	D	37	96	96		28	2	2	2						.292	.292	.417	.708		40						PRS · MIDW
1957	19	CHC-min	A	32	64	64		14	4	0	1						.219	.219	.328	.547		21						DMO · WL
1958	20	CHC-min	A	31	42	42		13	3	0	1						.310	.310	.452	.762		19						PBO · WL
1959	21	CHC-min	AAA	18	17	17	0	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	7	.176	.176	.235	.412		4		0	0	0	0	FTW · AA
1959	21	CHC	NL	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	22	CHC-min	AAA	21	34	34	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	15	.088	.088	.118	.206		4						HSN · AA
1960	22	CHC	NL	33	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	58	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1961	23	CLE-min	AAA	7	4	4		2									.500	.500										SLC · PCL
1961	23	TOT	MLB	36	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	23	CHC	NL	21	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	23	CLE	AL	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	24	CLE-min	AAA	31	83	76	3	15	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	24	.197	.208	.237	.445		18		0	6	0		JCK · IL
1963	25	CLE-min	AAA	17	32	31	3	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	10	.323	.344	.452	.795		14						JCK · IL
3 Seasons				74	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	37	35	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	4	0	0	2	0	0

CHC (3 yrs)				59	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.133	.133	.133	.267	-28	2	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				59	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.133	.133	.133	.267	-28	2	0	0	1	0	0
AL (1 yr)				15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1959	21	CHC	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1960	22	CHC	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1961	23	CHC	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1961	23	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
3 Seasons				16	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

CHC (3 yrs)				15	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1959	CHC	NL	21	P	5	1	7.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.17	0.20	.950	2.00	1.96	2	0	0%
1960	CHC	NL	22	P	33	0	55.0	14	4	10	0	2	1.000	2.29	0.42	.962	2.09	2.08	6	4	40%
1961	TOT	MLB	23	P	36	0	55.1	16	1	14	1	0	.938	2.44	0.42	.956	2.15	2.10	3	1	25%
1961	CHC	NL	23	P	21	0	38.1	8	0	8	0	0	1.000	1.88	0.38	.959	2.18	2.15	2	0	0%
1961	CLE	AL	23	P	15	0	17.0	8	1	6	1	0	.875	3.71	0.47	.954	2.06	2.02	1	1	50%
	3 Seasons			P	74	1	118.0	31	5	25	1	2	.968	2.29	0.41	.959	2.11	2.08	11	5	31%
	3 Seasons			TOT	74	1	118.0	31	5	25	1	2	.968	2.29	0.41	.959	2.11	2.08	11	5	31%

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Fielding % as P s c a p y 1960 NL 1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1960 NL 1.000 (1st)

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Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
July 7, 1961: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Chicago Cubs.
October 14, 1961: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Cleveland Indians.

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