Joe Start

Joseph Start (Old Reliable or Rocks)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 14, 1842 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1871
Teams (by GP): Grays/Mutuals/WhiteStockings/HartfordsofBrooklyn/Nationals 1871-1886

Final Game: July 9, 1886
Died: March 27, 1927 in Providence, RI
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
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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	NYU	NA	28	1B	33				365	334	2	29	11	.921		10.18	.929		10.41
1872	NYU	NA	29	1B	54				519	497	0	22	26	.958		9.20	.930		10.42
1873	NYU	NA	30	1B	53				457	413	18	26	20	.943		8.13	.925		10.77
1873	NYU	NA	30	OF	2				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00	0-0-2
1874	NYU	NA	31	1B	63				596	560	13	23	13	.961		9.10	.932		10.52
1874	NYU	NA	31	OF	2				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00	1-1-0
1875	NYU	NA	32	1B	69				753	702	12	39	20	.948		10.35	.936		10.92
1876	NYU	NL	33	1B	56				578	547	10	21	11	.964		9.95	.942		10.65
1877	HAR	NL	34	1B	60				741	704	10	27	25	.964		11.90	.951		10.86
1878	CHC	NL	35	1B	61				765	719	13	33	28	.957		12.00	.956		11.51
1879	PRO	NL	36	1B	65				812	779	11	22	24	.973		12.15	.953		11.13
1879	PRO	NL	36	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.90	0-0-1
1880	PRO	NL	37	1B	82				993	954	10	29	30	.971		11.76	.959		10.55
1881	PRO	NL	38	1B	79				887	837	17	33	50	.963		10.81	.960		10.52
1882	PRO	NL	39	1B	82				951	905	21	25	54	.974		11.29	.958		10.37
1883	PRO	NL	40	1B	87				995	923	29	43	48	.957		10.94	.961		10.58
1884	PRO	NL	41	1B	93				980	939	21	20	31	.980		10.32	.962		10.47
1885	PRO	NL	42	1B	101				1102	1036	35	31	42	.972		10.60	.970		10.85
1886	WHS	NL	43	1B	31				365	348	7	10	16	.973		11.45	.968		10.35
	16 Seasons			1B	1069				11859	11197	229	433	449	.963		10.69	.952		10.69
	3 Seasons			OF	5				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.98	1-1-3
	16 Seasons			TOT	1074				11859	11197	229	433	449	.963		10.64	.952		10.65	1-1-3
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-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.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	1B	LF	CF	RF	OF
1871	NYU	NA	28	33	33	33	0	0	0	0
1872	NYU	NA	29	54	54	54	0	0	0	0
1873	NYU	NA	30	53	53	53	0	0	2	2
1874	NYU	NA	31	63	63	63	1	1	0	2
1875	NYU	NA	32	69	69	69	0	0	0	0
1876	NYU	NL	33	56	56	56	0	0	0	0
1877	HAR	NL	34	60	60	60	0	0	0	0
1878	CHC	NL	35	61	61	61	0	0	0	0
1879	PRO	NL	36	66	66	65	0	0	1	1
1880	PRO	NL	37	82	82	82	0	0	0	0
1881	PRO	NL	38	79	79	79	0	0	0	0
1882	PRO	NL	39	82	82	82	0	0	0	0
1883	PRO	NL	40	87	87	87	0	0	0	0
1884	PRO	NL	41	93	93	93	0	0	0	0
1885	PRO	NL	42	101	101	101	0	0	0	0
1886	WHS	NL	43	31	31	31	0	0	0	0
	16 Seasons			1070	1070	1069	1	1	3	5

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

Putouts† s c a p y 1871 NA 334 (3rd) 1872 NA 497 (2nd) 1873 NA 413 (5th) 1874 NA 560 (3rd) 1875 NA 702 (3rd) 1877 NL 704 (1st) 1878 NL 719 (1st) 1879 NL 779 (2nd) 1880 NL 954 (1st) 1881 NL 837 (2nd) 1882 NL 905 (1st) 1885 NL 1,036 (5th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1871 NA 33 (1st) 1872 NA 54 (2nd) 1873 NA 53 (2nd) 1874 NA 63 (2nd) 1875 NA 69 (2nd) 1876 NL 56 (5th) 1877 NL 60 (1st) 1878 NL 61 (1st) 1879 NL 65 (4th) 1880 NL 82 (2nd) 1881 NL 79 (4th) 1882 NL 82 (2nd) 1885 NL 101 (4th)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1871 NA 334 (3rd) 1872 NA 497 (2nd) 1873 NA 413 (4th) 1874 NA 560 (3rd) 1875 NA 702 (3rd) 1877 NL 704 (1st) 1878 NL 719 (1st) 1879 NL 779 (2nd) 1880 NL 954 (1st) 1881 NL 837 (2nd) 1882 NL 905 (1st) 1885 NL 1,036 (5th) Career 11,197 (89th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1873 NA 18 (1st) 1874 NA 13 (1st) 1875 NA 12 (3rd) 1876 NL 10 (4th) 1877 NL 10 (4th) 1878 NL 13 (4th) 1879 NL 11 (4th) 1881 NL 17 (5th) 1882 NL 21 (4th) 1885 NL 35 (4th)
Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1871 NA 29 (3rd) 1872 NA 22 (5th) 1875 NA 39 (3rd) 1877 NL 27 (2nd) 1878 NL 33 (3rd) 1879 NL 22 (5th) 1880 NL 29 (4th) 1881 NL 33 (2nd) 1882 NL 25 (5th) 1883 NL 43 (4th) 1885 NL 31 (2nd) Career 433 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1875 NA 10.35 (5th) 1876 NL 9.95 (5th) 1877 NL 11.90 (1st) 1878 NL 12.00 (1st) 1879 NL 12.15 (2nd) 1880 NL 11.76 (1st) 1881 NL 10.81 (2nd) 1882 NL 11.29 (1st) 1883 NL 10.94 (2nd) Career 10.69 (16th)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1872 NA .958 (1st) 1873 NA .943 (2nd) 1874 NA .961 (1st) 1875 NA .948 (4th) 1876 NL .964 (1st) 1877 NL .964 (1st) 1878 NL .957 (4th) 1879 NL .973 (2nd) 1880 NL .971 (3rd) 1881 NL .963 (4th) 1882 NL .974 (2nd) 1884 NL .980 (1st)	Oldest s c a p y 1874 NA born 1842-10-14 (8th) 1875 NA born 1842-10-14 (8th) 1876 NL born 1842-10-14 (5th) 1877 NL born 1842-10-14 (4th) 1878 NL born 1842-10-14 (1st) 1879 NL born 1842-10-14 (1st) 1880 NL born 1842-10-14 (1st) 1881 NL born 1842-10-14 (1st) 1882 NL born 1842-10-14 (1st) 1883 NL born 1842-10-14 (1st) 1884 NL born 1842-10-14 (1st) 1885 NL born 1842-10-14 (1st) 1886 NL born 1842-10-14 (1st)

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