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Joe Start
Joseph Start (Old Reliable and Rocks)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 14, 1842 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1871
Final Game: July 9, 1886
Died: March 27, 1927 in Providence, RI
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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
1871 28 NYU NA 33 164 161 35 58 5 1 1 34 4 2 3 0 .360 .372 .422 .794 136 68 *3
1872 29 NYU NA 55 282 282 62 76 4 0 0 50 3 3 0 0 .270 .270 .284 .553 74 80 *3
1873 30 NYU NA 53 255 251 42 67 8 3 1 28 1 0 4 0 .267 .278 .335 .613 82 84 *3/O
1874 31 NYU NA 63 310 306 67 96 13 3 2 45 5 0 4 0 .314 .323 .395 .718 125 121 *3/O
1875 32 NYU NA 69 317 314 58 90 10 5 4 30 1 4 3 0 .287 .293 .389 .682 135 122 *3
1876 33 NYU NL 56 265 264 40 73 6 0 0 21 1 2 .277 .279 .299 .578 96 79 *3
1877 34 HAR NL 60 277 271 55 90 3 6 1 21 6 2 .332 .347 .399 .745 144 108 *3
1878 35 CHC NL 61 287 285 58 100 12 5 1 27 2 3 .351 .355 .439 .794 153 125 *3
1879 36 PRO NL 66 324 317 70 101 11 5 2 37 7 4 .319 .333 .404 .737 142 128 *3/O
1880 37 PRO NL 82 358 345 53 96 14 6 0 27 13 20 .278 .304 .354 .658 125 122 *3
1881 38 PRO NL 79 357 348 56 114 12 6 0 29 9 7 .328 .345 .397 .741 133 138 *3
1882 39 PRO NL 82 367 356 58 117 8 10 0 48 11 7 .329 .349 .407 .756 142 145 *3
1883 40 PRO NL 87 392 370 63 105 16 7 1 57 22 16 .284 .324 .373 .697 108 138 *3
1884 41 PRO NL 93 416 381 80 105 10 5 2 32 35 25 .276 .337 .344 .680 117 131 *3
1885 42 PRO NL 101 413 374 47 103 11 4 0 41 39 10 .275 .344 .326 .670 121 122 *3
1886 43 WHS NL 31 127 122 10 27 4 1 0 17 4 5 13 .221 .252 .270 .522 63 33 3
16 Seasons 1071 4911 4747 854 1418 147 67 15 544 18 9 164 109 .299 .322 .367 .690 121 1744
162 Game Avg. 162 743 718 129 214 22 10 2 82 25 16 .299 .322 .367 .690 121 264
PRO (7 yrs) 590 2627 2491 427 741 82 43 5 271 136 89 .297 .334 .371 .705 126 924
NYU (5 yrs) 273 1328 1314 264 387 40 12 8 187 14 9 14 0 .295 .302 .361 .663 109 475
WHS (1 yr) 31 127 122 10 27 4 1 0 17 4 5 13 .221 .252 .270 .522 63 33
CHC (1 yr) 61 287 285 58 100 12 5 1 27 2 3 .351 .355 .439 .794 153 125
NYU (1 yr) 56 265 264 40 73 6 0 0 21 1 2 .277 .279 .299 .578 96 79
HAR (1 yr) 60 277 271 55 90 3 6 1 21 6 2 .332 .347 .399 .745 144 108
NL (11 yrs) 798 3583 3433 590 1031 107 55 7 357 4 150 109 .300 .330 .370 .699 125 1269
NA (5 yrs) 273 1328 1314 264 387 40 12 8 187 14 9 14 0 .295 .302 .361 .663 109 475

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
1884 41 PRO NL WS NYP W 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 1
1 WS 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 1
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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1871 NYU NA 28 1B 33 365 334 2 29 11 .921 10.18 .930 10.21
1872 NYU NA 29 1B 55 533 509 0 24 26 .955 9.25 .925 10.36
1873 NYU NA 30 1B 53 457 413 18 26 19 .943 8.13 .927 10.20
1873 NYU NA 30 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-0-2
1874 NYU NA 31 1B 63 596 560 13 23 13 .961 9.10 .930 10.21
1874 NYU NA 31 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-1-0
1875 NYU NA 32 1B 69 753 702 12 39 20 .948 10.35 .935 10.28
1876 NYU NL 33 1B 56 578 547 10 21 11 .964 9.95 .941 10.31
1877 HAR NL 34 1B 60 741 704 10 27 25 .964 11.90 .950 10.63
1878 CHC NL 35 1B 61 765 719 13 33 28 .957 12.00 .956 11.42
1879 PRO NL 36 1B 65 812 779 11 22 24 .973 12.15 .952 10.89
1879 PRO NL 36 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0-0-1
1880 PRO NL 37 1B 82 993 954 10 29 30 .971 11.76 .959 10.24
1881 PRO NL 38 1B 79 887 837 17 33 50 .963 10.81 .960 10.43
1882 PRO NL 39 1B 82 951 905 21 25 54 .974 11.29 .957 10.30
1883 PRO NL 40 1B 87 995 923 29 43 48 .957 10.94 .961 10.47
1884 PRO NL 41 1B 93 980 939 21 20 31 .980 10.32 .961 10.32
1885 PRO NL 42 1B 101 1102 1036 35 31 42 .972 10.60 .970 9.90
1886 WHS NL 43 1B 31 365 348 7 10 16 .973 11.45 .968 10.26
16 Seasons 1B 1070 11873 11209 229 435 448 .963 10.69 .952 10.39
3 Seasons OF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.88 1-1-3
16 Seasons TOT 1075 11873 11209 229 435 448 .963 10.64 .915 10.35 1-1-3
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1871 NA--.360--9th
1877 NL--.332--6th
1878 NL--.351--4th
1879 NL--.319--7th
1881 NL--.328--4th
1882 NL--.329--4th
Career--.299--221st

On-Base% s c a p y
1877 NL--.347--8th
1878 NL--.355--6th
1879 NL--.333--10th
1882 NL--.349--6th

Slugging % s c a p y
1878 NL--.439--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1877 NL--.745--9th
1878 NL--.794--3rd
1882 NL--.756--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1871 NA--33--1st
1872 NA--55--6th
1877 NL--60--10th

At Bats s c a p y
1871 NA--161--4th
1872 NA--282--5th
1874 NA--306--10th
1877 NL--271--6th
1878 NL--285--1st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1871 NA--164--6th
1872 NA--282--5th
1874 NA--310--10th
1877 NL--277--6th
1878 NL--287--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1877 NL--55--4th
1878 NL--58--2nd
1879 NL--70--7th

Hits s c a p y
1871 NA--58--4th
1874 NA--96--9th
1877 NL--90--5th
1878 NL--100--1st
1881 NL--114--4th
1882 NL--117--3rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1871 NA--68--10th
1877 NL--108--9th
1878 NL--125--1st

Doubles s c a p y
1874 NA--13--8th
1878 NL--12--8th

Triples s c a p y
1878 NL--5--7th
1882 NL--10--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1874 NA--2--5th
1875 NA--4--2nd
1877 NL--1--6th
1878 NL--1--5th
1879 NL--2--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1871 NA--34--5th
1872 NA--50--2nd
1874 NA--45--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1884 NL--35--10th

Singles s c a p y
1871 NA--51--2nd
1872 NA--72--7th
1874 NA--78--8th
1877 NL--80--2nd
1878 NL--82--1st
1879 NL--83--7th
1880 NL--76--10th
1881 NL--96--2nd
1882 NL--99--1st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1877 NL--144--7th
1878 NL--153--5th
1879 NL--142--10th
1882 NL--142--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1871 NA--25--8th
1877 NL--37--8th
1878 NL--44--3rd
1879 NL--43--10th
1881 NL--48--10th
1882 NL--51--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1877 NL--12--8th
1878 NL--16--4th
1879 NL--14--10th
1882 NL--15--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1871 NA--.7--10th
1877 NL--1.3--7th
1878 NL--1.8--3rd
1879 NL--1.5--10th
1882 NL--1.7--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1874 NA--18--10th
1878 NL--18--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1871 NA--61--5th
1874 NA--100--8th
1877 NL--96--6th
1878 NL--102--2nd
1881 NL--123--9th
1882 NL--128--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1877 NL--.659--9th
1878 NL--.759--4th
1879 NL--.688--9th
1882 NL--.695--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1874 NA--2.9--5th

AB per SO s c a p y
1876 NL--132.000--4th
1877 NL--135.500--1st
1878 NL--95.000--2nd
1879 NL--79.250--2nd
1881 NL--49.714--5th
1882 NL--50.857--1st
1883 NL--23.125--10th
1885 NL--37.400--4th
Career--43.550--3rd

AB per HR s c a p y
1874 NA--153.000--10th
1875 NA--78.500--2nd
1879 NL--158.500--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
1872 NA--209--2nd

Oldest s c a p y
1874 NA--born 1842-10-14--9th
1875 NA--born 1842-10-14--10th
1876 NL--born 1842-10-14--6th
1877 NL--born 1842-10-14--3rd
1878 NL--born 1842-10-14--2nd
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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 5 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 102 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1758), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1338), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

November 30, 1885: Returned to league control by the Providence Grays.

March 3, 1886: Under league control and obtained by the Washington Nationals.

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Name and misspellings: Old Reliable Joe jose Joseph Rocks Start

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