Joe Strain
Joseph Allan Strain
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 169 lb.

Born: April 30, 1954 in Denver, CO
School: University of Northern Colorado
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1979
Final Game: June 2, 1981
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 SFG NL 25 2B 67 65 547.2 341 147 188 6 32 .982 -0.6 -1.3 1.4 4.9 -3.5 -2 5.51 5.00 .979 5.42 4.55
1979 SFG NL 25 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 .900 2.70 2.50
1980 SFG NL 26 2B 42 33 326.1 189 85 102 2 15 .989 -1.7 -6.3 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 -1 5.16 4.45 .980 5.49 4.71
1980 SFG NL 26 3B 6 5 48.0 16 3 11 2 1 .875 -0.6 -15.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 2.62 2.33 .950 2.87 2.38
1980 SFG NL 26 SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -720.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.30
1981 CHC NL 27 2B 20 19 154.1 122 38 81 3 10 .975 4.8 37.3 3.8 1.4 2.3 1 6.94 5.95 .982 5.52 4.72
3 Seasons 2B 129 117 1028.1 652 270 371 11 57 .983 2.5 2.9 4.5 6.3 -1.9 -2 5.61 4.97 .980 5.46 4.63
2 Seasons 3B 7 5 50.0 17 3 12 2 1 .882 -0.4 -9.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 2.70 2.14 .947 2.86 2.40
1 Season SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -720.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.30
3 Seasons TOT 137 122 1078.2 669 273 383 13 58 .981 1.9 2.1 3.9 6.1 -2.3 -2 5.47 4.79 .959 5.34 4.51

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 SFG NL 25 67 65 67 67 0 0 0 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SFG NL 26 77 38 77 49 0 0 0 42 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 2
1981 CHC NL 27 25 19 25 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Seasons 169 122 169 136 0 0 0 129 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 SFG NL 25 2508 67% 76% 29% 233 91% 1 153 49 70 34 185 167 17 0 2 6 0 6 0 4 34 14 6 6 1 27 7 20 6 1 5
1980 SFG NL 26 1446 61% 81% 27% 135 93% 0 88 29 42 17 105 90 15 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 15 9 0 5 0 14 5 9 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 27 743 49% 76% 31% 92 93% 2 37 14 12 11 81 63 13 1 0 4 0 3 1 3 10 4 1 4 0 9 4 5 1 1 0
3 Seasons 4697 62% 78% 29% 460 92% 3 278 92 124 62 371 320 45 1 3 12 0 11 1 8 59 27 7 15 1 50 16 34 7 2 5
MLB Averages 57% 80% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1979 SFG NL 25 10 50% 60% 20% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SFG NL 26 218 55% 82% 25% 14 93% 0 3 1 1 1 11 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 228 55% 81% 25% 15 93% 0 3 1 1 1 12 9 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 80% 27% 88% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1980 SFG NL 26 7 71% 57% 0% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 71% 57% 0% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 80% 27% 90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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