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Joe Tinker

Joseph Bert Tinker

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 27, 1880 in Muscotah, KS
High School: Herington (Herington, KS) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1902
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Orphans/Chi-Feds/Reds/Whales 1902-1916

Final Game: September 22, 1916
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.
   View Joe Tinker Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: July 27, 1948 in Orlando, FL
Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, FL
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:22AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #324. Cupid Childs… #325. Ed Konetchy… #326. George Scott… #327. JOE TINKER… #328. Heinie Groh… #329. Derrek Lee… #330. Pete Browning… 

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
1902 21 CHC NL 133 545 501 55 132 19 5 2 55 27 26 61 .263 .300 .333 .633 98 167 0 18 *6/5
1903 22 CHC NL 124 511 460 67 134 21 7 2 70 27 37 57 .291 .345 .380 .726 109 175 1 13 *65
1904 23 CHC NL 141 531 488 55 108 12 13 3 41 41 29 54 .221 .268 .318 .585 80 155 2 12 *6/O
1905 24 CHC NL 149 611 547 70 135 18 8 2 66 31 34 48 .247 .292 .320 .612 79 175 1 29 *6
1906 25 CHC NL 148 603 523 75 122 18 4 1 64 30 43 43 .233 .293 .289 .581 77 151 1 36 *6/5
1907 26 CHC NL 117 444 402 36 89 11 3 1 36 20 25 30 .221 .269 .271 .540 65 109 1 16 *6
1908 27 CHC NL 157 609 548 67 146 22 14 6 68 30 32 38 .266 .307 .391 .697 119 214 0 29 *6
1909 28 CHC NL 143 555 516 56 132 26 11 4 57 23 17 45 .256 .280 .372 .652 99 192 0 22 *6
1910 29 CHC NL 134 515 473 48 136 25 9 3 69 20 24 35 .288 .322 .397 .719 110 188 0 18 *6
1911 30 CHC NL 144 593 536 61 149 24 12 4 69 30 39 31 .278 .327 .390 .717 100 209 0 18 *6 MVP-10
1912 31 CHC NL 142 624 550 80 155 24 7 0 75 25 38 21 .282 .331 .351 .681 86 193 2 34 *6 MVP-4
1913 32 CIN NL 110 418 382 47 121 20 13 1 57 10 12 20 26 .317 .352 .445 .797 127 170 1 15 6/5
1914 33 CHI FL 126 500 438 50 112 21 7 2 46 19 38 30 .256 .317 .349 .666 94 153 1 23 *6
1915 34 CHI FL 31 81 67 7 18 2 1 0 9 3 13 5 .269 .388 .328 .716 117 22 0 1 6/45
1916 35 CHC NL 7 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 -16 1 0 1 /65
15 Seasons 1806 7152 6441 774 1690 263 114 31 783 336 12 416 525 .262 .308 .353 .661 96 2274 10 285
162 Game Avg. 162 642 578 69 152 24 10 3 70 30 37 47 .262 .308 .353 .661 96 204 1 26
CHC (12 yrs) 1539 6153 5554 670 1439 220 93 28 671 304 0 345 464 .259 .303 .347 .651 93 1929 8 246
CHI (2 yrs) 157 581 505 57 130 23 8 2 55 22 51 35 .257 .327 .347 .673 97 175 1 24
CIN (1 yr) 110 418 382 47 121 20 13 1 57 10 12 20 26 .317 .352 .445 .797 127 170 1 15
NL (13 yrs) 1649 6571 5936 717 1560 240 106 29 728 314 12 365 490 .263 .306 .354 .660 95 2099 9 261
FL (2 yrs) 157 581 505 57 130 23 8 2 55 22 51 35 .257 .327 .347 .673 97 175 1 24

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 Awards
1902 21 CHC NL 545 -1 1 0 0 7 8 16 31 3.1 24 2.5 0.6 $1,500 *6/5
1903 22 CHC NL 511 7 1 0 0 6 8 15 37 3.7 31 3.1 0.6 $ *65
1904 23 CHC NL 531 -12 4 0 0 11 9 16 28 2.7 17 1.7 1.0 $ *6/O
1905 24 CHC NL 611 -11 2 0 0 22 10 18 41 4.0 19 2.0 2.0 $ *6
1906 25 CHC NL 603 -11 4 0 0 20 10 17 40 3.9 20 2.2 1.7 $1,500 *6/5
1907 26 CHC NL 444 -15 1 0 0 15 7 13 21 1.7 6 0.6 1.1 $3,000 *6
1908 27 CHC NL 609 15 3 0 0 23 10 18 69 7.4 46 5.1 2.3 $3,400 *6
1909 28 CHC NL 555 2 2 0 0 15 9 16 44 4.5 29 3.2 1.3 $3,700 *6
1910 29 CHC NL 515 6 0 0 0 9 9 14 38 3.9 29 3.1 0.8 $4,041 *6
1911 30 CHC NL 593 1 1 0 0 15 9 17 43 4.3 28 2.9 1.4 $5,000 *6 MVP-10
1912 31 CHC NL 624 -9 2 0 0 14 9 16 32 3.2 18 1.8 1.4 $5,600 *6 MVP-4
1913 32 CIN NL 418 9 0 0 0 5 7 12 33 3.4 28 3.0 0.4 $10,000 6/5
1914 33 CHI FL 500 -3 0 0 0 17 8 6 28 2.8 11 1.2 1.6 $12,000 *6
1915 34 CHI FL 81 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 0.7 5 0.6 0.1 $12,000 6/45
1916 35 CHC NL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /65
15 Seasons 7152 -20 21 0 0 180 114 195 490 49.2 310 32.9 16.3 $61,741
CHC (12 yrs) 6153 -29 21 0 0 157 98 176 423 42.3 266 28.1 14.2 $27,741
CHI (2 yrs) 581 0 0 0 0 18 9 7 34 3.5 16 1.8 1.7 $24,000
CIN (1 yr) 418 9 0 0 0 5 7 12 33 3.4 28 3.0 0.4 $10,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1906 25 CHC NL WS CHW L 6 23 18 4 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 .167 .250 .167 .417 3 0 0 3 0 0
1907 26 CHC NL WS DET W 5 18 13 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 .154 .313 .154 .466 2 0 0 2 0 0
1908 27 CHC NL WS DET W 5 19 19 2 5 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 2 .263 .263 .421 .684 8 0 0 0 0 0
1910 29 CHC NL WS PHA L 5 20 18 2 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 .333 .400 .444 .844 8 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 21 80 68 12 16 2 0 1 6 7 3 7 9 .235 .307 .309 .615 21 0 0 5 0 0
4 WS 21 80 68 12 16 2 0 1 6 7 3 7 9 .235 .307 .309 .615 21 0 0 5 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1902 CHC NL 21 SS 126 786 253 461 72 49 .908 5.67 .912 5.42
1902 CHC NL 21 3B 8 27 10 15 2 1 .926 3.13 .913 3.50
1903 CHC NL 22 SS 107 652 229 362 61 37 .906 5.52 .911 5.48
1903 CHC NL 22 3B 19 61 17 38 6 0 .902 2.89 .913 3.44
1904 CHC NL 23 SS 140 856 327 465 64 54 .925 5.66 .920 5.38
1904 CHC NL 23 OF 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .948 1.90 0-0-1
1905 CHC NL 24 SS 149 928 345 527 56 67 .940 5.85 .931 5.58
1906 CHC NL 25 SS 147 805 288 472 45 55 .944 5.17 .933 5.39
1906 CHC NL 25 3B 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .930 3.20
1907 CHC NL 26 SS 113 644 215 390 39 45 .939 5.35 .932 5.18
1908 CHC NL 27 SS 157 923 314 570 39 48 .958 5.63 .930 5.30
1909 CHC NL 28 SS 143 840 320 470 50 49 .940 5.52 .926 5.33
1910 CHC NL 29 SS 132 730 277 411 42 54 .942 5.21 .924 5.20
1911 CHC NL 30 SS 143 874 333 486 55 56 .937 5.73 .925 5.12 MVP-10
1912 CHC NL 31 SS 142 874 354 470 50 73 .943 5.80 .931 5.19 MVP-4
1913 CIN NL 32 SS 101 561 223 320 18 34 .968 5.38 .937 5.33
1913 CIN NL 32 3B 9 32 14 17 1 0 .969 3.44 .935 3.12
1914 CHI FL 33 SS 125 717 271 408 38 48 .947 5.43 .929 5.24
1915 CHI FL 34 SS 16 58 16 37 5 2 .914 3.31 .929 5.23
1915 CHI FL 34 2B 5 24 9 13 2 2 .917 4.40 .951 5.08
1915 CHI FL 34 3B 4 11 2 8 1 0 .909 2.50 .943 3.32
1916 CHC NL 35 SS 4 11 3 7 1 0 .909 2.50 .926 5.52
1916 CHC NL 35 3B 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .937 3.20
15 Seasons SS 1745 10259 3768 5856 635 671 .938 5.52 .926 5.32
6 Seasons 3B 43 138 45 82 11 1 .920 2.95 .921 3.36
1 Season 2B 5 24 9 13 2 2 .917 4.40 .951 5.08
1 Season OF 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .948 1.90 0-0-1
15 Seasons TOT 1794 10425 3826 5951 648 674 .938 5.45 .926 5.27 0-0-1
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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 7.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 6.1%)
1939 BBWAA ( 4.4%)
1942 BBWAA (15.5%)
1945 BBWAA (19.8%)
1946 Final Ballot (17.1%)
1946 Nominating Vote (27.2%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946
by Old Timers Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (10, 17%)
1912 NL (4, 34%)
0.51 Career Shares (438th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1908 NL  7.4 (4th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1908 NL  7.4 (2nd)
1909 NL  4.5 (6th)
1910 NL  3.9 (10th)
1911 NL  4.3 (6th)
1913 NL  3.4 (10th)
Career  49.2 (179th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1908 NL  5.1 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1903 NL  0.6 (6th)
1904 NL  1.0 (6th)
1905 NL  2.0 (1st)
1906 NL  1.7 (1st)
1907 NL  1.1 (4th)
1908 NL  2.3 (1st)
1909 NL  1.3 (2nd)
1910 NL  0.8 (5th)
1911 NL  1.4 (1st)
1912 NL  1.4 (2nd)
1914 FL  1.6 (1st)
Career  16.3 (14th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1913 NL  .317 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1908 NL  .391 (8th)
1913 NL  .445 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1913 NL  .797 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1908 NL  157 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1908 NL  214 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1909 NL  26 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1904 NL  13 (3rd)
1908 NL  14 (7th)
1909 NL  11 (8th)
1913 NL  13 (6th)
Career  114 (110th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1908 NL  6 (4th)
1909 NL  4 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1906 NL  64 (9th)
1908 NL  68 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1902 NL  61 (2nd)
1903 NL  57 (3rd)
1904 NL  54 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1904 NL  41 (6th)
1905 NL  31 (9th)
1908 NL  30 (6th)
Career  336 (120th)

Singles s c a p y
1912 NL  124 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1913 NL  127 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1908 NL  66 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1908 NL  42 (5th)
1909 NL  41 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1913 NL  .649 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1902 NL  18 (8th)
1905 NL  29 (2nd)
1906 NL  36 (2nd)
1908 NL  29 (7th)
1912 NL  34 (2nd)
1914 FL  23 (7th)
Career  285 (15th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1908 NL  10.0 (4th)
1909 NL  6.8 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1911 NL  17.3 (8th)
1912 NL  26.2 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1908 NL  91.3 (4th)
1909 NL  129.0 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1905 NL  441 (6th)
1906 NL  437 (6th)
1912 NL  429 (6th)

Assists† s c a p y
1902 NL  476 (2nd)
1903 NL  400 (5th)
1905 NL  527 (2nd)
1906 NL  474 (2nd)
1908 NL  570 (1st)
1909 NL  470 (2nd)
1911 NL  486 (1st)
1912 NL  470 (3rd)
1914 FL  408 (5th)
Career  5,951 (45th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1902 NL  74 (2nd)
1903 NL  67 (3rd)
1904 NL  64 (3rd)
1905 NL  56 (5th)
1909 NL  50 (4th)
1911 NL  55 (2nd)
1912 NL  50 (2nd)
Career  648 (38th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1902 NL  126 (3rd)
1904 NL  140 (5th)
1905 NL  149 (3rd)
1906 NL  147 (2nd)
1908 NL  157 (1st)
1909 NL  143 (3rd)
1910 NL  132 (4th)
1911 NL  143 (2nd)
1912 NL  142 (3rd)
1914 FL  125 (3rd)
Career  1,745 (39th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1902 NL  253 (5th)
1904 NL  327 (4th)
1905 NL  345 (3rd)
1906 NL  288 (4th)
1908 NL  314 (2nd)
1909 NL  320 (3rd)
1910 NL  277 (4th)
1911 NL  333 (1st)
1912 NL  354 (1st)
1914 FL  271 (4th)
Career  3,768 (17th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1902 NL  461 (1st)
1903 NL  362 (5th)
1904 NL  465 (4th)
1905 NL  527 (2nd)
1906 NL  472 (3rd)
1908 NL  570 (1st)
1909 NL  470 (2nd)
1910 NL  411 (4th)
1911 NL  486 (1st)
1912 NL  470 (2nd)
1914 FL  408 (3rd)
Career  5,856 (27th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1902 NL  72 (1st)
1903 NL  61 (3rd)
1904 NL  64 (3rd)
1905 NL  56 (4th)
1909 NL  50 (3rd)
1911 NL  55 (2nd)
1912 NL  50 (2nd)
1914 FL  38 (5th)
Career  635 (13th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1902 NL  5.67 (3rd)
1903 NL  5.52 (5th)
1904 NL  5.66 (1st)
1905 NL  5.85 (2nd)
1907 NL  5.35 (5th)
1908 NL  5.63 (2nd)
1909 NL  5.52 (3rd)
1910 NL  5.21 (4th)
1911 NL  5.73 (1st)
1912 NL  5.80 (1st)
1913 NL  5.38 (4th)
1914 FL  5.43 (1st)
Career  5.52 (19th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1904 NL  .925 (5th)
1905 NL  .940 (3rd)
1906 NL  .944 (1st)
1907 NL  .939 (4th)
1908 NL  .958 (1st)
1909 NL  .940 (1st)
1910 NL  .942 (3rd)
1911 NL  .937 (1st)
1912 NL  .943 (3rd)
1913 NL  .968 (1st)
1914 FL  .947 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1916 NL  born 1880-07-27 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 39 (632), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (700), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (747), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
190221Chicago Orphans$1,5003/12/31 TSN and BJHA
190625Chicago Cubs$1,500II Voight at 65
190726Chicago Cubs$3,000Charles Thomas aff. in FL case
190827Chicago Cubs$3,400Charles Thomas aff. in FL case
190928Chicago Cubs$3,700Charles Thomas aff. in FL case
191029Chicago Cubs$4,041Charles Thomas aff. in FL case
191130Chicago Cubs$5,000Charles Thomas aff. in FL case
191231Chicago Cubs$5,600Charles Thomas aff. in FL case3/12/31 TSN says $5,000
191332Cincinnati Reds$10,000BJHA and 1942 TSN Guide 163Player/manager
191433Chicago Chi-Feds$12,000Bill James Historical Abstract; TSNPlayer/manager
191534Chicago Whales$12,000Bill James Historical Abstract; TSNPlayer/manager
Career to date (may be incomplete)$61,741
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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