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Joe Vosmik

Joseph Franklin Vosmik

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 4, 1910 in Cleveland, OH
High School: East Tech HS (Cleveland, OH)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1930
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox/Browns/Dodgers/Senators 1930-1944

Final Game: July 23, 1944
Died: January 27, 1962 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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Standard Batting

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
1930 20 CLE AL 9 28 26 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .231 .259 .308 .567 41 8 0 0 /O87
1931 21 CLE AL 149 640 591 80 189 36 14 7 117 7 7 38 30 .320 .363 .464 .827 112 274 2 9 *7O/8
1932 22 CLE AL 153 690 621 106 194 39 12 10 97 2 3 58 42 .312 .376 .462 .838 109 287 5 6 *7O
1933 23 CLE AL 119 485 438 53 115 20 10 4 56 0 2 42 13 .263 .331 .381 .713 85 167 3 2 *7O/9
1934 24 CLE AL 104 449 405 71 138 33 2 6 78 1 1 35 10 .341 .393 .477 .870 123 193 0 9 *7O
1935 25 CLE AL 152 690 620 93 216 47 20 10 110 2 1 59 30 .348 .408 .537 .946 141 333 4 5 *O7/8 AS,MVP-3
1936 26 CLE AL 138 591 506 76 145 29 7 7 94 5 1 79 21 .287 .383 .413 .796 94 209 0 6 *7O/9
1937 27 SLB AL 144 655 594 81 193 47 9 4 93 2 3 49 38 .325 .377 .455 .832 109 270 1 11 *7O
1938 28 BOS AL 146 690 621 121 201 37 6 9 86 0 3 59 26 .324 .384 .446 .830 103 277 2 7 *7O/8 MVP-21
1939 29 BOS AL 145 640 554 89 153 29 6 7 84 4 3 66 33 .276 .356 .388 .744 87 215 27 3 17 *7O
1940 30 BRO NL 116 431 404 45 114 14 6 1 42 0 22 21 .282 .321 .354 .675 81 143 8 1 4 O97/8
1941 31 BRO NL 25 61 56 0 11 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 .196 .250 .196 .446 24 11 2 0 1 O9/7
1944 34 WSH AL 14 38 36 2 7 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 3 .194 .237 .250 .487 42 9 1 0 0 O/97
13 Yrs 1414 6088 5472 818 1682 335 92 65 874 23 24 514 272 .307 .369 .438 .807 104 2396 38 21 77
162 Game Avg. 162 697 627 94 193 38 11 7 100 3 59 31 .307 .369 .438 .807 104 275 2 9
CLE (7 yrs) 824 3573 3207 480 1003 206 65 44 556 17 15 312 147 .313 .376 .459 .835 111 1471 14 37
BOS (2 yrs) 291 1330 1175 210 354 66 12 16 170 4 6 125 59 .301 .371 .419 .790 96 492 27 5 24
BRO (2 yrs) 141 492 460 45 125 14 6 1 46 0 26 25 .272 .312 .335 .647 74 154 10 1 5
WSH (1 yr) 14 38 36 2 7 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 3 .194 .237 .250 .487 42 9 1 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 144 655 594 81 193 47 9 4 93 2 3 49 38 .325 .377 .455 .832 109 270 1 11
AL (11 yrs) 1273 5596 5012 773 1557 321 86 64 828 23 24 488 247 .311 .374 .447 .821 107 2242 28 20 72
NL (2 yrs) 141 492 460 45 125 14 6 1 46 0 26 25 .272 .312 .335 .647 74 154 10 1 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1930 20 CLE AL 9 28 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.1 .475 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -2 $ /O87
1931 21 CLE AL 149 640 9 -1 0 0 -7 2 0.2 20 22 2.2 .501 .501 2.1 -0.6 22 $ *7O/8
1932 22 CLE AL 153 690 9 0 0 15 -7 17 1.5 22 38 3.7 .510 .510 2.3 0.8 23 $ *7O
1933 23 CLE AL 119 485 -9 -0 0 4 -5 -11 -1.0 15 5 0.5 .491 .494 0.1 -0.1 1 $ *7O/9
1934 24 CLE AL 104 449 15 0 0 0 -5 10 0.9 14 24 2.3 .509 .506 2.4 -0.5 24 $ *7O
1935 25 CLE AL 152 690 38 1 0 6 -7 38 3.4 22 59 5.6 .523 .522 5.1 -0.2 53 $ *O7/8 AS,MVP-3
1936 26 CLE AL 138 591 -2 1 0 -2 -6 -9 -0.8 18 9 1.0 .494 .495 1.3 -0.7 11 $ *7O/9
1937 27 SLB AL 144 655 9 -0 0 0 -7 2 0.2 20 22 2.2 .501 .501 2.2 -0.6 22 $12,000 *7O
1938 28 BOS AL 146 690 5 -1 0 2 -7 -0 0.1 22 22 2.2 .500 .500 2.0 -0.3 20 $ *7O/8 MVP-21
1939 29 BOS AL 145 640 -9 -0 0 -4 -7 -20 -1.8 20 0 0.2 .487 .489 0.5 -0.9 4 $ *7O
1940 30 BRO NL 116 431 -10 0 0 0 -4 -14 -1.6 15 1 -0.1 .487 .491 0.0 -0.5 1 $ O97/8
1941 31 BRO NL 25 61 -5 0 0 -2 -1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .465 .495 -0.5 -0.3 -4 $ O9/7
1944 34 WSH AL 14 38 -2 0 0 -1 -1 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .467 .497 -0.3 -0.2 -2 $ O/97
13 Seasons 1414 6088 45 0 0 18 -64 0 -0.5 191 192 18.6 .500 .500 17.1 -4.2 174 $12,000
CLE (7 yrs) 824 3573 58 1 0 23 -38 44 4.0 111 156 15.2 .505 .504 13.2 -1.3 133 $
BOS (2 yrs) 291 1330 -4 -1 0 -2 -14 -20 -1.8 42 22 2.4 .494 .494 2.5 -1.3 24 $
BRO (2 yrs) 141 492 -16 1 0 -2 -5 -22 -2.5 17 -5 -0.8 .483 .493 -0.5 -0.8 -3 $
WSH (1 yr) 14 38 -2 0 0 -1 -1 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .467 .497 -0.3 -0.2 -2 $
SLB (1 yr) 144 655 9 -0 0 0 -7 2 0.2 20 22 2.2 .501 .501 2.2 -0.6 22 $12,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1930 20 CLE AL 28 20 2 2.7 118 .240 .231 .299 .259 .363 .308 .439 .567 .803 41 .224 -2.4 -0.2 .450 .115 .077
1931 21 CLE AL 640 418 97 6.2 112 .329 .320 .293 .363 .360 .464 .418 .827 .779 112 .605 7.7 0.7 .768 .208 .144 7.0
1932 22 CLE AL 690 436 106 6.5 118 .323 .312 .295 .376 .367 .462 .433 .838 .800 109 .618 7.8 0.7 .812 .242 .150 3.3
1933 23 CLE AL 485 327 54 4.4 110 .264 .263 .287 .331 .359 .381 .413 .713 .772 85 .468 -11.1 -1.1 .646 .210 .119 .0
1934 24 CLE AL 449 277 76 7.3 113 .339 .341 .289 .393 .363 .477 .417 .870 .780 123 .666 14.1 1.3 .851 .222 .136 1.7
1935 25 CLE AL 690 410 135 8.8 113 .355 .348 .290 .408 .363 .537 .419 .946 .782 141 .736 36.8 3.4 .980 .285 .189 3.3
1936 26 CLE AL 591 368 81 5.8 124 .289 .287 .302 .383 .378 .413 .444 .796 .823 94 .525 -3.5 -0.3 .807 .291 .126 5.8
1937 27 SLB AL 655 415 101 6.4 117 .342 .325 .290 .377 .365 .455 .432 .832 .797 109 .592 8.2 0.8 .790 .210 .130 2.7
1938 28 BOS AL 690 430 105 6.4 123 .328 .324 .296 .384 .376 .446 .442 .830 .818 103 .589 3.0 0.3 .792 .213 .122 .0
1939 29 BOS AL 640 448 76 4.5 117 .284 .276 .291 .356 .367 .388 .431 .744 .798 87 .446 -10.6 -1.0 .661 .233 .112 5.1
1940 30 BRO NL 431 302 46 4.1 104 .296 .282 .280 .321 .346 .354 .403 .675 .748 81 .472 -12.0 -1.2 .557 .126 .072 .0
1941 31 BRO NL 61 48 3 1.7 98 .212 .196 .272 .250 .343 .196 .383 .446 .725 24 .159 -5.9 -0.6 .319 .071 .000
1944 34 WSH AL 38 30 2 1.8 87 .212 .194 .262 .237 .328 .250 .358 .487 .686 42 .186 -2.7 -0.3 .367 .111 .056
13 Yrs 6088 3929 884 6.0 115 .315 .307 .291 .369 .365 .438 .426 .807 .790 104 .579 29.5 2.5 .761 .224 .130 34.0
162 Game Avg. 697 450 101 6.0 115 .315 .307 .291 .369 .365 .438 .426 .807 .790 104 .579 3 0 .761 .224 .130 4
CLE (7 yrs) 3573 2256 551 6.5 115 .318 .313 .293 .376 .365 .459 .425 .835 .790 111 .615 49.4 4.6 .811 .244 .146 24.5
BOS (2 yrs) 1330 878 181 5.4 120 .307 .301 .294 .371 .372 .419 .437 .790 .808 96 .523 -7.6 -0.7 .726 .222 .117 6.4
BRO (2 yrs) 492 350 49 3.8 103 .286 .272 .279 .312 .345 .335 .400 .647 .746 74 .436 -17.8 -1.8 .525 .120 .063 .0
WSH (1 yr) 38 30 2 1.8 87 .212 .194 .262 .237 .328 .250 .358 .487 .686 42 .186 -2.7 -0.3 .367 .111 .056
SLB (1 yr) 655 415 101 6.4 117 .342 .325 .290 .377 .365 .455 .432 .832 .797 109 .592 8.2 0.8 .790 .210 .130 2.7
AL (11 yrs) 5596 3579 835 6.2 116 .318 .311 .293 .374 .367 .447 .428 .821 .794 107 .589 47.3 4.3 .784 .234 .137 33.8
NL (2 yrs) 492 350 49 3.8 103 .286 .272 .279 .312 .345 .335 .400 .647 .746 74 .436 -17.8 -1.8 .525 .120 .063 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1935 CLE AL 25 as RF 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1930 20 CLE AL 28 0.0% 3.6% 3.6% 7.1% 33% 1.00 26.0 6.5 89%
1931 21 CLE AL 640 1.1% 4.7% 5.9% 8.9% 30% 0.79 19.7 84.4 5.1 87%
1932 22 CLE AL 690 1.5% 6.1% 8.4% 8.8% 31% 0.72 14.8 62.1 6.4 82%
1933 23 CLE AL 485 0.8% 2.7% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 0.31 33.7 109.5 7.8 87%
1934 24 CLE AL 449 1.3% 2.2% 7.8% 9.1% 30% 0.29 40.5 67.5 5.2 87%
1935 25 CLE AL 690 1.5% 4.4% 8.6% 11.2% 36% 0.51 20.7 62.0 5.6 84%
1936 26 CLE AL 591 1.2% 3.6% 13.4% 7.3% 30% 0.27 24.1 72.3 5.4 81%
1937 27 SLB AL 655 0.6% 5.8% 7.5% 9.2% 31% 0.78 15.6 148.5 6.4 84%
1938 28 BOS AL 690 1.3% 3.8% 8.6% 7.5% 26% 0.44 23.9 69.0 7.2 85%
1939 29 BOS AL 640 1.1% 5.2% 10.3% 6.6% 28% 0.50 16.8 79.1 6.6 80%
1940 30 BRO NL 431 0.2% 4.9% 5.1% 4.9% 18% 0.95 19.2 404.0 9.6 89%
1941 31 BRO NL 61 0.0% 6.6% 6.6% 0.0% 0% 1.00 14.0 14.0 85%
1944 34 WSH AL 38 0.0% 7.9% 5.3% 5.3% 29% 1.50 12.0 4.0 87%
13 Yrs 6088 1.1% 4.5% 8.4% 8.1% 29% 0.53 20.1 84.2 6.3 84%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.7% 8.5% 6.6% 27% 1.02 10.3 66.5 8.0 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1930 20 9 28 26 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .231 .259 .308 .567 41 8 0 0
1931 21 158 668 617 81 195 38 14 7 121 7 7 39 31 .316 .359 .457 .816 108 282 2 9
1932 22 311 1358 1238 187 389 77 26 17 218 9 10 97 73 .314 .367 .460 .827 109 569 7 15
1933 23 430 1843 1676 240 504 97 36 21 274 9 12 139 86 .301 .358 .439 .797 103 736 10 17
1934 24 534 2292 2081 311 642 130 38 27 352 10 13 174 96 .309 .365 .446 .811 106 929 10 26
1935 25 686 2982 2701 404 858 177 58 37 462 12 14 233 126 .318 .375 .467 .842 114 1262 14 31
1936 26 824 3573 3207 480 1003 206 65 44 556 17 15 312 147 .313 .376 .459 .835 111 1471 14 37
1937 27 968 4228 3801 561 1196 253 74 48 649 19 18 361 185 .315 .376 .458 .834 111 1741 15 48
1938 28 1114 4918 4422 682 1397 290 80 57 735 19 21 420 211 .316 .377 .456 .834 110 2018 17 55
1939 29 1259 5558 4976 771 1550 319 86 64 819 23 24 486 244 .311 .375 .449 .824 107 2233 27 20 72
1940 30 1375 5989 5380 816 1664 333 92 65 861 23 24 508 265 .309 .371 .442 .813 105 2376 35 21 76
1941 31 1400 6050 5436 816 1675 333 92 65 865 23 24 512 269 .308 .370 .439 .809 104 2387 37 21 77
1942 32 1400 6050 5436 816 1675 333 92 65 865 23 24 512 269 .308 .370 .439 .809 104 2387 37 21 77
1943 33 1400 6050 5436 816 1675 333 92 65 865 23 24 512 269 .308 .370 .439 .809 104 2387 37 21 77
1944 34 1414 6088 5472 818 1682 335 92 65 874 23 24 514 272 .307 .369 .438 .807 104 2396 38 21 77

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1930 20 9 28 27 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 .222 .250 .296 .546 2 9
1931 21 156 641 595 68 175 33 13 6 100 6 35 31 .294 .335 .424 .759 85 149
1932 22 161 687 624 87 175 35 11 9 80 2 52 44 .280 .341 .415 .756 87 153
1933 23 127 501 455 48 111 19 10 4 50 0 41 14 .244 .311 .356 .667 49 119
1934 24 109 455 413 64 132 32 2 6 70 1 33 11 .320 .370 .450 .820 68 104
1935 25 161 701 635 84 207 45 19 10 99 2 57 32 .326 .385 .504 .889 122 152
1936 26 144 581 505 61 128 26 6 6 75 4 70 22 .253 .344 .364 .709 64 138
1937 27 150 655 597 71 181 44 8 4 82 2 46 39 .303 .354 .424 .778 89 144
1938 28 155 691 628 100 183 34 5 8 71 0 54 28 .291 .349 .400 .749 88 146
1939 29 153 646 564 76 142 27 6 6 72 4 61 35 .252 .328 .353 .681 65 145
1940 30 122 448 421 45 116 14 6 1 42 0 22 22 .276 .313 .344 .657 45 116
1941 31 26 64 59 0 12 0 0 0 5 0 4 4 .203 .254 .203 .457 3 25
1944 34 15 39 37 2 7 2 0 0 9 0 2 3 .189 .231 .243 .474 2 14
13 Yrs 1488 6137 5560 707 1575 313 86 60 759 21 478 286 .283 .342 .403 .745 769 1414
162 Game Avg. 162 668 605 77 171 34 9 7 83 2 52 31 .283 .342 .403 .745 84 1414

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1935 AL (3, 49%)
1938 AL (21, 2%)
0.51 Career Shares (438th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1935 AL  5.6 (10th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1935 AL  5.6 (7th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1935 AL  5.1 (6th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1932 AL  0.8 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1934 AL  .341 (5th)
1935 AL  .348 (2nd)
Career  .307 (128th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1935 AL  .408 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1935 AL  .537 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1935 AL  .946 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1932 AL  153 (5th)
1935 AL  152 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1931 AL  591 (10th)
1932 AL  621 (4th)
1935 AL  620 (7th)
1938 AL  621 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1932 AL  690 (8th)
1935 AL  690 (7th)
1938 AL  690 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1938 AL  121 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1931 AL  189 (8th)
1932 AL  194 (6th)
1935 AL  216 (1st)
1937 AL  193 (10th)
1938 AL  201 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1932 AL  287 (8th)
1935 AL  333 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1932 AL  39 (9th)
1935 AL  47 (1st)
1937 AL  47 (4th)
1938 AL  37 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1931 AL  14 (4th)
1932 AL  12 (8th)
1935 AL  20 (1st)
Career  92 (199th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1931 AL  117 (8th)
1935 AL  110 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1931 AL  132 (6th)
1932 AL  133 (7th)
1935 AL  139 (5th)
1937 AL  133 (9th)
1938 AL  149 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1935 AL  141 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1932 AL  106 (9th)
1935 AL  135 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1935 AL  37 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1935 AL  3.4 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1935 AL  77 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1932 AL  257 (8th)
1935 AL  279 (7th)
1938 AL  262 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1935 AL  .737 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1932 AL  5 (3rd)
1933 AL  3 (6th)
1935 AL  4 (7th)
1939 AL  3 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1937 AL  11 (7th)
1939 AL  17 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 AL  27 (1st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1933 AL  33.7 (4th)
1934 AL  40.5 (1st)
1935 AL  20.7 (10th)
1936 AL  24.1 (9th)
1938 AL  23.9 (9th)
Career  20.1 (117th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1932 AL  436 (9th)
1938 AL  430 (7th)
1939 AL  448 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1930 AL  born 1910-04-04 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 54 (470), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 61 (317), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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