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Joe Vosmik
Joseph Franklin Vosmik
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 4, 1910 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1930
Final Game: July 23, 1944
Died: January 27, 1962 in Cleveland, OH
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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
1930 20 CLE AL 9 27 26 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .231 .259 .308 .567 41 8 0 0 /O
1931 21 CLE AL 149 640 591 80 189 36 14 7 117 7 7 38 30 .320 .363 .464 .827 111 274 2 9 *O
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 *O
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 *O
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 *O
1935 25 CLE AL 152 688 620 93 216 47 20 10 110 2 1 59 30 .348 .408 .537 .946 141 333 4 5 *O 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 *O
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 *O
1938 28 BOS AL 146 689 621 121 201 37 6 9 86 0 3 59 26 .324 .384 .446 .830 103 277 2 7 *O 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 *O
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 O
1941 31 BRO NL 25 61 56 0 11 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 .196 .250 .196 .446 25 11 2 0 1 O
1944 34 WSH AL 14 38 36 2 7 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 3 .194 .237 .250 .487 41 9 1 0 0 O
13 Seasons 1414 6084 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 3570 3207 480 1003 206 65 44 556 17 15 312 147 .313 .376 .459 .835 111 1471 14 37
BOS (2 yrs) 291 1329 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 75 154 10 1 5
WSH (1 yr) 14 38 36 2 7 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 3 .194 .237 .250 .487 41 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 5592 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 75 154 10 1 5
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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
1930 CLE AL 20 OF 5 15 13 1 1 1 .933 2.80 .967 2.16 1-4-0
1931 CLE AL 21 OF 147 337 315 12 10 2 .970 2.22 .969 2.25 147-1-0
1932 CLE AL 22 OF 153 449 432 12 5 4 .989 2.90 .966 2.28 153-0-0
1933 CLE AL 23 OF 113 261 242 15 4 3 .985 2.27 .970 2.21 113-0-0
1934 CLE AL 24 OF 104 211 199 7 5 2 .976 1.98 .968 2.16 104-0-0
1935 CLE AL 25 OF 150 357 347 5 5 3 .986 2.35 .969 2.30 150-0-0 AS,MVP-3
1936 CLE AL 26 OF 136 275 258 11 6 1 .978 1.98 .968 2.29 136-0-1
1937 SLB AL 27 OF 143 355 333 12 10 4 .972 2.41 .969 2.28 143-0-0
1938 BOS AL 28 OF 146 323 302 14 7 4 .978 2.16 .972 2.28 146-1-0 MVP-21
1939 BOS AL 29 OF 144 313 296 9 8 0 .974 2.12 .969 2.35 144-0-0
1940 BRO NL 30 OF 99 207 193 9 5 1 .976 2.04 .977 2.17 39-9-51
1941 BRO NL 31 OF 18 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .975 2.15 2-0-16
1944 WSH AL 34 OF 12 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .975 2.35 5-0-7
13 Seasons OF 1370 3131 2958 107 66 25 .979 2.24 .969 2.26 1283-15-75
13 Seasons TOT 1370 3131 2958 107 66 25 .979 2.24 .948 2.26 1283-15-75

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1935 (RF)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1935-AL-3-49%
1938-AL-21-2%
0.51 Career Shares (419th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1934 AL--.341--5th
1935 AL--.348--2nd
Career--.307--126th

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--688--7th
1938 AL--689--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--195th

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--.736--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--33.692--4th
1934 AL--40.500--1st
1935 AL--20.667--10th
1936 AL--24.095--9th
1938 AL--23.885--9th
Career--20.120--104th

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 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 54 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 61 (304), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (337), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Ben Chapman (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

January 17, 1937: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Oral Hildebrand and Bill Knickerbocker to the St. Louis Browns for Ivy Andrews, Lyn Lary and Moose Solters.

December 2, 1937: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Red Kress, Buster Mills and Bobo Newsom.

February 12, 1940: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Boston Red Sox for $25,000.

July 4, 1941: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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