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Joe Werrick

Joseph Abraham Werrick

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 151 lb.

Born: October 25, 1861 in St. Paul, MN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1884
Teams (by GP): Colonels/WhiteCaps 1884-1888

Final Game: October 14, 1888
Died: May 10, 1943 in St. Peter, MN
Buried: St. Peter State Hospital Cemetery, St. Peter, MN
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1884	22	STP	UA	9	28	27	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	.074	.107	.074	.181	-23	2	0		/6

1886	24	LOU	AA	136	596	561	75	140	20	14	3	62	19	33	.250	.294	.351	.645	97	197	2		*5
1887	25	LOU	AA	136	574	533	90	152	21	13	7	99	49	38	.285	.336	.413	.749	105	220	3		*5
1888	26	LOU	AA	111	446	413	49	89	12	7	0	51	15	30	.215	.274	.278	.552	78	115	3		56/4O
1892	30	-min	B	75	286	286	41	53	10	1	0		14		.185	.185	.227	.413		65			POR · PNWL
1895	33	-min	A	112	447	447	109	147	21	4	32		21		.329	.329	.609	.937		272			MNE · WL
1896	34	-min	B	28	108	108	20	31	9	0	1		5		.287	.287	.398	.685		43			PTH · VIRL
1898	36	-min	B	119	554	543	81	161	35	2	11		14		.297	.297	.429	.726		233		11	MFL · ISLG
4 Seasons				392	1644	1534	217	383	53	34	10	212	83	102	.250	.300	.348	.648	94	534	8
162 Game Avg.				162	679	634	90	158	22	14	4	88		42	.250	.300	.348	.648	94	221	3

LOU (3 yrs)				383	1616	1507	214	381	53	34	10	212	83	101	.253	.303	.353	.656	96	532	8
STP (1 yr)				9	28	27	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	.074	.107	.074	.181	-23	2	0

AA (3 yrs)				383	1616	1507	214	381	53	34	10	212	83	101	.253	.303	.353	.656	96	532	8
UA (1 yr)				9	28	27	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	.074	.107	.074	.181	-23	2	0

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
1884	22	STP	UA	28	-3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/6

1886	24	LOU	AA	596	-8	-2	0	0	-2	4	10	2	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$1,200	*5
1887	25	LOU	AA	574	1	-1	0	0	-1	4	10	13	1.3	14	1.1	0.2	$	*5
1888	26	LOU	AA	446	-12	-2	0	0	-11	4	8	-13	-1.2	-2	-0.2	-1.0	$	56/4O
4 Seasons				1644	-22	-5	0	0	-15	13	28	-1	0.1	14	1.1	-1.0	$1,200

LOU (3 yrs)				1616	-19	-5	0	0	-14	12	28	2	0.4	16	1.3	-0.9	$1,200
STP (1 yr)				28	-3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1884	STP	UA	22	SS	9	45	8	26	11	0	.756	3.78	.816	3.96
1886	LOU	AA	24	3B	136	491	162	257	72	9	.853	3.08	.849	3.18
1887	LOU	AA	25	3B	136	528	153	286	89	12	.831	3.23	.850	3.34
1888	LOU	AA	26	3B	89	328	96	170	62	9	.811	2.99	.867	3.46
1888	LOU	AA	26	SS	11	58	12	33	13	0	.776	4.09	.863	4.61
1888	LOU	AA	26	2B	8	50	24	23	3	2	.940	5.88	.916	5.64
1888	LOU	AA	26	OF	3	4	3	0	1	0	.750	1.00	.908	1.83	3-0-0
	3 Seasons			3B	361	1347	411	713	223	30	.834	3.11	.854	3.31
	2 Seasons			SS	20	103	20	59	24	0	.767	3.95	.842	4.32
	1 Season			2B	8	50	24	23	3	2	.940	5.88	.916	5.64
	1 Season			OF	3	4	3	0	1	0	.750	1.00	.908	1.83	3-0-0
	4 Seasons			TOT	392	1504	458	795	251	32	.833	3.20	.855	3.40	3-0-0

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1887 AA 136 (7th)	At Bats s c a p y 1886 AA 561 (10th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1886 AA 596 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 1886 AA 14 (7th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1887 AA 7 (7th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1887 AA 99 (10th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1887 AA 12.3 (7th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1887 AA 76.1 (7th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1886 AA 421 (8th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1886 AA 136 (2nd) 1887 AA 136 (2nd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1886 AA 162 (3rd) 1887 AA 153 (5th)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1886 AA 257 (3rd) 1887 AA 286 (3rd)
Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1886 AA 72 (2nd) 1887 AA 89 (1st) 1888 AA 62 (3rd) Career 223 (68th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1886 AA 3.08 (5th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1886 AA .853 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 11 (1335), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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
1886	24	Louisville Colonels	$1,200	11/13/86 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,200

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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