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Joe Strain
Joseph Allan Strain

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 169 lb.
School University of Northern Colorado

Debut June 28, 1979
  vs. HOU 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 2, 1981
Born April 30, 1954 in Denver, CO

Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 25 SFG NL  67  257   27   62   8  1   1   12   8  4  13  21  .241  .285  .292   63   75  11   1   0   3   5
 1980 26 SFG NL  77  189   26   54   6  0   0   16   1  2  10  10  .286  .320  .317   82   60   7   1   0   0   8
 1981 27 CHC NL  25   74    7   14   1  0   0    1   0  0   5   7  .189  .250  .203   28   15   0   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      169  520   60  130  15  1   1   29   9  6  28  38  .250  .292  .288   65  150  18   2   0   4  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        498   58  125  14  1   1   28   9  6  27  36  .250  .292  .288   65  144  17   2   0   4  13
 Career High     77  257   27   62   8  1   1   16   8  4  13  21  .241  .285  .292   63   75  11   1   0   3   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 25 SFG NL  285  216   22   2.7    94| .241  .260| .285  .325| .292  .386| .577  .711|  63  .295 -12.7  -1.3  66%
 1980 26 SFG NL  207  153   18   3.2    93| .286  .263| .320  .325| .317  .382| .637  .707|  82  .371  -4.6  -0.5  33%
 1981 27 CHC NL   80   61    4   1.8    95| .189  .267| .250  .333| .203  .383| .453  .716|  28  .177  -7.2  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       572  430   44   2.8    93| .250  .262| .292  .326| .288  .384| .580  .710|  65  .307 -24.6  -2.6  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 25 SFG NL 2B 67 147 188 6 32 .982 .979 5.00 4.55 5.50 5.42 65 547.7 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.50 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1980 26 SFG NL 2B 42 85 102 2 15 .989 .980 4.45 4.71 5.16 5.49 33 326.3 3B 6 3 11 2 1 .875 .946 2.33 2.38 2.62 2.87 5 48.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 1981 27 CHC NL 2B 20 38 81 3 10 .975 .982 5.95 4.72 6.94 5.52 19 154.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 25 SFG NL 2B 67 147 188 6 32 .982 .979 5.00 4.55 5.50 5.42 65 547.7 1980 26 SFG NL 2B 42 85 102 2 15 .989 .980 4.45 4.71 5.16 5.49 33 326.3 1981 27 CHC NL 2B 20 38 81 3 10 .975 .982 5.95 4.72 6.94 5.52 19 154.3 1979 25 SFG NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.50 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1980 26 SFG NL 3B 6 3 11 2 1 .875 .946 2.33 2.38 2.62 2.87 5 48.0 1980 26 SFG NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 6.00 0 0.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 129 270 371 11 57 .983 .980 4.97 4.63 5.61 5.46 117 1028.3 3B* 7 3 12 2 1 .882 .943 2.14 2.40 2.70 2.86 5 50.0 SS* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 137 273 383 13 58 .981 .979 4.79 4.51 5.47 5.33 122 1079
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1979 NL-11-10

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 14, 1976: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Philip Nastu to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later, Jerry Martin, and Jesus Figueroa. The Chicago Cubs sent Mike Turgeon (minors) (August 11, 1981) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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