Joe Decker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 16, 1947 in Storm Lake, IA us

Died: March 2, 2003 in Fraser, MI

Buried: Buena Vista Memorial Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Petaluma HS (Petaluma, CA).

High School: Petaluma HS (Petaluma, CA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 18, 1969 (Age 22-094d, 12,934th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: July 7, 1979 (Age 32-021d)
vs. BOS 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: George Henry Decker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.7

ERA

4.17

152

105

710.0

458

WHIP

1.520

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-19 / in Starts: 4-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 3

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	5	4	Apr 12	CHC	@	MON	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		99	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	7.14	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.030	.65	0.03%	0.94	8b --3 1 out d2	8b end d 2
2	6	7	Apr 16	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	GS-5		3	4.1	6	4	4	3	3	1	0	7.20	6.44	22	7	7	3	1	2	35			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.119	1.72	-0.11%	-1.50	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out a1
3	7	15	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	GS-9	W(1-0)	10	8.1	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.70	3.54	30	11	8	2	1	5	75			2	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.79	0.416	4.32	0.60%	3.46	1b start tie	9b --3 1 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	8	19	May 1	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	7.0	3	3	2	6	4	1	1	2.66	4.51	30	10	6	0	0	3	59			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	1	.78	-0.026	1.56	-0.03%	0.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	9	23	May 7	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	6.1	9	5	4	1	6	1	0	3.38	4.21	28	7	5	0	0	9	42			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	0	.91	-0.161	1.77	-0.19%	-1.81	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d4
6	10	27	May 11	CHC		ATL	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	6	4	3	2	4	1	0	3.58	4.26	25	7	6	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.122	2.29	-0.15%	-0.64	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
7	11	30	May 15	CHC	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-6		3	6.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.03	4.16	23	6	7	0	2	3	65			2	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.359	2.55	0.53%	3.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
8	12	34	May 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-3)	3	6.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	1	3.22	3.94	24	5	8	0	0	3	55			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.107	2.44	-0.13%	0.22	1b start a 1	7b --3 0 out d1
9	13	38	May 24(2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-3	GS-6	L(1-4)	4	6.0	5	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.20	3.68	26	4	7	0	2	5	58			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.066	2.93	0.11%	1.02	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
10	14	43	May 30(2)	CHC		SDP	W,8-7	GS-7		5	6.0	7	6	4	5	5	0	1	3.49	3.71	31	6	7	1	1	7	38			1	1	0	24	4	0	0	0	1	1	1.06	-0.203	2.41	-0.28%	-2.28	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	15	49	Jun 7	CHC		SFG	W,8-4	7-7	BS(1)	7	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	3.71	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	-0.115	6.12	-0.17%	-0.62	7t 1-- 0 out a1	7t 1-- 1 out tie
12	16	51	Jun 10	CHC	@	SDP	L,8-11	4-7	BS(2)	2	3.2	5	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.71	3.94	18	4	4	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.306	2.02	-0.44%	-2.68	4b 12- 1 out a1	7b 3 out d4
13	17	55	Jun 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.2	4	3	2	3	3	0	0	3.61	3.86	27	6	11	0	3	4	56			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.21	0.103	3.02	0.16%	-0.08	1b start a 2	7b 12- 2 out a1
14	18	59	Jun 19	CHC		STL	L,3-5	GS-8		4	8.0	8	3	3	4	8	0	0	3.58	3.67	33	9	4	0	1	8	58			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.056	2.86	0.10%	1.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	19	64	Jun 23	CHC		NYM	L,10-12	GS-4		3	3.1	2	5	5	3	2	1	0	4.00	3.86	15	4	4	1	0	2	35			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.128	3.59	-0.25%	-1.40	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out a2
16	20	72	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-4		6	3.2	7	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.15	3.86	17	1	5	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.141	2.29	-0.15%	-1.45	1b start a 3	4b 1-3 2 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	21	75	Jul 4(1)	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	3.85	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.13	0.005	.24	0.01%	0.56	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
18	22	79	Jul 6(2)	CHC		MON	W,14-2	CG	W(2-4)	1	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	1	0	3.90	3.94	38	16	9	0	2	6	66			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.43	0.077	.50	0.05%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
19	23	91	Jul 20(2)	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-5	GS-3	L(2-5)	13	2.0	5	5	5	0	0	1	1	4.29	4.08	12	4	2	1	0	5	26			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.284	.99	-0.20%	-4.33	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d5
20	24	97	Jul 26(1)	CHC		ATL	L,3-8	8-GF		5	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.30	4.04	8	0	4	2	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.002	.15	0.00%	0.12	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	25	107	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	GS-6	L(2-6)	8	6.0	6	3	3	4	8	0	0	4.31	3.92	27	7	2	0	0	6	52			1	0	0	22	3	0	1	1	0	0	.73	-0.065	2.08	-0.11%	0.02	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
22	26	118	Aug 14	CHC		LAD	L,9-13	8-GF		9	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.40	4.05	11	2	4	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.028	.16	-0.03%	-0.88	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
23	27	123	Aug 18	CHC		SDP	L,3-11	GS-3	L(2-7)	3	2.2	6	6	4	3	2	2	0	4.63	4.30	18	5	2	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	15	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.05	-0.251	1.88	-0.27%	-3.14	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	28	148	Sep 17	CHC		STL	L,2-9	6-7		29	2.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.62	4.27	11	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.007	.26	-0.01%	0.12	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d7
							5-19		W-L:2-7,BSv:2	4.2	109.0	108	64	56	56	79	12	4	4.62	4.27	482	1.10		4%	6%	102	49	4	75%	9	3	0	410	20	2	3	9	5	5	.95	-0.949	2.15	-0.94%	-6.08

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