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: 6-15 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 8

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	29	48	May 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-10	4-5		99	1.1	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	13.50	10.70	7	1	1	1	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.011	.01	-0.01%	-2.26	4b -2- 2 out d7	5b 3 out d10
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
2	30	51	Jun 2(2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS-7		2	6.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.68	3.13	26	3	12	1	1	8	55			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.126	.66	0.04%	1.52	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a1
3	31	74	Jun 28	CHC		LAD	L,4-6	7-8		25	1.1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.12	3.14	8	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.27	-0.019	.20	-0.01%	-0.58	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 123 1 out d3
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
4	32	79	Jul 4	CHC		PIT	W,9-7	8-8		5	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.79	3.42	6	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.76	-0.364	2.27	-0.28%	-1.94	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
5	33	80	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	7-8		0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.76	3.77	8	2	4	0	1	0		2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.24	0.037	.36	0.03%	1.97	7t 12- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
6	34	86	Jul 9(2)	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-7	GS-3	L(0-1)	3	2.2	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	6.43	3.52	15	5	2	2	0	3	33			1	0	0	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.272	1.21	-0.16%	-3.07	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d4
7	35	90	Jul 15	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	5-GF	W(1-1)	5	5.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.74	3.19	17	8	5	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.73	0.523	1.46	0.27%	2.46	5t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
8	36	94	Jul 19	CHC		MON	L,3-5	7-9		3	2.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.71	3.12	12	3	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.028	.58	-0.01%	-1.85	7t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 0 out d2
9	37	96	Jul 21	CHC		NYM	W,11-7	4-6	W(2-1)	1	2.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.63	3.09	10	5	1	0	0	2		3	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.74	0.116	1.03	0.04%	0.75	4t 123 2 out a2	6t 3 out a2
10	38	97	Jul 22	CHC		NYM	L,1-5	6-8		0	3.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.10	2.75	12	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	.27	0.033	.21	0.02%	1.47	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
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
11	39	116	Aug 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		21	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.95	2.67	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.41	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
12	40	118	Aug 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.81	2.59	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.007	.11	0.01%	0.77	7b 1-- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
13	41	123	Aug 20(2)	CHC		HOU	W,5-4	4-4		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	2.59	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.006	.72	0.01%	0.10	4t --- 2 out d3	4t 3 out d3
14	42	128	Aug 25	CHC		CIN	L,4-9	5-5		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	2.59	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.017	1.25	0.02%	0.49	5t 1-3 2 out d4	5t 3 out d4
15	43	131	Aug 29	CHC		ATL	L,4-5	2-2		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	2.59	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						6t 1-- 0 out d2	6t -23 0 out d2
16	44	134	Aug 31 susp	CHC		MON	L,2-11	6-6		1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.34	2.59	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.052	.26	-0.02%	-2.04	6t 1-3 0 out d3	6t 1-- 0 out d6
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
17	45	137	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	3	1	1	3	2	1	0	4.35	3.16	12	4	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.10	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
18	46	139	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,5-12	5-7		1	2.2	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.35	3.13	16	2	4	1	1	8		1	0	2	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-3.62	5b 1-- 1 out d7	7b 3 out d12
19	47	142	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-10	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.19	3.14	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
20	48	151	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	W(3-1)	8	8.0	6	0	0	7	9	0	0	4.22	3.08	35	5	9	3	1	5	72			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.363	.00	0.00%	3.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
21	49	159	Sep 26	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	GS-4	L(3-2)	8	3.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.73	3.04	16	6	1	1	0	4	30			0	2	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.52	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d1
							6-15		W-L:3-2	2.9	45.2	62	24	24	25	37	2	0	4.73	3.04	215	1.10		15%	5%	50	48	12	25%	6	4	0	181	12	2	3	4	2	0	.94	0.308	.47	-0.05%	-3.11

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