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: 11-18 / in Starts: 11-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 2

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	55	5	Apr 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	6-GF(8)		99	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.90	12	3	5	1	3	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.022	.31	0.02%	1.30	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
2	56	15	Apr 28	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-11	6-7		16	2.0	5	4	4	0	1	2	0	7.20	7.57	11	3	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.071	.23	-0.07%	-3.08	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d6
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
3	57	22	May 8	MIN		NYY	L,4-14	5-7		9	1.2	3	4	4	5	1	0	0	10.80	8.27	12	1	2	1	1	3		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.078	.50	-0.05%	-2.81	5t 1-3 1 out d4	7t -23 0 out d5
4	58	40	May 26	MIN		BAL	L,2-7	3-GF(7)		17	4.1	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	8.18	6.84	18	8	3	0	0	4		2	0	2	1	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.006	.59	0.01%	0.59	3t -23 2 out d4	7t end d 5
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
5	59	45	Jun 1	MIN		DET	L,3-8	8-GF		5	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.62	6.41	8	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.013	.19	-0.01%	-0.01	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
6	60	49	Jun 6(2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,13-9	GS-6	W(1-0)	4	6.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	5.68	5.62	23	9	5	0	2	4	63			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.076	.51	0.09%	1.93	1b start a 6	6b 3 out a8
7	61	55	Jun 13	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	GS-7		6	7.0	10	2	2	0	6	1	0	4.85	4.84	29	8	5	2	1	10	55			2	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.238	2.31	0.29%	1.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
8	62	58	Jun 17	MIN	@	DET	L,0-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	6.1	9	5	5	1	3	1	0	5.29	4.70	29	10	6	1	0	9	37			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	2	.80	-0.065	1.70	-0.08%	-1.65	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d4
9	63	63	Jun 22	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	GS-9	L(1-2)	4	8.1	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	5.09	4.21	34	13	7	2	0	8	53			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.085	3.57	0.12%	1.29	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a1
10	64	68	Jun 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	15	0	1	4.17	3.55	34	9	2	0	0	4	91			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.448	1.88	0.53%	4.47	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
11	65	72	Jun 30	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS-7	W(3-2)	3	7.0	8	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.97	3.48	32	6	7	1	3	8	54			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.244	4.05	0.38%	1.04	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
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
12	66	77	Jul 5	MIN		KCR	L,10-12	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	5.1	9	8	8	4	2	0	0	4.79	3.53	28	5	9	0	1	8	16			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.383	2.67	-0.58%	-4.42	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d4
13	67	82	Jul 9	MIN		BOS	L,0-2	CG	L(3-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	4.44	3.61	34	10	10	2	2	7	66			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.116	1.20	0.13%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
14	68	87	Jul 13	MIN		CLE	L,2-11	GS-7	L(3-5)	3	6.2	9	7	7	7	3	0	1	4.87	3.75	34	9	5	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	0	.65	-0.250	1.05	-0.24%	-2.29	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d3
15	69	93	Jul 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(4-5)	5	9.0	5	2	1	4	4	1	0	4.47	3.82	37	14	10	2	3	5	71			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.236	1.13	0.20%	2.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
16	70	100	Jul 28	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	GS-9	W(5-5)	8	8.0	9	4	3	2	5	0	0	4.37	3.68	34	10	8	0	2	9	53			0	1	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	.97	0.108	1.88	0.13%	0.59	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
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
17	71	105	Aug 2	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-3	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	6.1	6	3	3	6	6	0	0	4.37	3.67	30	7	5	0	0	6	49			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.136	1.71	0.12%	-0.46	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a3
18	72	109	Aug 7(1)	MIN		BAL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(7-5)	4	6.0	5	2	2	5	5	0	1	4.29	3.68	27	5	6	1	0	5	54			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.013	.60	0.00%	0.60	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
19	73	114	Aug 11	MIN	@	MIL	L,6-7	GS-6		3	5.1	3	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.25	3.65	22	8	5	0	1	3	54			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.135	.32	0.02%	1.29	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a1
20	74	118	Aug 15	MIN		DET	W,9-7	GS-7		3	6.0	8	6	2	2	5	2	0	4.18	3.78	28	6	7	2	0	8	43			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.234	.05	-0.01%	-2.40	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
21	75	122	Aug 19(2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	4	3	1	2	3	0	1	4.02	3.74	29	12	7	0	1	4	62			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.24	0.065	.06	0.00%	0.79	1b start a 2	8b -2- 0 out a1
22	76	126	Aug 24	MIN		MIL	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	3.75	3.56	31	8	7	0	0	4	87			0	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.512	.00	0.00%	4.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	77	130	Aug 28	MIN	@	DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.52	3.51	32	14	4	0	2	5	78			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	0	.66	0.334	.00	0.00%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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	78	135	Sep 2	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-2	GS-8	L(9-6)	4	7.2	5	2	2	6	3	0	0	3.46	3.54	35	11	10	0	0	5	58			2	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	2	.86	0.061	.00	0.00%	0.90	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out d2
25	79	139	Sep 7	MIN		CHW	L,2-5	GS-3	L(9-7)	4	2.0	5	4	4	3	0	1	0	3.65	3.67	14	3	3	0	3	5	27			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.273	.00	0.00%	-3.01	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d4
26	80	143	Sep 11	MIN		TEX	W,6-3	GS-6	W(10-7)	3	5.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.69	3.64	27	7	6	0	1	7	44			1	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-0.79	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a3
27	81	146	Sep 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS-3	L(10-8)	3	2.0	6	6	6	4	1	1	0	3.98	3.77	16	3	2	0	0	6	17			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.296	.00	0.00%	-4.00	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d4
28	82	150	Sep 19	MIN		OAK	L,0-3	CG	L(10-9)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.93	3.80	35	9	12	2	0	8	59			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	1	.74	0.031	.00	0.00%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
29	83	155	Sep 23	MIN		CAL	L,7-15	GS-1	L(10-10)	3	0.2	3	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.17	3.82	8	0	0	0	0	3	25			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-3.27	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d3
							11-18		W-L:10-10	4.0	170.1	167	87	79	88	109	12	4	4.17	3.82	743	1.31		5%	7%	166	52	4	25%	12	12	0	643	21	3	0	16	4	9	.92	0.759	1.08	0.96%	3.59

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