Joe Hoover

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 15, 1915 in Brawley, CA us

Died: September 2, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: San Gorgonio Memorial Park, Banning, CA

High School: Pomona HS (Pomona, CA)

Debut: April 21, 1943 (Age 28-006d, 9,409th in major league history)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1945 (Age 30-161d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Robert Joseph Hoover

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1945 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

1238

301

.243

177

RBI

OBP

.300

SLG

.316

OPS

.616

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
2	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	GS	0		0	4	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	19 (13)	May 19 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	21 (1)	May 20 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	32 (10)	Jun 1	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	34 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
7	42 (7)	Jun 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,4-9	GF	0		1	0	0	1	1
8	43	Jun 12	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	47	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	44	Jun 13	DET		SLB	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
10	45	Jun 14	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
11	46	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
12	49 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	57 (7)	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	3	5	0	8	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	62 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	63	Jul 1 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
16	64	Jul 3	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
17	65	Jul 4 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
18	66	Jul 4 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	67	Jul 5	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
20	68	Jul 6	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
21	69	Jul 7	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	70	Jul 8 (1)	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	71	Jul 8 (2)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	72	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	73	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	3
26	74	Jul 14	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	82 (7)	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	91 (8)	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	94 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	4	3	0	7	1
30	96 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
31	98 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	54	12.0	4	5	0	9	2
32	99	Aug 9	DET		BOS	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
33	100	Aug 10	DET		BOS	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
34	101	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	102	Aug 12 (1)	DET		NYY	W,9-6	CG	0	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	104 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,15-4	CG	38	9.0	6	3	1	10	1
37	106 (1)	Aug 15	DET		WSH	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	4	2	2	8	0
38	109 (2)	Aug 18	DET		WSH	L,5-11	GF	10	2.0	1	2	1	4	1
39	111 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	113 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	115 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
42	119 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
43	120	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	123 (2)	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,2-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	124	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GF	0		0	2	0	2	1
46	125	Sep 2	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	127 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
48	129 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	130	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	132 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
51	133	Sep 7	DET	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
52	134	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
53	135	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
54	136	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	GS	0		2	5	0	7	0
55	137	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	45	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
56	138	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
57	139	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
58	140	Sep 12 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	2	9	1
59	141	Sep 12 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	58	15.0	3	1	0	4	0
60	142	Sep 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
61	143	Sep 14	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	144	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
63	145	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
64	146	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
65	147	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
66	148	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,5-12	GS	25	5.0	2	1	1	4	0
67	149	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	152 (2)	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,0-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							68gm		512.0	126	163	17	306	35