Joe Pepitone

Positions: First Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: March 13, 2023 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, NY

High School: John Jay HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: April 10, 1962 (Age 21-183d, 11,919th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 25, 1973 (Age 32-228d)
vs. STL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Joseph Anthony Pepitone

Nicknames: Pepi

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

5097

1315

219

.258

606

RBI

721

OBP

.301

SLG

.432

OPS

.733

OPS+

105

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

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 22 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
2	13 (4)	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSA	W,10-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	14	Apr 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
4	15	Apr 29 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,11-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (3)	May 5	NYY		WSA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
6	20	May 6 (1)	NYY		WSA	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
7	26 (5)	May 13 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS	37	7.0	6	2	1	9	1	1B
8	28 (1)	May 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
9	29	May 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
10	30	May 18	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	31	May 19	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	32	May 20 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	34 (1)	May 22	NYY		LAA	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	35	May 23	NYY		KCA	W,13-7	GS	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	LF 1B
15	36	May 24	NYY		KCA	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	37	May 25	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	39 (1)	May 27 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
18	40	May 27 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
19	41	May 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	42	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	43	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	37	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	45 (1)	Jun 2	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	46	Jun 3	NYY	@	LAA	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	50 (3)	Jun 9	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
25	52 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	53	Jun 11	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
27	56 (2)	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B RF
28	58 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
29	59	Jun 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
30	62 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	GF	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	64 (1)	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	W,9-7		24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	67 (2)	Jun 27	NYY		MIN	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	68	Jun 28	NYY		MIN	W,4-2	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	69	Jun 29	NYY		LAA	W,6-3	GS	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B LF
35	70	Jun 30	NYY		LAA	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	71	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
37	72	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		LAA	L,5-12	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	75 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,1-11	GS	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B RF
39	95 (19)	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF CF
40	96	Jul 26	NYY		BOS	W,13-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	158 (61)	Sep 25	NYY		WSA	W,8-3	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	159	Sep 26	NYY		WSA	W,9-5	GF	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	161 (1)	Sep 29	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	GF	19	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
44	162	Sep 30	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							50gm		278.1	129	11	2	142	9