Joe Hoerner

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: November 12, 1936 in Dubuque, IA us

Died: October 4, 1996 in Hermann, MO

Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

High School: Dubuque HS (Dubuque, IA)

Debut: September 27, 1963 (Age 26-319d, 9,793rd in MLB history)
vs. NYM 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 5, 1977 (Age 40-266d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Joseph Walter Hoerner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.1

W

L

ERA

2.99

G

493

GS

SV

IP

563.0

SO

412

WHIP

1.243

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1957	20	CHW-min	C	16	5	.762	2.58	28	23		12	3		185.0	166	63	53	3	71		86	6	1	1				1.281	8.1	0.1	3.5	4.2	1.21	DSU NORL
1958	21	CHW-min	B	8	8	.500	4.41	29	21		8	0		157.0	176	90	77	16	52		85	4	3	4				1.452	10.1	0.9	3.0	4.9	1.63	DAV IIIL
1959	22	CHW-min	B,A,C	4	5	.444	3.09	28	3		1	0		32.0	29	15	11	1	10	0	21	0	1	1				1.219	8.2	0.3	2.8	5.9	2.10	LIN,CHS,DSU IIIL,SALL,NORL
1960	23	CHW-min	A	11	9	.550	2.97	46	18		7	0		157.1	135	65	52	5	51	6	132	4	1	2				1.182	7.7	0.3	2.9	7.6	2.59	CHS SALL
1961	24	CHW-min	A,AAA	6	13	.316	3.10	29	19		3	0		139.1	152	65	48	4	34	2	86	2	1	2				1.335	9.8	0.3	2.2	5.6	2.53	CHS,SDG SALL,PCL
1962	25	CHW-HOU-min	A,AAA	9	1	.900	2.77	34	11		5	1		104.0	103	39	32	3	28	6	69	2	0	2				1.260	8.9	0.3	2.4	6.0	2.46	SAV,OKC SALL,AA
1963	26	HOU-min	AA	11	7	.611	3.29	33	18		9	3		156.0	153	69	57	16	31	5	126	3	0	2				1.179	8.8	0.9	1.8	7.3	4.06	SAN TL
1963	26	HOU	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11		1.15	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
1964	27	HOU-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.31	51	0		0	0		62.0	34	11	9	3	20	7	71	4	0	4				0.871	4.9	0.4	2.9	10.3	3.55	OKC PCL
1964	27	HOU	NL	0	0		4.91	7	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	13	11	6	3	6	1	4	0	0	0	50	73	7.06	1.727	10.6	2.5	4.9	3.3	0.67

1965	28	HOU-min	AAA	8	3	.727	1.94	53	1		0	0		65.0	59	22	14	6	14	5	55	2	0	2				1.123	8.2	0.8	1.9	7.6	3.93	OKC PCL
1966	29	STL	NL	5	1	.833	1.54	57	0	39	0	0	13	76.0	57	16	13	5	21	8	63	4	1	1	303	236	2.74	1.026	6.8	0.6	2.5	7.5	3.00
1967	30	STL	NL	4	4	.500	2.59	57	0	32	0	0	14	66.0	52	25	19	5	20	6	50	1	0	0	268	127	2.96	1.091	7.1	0.7	2.7	6.8	2.50
1968	31	STL	NL	8	2	.800	1.47	47	0	33	0	0	17	49.0	34	9	8	2	12	4	42	0	0	3	194	199	1.94	0.939	6.2	0.4	2.2	7.7	3.50
1969	32	STL	NL	2	3	.400	2.87	45	0	33	0	0	15	53.1	44	18	17	5	9	4	35	1	0	2	207	125	2.98	0.994	7.4	0.8	1.5	5.9	3.89
1970	33	PHI	NL	9	5	.643	2.65	44	0	28	0	0	9	57.2	53	20	17	5	20	7	39	1	0	1	245	152	3.51	1.266	8.3	0.8	3.1	6.1	1.95	AS
1971	34	PHI	NL	4	5	.444	1.97	49	0	28	0	0	9	73.0	57	19	16	6	21	3	57	1	1	2	296	180	2.86	1.068	7.0	0.7	2.6	7.0	2.71
1972	35	TOT	NL	1	5	.167	4.40	40	0	20	0	0	5	45.0	55	24	22	6	13	7	31	2	1	3	203	85	3.75	1.511	11.0	1.2	2.6	6.2	2.38
1972	35	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	2.08	15	0	8	0	0	3	21.2	21	6	5	2	5	5	12	1	0	1	92	176	3.32	1.200	8.7	0.8	2.1	5.0	2.40
1972	35	ATL	NL	1	3	.250	6.56	25	0	12	0	0	2	23.1	34	18	17	4	8	2	19	1	1	2	111	58	4.16	1.800	13.1	1.5	3.1	7.3	2.38
1973	36	TOT	MLB	4	2	.667	5.63	42	0	14	0	0	6	32.0	45	20	20	1	17	5	25	0	0	0	156	73	3.00	1.938	12.7	0.3	4.8	7.0	1.47
1973	36	ATL	NL	2	2	.500	6.39	20	0	5	0	0	2	12.2	17	9	9	1	4	0	10	0	0	0	56	64	2.96	1.658	12.1	0.7	2.8	7.1	2.50
1973	36	KCR	AL	2	0	1.000	5.12	22	0	9	0	0	4	19.1	28	11	11	0	13	5	15	0	0	0	100	81	3.03	2.121	13.0	0.0	6.1	7.0	1.15
1974	37	KCR	AL	2	3	.400	3.82	30	0	11	0	0	2	35.1	32	15	15	3	12	5	24	4	1	1	153	101	3.68	1.245	8.2	0.8	3.1	6.1	2.00
1975	38	PHI	NL	0	0		2.57	25	0	9	0	0	0	21.0	25	6	6	3	8	2	20	1	0	3	96	148	3.83	1.571	10.7	1.3	3.4	8.6	2.50
1976	39	TEX	AL	0	4	.000	5.14	41	0	19	0	0	8	35.0	41	22	20	3	19	6	15	0	1	2	161	71	4.52	1.714	10.5	0.8	4.9	3.9	0.79
1977	40	CIN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	10.50	12	0		0	0	2	12.0	15	14	14	2	4	0	14	0	0	1				1.583	11.3	1.5	3.0	10.5	3.50	INA AA
1977	40	CIN	NL	0	0		12.71	8	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	8	8	3	3	1	5	3	1	1	32	33	11.03	2.118	14.3	4.8	4.8	7.9	1.67
14 Yrs				39	34	.534	2.99	493	0	268	0	0	98	563.0	519	213	187	50	181	59	412	18	6	19	2375	121	3.28	1.243	8.3	0.8	2.9	6.6	2.28
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.534	2.99	68	0	37	0	0	14	78	72	29	26	7	25	8	57	2	1	3	328	121	3.28	1.243	8.3	0.8	2.9	6.6	2.28
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PHI (4 yrs)				13	12	.520	2.28	133	0	73	0	0	21	173.1	156	51	44	16	54	17	128	4	1	7	729	165	3.25	1.212	8.1	0.8	2.8	6.6	2.37
STL (4 yrs)				19	10	.655	2.10	206	0	137	0	0	59	244.1	187	68	57	17	62	22	190	6	1	6	972	161	2.69	1.019	6.9	0.6	2.3	7.0	3.06
KCR (2 yrs)				4	3	.571	4.28	52	0	20	0	0	6	54.2	60	26	26	3	25	10	39	4	1	1	253	92	3.45	1.555	9.9	0.5	4.1	6.4	1.56
ATL (2 yrs)				3	5	.375	6.50	45	0	17	0	0	4	36.0	51	27	26	5	12	2	29	1	1	2	167	60	3.74	1.750	12.8	1.3	3.0	7.3	2.42
HOU (2 yrs)				0	0		3.86	8	0	2	0	0	0	14.0	15	11	6	3	6	1	6	0	0	0	61	93	5.79	1.500	9.6	1.9	3.9	3.9	1.00
TEX (1 yr)				0	4	.000	5.14	41	0	19	0	0	8	35.0	41	22	20	3	19	6	15	0	1	2	161	71	4.52	1.714	10.5	0.8	4.9	3.9	0.79
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		12.71	8	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	8	8	3	3	1	5	3	1	1	32	33	11.03	2.118	14.3	4.8	4.8	7.9	1.67

NL (12 yrs)				35	27	.565	2.68	400	0	229	0	0	84	473.1	418	165	141	44	137	43	358	14	4	16	1961	134	3.17	1.173	7.9	0.8	2.6	6.8	2.61
AL (3 yrs)				4	7	.364	4.62	93	0	39	0	0	14	89.2	101	48	46	6	44	16	54	4	2	3	414	83	3.87	1.617	10.1	0.6	4.4	5.4	1.23

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Joe Hoerner

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Transactions

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