Joe Christopher stats

Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 1966

Age 90

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Joe Christopher played 8 MLB seasons, 1959 to 1966.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
638
AB
1,667
R
224
H
434
HR
29
RBI
173
SB
29
AVG
.260
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1959PIT151260000.000
1960PIT50562113131.232
1961PIT7618625490146.263
1962NYM119271366663211.244
1963NYM641491933181.221
1964NYM1545437816316766.300
1965NYM148437381095404.249
1966BOS121311000.077

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
3
AB
0
R
2
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.000

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
1,868
TB
623
XBH
114
HBP
19
IBB
8
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1959PIT14000000
1960PIT611830000
1961PIT20662100000
1962NYM31498184000
1963NYM1684373000
1964NYM604253506500
1965NYM486148266300
1966BOS15100000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
-0.9
RC
219.1
RC/27
4.60
ISOP
.113
SECA
.214
BB/K
0.57
AB/HR
57.5
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1959PIT-0.3-0.9-1.8.0000.10.300
1960PIT-0.15.83.6.0890.20.6560
1961PIT-0.721.74.1.0700.20.800
1962NYM-0.137.74.8.1180.30.845.20
1963NYM-1.0132.9.0670.10.61490
1964NYM2.493.46.4.1660.30.533.90
1965NYM-0.8493.9.0890.20.487.40
1966BOS-0.3-0.1-0.2.0000.20.500

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
90 yearsDec 13, 1935
Debut
1959

What were Joe Christopher's career stats?

Joe Christopher played 8 seasons for the Pirates, the Mets and the Red Sox. He was a career .260 hitter with 434 hits, 29 home runs and 173 RBI. His best season was 1964: a .300 batting average, 16 home runs and 76 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 1 postseason, 1959 to 1966

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