Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1984
- College
- Buffalo State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1984
- College
- Buffalo State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 339
- W
- 60
- L
- 47
- ERA
- 3.78
- IP
- 961.2
- K
- 726
- BB
- 378
- WHIP
- 1.38
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | WSH | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1.80 | 45.0 | 32 | 15 | 1.18 |
| 1985 | WSH | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2.49 | 155.1 | 113 | 45 | 1.09 |
| 1986 | WSH | 15 | 6 | 5 | 5.01 | 82.2 | 67 | 31 | 1.49 |
| 1987 | WSH | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3.14 | 28.2 | 31 | 15 | 1.33 |
| 1988 | WSH | 60 | 4 | 3 | 2.85 | 72.2 | 64 | 35 | 1.35 |
| 1989 | WSH | 43 | 6 | 4 | 5.77 | 48.1 | 44 | 26 | 1.66 |
| 1990 |  WSH/ATL/BOS | 45 | 1 | 6 | 4.53 | 59.2 | 50 | 25 | 1.58 |
| 1991 | BOS | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3.29 | 153.1 | 104 | 53 | 1.27 |
| 1992 | BOS | 30 | 8 | 9 | 4.36 | 148.2 | 104 | 58 | 1.48 |
| 1993 | BOS | 28 | 3 | 4 | 5.06 | 53.1 | 34 | 29 | 1.71 |
| 1994 | BOS | 25 | 8 | 5 | 4.26 | 114.0 | 83 | 46 | 1.43 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 59
- CG
- 4
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 6.8
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 47
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | WSH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1985 | WSH | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1986 | WSH | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1987 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1989 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 | WSH/ATL/BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1991 | BOS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1992 | BOS | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1993 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1994 | BOS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
What were Joe Hesketh's career stats?
Joe Hesketh played 11 seasons for the Nationals and the Red Sox. He had 60 wins and 726 strikeouts with a 3.78 ERA over 961.2 innings. His best season was 1991: 12 wins, a 3.29 ERA and 104 strikeouts.
More on Joe Hesketh
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Joe Hesketh among MLB players at the same position.
- Jeff FasseroAlike in Innings pitched, Wins80out of 100 on profile similarity
- Kent BottenfieldAlike in WHIP, Innings pitched79out of 100 on profile similarity
- Bobby CastilloAlike in Innings pitched, Saves79out of 100 on profile similarity
- Calvin SchiraldiAlike in Strikeouts, WHIP78out of 100 on profile similarity
- Steve MuraAlike in Strikeouts, Wins77out of 100 on profile similarity
Compare Joe Hesketh with Jeff Fassero, Kent Bottenfield, Bobby Castillo