Bio
- Debut
- 1944
Bio
- Debut
- 1944
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 526
- W
- 135
- L
- 117
- ERA
- 3.90
- IP
- 2302.2
- K
- 1,372
- BB
- 776
- WHIP
- 1.34
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.50 | 0.2 | 0 | 5 | 10.50 |
| 1952 | CIN | 37 | 1 | 4 | 3.22 | 92.1 | 52 | 42 | 1.35 |
| 1953 | CIN | 30 | 9 | 11 | 4.32 | 141.2 | 52 | 69 | 1.45 |
| 1954 | CIN | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3.89 | 166.2 | 85 | 59 | 1.48 |
| 1955 | CIN | 50 | 17 | 12 | 3.47 | 257.0 | 98 | 78 | 1.24 |
| 1956 | CIN | 44 | 13 | 11 | 3.72 | 200.2 | 120 | 87 | 1.41 |
| 1957 | CIN | 39 | 10 | 10 | 4.75 | 174.1 | 99 | 53 | 1.41 |
| 1958 | CIN | 36 | 12 | 11 | 3.79 | 175.2 | 111 | 63 | 1.32 |
| 1959 | CIN | 28 | 9 | 9 | 4.24 | 131.2 | 75 | 35 | 1.44 |
| 1960 | CIN | 38 | 1 | 8 | 4.42 | 112.0 | 72 | 27 | 1.40 |
| 1961 | ATH | 37 | 5 | 8 | 5.34 | 128.0 | 81 | 65 | 1.56 |
| 1962 |  LAA/CIN | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3.03 | 71.1 | 59 | 30 | 1.35 |
| 1963 | CIN | 35 | 15 | 8 | 2.61 | 217.1 | 169 | 39 | 1.07 |
| 1964 | CIN | 32 | 9 | 8 | 4.07 | 154.2 | 111 | 51 | 1.27 |
| 1965 | CIN | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3.45 | 148.2 | 117 | 31 | 1.16 |
| 1966 | CIN | 35 | 6 | 8 | 4.50 | 130.0 | 71 | 42 | 1.37 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 83
- SHO
- 20
- K/9
- 5.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CIN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CIN | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CIN | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CIN | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CIN | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CIN | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CIN | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CIN | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | LAA/CIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CIN | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CIN | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CIN | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CIN | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Joe Nuxhall's career stats?
Joe Nuxhall played 16 seasons for the Reds and the Athletics. He had 135 wins and 1,372 strikeouts with a 3.90 ERA over 2,302.2 innings. His best season was 1955: 17 wins, a 3.47 ERA and 98 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 1944 to 1966
All-time career rank
- 295th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,372)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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