Joe Start stats
Age 184
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- Age
- 184 yearsOct 14, 1842
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 798
- AB
- 3,433
- R
- 590
- H
- 1,031
- HR
- 7
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 4
- AVG
- .300
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | — | 56 | 264 | 40 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| 1877 | — | 60 | 271 | 55 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .332 |
| 1878 |  CHC | 61 | 285 | 58 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .351 |
| 1879 | — | 66 | 317 | 70 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .319 |
| 1880 | — | 82 | 345 | 53 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| 1881 | — | 79 | 348 | 56 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .328 |
| 1882 | — | 82 | 356 | 58 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .329 |
| 1883 | — | 87 | 370 | 63 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .284 |
| 1884 | — | 93 | 381 | 80 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| 1885 | — | 101 | 374 | 47 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| 1886 | — | 31 | 122 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .221 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 10
- R
- 0
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .100
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,583
- TB
- 1,269
- XBH
- 169
- HBP
- 0
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | — | 265 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1877 | — | 277 | 108 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1878 | CHC | 287 | 125 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1879 | — | 324 | 128 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1880 | — | 358 | 122 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1881 | — | 357 | 138 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | — | 367 | 145 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | — | 392 | 138 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | — | 416 | 131 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | — | 413 | 122 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | — | 127 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 24.8
- RC
- 431.9
- RC/27
- 4.90
- ISOP
- .069
- SECA
- .114
- BB/K
- 1.38
- AB/HR
- 490.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | — | 0.7 | 21.7 | 3.1 | .023 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1877 | — | 2.5 | 37.7 | 5.6 | .066 | 0.1 | 3 | 271 | 0 |
| 1878 | CHC | 2.3 | 43.7 | 6.4 | .088 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 285 | 0 |
| 1879 | — | 2.9 | 43 | 5.4 | .085 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 158.5 | 0 |
| 1880 | — | 2.5 | 38 | 4.1 | .075 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1881 | — | 2.5 | 48 | 5.5 | .069 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | — | 4.0 | 51.1 | 5.8 | .079 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | — | 1.8 | 46.5 | 4.7 | .089 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 370 | 0 |
| 1884 | — | 3.0 | 47.4 | 4.6 | .068 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 190.5 | 0 |
| 1885 | — | 2.6 | 46.2 | 4.6 | .051 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | — | 0.0 | 8.7 | 2.5 | .049 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 184 yearsOct 14, 1842
- Debut
- 1871
What were Joe Start's career stats?
Joe Start played 11 seasons for the Cubs. He was a career .300 hitter with 1,031 hits, 7 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1878: a .351 batting average, 1 home run and 0 RBI.