Joey Jay stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 310
- W
- 99
- L
- 91
- ERA
- 3.77
- IP
- 1546.1
- K
- 999
- BB
- 607
- WHIP
- 1.34
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | ATL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | 4 | 5 | 1.10 |
| 1954 | ATL | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6.50 | 18.0 | 13 | 16 | 2.06 |
| 1955 | ATL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 19.0 | 3 | 13 | 1.89 |
| 1957 | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1958 | ATL | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2.14 | 96.2 | 74 | 43 | 1.07 |
| 1959 | ATL | 34 | 6 | 11 | 4.09 | 136.1 | 88 | 64 | 1.42 |
| 1960 | ATL | 32 | 9 | 8 | 3.24 | 133.1 | 90 | 59 | 1.40 |
| 1961 | CIN | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3.53 | 247.1 | 157 | 92 | 1.25 |
| 1962 | CIN | 39 | 21 | 14 | 3.76 | 273.0 | 155 | 100 | 1.35 |
| 1963 | CIN | 30 | 7 | 18 | 4.29 | 170.0 | 116 | 73 | 1.44 |
| 1964 | CIN | 34 | 11 | 11 | 3.39 | 183.0 | 134 | 36 | 1.11 |
| 1965 | CIN | 37 | 9 | 8 | 4.22 | 155.2 | 102 | 63 | 1.37 |
| 1966 |  CIN/ATL | 21 | 6 | 6 | 5.05 | 103.1 | 63 | 43 | 1.55 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 1
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 6.00
- IP
- 9.0
- K
- 6
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.56
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 63
- SHO
- 16
- K/9
- 5.8
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | ATL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATL | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATL | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CIN | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | CIN | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CIN | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CIN | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CIN | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CIN/ATL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Joey Jay's career stats?
Joey Jay played 13 seasons for the Braves and the Reds. He had 99 wins and 999 strikeouts with a 3.77 ERA over 1,546.1 innings. His best season was 1961: 21 wins, a 3.53 ERA and 157 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1 postseason, 1953 to 1966
Championships
- 1957 World Series with the Atlanta Braves
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