Joe Battin
[edit] Biography
Joe Battin (Joseph V. Battin) was born on November 11, 1851 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on August 11, 1871 for the Cleveland Forest Citys. In 1874, his rookie year, he hit .230 with 0 home runs and 27 RBI. Battin played for the Cleveland Forest Citys, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Brown Stockings, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Browns, Baltimore Unions and [[]] over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Joe Battin's best season was 1876, when he hit for a .300 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1871
| CLE
| n
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .250
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1873
| ATH
| n
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .600
| .667
| .600
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1874
| ATH
| n
| 51
| 226
| 40
| 52
| 0
| 27
| .230
| .233
| .288
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| STL
| n
| 67
| 284
| 31
| 71
| 0
| 33
| .250
| .250
| .292
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| STL
| N
| 64
| 283
| 34
| 85
| 0
| 46
| .300
| .315
| .367
| 11
| 4
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1877
| STL
| N
| 57
| 226
| 28
| 45
| 1
| 22
| .199
| .220
| .288
| 3
| 7
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1882
| PIT
| a
| 34
| 133
| 13
| 28
| 1
| 0
| .211
| .228
| .286
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| PIT
| a
| 98
| 388
| 42
| 83
| 1
| 0
| .214
| .236
| .276
| 9
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| PIT
| a
| 43
| 158
| 10
| 28
| 0
| 0
| .177
| .198
| .209
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| CHI
| U
| 18
| 69
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 0
| .188
| .188
| .217
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| BAL
| U
| 17
| 59
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .102
| .102
| .119
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| 78
| 286
| 21
| 47
| 0
| 0
| .164
| .176
| .192
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| TOT
| U
| 35
| 128
| 11
| 19
| 0
| 0
| .148
| .148
| .172
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| SYR
| a
| 29
| 119
| 15
| 25
| 0
| 13
| .210
| .260
| .244
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 35
| 128
| 11
| 19
| 0
| 0
| .148
| .148
| .172
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 121
| 509
| 62
| 130
| 1
| 68
| .255
| .273
| .332
| 14
| 11
| 12
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 120
| 518
| 75
| 126
| 0
| 62
| .243
| .248
| .292
| 17
| 4
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 204
| 798
| 80
| 164
| 2
| 13
| .206
| .231
| .259
| 17
| 10
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 480
| 1953
| 228
| 439
| 3
| 143
| .225
| .241
| .281
| 51
| 25
| 40
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1871
| CLE
| n
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1873
| ATH
| n
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1874
| ATH
| n
| CF
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1874
| ATH
| n
| SS
| 5
| 5
| 36
| 10
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .700
|
| 1874
| ATH
| n
| 2B
| 41
| 41
| 352
| 111
| 124
| 54
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| 1874
| ATH
| n
| RF
| 5
| 4
| 36
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
| 1874
| ATH
| n
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .700
|
| 1875
| STL
| n
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .400
|
| 1875
| STL
| n
| 2B
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 168
| 211
| 61
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .861
|
| 1875
| STL
| n
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1875
| STL
| n
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 19
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1876
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1876
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 115
| 145
| 40
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1877
| STL
| N
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1877
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 58
| 77
| 29
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .823
|
| 1877
| STL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1877
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 59
| 24
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .825
|
| 1882
| PIT
| a
| 3B
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 108
| 24
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .876
|
| 1883
| PIT
| a
| 3B
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 258
| 50
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .891
|
| 1883
| PIT
| a
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1884
| PIT
| a
| 3B
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 95
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1884
| CHI
| U
| 3B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 48
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .908
|
| 1884
| BAL
| U
| 3B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 35
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| 3B
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 101
| 178
| 33
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .894
|
| 1884
| TOT
| U
| 3B
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 83
| 20
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .868
|
| 1890
| SYR
| a
| 3B
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 60
| 27
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .794
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 125
| 41
| 352
| 336
| 395
| 139
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .840
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 5
| 4
| 36
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 340
| 0
| 0
| 540
| 845
| 207
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .870
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .710
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 5
| 5
| 36
| 10
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .700
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .400
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1877
| STL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.91
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1883
| PIT
| a
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.25
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.91
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.25
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.52
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.2
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
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- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (August 9, 1884).
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