Joe Beggs

Full Name: Joseph Stanley Beggs	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/182	First Game: April 19, 1938
Birthdate: November 4, 1910	Final Game: April 24, 1948
Birthplace: Rankin, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: July 19, 1983
Deathplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on November 4, 1910 in Rankin, Pennsylvania, Joe Beggs (Joseph Stanley Beggs) played for the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants over the course of his 9 year career. Beggs broke into the bigs on April 19, 1938 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 5.40 ERA in 58.1 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joe Beggs's best season was 1940, when he posted a 2.00 ERA and won 12 games.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1938	NY	A	14	9	3	2	5.40	8	41	35	4	0	0	58.1	69	7	20	0	0
1940	CIN	N	37	1	12	3	2.00	25	19	17	0	0	7	76.2	68	1	21	0	1
1941	CIN	N	37	0	4	3	3.79	19	29	24	0	0	5	57	57	2	27	1	0
1942	CIN	N	38	0	6	5	2.13	24	28	21	0	0	8	88.2	65	4	33	2	1
1943	CIN	N	39	4	7	6	2.34	28	38	30	4	2	6	115.1	121	0	25	0	0
1944	CIN	N	1	1	1	0	2.00	2	2	2	1	0	0	9	8	0	0	0	0
1946	CIN	N	28	22	12	10	2.32	38	63	49	14	2	1	190	175	15	39	0	1
1947	NY	N	32	0	3	3	4.23	23	38	31	0	0	2	66	81	6	18	1	1
1947	CIN	N	11	4	0	3	5.29	11	26	19	0	0	0	32.1	42	4	6	0	0
1947	TOT	N	43	4	3	6	4.58	34	64	50	0	0	2	98.1	123	10	24	1	1
1948	NY	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		224	32	45	33	2.73	170	243	193	19	4	29	635.1	619	32	169	4	4
Total	AL		14	9	3	2	5.40	8	41	35	4	0	0	58.1	69	7	20	0	0
Total			238	41	48	35	2.96	178	284	228	23	4	29	693.2	688	39	189	4	4

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1938	NY	A	P	14	1	19	0	4	1.000
1940	CIN	N	P	37	6	20	0	3	1.000
1941	CIN	N	P	37	3	12	1	1	.938
1942	CIN	N	P	38	6	31	0	2	1.000
1943	CIN	N	P	39	5	30	0	2	1.000
1944	CIN	N	P	1	1	2	0	0	1.000
1946	CIN	N	P	28	11	45	1	2	.982
1947	NY	N	P	32	5	11	0	0	1.000
1947	CIN	N	P	11	1	9	0	0	1.000
1947	TOT	N	P	43	6	20	0	0	1.000
1948	NY	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	238	39	179	2	14	.991

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1938	NY	A	14	20	2	5	2	.250	.286	.300	1	1	3	0	0
1940	CIN	N	37	21	1	4	0	.190	.190	.190	0	0	5	1	0
1941	CIN	N	37	10	1	3	1	.300	.364	.300	0	1	2	0	0
1942	CIN	N	38	21	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	1	1
1943	CIN	N	39	35	4	5	4	.143	.189	.143	0	2	10	2	0
1944	CIN	N	1	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
1946	CIN	N	28	63	4	14	2	.222	.269	.254	2	4	17	7	0
1947	NY	N	32	13	0	1	0	.077	.077	.077	0	0	4	2	0
1947	CIN	N	11	11	1	1	2	.091	.091	.091	0	0	3	1	0
1947	TOT	N	43	24	1	2	2	.083	.083	.083	0	0	7	3	0
1948	NY	N	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		224	178	12	28	9	.157	.189	.169	2	7	45	14	1
Total	AL		14	20	2	5	2	.250	.286	.300	1	1	3	0	0
Total			238	198	14	33	11	.167	.199	.182	3	8	48	14	1

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Traded by New York Yankees to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Lee Grissom (January 4, 1940).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants in exchange for Babe Young (June 7, 1947).
Released by New York Giants (May 10, 1948).

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