Joe Decker

Full Name: George Henry Decker	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: September 18, 1969
Birthdate: June 16, 1947	Final Game: July 7, 1979
Birthplace: Storm Lake, Iowa	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: March 2, 2003
Deathplace: Fraser, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on June 16, 1947 in Storm Lake, Iowa, Joe Decker (George Henry Decker) played for the Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 9 year career. Decker broke into the bigs on September 18, 1969 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.64 ERA in 108.2 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joe Decker's best season was 1974, when he posted a 3.29 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 158 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1969	CHI	N	4	1	1	0	2.92	13	4	4	0	0	12.1	10	0	6	0	1	0
1970	CHI	N	24	17	2	7	4.64	79	64	56	1	0	108.2	108	12	56	3	5	4
1971	CHI	N	21	4	3	2	4.73	37	24	24	0	0	45.2	62	2	25	3	1	0
1972	CHI	N	5	1	1	0	2.13	7	3	3	0	0	12.2	9	1	4	0	0	0
1973	MIN	A	29	24	10	10	4.17	109	87	79	6	3	170.1	167	12	88	0	8	4
1974	MIN	A	37	37	16	14	3.29	158	105	91	11	1	248.2	234	24	97	1	9	2
1975	MIN	A	10	7	1	3	8.54	8	25	25	1	0	26.1	25	2	36	0	5	0
1976	MIN	A	13	12	2	7	5.28	35	37	34	0	0	58	60	3	51	0	6	1
1979	SEA	A	9	2	0	1	4.28	12	14	13	0	0	27.1	27	2	14	1	2	0
Total	NL		54	23	7	9	4.37	136	95	87	1	0	179.1	189	15	91	6	7	4
Total	AL		98	82	29	35	4.10	322	268	242	18	4	530.2	513	43	286	2	30	7
Total			152	105	36	44	4.17	458	363	329	19	4	710	702	58	377	8	37	11

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1969	CHI	N	P	4	1	12.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.000
1970	CHI	N	P	24	17	109	4	14	3	0	2	9	3	.857
1971	CHI	N	P	21	4	45.2	0	11	0	0	0	6	4	1.000
1972	CHI	N	P	5	1	12.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1973	MIN	A	P	29	24	170.1	24	20	3	0	6	12	12	.936
1974	MIN	A	P	37	37	248.2	19	20	1	2	1	31	16	.975
1975	MIN	A	P	10	7	26.1	1	3	0	0	0	5	2	1.000
1976	MIN	A	P	13	12	58	4	13	0	0	0	11	4	1.000
1979	SEA	A	P	9	2	27.1	4	6	1	1	0	6	1	.909
Total			P	152	105	710.1	58	87	8	3	10	81	44	.948

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH
1969	CHI	N	4	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
1970	CHI	N	24	34	3	6	1	3	.176	.222	.294	1	2	16	2
1971	CHI	N	22	8	1	2	0	0	.250	.333	.375	1	1	5	1
1972	CHI	N	5	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3
1973	MIN	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1974	MIN	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1975	MIN	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1976	MIN	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1979	SEA	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		55	46	5	8	1	3	.174	.224	.283	2	3	22	6
Total	AL		98	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Total			153	46	5	8	1	3	.174	.224	.283	2	3	22	6

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965 - signed June 26, 1965).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Bill Hands and Bob Maneely to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Dave LaRoche (November 30, 1972).
Released by Minnesota Twins (June 25, 1976).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (June 28, 1976).
Released by Detroit Tigers (December 2, 1976).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (March 20, 1977).
Released by Chicago Cubs (July 4, 1977).
Sold by Mexico City Reds (Mexican) to Seattle Mariners (December 21, 1977).

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