Joe Koppe
[edit] Biography
Joe Koppe (Joseph Koppe) was born on October 19, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on August 9, 1958 for the Milwaukee Braves. In 1959, his rookie year, he hit .261 with 7 home runs and 28 RBI. Koppe played for the Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels and California Angels over the course of his 8 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| 16
| 9
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .444
| .500
| .444
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 126
| 422
| 68
| 110
| 7
| 28
| .261
| .327
| .386
| 18
| 7
| 41
| 80
| 2
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 6
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| 58
| 170
| 13
| 29
| 1
| 13
| .171
| .272
| .235
| 6
| 1
| 23
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
|
| 1961
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| 91
| 338
| 46
| 85
| 5
| 40
| .251
| .339
| .343
| 12
| 2
| 45
| 77
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 4
|
| 1961
| Total
|
| 97
| 341
| 47
| 85
| 5
| 40
| .249
| .337
| .340
| 12
| 2
| 45
| 77
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 4
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| 128
| 375
| 47
| 85
| 4
| 40
| .227
| .352
| .301
| 16
| 0
| 73
| 84
| 2
| 9
| 2
| 3
| 10
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| 76
| 143
| 11
| 30
| 1
| 12
| .210
| .258
| .273
| 4
| 1
| 9
| 30
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| 54
| 113
| 10
| 29
| 0
| 6
| .257
| .339
| .310
| 4
| 1
| 14
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1965
| CAL
| A
| 23
| 33
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 2
| .212
| .278
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 206
| 604
| 85
| 143
| 8
| 41
| .237
| .312
| .343
| 24
| 8
| 65
| 128
| 3
| 4
| 10
| 3
| 8
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 372
| 1002
| 117
| 236
| 11
| 100
| .236
| .331
| .313
| 37
| 4
| 144
| 217
| 4
| 18
| 6
| 6
| 19
|
| Total
|
|
| 578
| 1606
| 202
| 379
| 19
| 141
| .236
| .324
| .324
| 61
| 12
| 209
| 345
| 7
| 22
| 16
| 9
| 27
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| SS
| 3
| 2
| 22
| 5
| 10
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 11
| 2
| 32.1
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 113
| 107
| 942.1
| 218
| 347
| 27
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 55
| 50
| 450
| 107
| 133
| 11
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1961
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| SS
| 88
| 87
| 767
| 127
| 250
| 21
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| 2B
| 3
| 1
| 13
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| Total
|
| SS
| 93
| 87
| 778
| 129
| 252
| 22
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| 3B
| 4
| 3
| 30
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| SS
| 118
| 112
| 1006
| 197
| 356
| 25
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| 2B
| 5
| 2
| 32
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| 2B
| 15
| 9
| 92
| 30
| 32
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| SS
| 19
| 11
| 134.1
| 27
| 50
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| RF
| 3
| 2
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| 3B
| 17
| 4
| 61.1
| 7
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| OF
| 3
| 2
| 19
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| SS
| 31
| 27
| 246
| 51
| 103
| 9
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| 2B
| 13
| 2
| 33
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 1
| 16
| 6
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1965
| CAL
| A
| 2B
| 10
| 7
| 61.2
| 17
| 29
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1965
| CAL
| A
| SS
| 4
| 3
| 27
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| CAL
| A
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 57
| 23
| 264
| 70
| 98
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 3
| 2
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 31
| 9
| 130.1
| 18
| 27
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .849
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 436
| 399
| 3605.2
| 737
| 1262
| 100
| 235
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 2
| 19
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Shreveport (Texas) to Milwaukee Braves (September 3, 1955).
- Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Gene Conley and Harry Hanebrink to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Johnny O'Brien, Ted Kazanski and Stan Lopata (March 31, 1959).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Turk Farrell to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Don Demeter and Charley Smith (May 4, 1961).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Duke Carmel (May 16, 1961).
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Los Angeles Angels for $1000 (June 19, 1961).
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