Joe Lake
[edit] Biography
Born on January 6, 1881 in Brooklyn, New York, Joe Lake (Joseph Henry Lake) played for the New York Highlanders, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 6 year career. Lake broke into the bigs on April 21, 1908 with the New York Highlanders, and put up a 3.17 ERA in 269.1 innings pitched in 1908, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Lake's best season was 1909, when he posted a 1.88 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 117 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1908
| NY
| A
| 38
| 27
| 9
| 22
| 3.17
| 118
| 157
| 95
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 269.1
| 252
| 6
| 77
| 0
| 7
| 6
|
| 1909
| NY
| A
| 31
| 26
| 14
| 11
| 1.88
| 117
| 81
| 45
| 17
| 3
| 1
| 215.1
| 180
| 2
| 59
| 0
| 11
| 5
|
| 1910
| STL
| A
| 35
| 29
| 11
| 17
| 2.20
| 141
| 116
| 64
| 24
| 1
| 2
| 261.1
| 243
| 2
| 77
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1911
| STL
| A
| 30
| 25
| 10
| 15
| 3.30
| 69
| 115
| 79
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 215.1
| 245
| 3
| 40
| 0
| 5
| 4
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| 11
| 6
| 1
| 7
| 4.42
| 28
| 41
| 28
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 70
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1912
| DET
| A
| 26
| 14
| 9
| 11
| 3.10
| 86
| 94
| 56
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 162.2
| 190
| 3
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1912
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 20
| 10
| 18
| 3.44
| 114
| 135
| 84
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 219.2
| 260
| 3
| 55
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1913
| DET
| A
| 28
| 12
| 8
| 7
| 3.28
| 35
| 65
| 50
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 137
| 149
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 199
| 139
| 62
| 90
| 2.85
| 594
| 669
| 417
| 95
| 8
| 5
| 1318
| 1329
| 19
| 332
| 0
| 33
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1908
| NY
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 64
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1909
| NY
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 94
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .907
|
| 1910
| STL
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 88
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1911
| STL
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 88
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1912
| DET
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 49
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1912
| TOT
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 73
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1913
| DET
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 59
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 199
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 466
| 45
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1908
| NY
| A
| 44
| 112
| 6
| 21
| 1
| 8
| .188
| .195
| .268
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| NY
| A
| 31
| 81
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 8
| .173
| .193
| .259
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| STL
| A
| 37
| 91
| 7
| 21
| 0
| 4
| .231
| .247
| .275
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| STL
| A
| 30
| 80
| 7
| 21
| 0
| 10
| .262
| .272
| .313
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| STL
| A
| 11
| 20
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .150
| .150
| .150
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| DET
| A
| 26
| 62
| 4
| 9
| 1
| 4
| .145
| .159
| .194
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 82
| 5
| 12
| 1
| 4
| .146
| .157
| .183
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| DET
| A
| 28
| 45
| 4
| 12
| 1
| 4
| .267
| .283
| .444
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 207
| 491
| 39
| 101
| 3
| 38
| .206
| .218
| .277
| 14
| 6
| 7
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Highlanders with Ray Demmitt to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Lou Criger (December 16, 1909).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers (June 11, 1912).
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