Joe Lovitto
[edit] Biography
Joe Lovitto (Joseph Lovitto) was born on January 6, 1951 in San Pedro, California. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1972 for the Texas Rangers. In 1972, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 1 home run and 19 RBI. Lovitto played for the Texas Rangers for his entire 4 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| 117
| 330
| 23
| 74
| 1
| 19
| .224
| .306
| .267
| 9
| 1
| 37
| 54
| 2
| 4
| 13
| 2
| 8
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| 26
| 44
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .136
| .224
| .159
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| TEX
| A
| 113
| 283
| 27
| 63
| 2
| 26
| .223
| .285
| .297
| 9
| 3
| 25
| 36
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 4
| 10
|
| 1975
| TEX
| A
| 50
| 106
| 17
| 22
| 1
| 8
| .208
| .289
| .264
| 3
| 0
| 13
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 306
| 763
| 70
| 165
| 4
| 53
| .216
| .291
| .271
| 22
| 4
| 80
| 113
| 2
| 10
| 22
| 7
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| CF
| 77
| 71
| 618.2
| 197
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| RF
| 25
| 19
| 172.1
| 36
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| OF
| 103
| 90
| 805.2
| 233
| 7
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| LF
| 6
| 0
| 14.2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| 3B
| 19
| 12
| 112
| 23
| 21
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| RF
| 2
| 0
| 1.1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 8.1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| CF
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| TEX
| A
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1974
| TEX
| A
| CF
| 106
| 73
| 719
| 200
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1974
| TEX
| A
| 1B
| 5
| 4
| 28
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| TEX
| A
| OF
| 107
| 73
| 720
| 201
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1975
| TEX
| A
| LF
| 17
| 5
| 69.1
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1975
| TEX
| A
| OF
| 38
| 21
| 243.1
| 62
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1975
| TEX
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| TEX
| A
| CF
| 25
| 16
| 174
| 47
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| TEX
| A
| DH
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 7
| 5
| 37
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 28
| 19
| 174.2
| 37
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 19
| 12
| 112
| 23
| 21
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 23
| 5
| 84
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 211
| 160
| 1518.2
| 446
| 17
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 253
| 184
| 1777.1
| 499
| 17
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Washington Senators in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (February 1, 1969).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to New York Mets in exchange for Gene Clines (December 12, 1975).
- Released by New York Mets (March 26, 1976).
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