Joe Pepitone

Full Name: Joseph Anthony Pepitone	Primary Position: 1B,OF,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: April 10, 1962
Birthdate: October 9, 1940	Final Game: May 25, 1973
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Joe Pepitone (Joseph Anthony Pepitone) was born on October 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his Major League debut on April 10, 1962 for the New York Yankees. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .239 with 7 home runs and 17 RBI. Pepitone played for the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Joe Pepitone's best season was 1966, when he slugged 31 home runs and knocked in 83 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1962	NY	A	63	138	14	33	7	17	.239	.255	.442	3	2	3	21	0	0	1	0	5
1963	NY	A	157	580	79	157	27	89	.271	.304	.448	16	3	23	63	7	0	3	2	10
1964	NY	A	160	613	71	154	28	100	.251	.281	.418	12	3	24	63	3	2	2	7	17
1965	NY	A	143	531	51	131	18	62	.247	.305	.394	18	3	43	59	2	3	4	11	12
1966	NY	A	152	585	85	149	31	83	.255	.290	.463	21	4	29	58	2	0	4	6	14
1967	NY	A	133	501	45	126	13	64	.251	.301	.377	18	3	34	62	3	3	1	4	16
1968	NY	A	108	380	41	93	15	56	.245	.311	.403	9	3	37	45	1	0	8	9	7
1969	NY	A	135	513	49	124	27	70	.242	.284	.442	16	3	30	42	1	0	8	11	13
1970	HOU	N	75	279	44	70	14	35	.251	.298	.470	9	5	18	28	1	0	5	9	7
1970	CHI	N	56	213	38	57	12	44	.268	.313	.498	9	2	15	15	0	4	0	2	2
1970	TOT	N	131	492	82	127	26	79	.258	.304	.482	18	7	33	43	1	4	5	11	9
1971	CHI	N	115	427	50	131	16	61	.307	.347	.482	19	4	24	41	4	2	1	8	14
1972	CHI	N	66	214	23	56	8	21	.262	.309	.397	5	0	13	22	3	0	1	4	4
1973	CHI	N	31	112	16	30	3	18	.268	.320	.375	3	0	8	6	1	0	3	0	1
1973	ATL	N	3	11	0	4	0	1	.364	.417	.364	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
1973	TOT	N	34	123	16	34	3	19	.276	.328	.374	3	0	9	7	1	0	3	0	3
Total	NL		346	1256	171	348	53	180	.277	.322	.457	45	11	79	113	9	6	10	23	30
Total	AL		1051	3841	435	967	166	541	.252	.294	.423	113	24	223	413	19	8	31	50	94
Total			1397	5097	606	1315	219	721	.258	.301	.432	158	35	302	526	28	14	41	73	124

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1962	NY	A	OF	32	13	168	26	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	NY	A	RF	13	2	54.2	10	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	NY	A	1B	16	14	110.1	100	11	2	9	0	.982
1962	NY	A	CF	7	3	30.1	8	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	NY	A	LF	14	8	83	11	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	OF	18	15	129.1	26	1	2	0	0	.931
1963	NY	A	RF	11	10	79	15	0	2	0	0	.882
1963	NY	A	1B	142	130	1193	1140	103	6	111	0	.995
1963	NY	A	CF	7	5	50.1	13	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	A	1B	156	153	1347	1333	121	18	128	0	.988
1964	NY	A	RF	3	1	10.2	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	A	OF	32	2	66	13	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	A	CF	30	1	55.1	8	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	NY	A	OF	41	25	267	45	4	1	0	0	.980
1965	NY	A	LF	2	1	17	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	NY	A	RF	36	24	236	38	4	1	0	0	.977
1965	NY	A	1B	115	113	986.1	1036	71	3	104	1	.997
1965	NY	A	CF	3	0	14	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	NY	A	CF	51	22	265	70	3	3	1	0	.961
1966	NY	A	1B	119	117	977	1044	92	6	92	0	.995
1966	NY	A	RF	8	8	58	14	2	0	1	0	1.000
1966	NY	A	OF	56	30	323	82	5	3	2	0	.967
1967	NY	A	CF	123	122	1096.1	276	7	7	1	0	.976
1967	NY	A	1B	6	6	51	44	6	1	5	0	.980
1967	NY	A	OF	123	122	1096.1	277	7	7	1	0	.976
1968	NY	A	CF	88	87	761.2	186	4	4	1	0	.979
1968	NY	A	1B	12	12	106	128	4	0	10	0	1.000
1968	NY	A	OF	92	91	795.2	190	4	4	1	0	.980
1968	NY	A	LF	4	4	34	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	NY	A	1B	132	131	1153.1	1254	74	7	118	0	.995
1970	HOU	N	LF	15	15	115	25	1	0	0	0	1.000
1970	HOU	N	1B	50	42	396.2	376	29	2	45	0	.995
1970	HOU	N	RF	13	11	93	19	0	1	0	0	.950
1970	HOU	N	OF	28	27	221	52	1	1	0	0	.981
1970	HOU	N	CF	3	1	13	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	CHI	N	OF	56	56	459.1	121	1	1	0	0	.992
1970	CHI	N	CF	56	56	459.1	126	1	1	0	0	.992
1970	CHI	N	1B	13	0	27.2	27	2	0	0	0	1.000
1970	TOT	N	OF	84	83	680.1	173	2	2	0	0	.989
1970	TOT	N	1B	63	42	424.1	403	31	2	45	0	.995
1970	TOT	N	CF	59	57	472.1	130	1	1	0	0	.992
1971	CHI	N	1B	95	89	780	872	64	9	75	0	.990
1971	CHI	N	LF	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	CHI	N	OF	23	22	179.2	32	0	1	0	0	.970
1971	CHI	N	CF	22	22	176.2	31	0	1	0	0	.969
1972	CHI	N	1B	61	54	482.1	552	31	2	51	0	.997
1973	CHI	N	1B	28	28	240.2	240	19	4	28	0	.985
1973	ATL	N	1B	3	3	26	26	0	1	5	0	.963
1973	TOT	N	1B	31	31	266.2	266	19	5	33	0	.983
Total			CF	390	319	2922	726	15	16	3	0	.979
Total			RF	84	56	531.1	101	6	4	1	0	.964
Total			LF	36	28	252	43	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	948	892	7877.1	8172	627	61	781	1	.993
Total			OF	501	403	3705.1	864	23	20	4	0	.978

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1958).
Traded by New York Yankees to Houston Astros in exchange for Curt Blefary (December 4, 1969).
Sold by Houston Astros to Chicago Cubs (July 29, 1970).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Andre Thornton (May 19, 1973).
Released by Atlanta Braves (June 19, 1973).

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