Joe Quest
[edit] Biography
Joe Quest (Joseph L. Quest) was born on November 16, 1852 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on August 30, 1871 for the Cleveland Forest Citys. In 1878, his rookie year, he hit .205 with 0 home runs and 13 RBI. Quest played for the Cleveland Forest Citys, Indianapolis Blues, Chicago White Stockings, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Wolverines, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 10 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1871
| CLE
| n
| 3
| 13
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .231
| .286
| .308
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1878
| IND
| N
| 62
| 278
| 45
| 57
| 0
| 13
| .205
| .238
| .230
| 3
| 2
| 12
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1879
| CHI
| N
| 83
| 334
| 38
| 69
| 0
| 22
| .207
| .227
| .260
| 16
| 1
| 9
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1880
| CHI
| N
| 82
| 300
| 37
| 71
| 0
| 27
| .237
| .256
| .283
| 12
| 1
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1881
| CHI
| N
| 78
| 293
| 35
| 72
| 1
| 26
| .246
| .251
| .276
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1882
| CHI
| N
| 42
| 159
| 24
| 32
| 0
| 15
| .201
| .240
| .258
| 5
| 2
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| STL
| a
| 19
| 78
| 12
| 20
| 0
| 10
| .256
| .266
| .321
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| 37
| 137
| 22
| 32
| 0
| 15
| .234
| .286
| .321
| 8
| 2
| 10
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| Total
|
| 56
| 215
| 34
| 52
| 0
| 25
| .242
| .279
| .321
| 11
| 3
| 11
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| STL
| a
| 81
| 310
| 46
| 64
| 0
| 0
| .206
| .257
| .268
| 9
| 5
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| PIT
| a
| 12
| 43
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .209
| .227
| .279
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| TOT
| a
| 93
| 353
| 48
| 73
| 0
| 0
| .207
| .253
| .269
| 12
| 5
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| 55
| 200
| 24
| 39
| 0
| 21
| .195
| .248
| .255
| 8
| 2
| 14
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 42
| 150
| 14
| 31
| 0
| 10
| .207
| .300
| .247
| 4
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 439
| 1701
| 225
| 372
| 1
| 139
| .219
| .247
| .266
| 58
| 10
| 63
| 161
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 3
| 13
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .231
| .286
| .308
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 154
| 581
| 74
| 124
| 0
| 20
| .213
| .268
| .270
| 19
| 7
| 40
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 596
| 2295
| 300
| 499
| 1
| 161
| .217
| .252
| .268
| 78
| 17
| 104
| 161
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1871
| CLE
| n
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
| 1871
| CLE
| n
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1878
| IND
| N
| 2B
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 228
| 196
| 60
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .876
|
| 1879
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 263
| 331
| 48
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1880
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1880
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1880
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 223
| 270
| 58
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1881
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1881
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 238
| 249
| 37
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1882
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 113
| 127
| 33
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .879
|
| 1882
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .333
|
| 1883
| STL
| a
| 2B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 49
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .890
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| 2B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 114
| 112
| 26
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1883
| Total
|
| 2B
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 162
| 161
| 38
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1884
| STL
| a
| 2B
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 232
| 242
| 56
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .894
|
| 1884
| PIT
| a
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 25
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1884
| PIT
| a
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 17
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1884
| TOT
| a
| 2B
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 252
| 267
| 59
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| SS
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 46
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .836
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| 2B
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 107
| 122
| 26
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .789
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| SS
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 138
| 35
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .847
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 530
| 0
| 0
| 1595
| 1737
| 369
| 212
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 80
| 213
| 54
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .844
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Chicago White Stockings to Detroit Wolverines (December, 1882).
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