Joe Start

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Full Name: Joseph Start	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/165	First Game: May 18, 1871
Birthdate: October 14, 1842	Final Game: July 9, 1886
Birthplace: New York, New York	MLB Experience: 16 years
Died: March 27, 1927
Deathplace: Providence, Rhode Island
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Joe Start (Joseph Start) was born on October 14, 1842 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on May 18, 1871 for the New York Mutuals. In 1871, his rookie year, he hit .360 with 1 home run and 34 RBI. Start played for the New York Mutuals, Hartford Dark Blues, Chicago White Stockings, Providence Grays and Washington Senators over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Joe Start's best season was 1883, when he hit for a .284 average and knocked in 57 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1871	MUT	n	33	161	35	58	1	34	.360	.372	.422	5	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0
1872	MUT	n	55	277	62	75	0	48	.271	.271	.289	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
1873	MUT	n	53	251	42	67	1	28	.267	.278	.335	8	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
1874	MUT	n	63	306	67	96	2	46	.314	.323	.395	13	3	4	0	0	0	5	0	0
1875	MUT	n	69	314	58	90	4	30	.287	.293	.389	10	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1876	NY	N	56	264	40	73	0	21	.277	.279	.299	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1877	HAR	N	60	271	55	90	1	21	.332	.347	.399	3	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
1878	CHI	N	61	285	58	100	1	27	.351	.355	.439	12	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1879	PRO	N	66	317	70	101	2	37	.319	.333	.404	11	5	7	4	0	0	0	0	0
1880	PRO	N	82	345	53	96	0	27	.278	.304	.354	14	6	13	20	0	0	0	0	0
1881	PRO	N	79	348	56	114	0	29	.328	.345	.397	12	6	9	7	0	0	0	0	0
1882	PRO	N	82	356	58	117	0	48	.329	.349	.407	8	10	11	7	0	0	0	0	0
1883	PRO	N	87	370	63	105	1	57	.284	.324	.373	16	7	22	16	0	0	0	0	0
1884	PRO	N	93	381	80	105	2	32	.276	.337	.344	10	5	35	25	0	0	0	0	0
1885	PRO	N	101	374	47	103	0	41	.275	.344	.326	11	4	39	10	0	0	0	0	0
1886	WAS	N	31	122	10	27	0	17	.221	.252	.270	4	1	5	13	0	0	4	0	0
Total	NL		798	3433	590	1031	7	357	.300	.330	.370	107	55	150	109	0	0	4	0	0
Total	NA		273	1309	264	386	8	186	.295	.302	.363	41	12	14	0	0	0	12	0	0
Total			1071	4742	854	1417	15	543	.299	.322	.368	148	67	164	109	0	0	16	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1871	MUT	n	1B	33	0	0	334	2	29	11	0	0	0	0	0	.921
1872	MUT	n	1B	54	54	494	509	0	24	26	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1873	MUT	n	1B	53	0	0	413	18	26	19	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1873	MUT	n	OF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1874	MUT	n	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1874	MUT	n	1B	63	63	550	560	13	23	13	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1874	MUT	n	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1874	MUT	n	OF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1875	MUT	n	1B	69	0	0	702	12	39	20	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1876	NY	N	1B	56	0	0	547	10	21	11	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1877	HAR	N	1B	60	0	0	704	10	27	25	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1878	CHI	N	1B	61	0	0	719	13	33	28	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1879	PRO	N	1B	65	0	0	779	11	22	24	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1879	PRO	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1880	PRO	N	1B	82	0	0	954	10	29	30	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1881	PRO	N	1B	79	0	0	837	17	33	50	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1882	PRO	N	1B	82	0	0	905	21	25	54	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1883	PRO	N	1B	87	0	0	923	29	43	48	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1884	PRO	N	1B	93	0	0	939	21	20	31	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1885	PRO	N	1B	101	0	0	1036	35	31	42	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1886	WAS	N	1B	31	0	0	348	7	10	16	0	0	0	0	0	.973
Total			1B	1069	117	1044	11209	229	435	448	0	0	0	0	0	.963
Total			OF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Granted to league by Providence Grays with Charley Bassett, Cliff Carroll, Con Daily, Jerry Denny, Jack Farrell, Barney Gilligan, Paul Hines, Old Hoss Radbourn, Paul Radford and Dupee Shaw (November 30, 1885).
Obtained from league by Washington Senators with Cliff Carroll, Barney Gilligan, Paul Hines and Dupee Shaw (March 3, 1886).

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