Joe Sugden
[edit] Biography
Joe Sugden (Joseph Sugden) was born on July 31, 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on July 20, 1893 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1894, his rookie year, he hit .331 with 2 home runs and 23 RBI. Sugden played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Perfectos, Cleveland Spiders, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 13 year career.
Most people believe that Joe Sugden's best season was 1896, when he hit for a .296 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| 27
| 92
| 20
| 24
| 0
| 12
| .261
| .340
| .370
| 4
| 3
| 10
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| PIT
| N
| 39
| 139
| 23
| 46
| 2
| 23
| .331
| .404
| .496
| 13
| 2
| 14
| 2
| 3
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| PIT
| N
| 49
| 155
| 28
| 48
| 1
| 17
| .310
| .385
| .368
| 4
| 1
| 16
| 12
| 3
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| PIT
| N
| 80
| 301
| 42
| 89
| 0
| 36
| .296
| .348
| .359
| 5
| 7
| 19
| 9
| 5
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| PIT
| N
| 84
| 288
| 31
| 64
| 0
| 38
| .222
| .275
| .271
| 6
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| 89
| 289
| 29
| 73
| 0
| 34
| .253
| .314
| .284
| 7
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 76
| 250
| 19
| 69
| 0
| 14
| .276
| .307
| .304
| 5
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| CHI
| A
| 48
| 153
| 21
| 42
| 0
| 19
| .275
| .339
| .333
| 7
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| 68
| 200
| 25
| 50
| 0
| 15
| .250
| .330
| .305
| 7
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| STL
| A
| 79
| 241
| 18
| 51
| 0
| 22
| .212
| .288
| .228
| 4
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| STL
| A
| 105
| 348
| 25
| 93
| 0
| 30
| .267
| .331
| .302
| 6
| 3
| 28
| 0
| 5
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| STL
| A
| 90
| 266
| 21
| 46
| 0
| 23
| .173
| .247
| .188
| 4
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| DET
| A
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 444
| 1514
| 192
| 413
| 3
| 174
| .273
| .330
| .333
| 44
| 19
| 111
| 34
| 18
| 50
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 391
| 1212
| 111
| 283
| 0
| 109
| .233
| .305
| .267
| 28
| 6
| 109
| 0
| 15
| 45
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 835
| 2726
| 303
| 696
| 3
| 283
| .255
| .319
| .303
| 72
| 25
| 220
| 34
| 33
| 95
| 48
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| C
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 81
| 27
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1894
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1894
| PIT
| N
| C
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 105
| 27
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .910
|
| 1894
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1894
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1895
| PIT
| N
| C
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 176
| 57
| 25
| 4
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1896
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1896
| PIT
| N
| C
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 284
| 70
| 18
| 12
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1896
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 3
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1897
| PIT
| N
| C
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 317
| 82
| 25
| 6
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1897
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| C
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 181
| 88
| 18
| 8
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| OF
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| C
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 196
| 108
| 21
| 11
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| CHI
| A
| C
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 179
| 47
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1901
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| C
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 192
| 67
| 12
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| STL
| A
| C
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 321
| 81
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1903
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1904
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 275
| 8
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1904
| STL
| A
| C
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 370
| 94
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1905
| STL
| A
| C
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 407
| 112
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1905
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 89
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1912
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 708
| 0
| 0
| 2809
| 860
| 165
| 84
| 0
| 100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 645
| 29
| 13
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .706
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1902
| STL
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Morgan Murphy (December 7, 1897).
- Assigned to Cleveland Spiders by St. Louis Perfectos with Kid Carsey, Jack Clements, Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Dick Harley, Bill Hill, Jim Hughey, Harry Lochhead, Harry Maupin, Joe Quinn, Jack Stivetts, Willie Sudhoff, Suter Sullivan and Tommy Tucker (March 29, 1899).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (April, 1900).
- Sold by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns (February, 1902).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to St Paul (American Association) with Harry Gleason (February, 1906).
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