Joe Zdeb
[edit] Biography
Joe Zdeb (Joseph Edmund Zdeb) was born on June 27, 1953 in Compton, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 7, 1977 for the Kansas City Royals. In 1977, his rookie year, he hit .297 with 2 home runs and 23 RBI. Zdeb played for the Kansas City Royals for his entire 3 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1977
| KC
| A
| 105
| 195
| 26
| 58
| 2
| 23
| .297
| .346
| .374
| 5
| 2
| 16
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 3
| 5
|
| 1978
| KC
| A
| 60
| 127
| 18
| 32
| 0
| 11
| .252
| .287
| .315
| 2
| 3
| 7
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 2
|
| 1979
| KC
| A
| 15
| 23
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .174
| .240
| .304
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 180
| 345
| 47
| 94
| 2
| 34
| .272
| .317
| .348
| 8
| 6
| 25
| 45
| 0
| 8
| 10
| 3
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1977
| KC
| A
| OF
| 93
| 41
| 450.1
| 93
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1977
| KC
| A
| DH
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1977
| KC
| A
| LF
| 87
| 40
| 433.1
| 91
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1977
| KC
| A
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| KC
| A
| RF
| 8
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1978
| KC
| A
| OF
| 52
| 30
| 283.1
| 65
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1978
| KC
| A
| DH
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1978
| KC
| A
| LF
| 43
| 24
| 222.2
| 52
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1978
| KC
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0.2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| KC
| A
| RF
| 12
| 6
| 60.2
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1978
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1979
| KC
| A
| RF
| 3
| 2
| 23
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| KC
| A
| OF
| 9
| 5
| 49
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| KC
| A
| LF
| 6
| 3
| 26
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 154
| 76
| 782.2
| 171
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0.2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 23
| 9
| 97.2
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 136
| 67
| 682
| 150
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1971).
- Traded by Kansas City Royals to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Eddie Bane (January 15, 1980).
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