Joey Jay

Full Name: Joseph Richard Jay	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/228	First Game: July 21, 1953
Birthdate: August 15, 1935	Final Game: October 2, 1966
Birthplace: Middletown, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Born on August 15, 1935 in Middletown, Connecticut, Joey Jay (Joseph Richard Jay) played for the Milwaukee Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 13 year career. Jay broke into the bigs on July 21, 1953 with the Milwaukee Braves, and put up a 2.14 ERA in 96.2 innings pitched in 1958, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joey Jay's best season was 1961, when he posted a 3.53 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 157 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1953	MIL	N	3	1	1	0	.00	4	0	0	1	1	0	10	6	0	5	0	1	0
1954	MIL	N	15	1	1	0	6.50	13	13	13	0	0	0	18	21	2	16	0	1	1
1955	MIL	N	12	1	0	0	4.74	3	11	10	0	0	0	19	23	2	13	2	1	0
1957	MIL	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	MIL	N	18	12	7	5	2.14	74	25	23	6	3	0	96.2	60	8	43	3	2	1
1959	MIL	N	34	19	6	11	4.09	88	71	62	4	1	0	136.1	130	11	64	6	1	5
1960	MIL	N	32	11	9	8	3.24	90	60	48	3	0	1	133.1	128	10	59	5	8	6
1961	CIN	N	34	34	21	10	3.53	157	102	97	14	4	0	247.1	217	25	92	1	9	5
1962	CIN	N	39	37	21	14	3.76	155	121	114	16	4	0	273	269	26	100	5	7	4
1963	CIN	N	30	22	7	18	4.29	116	91	81	4	1	1	170	172	19	73	2	8	3
1964	CIN	N	34	23	11	11	3.39	134	75	69	10	0	2	183	167	17	36	6	3	3
1965	CIN	N	37	24	9	8	4.22	102	83	73	4	1	1	155.2	150	21	63	0	8	4
1966	CIN	N	12	10	6	2	3.91	44	33	32	1	1	0	73.2	78	8	23	1	3	3
1966	ATL	N	9	8	0	4	7.89	19	29	26	0	0	1	29.2	39	4	20	3	2	1
1966	TOT	N	21	18	6	6	5.05	63	62	58	1	1	1	103.1	117	12	43	4	5	4
Total			310	203	99	91	3.77	999	714	648	63	16	7	1546.1	1460	153	607	34	54	36

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1953	MIL	N	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1954	MIL	N	P	15	1	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1955	MIL	N	P	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	MIL	N	P	1	0	0.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	MIL	N	P	18	12	96.2	9	13	1	0	0	3	3	0	.957
1959	MIL	N	P	34	19	136.1	13	28	2	3	1	8	1	1	.953
1960	MIL	N	P	32	11	133.1	13	18	1	1	2	7	2	0	.969
1961	CIN	N	P	34	34	247.1	23	32	2	2	1	16	5	1	.965
1962	CIN	N	P	39	37	273	14	39	1	3	3	10	2	0	.981
1963	CIN	N	P	30	22	170	14	24	3	3	1	15	5	0	.927
1964	CIN	N	P	34	23	183	6	24	1	1	2	12	6	1	.968
1965	CIN	N	P	37	24	155.2	9	26	1	1	1	15	3	0	.972
1966	CIN	N	P	12	10	73.2	3	8	2	0	1	11	6	0	.846
1966	ATL	N	P	9	8	29.2	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1966	TOT	N	P	21	18	103.1	4	12	2	0	1	12	7	0	.889
Total			P	310	201	1517.1	105	221	14	15	12	99	35	3	.959

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1953	MIL	N	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
1954	MIL	N	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	MIL	N	12	3	0	2	0	0	.667	.667	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	MIL	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	MIL	N	18	32	0	3	0	0	.094	.194	.094	0	4	16	0	1	1
1959	MIL	N	34	35	0	3	0	0	.086	.135	.086	0	2	15	0	1	0
1960	MIL	N	32	45	2	7	0	1	.156	.204	.156	0	3	23	0	3	2
1961	CIN	N	34	89	3	8	0	5	.090	.110	.124	3	2	29	0	2	2
1962	CIN	N	39	90	7	15	2	9	.167	.250	.233	0	10	36	0	7	2
1963	CIN	N	30	50	0	8	0	0	.160	.192	.180	1	2	22	0	2	0
1964	CIN	N	34	53	0	3	0	2	.057	.091	.075	1	1	23	1	5	0
1965	CIN	N	37	49	3	2	0	0	.041	.078	.061	1	2	24	0	4	2
1966	CIN	N	12	26	2	3	0	0	.115	.179	.115	0	2	13	0	2	0
1966	ATL	N	9	8	0	1	0	2	.125	.125	.250	1	0	3	0	0	0
1966	TOT	N	21	34	2	4	0	2	.118	.167	.147	1	2	16	0	2	0
Total			310	483	17	55	2	19	.114	.164	.141	7	28	206	1	27	9

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Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by Milwaukee Braves (June 23, 1953).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Juan Pizarro to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Roy McMillan (December 15, 1960).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Hank Fischer (June 15, 1966).
Released by Atlanta Braves (December 2, 1966).

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