Joseph Walter Price
[edit] Biography
Born on November 29, 1956 in Inglewood, California, Joe Price (Joseph Walter Price) played for the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 11 year career. Price broke into the bigs on June 14, 1980 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.56 ERA in 111.1 innings pitched in 1980, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Price's best season was 1983, when he posted a 2.88 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 83 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1980
| CIN
| N
| 24
| 13
| 7
| 3
| 3.56
| 44
| 45
| 44
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 111.1
| 95
| 10
| 37
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1981
| CIN
| N
| 41
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 2.52
| 41
| 19
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 53.2
| 42
| 3
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 0
|
| 1982
| CIN
| N
| 59
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 2.85
| 71
| 26
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 72.2
| 73
| 7
| 32
| 8
| 1
| 4
|
| 1983
| CIN
| N
| 21
| 21
| 10
| 6
| 2.88
| 83
| 46
| 46
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 144
| 118
| 12
| 46
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 30
| 7
| 13
| 4.19
| 129
| 91
| 80
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 171.2
| 176
| 19
| 61
| 5
| 3
| 2
|
| 1985
| CIN
| N
| 26
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 3.90
| 52
| 35
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 64.2
| 59
| 10
| 23
| 7
| 2
| 0
|
| 1986
| CIN
| N
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 5.40
| 30
| 30
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 41.2
| 49
| 5
| 22
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1987
| SF
| N
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2.57
| 42
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 35
| 19
| 5
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1988
| SF
| N
| 38
| 3
| 1
| 6
| 3.94
| 49
| 33
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 61.2
| 59
| 5
| 27
| 6
| 1
| 1
|
| 1989
| SF
| N
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 5.79
| 10
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 16
| 3
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| 31
| 5
| 2
| 5
| 4.35
| 52
| 35
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 70.1
| 71
| 8
| 30
| 3
| 1
| 0
|
| 1989
| Total
|
| 38
| 6
| 3
| 6
| 4.59
| 62
| 44
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 84.1
| 87
| 11
| 34
| 5
| 2
| 0
|
| 1990
| BAL
| A
| 50
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 3.58
| 54
| 29
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 65.1
| 62
| 8
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 291
| 79
| 40
| 40
| 3.59
| 551
| 344
| 307
| 10
| 1
| 13
| 770.1
| 706
| 79
| 283
| 36
| 13
| 9
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 81
| 5
| 5
| 9
| 3.98
| 106
| 64
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 135.2
| 133
| 16
| 54
| 5
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 372
| 84
| 45
| 49
| 3.65
| 657
| 408
| 367
| 10
| 1
| 13
| 906
| 839
| 95
| 337
| 41
| 15
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1980
| CIN
| N
| P
| 24
| 13
| 111.1
| 3
| 16
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 4
| .905
|
| 1981
| CIN
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 53.2
| 1
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
| .875
|
| 1982
| CIN
| N
| P
| 59
| 1
| 72.2
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| .818
|
| 1983
| CIN
| N
| P
| 21
| 21
| 144
| 8
| 21
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 10
| 4
| .879
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| P
| 30
| 30
| 171.2
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| CIN
| N
| P
| 26
| 8
| 64.2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| CIN
| N
| P
| 25
| 2
| 41.2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| SF
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 35
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| SF
| N
| P
| 38
| 3
| 61.2
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| SF
| N
| P
| 7
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| P
| 31
| 5
| 70.1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| Total
|
| P
| 38
| 6
| 84.1
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 3
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| BAL
| A
| P
| 50
| 0
| 65.1
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 2
| .818
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 372
| 84
| 906
| 27
| 104
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 53
| 39
| 14
| .916
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1980
| CIN
| N
| 24
| 39
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .128
| .128
| .128
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1981
| CIN
| N
| 41
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| CIN
| N
| 59
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| CIN
| N
| 21
| 41
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .098
| .159
| .098
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 48
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .146
| .180
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| CIN
| N
| 26
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .067
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| CIN
| N
| 25
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .143
| .250
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| SF
| N
| 20
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| SF
| N
| 38
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .111
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| SF
| N
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| Total
|
| 38
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| BAL
| A
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 291
| 171
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 5
| .111
| .156
| .117
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 54
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 372
| 171
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 5
| .111
| .156
| .117
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 54
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (February 5, 1987).
- Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 14, 1987).
- Released by San Francisco Giants (May 1, 1989).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (May 5, 1989).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 12, 1990).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
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