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Full Name: Adrian Joss Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/185 First Game: April 26, 1902
Birthdate: April 12, 1880 Final Game: July 11, 1910
Birthplace: Woodland, Wisconsin MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: April 14, 1911
Deathplace: Toledo, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978

Biography[]

Born on April 12, 1880 in Woodland, Wisconsin, Addie Joss (Adrian Joss) played for the Cleveland Broncos and Cleveland Naps over the course of his 9 year career. Joss broke into the bigs on April 26, 1902 with the Cleveland Broncos, and put up a 2.77 ERA in 269.1 innings pitched in 1902, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Addie Joss's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1907, when he posted a 1.83 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 127 batters. However, others believe that it was 1908, when he posted a 1.16 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 130 batters.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1902 CLE A 32 29 17 13 2.77 106 120 83 28 5 0 269.1 225 2 75 0 5 13
1903 CLE A 32 31 18 13 2.19 120 104 69 31 3 0 283.2 232 3 37 0 5 10
1904 CLE A 25 24 14 10 1.59 83 51 34 20 5 0 192.1 160 0 30 0 3 7
1905 CLE A 33 32 20 12 2.01 132 90 64 31 3 0 286 246 4 46 0 3 12
1906 CLE A 34 31 21 9 1.72 106 81 54 28 9 1 282 220 3 43 0 2 3
1907 CLE A 42 38 27 11 1.83 127 100 69 34 6 2 338.2 279 3 54 0 1 7
1908 CLE A 42 35 24 11 1.16 130 77 42 29 9 2 325 232 2 30 0 6 2
1909 CLE A 33 28 14 13 1.71 67 71 46 24 4 0 242.2 198 0 31 0 3 4
1910 CLE A 13 12 5 5 2.26 49 35 27 9 1 0 107.1 96 2 18 0 0 2
Total 286 260 160 97 1.89 920 729 488 234 45 5 2327 1888 19 364 0 28 60

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1902 CLE A 1B 1 0 0 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1902 CLE A P 32 0 0 9 106 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1903 CLE A P 32 0 0 13 107 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1903 CLE A 1B 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1904 CLE A P 25 0 0 11 61 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1904 CLE A 1B 3 0 0 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1905 CLE A 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1905 CLE A 3B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1905 CLE A P 33 0 0 22 107 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1906 CLE A OF 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1906 CLE A P 34 0 0 26 93 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1907 CLE A P 42 0 0 21 143 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1908 CLE A P 42 0 0 23 109 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1909 CLE A P 33 0 0 12 78 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1910 CLE A P 13 0 0 7 42 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .961
Total P 286 0 0 144 846 36 20 0 0 0 0 0 .965
Total 3B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 6 0 0 32 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1902 CLE A 33 103 8 12 0 10 .117 .157 .165 3 1 5 0 0 7 0 0 0
1903 CLE A 34 114 8 22 0 6 .193 .200 .254 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1904 CLE A 28 76 3 10 0 3 .132 .143 .158 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0
1905 CLE A 35 97 6 13 0 3 .134 .236 .175 2 1 13 0 0 6 3 0 0
1906 CLE A 36 100 4 21 0 6 .210 .269 .230 2 0 7 0 1 10 3 0 0
1907 CLE A 42 114 6 13 0 6 .114 .165 .140 3 0 7 0 0 6 1 0 0
1908 CLE A 42 97 6 15 0 10 .155 .255 .227 3 2 13 0 0 3 3 0 0
1909 CLE A 33 80 3 8 1 5 .100 .143 .150 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0
1910 CLE A 13 36 2 4 0 2 .111 .179 .167 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 296 817 46 118 1 51 .144 .198 .188 21 6 54 0 1 39 10 0 0

Transactions[]

  • Signed by Cleveland Broncos (March 16, 1902).

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