Joe Decker
Born: June 16, 1947, Storm Lake, IA Died: March 2, 2003, Fraser, MIHeight: 6'0" Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1969 Chicago NL 22 1 0 2.92 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 12.1 10 51 4 4 0 6 0 0 13 1970 Chicago NL 23 2 7 4.64 24 17 1 4 3 0 0 108.2 108 482 64 56 12 53 3 4 79 1971 Chicago NL 24 3 2 4.73 21 4 0 13 4 0 0 45.2 62 215 24 24 2 22 3 0 37 1972 Chicago NL 25 1 0 2.13 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 12.2 9 52 3 3 1 4 0 0 7 1973 Minnesota AL 26 10 10 4.17 29 24 6 2 3 0 3 170.1 167 743 87 79 12 88 0 4 109 1974 Minnesota AL 27 16 14 3.29 37 37 11 0 0 0 1 248.2 234 1047 105 91 24 96 1 2 158 1975 Minnesota AL 28 1 3 8.54 10 7 1 1 2 0 0 26.1 25 135 25 25 2 36 0 0 8 1976 Minnesota AL 29 2 7 5.28 13 12 0 0 1 0 0 58.0 60 279 37 34 3 51 0 1 35 1979 Seattle AL 32 0 1 4.28 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 27.1 27 121 14 13 2 13 1 0 12 TOTALS 36 44 4.17 152 105 19 26 21 0 4 710.0 702 3125 363 329 58 369 8 11 458
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 Chicago NL 4 45 4 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 13 1 .222 .222 .314 1970 Chicago NL 24 410 64 108 168 20 2 12 7 5 9 3 53 3 4 79 9 .263 .410 .354 1971 Chicago NL 21 181 24 62 84 12 2 2 7 2 6 4 22 3 0 37 4 .343 .464 .418 1972 Chicago NL 5 48 3 9 17 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 7 0 .188 .354 .250 1973 Minnesota AL 29 643 87 167 230 21 3 12 4 4 12 12 88 0 4 109 16 .260 .358 .350 1974 Minnesota AL 37 930 105 234 341 25 5 24 10 8 31 16 96 1 2 158 25 .252 .367 .321 1975 Minnesota AL 10 96 25 25 38 5 1 2 3 0 5 2 36 0 0 8 3 .260 .396 .462 1976 Minnesota AL 13 220 37 60 83 8 3 3 2 5 11 4 51 0 1 35 6 .273 .377 .404 1979 Seattle AL 9 106 14 27 36 3 0 2 0 1 6 1 13 1 0 12 2 .255 .340 .339
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 Chicago NL 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1970 Chicago NL 23 24 34 3 6 10 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 0 .176 .294 .222 1971 Chicago NL 24 22 8 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 .250 .375 .333 1972 Chicago NL 25 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 Minnesota AL 26 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 Minnesota AL 27 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Minnesota AL 28 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Minnesota AL 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 Seattle AL 32 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 153 46 5 8 13 2 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 22 0 .174 .283 .224
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1969 Chicago NL P 12.1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73 0 2 0 1970 Chicago NL P 109.0 17 24 4 14 3 0 .857 1.49 9 3 0 1971 Chicago NL P 45.2 4 21 0 11 0 0 1.000 2.17 6 4 0 1972 Chicago NL P 12.2 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 1 0 0 1973 Minnesota AL P 170.1 24 29 24 20 3 0 .936 2.32 12 12 0 1974 Minnesota AL P 248.2 37 37 19 20 1 2 .975 1.41 31 16 0 1975 Minnesota AL P 26.1 7 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.37 5 2 0 1976 Minnesota AL P 58.0 12 13 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.64 11 4 0 1979 Seattle AL P 27.1 2 9 4 6 1 1 .909 3.29 6 1 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965 - signed June 26, 1965).
- Placed on disabled list by Chicago Cubs (June 3, 1971)
- Activated by Chicago Cubs (June 22, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by Chicago Cubs (July 23, 1971)
- Activated by Chicago Cubs (August 13, 1971)
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Bill Hands and Bob Maneely to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Dave LaRoche (November 30, 1972).
- Placed on disabled list by Minnesota Twins (April 18, 1975)
- Activated by Minnesota Twins (June 6, 1975)
- Released by Minnesota Twins (June 25, 1976).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (June 28, 1976).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (December 2, 1976).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (March 20, 1977).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (July 4, 1977).
- Sold by Mexico City Reds (Mexican) to Seattle Mariners (December 21, 1977).
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