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Joe Decker
George Henry Decker Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 18, 1969
  vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER
Final Game July 7, 1979
Born June 16, 1947 in Storm Lake, IA
Died March 2, 2003 in Fraser, MI

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1965 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 1965. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 22 CHC NL   1   0   4   1   0   0   1  0   12.3   10    4    4   0    6   13   0   1    51   0   0  2.92  4.03  138 1.297
 1970 23 CHC NL   2   7  24  17   1   0   3  0  108.7  108   64   56  12   56   79   4   5   482   3   0  4.64  4.46   96 1.509
 1971 24 CHC NL   3   2  21   4   0   0   4  0   45.7   62   24   24   2   25   37   0   1   215   3   0  4.73  3.92   83 1.905
 1972 25 CHC NL   1   0   5   1   0   0   1  0   12.7    9    3    3   1    4    7   0   0    52   0   0  2.13  3.80  178 1.026
 1973 26 MIN AL  10  10  29  24   6   3   3  0  170.3  167   87   79  12   88  109   4   8   743   0   0  4.17  3.98   95 1.497
 1974 27 MIN AL  16  14  37  37  11   1   0  0  248.7  234  105   91  24   97  158   2   9  1047   1   0  3.29  3.77  114 1.331
 1975 28 MIN AL   1   3  10   7   1   0   2  0   26.3   25   25   25   2   36    8   0   5   135   0   0  8.54  3.86   45 2.316
 1976 29 MIN AL   2   7  13  12   0   0   1  0   58.0   60   37   34   3   51   35   1   6   279   0   1  5.28  3.59   68 1.914
 1979 32 SEA AL   0   1   9   2   0   0   6  0   27.3   27   14   13   2   14   12   0   2   121   1   0  4.28  4.40  103 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .450  36  44 152 105  19   4  21  0  710.0  702  363  329  58  377  458  11  37  3125   8   1  4.17  3.95   95 1.520
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  11  40  27   5   1   5  0  187.7  185   96   87  15   99  121   2   9   826   2   0  4.17  3.95   95 1.520
 Career High     16  14  37  37  11   3   6  0  248.7  234  105   91  24   97  158   4   9  1047   3   1  3.29  4.46  114 1.331

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 22 CHC NL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 23 CHC NL  24   34    3    6   1  0   1    3   0  0   2  16  .176  .222  .294   32   10   2   0   0   0   0
 1971 24 CHC NL  22    8    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .250  .333  .375   91    3   1   0   0   0   0
 1972 25 CHC NL   5    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons       55   46    5    8   2  0   1    3   0  0   3  22  .174  .224  .283   31   13   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        135   15   24   6  0   3    9   0  0   9  65  .174  .224  .283   31   38  18   0   0   0   0
 Career High     24   34    3    6   1  0   1    3   0  0   2  16                          10   3   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 22 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   105| .000  .274| .000  .346| .000  .406| .000  .752|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1970 23 CHC NL   38   30    2   1.8   112| .176  .280| .222  .354| .294  .427| .516  .781|  32  .148  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1971 24 CHC NL   10    7    1   3.8   102| .250  .274| .333  .342| .375  .401| .708  .743|  91  .473  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1972 25 CHC NL    5    5    0   0.0    99| .000  .268| .000  .338| .000  .395| .000  .732|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons        55   44    3   1.8   110| .174  .278| .224  .351| .283  .420| .507  .771|  31  .164  -4.9  -0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 22 CHC NL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.78 0.73 1.98 1 12.3 1970 23 CHC NL P 24 4 14 3 0 .857 .952 0.75 0.71 1.49 1.85 17 109.0 1971 24 CHC NL P 21 0 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.52 0.78 2.17 1.89 4 45.7 1972 25 CHC NL P 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.72 0.71 1.77 1 12.7 1973 26 MIN AL P 29 24 20 3 0 .936 .950 1.52 0.86 2.33 1.86 24 170.3 1974 27 MIN AL P 37 19 20 1 2 .975 .947 1.05 0.83 1.41 1.81 37 248.7 1975 28 MIN AL P 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 0.40 0.85 1.37 1.88 7 26.3 1976 29 MIN AL P 13 4 13 0 0 1.000 .950 1.31 0.85 2.64 1.88 12 58.0 1979 32 SEA AL P 9 4 6 1 1 .909 .952 1.11 0.81 3.30 1.91 2 27.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1969 22 CHC NL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.78 0.73 1.98 1 12.3 1970 23 CHC NL P 24 4 14 3 0 .857 .952 0.75 0.71 1.49 1.85 17 109.0 1971 24 CHC NL P 21 0 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.52 0.78 2.17 1.89 4 45.7 1972 25 CHC NL P 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.72 0.71 1.77 1 12.7 1973 26 MIN AL P 29 24 20 3 0 .936 .950 1.52 0.86 2.33 1.86 24 170.3 1974 27 MIN AL P 37 19 20 1 2 .975 .947 1.05 0.83 1.41 1.81 37 248.7 1975 28 MIN AL P 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 0.40 0.85 1.37 1.88 7 26.3 1976 29 MIN AL P 13 4 13 0 0 1.000 .950 1.31 0.85 2.64 1.88 12 58.0 1979 32 SEA AL P 9 4 6 1 1 .909 .952 1.11 0.81 3.30 1.91 2 27.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 152 58 87 8 3 .948 .950 0.95 0.81 1.84 1.85 105 710.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 152 58 87 8 3 .948 .950 0.95 0.81 1.84 1.85 105 710
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1974 AL-5.72-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1974 AL-97-8

Wild Pitches
1974 AL-9-9

HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1965 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 1965.

November 30, 1972: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bob Maneely (minors) and Bill Hands to the Minnesota Twins for Dave LaRoche.

June 25, 1976: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

June 28, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

December 2, 1976: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

March 20, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

July 4, 1977: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

December 21, 1977: Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Mexico City Reds (Mexican).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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