Joe Decker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 16, 1947 in Storm Lake, IA us

Died: March 2, 2003 in Fraser, MI

Buried: Buena Vista Memorial Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Petaluma HS (Petaluma, CA).

High School: Petaluma HS (Petaluma, CA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 18, 1969 (Age 22-094d, 12,934th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: July 7, 1979 (Age 32-021d)
vs. BOS 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: George Henry Decker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.7

ERA

4.17

152

105

710.0

458

WHIP

1.520

Summary of 58 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 17 go ahead

3 Tms
MIN	41
CHC	15
SEA	2

Platoon
vs RHB	40
vs LHB	18

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	28

Outs
1	20
0	20
2	18

19 Opps
OAK	11
DET	6
NYY	5
BOS	5
TEX	4
SDP	3
BAL	3
ATL	3
CLE	3
CHW	3
STL	2
PHI	2
MIL	2
CIN	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
LAD	1
MON	1
TOR	1

46 Batters
Graig Nettles	3
Sal Bando	3
Jim Nettles	2
Toby Harrah	2
Dwight Evans	2
Ollie Brown	2
Ángel Mangual	2
Bobby Grich	2
Gene Tenace	2
Norm Cash	2
Jim Rice	1
Danny Ainge	1
Willie Horton	1
Bob Gibson	1
Orlando Cepeda	1
Bert Campaneris	1
Charlie Spikes	1
Dick Green	1
Lenny Randle	1
Jim Sundberg	1
Pedro García	1
Henry Aaron	1
Oscar Gamble	1
Joe Rudi	1
Deron Johnson	1
Al Kaline	1
Carlos May	1
Thurman Munson	1
Bernie Carbo	1
Rico Petrocelli	1
Claudell Washington	1
Dave Marshall	1
Tony González	1
Dave Duncan	1
Cito Gaston	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Lee May	1
Bob Robertson	1
George Scott	1
Lamar Johnson	1
Ted Simmons	1
Jim Lefebvre	1
Reggie Smith	1
Bob Bailey	1
Bill Melton	1
Terry Harmon	1

16 Parks
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	18
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	9
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	31
9	17
8	4
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	13
123	3
-2-	3
12-	2
--3	2
-23	1
1-3	1

93 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	33
1 on	18
2 on	4
3 on	3
Any on	25

Inning
1	8
2	5
3	10
4	9
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	5

1-3	23
4-6	23
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	5
+2	5
+1	6
Tied	15
-1	1
-2	6
-3	2
-4..	10

Ahead	24
Tied	15
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	11
3B	9
1B	8
LF	8
2B	7
C	5
CF	4
SS	3
DH	2
P	1

OrderPos
5th	12
3rd	10
7th	9
6th	8
4th	7
9th	4
8th	3
2nd	3
1st	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-04-16	Deron Johnson	PHI	@	CHC	behind 2-5	t 5	1	-2-	2	4	3	15%	34%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Money Scores
2	2	2	1	1970-05-01	Henry Aaron	ATL		CHC	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1970-05-07	Bernie Carbo	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	1--	2	7	7	16%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. May Scores
4	4	4	1	1970-05-11	Orlando Cepeda	ATL	@	CHC	behind 2-4	t 6	1	1--	2	5	3	23%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Aaron Scores
5	5	5	1	1970-06-10	Ollie Brown	SDP		CHC	ahead 6-4	b 7	0	---	1	5	9	5%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1970-06-23	Dave Marshall	NYM	@	CHC	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	9%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1970-06-30	Bob Gibson	STL		CHC	behind 1-4	b 3	0	---	1	9	1	9%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	1970-07-06 (2)	Bob Bailey	MON	@	CHC	behind 1-5	t 4	0	---	1	6	5	6%	20%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	9	1	1970-07-20 (2)	Tony González	ATL		CHC	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	12-	3	2	8	11%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Cardwell Scores; S. Jackson Scores
10	10	10	1	1970-08-14	Jim Lefebvre	LAD	@	CHC	ahead 11-7	t 8	2	1--	2	6	4	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Davis Scores
11	11	11	1	1970-08-18	Cito Gaston	SDP	@	CHC	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1	3	8	8%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	12	2	1970-08-18	Ollie Brown	SDP	@	CHC	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	1	5	9	7%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1971-05-30	Bob Robertson	PIT		CHC	ahead 7-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	6	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Sanguillén Scores
14	14	2	1	1971-09-03	Ted Simmons	STL		CHC	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1972-10-03	Terry Harmon	PHI	@	CHC	ahead 10-0	t 8	2	---	1	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1973-04-28	Graig Nettles	NYY		MIN	ahead 4-1	b 6	1	1--	2	7	5	5%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Hart Scores
17	17	2	2	1973-04-28	Bobby Murcer	NYY		MIN	ahead 6-2	b 7	1	1--	2	4	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Alou Scores
18	18	3	1	1973-06-06 (2)	Oscar Gamble	CLE		MIN	behind 0-9	b 6	1	---	1	3	9	0%	1%		Home Run
19	19	4	1	1973-06-13	Pedro García	MIL	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 3	0	1--	2	9	4	18%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Coluccio Scores
20	20	5	1	1973-06-17	Norm Cash	DET		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	3	10%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	6	1	1973-07-09	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	5	5	16%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Cepeda Scores
22	22	7	1	1973-07-19	Reggie Smith	BOS		MIN	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	10%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	8	1	1973-08-15	Norm Cash	DET	@	MIN	behind 0-5	t 5	0	---	1	7	3	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	9	2	1973-08-15	Al Kaline	DET	@	MIN	behind 1-5	t 5	2	123	4	4	9	32%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Northrup Scores/unER; M. Stanley Scores/unER; G. Brown Scores/unER; A. Kaline Scores/unER
25	25	10	1	1973-09-07	Carlos May	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	1	5	DH	6%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	11	1	1973-09-15	Bill Melton	CHW		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	5	19%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hairston Scores
27	27	12	1	1973-09-19	Bert Campaneris	OAK	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	6	11%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1974-04-27	George Scott	MIL	@	MIN	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	1--	2	4	3	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Briggs Scores
29	29	2	1	1974-05-03	Willie Horton	DET	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 6	2	12-	3	5	7	42%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); M. Stanley Scores; J. Northrup Scores
30	30	3	1	1974-05-12	Ángel Mangual	OAK		MIN	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	7	9	13%	68%		Home Run
31	31	4	1	1974-05-21	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	MIN	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1	7	2	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	5	1	1974-06-04	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	57%		Home Run
33	33	6	1	1974-06-09	Graig Nettles	NYY		MIN	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---	1	5	5	13%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	7	1	1974-06-14	Charlie Spikes	CLE		MIN	behind 0-8	b 5	0	---	1	4	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	8	2	1974-06-14	Dave Duncan	CLE		MIN	behind 1-8	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	9	1	1974-06-18	Bobby Grich	BAL		MIN	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	-23	3	3	4	21%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Belanger Scores; A. Bumbry Scores
37	37	10	2	1974-06-18	Bobby Grich	BAL		MIN	ahead 5-1	b 5	1	---	1	3	4	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	11	1	1974-07-01	Jim Sundberg	TEX	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	9	2	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	12	2	1974-07-01	Toby Harrah	TEX	@	MIN	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1	8	6	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	13	1	1974-07-20	Jim Nettles	DET		MIN	behind 0-5	b 2	1	--3	2	6	7	8%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Cash Scores
41	41	14	2	1974-07-20	Jim Nettles	DET		MIN	behind 2-9	b 5	2	1--	2	6	7	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Northrup Scores
42	42	15	1	1974-07-25	Sal Bando	OAK		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	--3	2	3	5	14%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Campaneris Scores
43	43	16	2	1974-07-25	Sal Bando	OAK		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	5	8%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	17	3	1974-07-25	Dick Green	OAK		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	1	9	4	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	18	1	1974-08-04 (1)	Ángel Mangual	OAK	@	MIN	behind 1-3	t 6	2	1-3	3	7	7	42%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jackson Scores; J. Rudi Scores
46	46	19	1	1974-08-19	Graig Nettles	NYY		MIN	behind 0-5	b 2	2	---	1	7	5	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	20	1	1974-08-28	Thurman Munson	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	7	2	9%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	21	1	1974-09-02	Toby Harrah	TEX		MIN	behind 0-6	b 7	1	1--	2	7	6	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Spencer Scores
49	49	22	1	1974-09-11	Sal Bando	OAK	@	MIN	tied 1-1	t 8	1	---	1	3	5	28%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	23	2	1974-09-11	Joe Rudi	OAK	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	---	1	5	7	13%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	24	1	1974-09-24	Gene Tenace	OAK		MIN	tied 0-0	b 4	1	123	4	6	3	25%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Campaneris Scores; C. Washington Scores; S. Bando Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1975-06-06	Dwight Evans	BOS		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	123	4	6	9	27%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Yastrzemski Scores; F. Lynn Scores; J. Rice Scores
53	53	2	1	1975-07-24	Jim Rice	BOS	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	7	19%	66%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Doyle Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1976-04-10	Lenny Randle	TEX		MIN	tied 1-1	b 4	2	-2-	2	1	7	24%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Grieve Scores
55	55	2	1	1976-05-17	Claudell Washington	OAK	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	---	1	2	9	12%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	3	1	1976-06-05	Lee May	BAL		MIN	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	DH	15%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1979-06-02	Danny Ainge	TOR	@	SEA	ahead 5-0	t 7	0	---	1	8	4	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	1979-06-21	Lamar Johnson	CHW		SEA	ahead 3-0	b 1	1	1--	2	6	3	9%	90%		Home Run; A. Bannister Scores; L. Johnson Scores