Joe Pepitone

Positions: First Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: March 13, 2023 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, NY

High School: John Jay HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: April 10, 1962 (Age 21-183d, 11,919th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 25, 1973 (Age 32-228d)
vs. STL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Joseph Anthony Pepitone

Nicknames: Pepi

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

5097

1315

219

.258

606

RBI

721

OBP

.301

SLG

.432

OPS

.733

OPS+

105

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	48	10.2	11	0	1	12	0	1B
2	2	Apr 14	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
3	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
4	4	Apr 17	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	5	1B
5	5	Apr 18	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
6	6	Apr 19	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
7	7	Apr 21	NYY		MIN	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
8	8	Apr 22	NYY		MIN	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
9	12 (3)	Apr 28	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	13	Apr 30	NYY		BAL	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	NYY		BAL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
12	15	May 2 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	10.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
13	16	May 2 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
14	17	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
15	18	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
16	19	May 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
17	20	May 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
18	21	May 8	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
19	22	May 9	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
20	23	May 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
21	24	May 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	25	May 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	26	May 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	27	May 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
25	28	May 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B RF
26	29	May 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-7	GS	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B RF
27	30	May 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
28	31	May 18	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
29	32	May 19	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	33	May 20	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	34	May 21	NYY		WSA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
32	36 (1)	May 23 (1)	NYY		WSA	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	37	May 23 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B RF
34	38	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,15-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
35	39	May 25	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
36	40	May 27	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
37	41	May 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
38	42	May 29	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
39	43	May 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	47	12.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B CF
40	44	May 31 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-1	GS	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B RF
41	45	May 31 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	46	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	59	15.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
43	50 (3)	Jun 7	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
44	51	Jun 8	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
45	52	Jun 9	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
46	53	Jun 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
47	54	Jun 12	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-13	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
48	55	Jun 13	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
49	56	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	33	7.2	5	1	0	6	1	1B
50	57	Jun 15	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
51	58	Jun 16	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
52	59	Jun 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GS	60	16.0	16	2	0	18	1	1B CF
53	60	Jun 18	NYY		MIN	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
54	61	Jun 19	NYY		MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
55	62	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		MIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
56	63	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,4-7	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B CF
57	64	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
58	66 (1)	Jun 23	NYY		KCA	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
59	67	Jun 24	NYY		KCA	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	68	Jun 25	NYY		CAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	69	Jun 26	NYY		CAL	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
62	70	Jun 27	NYY		CAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
63	71	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
64	72	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
65	73	Jun 29	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	74	Jun 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	75	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
68	76	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,16-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
69	77	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
70	78	Jul 4	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	1B
71	79	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
72	80	Jul 5 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	81	Jul 6	NYY	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
74	82	Jul 7	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
75	83	Jul 8	NYY	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
76	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	85	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
78	86	Jul 10 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	87	Jul 11	NYY	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	1B
80	88	Jul 15	NYY		WSA	W,2-1	GS	46	12.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B RF
81	90 (1)	Jul 17	NYY		WSA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
82	91	Jul 18	NYY		WSA	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
83	92	Jul 19	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
84	93	Jul 20	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
85	94	Jul 21	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
86	95	Jul 22	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
87	96	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	97	Jul 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
89	98	Jul 25 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
90	99	Jul 25 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
91	100	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
92	101	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
93	102	Jul 28	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
94	103	Jul 29	NYY		DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
95	104	Jul 30	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
96	105	Jul 31	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	106	Aug 1 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,10-6	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	RF
98	107	Aug 1 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
99	108	Aug 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
100	109	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	51	13.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B RF
101	110	Aug 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
102	111	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B RF
103	112	Aug 7	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B RF
104	113	Aug 8	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
105	114	Aug 10	NYY		MIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
106	115	Aug 11	NYY		MIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
107	116	Aug 12	NYY		MIN	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
108	117	Aug 13	NYY		KCA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
109	118	Aug 14	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
110	119	Aug 15 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
111	120	Aug 15 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
112	121	Aug 17	NYY		CAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
113	122	Aug 18	NYY		CAL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
114	123	Aug 19	NYY		CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
115	124	Aug 20	NYY	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
116	125	Aug 23	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	45	9.1	10	0	0	10	0	1B
117	126	Aug 24	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
118	130 (3)	Aug 28	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	135 (4)	Sep 2	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
120	136	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
121	137	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
122	138	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
123	139	Sep 5	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
124	140	Sep 6 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
125	141	Sep 6 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
126	142	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
127	143	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,5-9	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
128	144	Sep 8	NYY		WSA	W,6-5	GS	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	1B
129	145	Sep 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B RF
130	146	Sep 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B RF
131	147	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
132	148	Sep 14	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-1	GS	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B RF
133	149	Sep 15	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
134	150	Sep 17	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
135	151	Sep 18	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
136	152	Sep 19	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
137	153	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
138	154	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
139	155	Sep 23	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	5	0	14	1	1B
140	156	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
141	157	Sep 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	GF	6	2.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH 1B
142	158	Sep 26	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
							156gm		1253.1	1082	75	4	1161	104