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Joe Quest
Joseph L. Quest

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 150 lb.

Debut August 30, 1871
Final Game July 12, 1886
Born November 16, 1852 in New Castle, PA
Died November 14, 1924 in San Diego, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1871 18 CLE NA   3   13    1    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   0  .231  .286  .308   74    4                    
 1878 25 IND NL  62  278   45   57   3  2   0   13         12  24  .205  .238  .230   64   64                    
 1879 26 CHC NL  83  334   38   69  16  1   0   22          9  33  .207  .227  .260   56   87                    
 1880 27 CHC NL  82  300   37   71  12  1   0   27          8  16  .237  .256  .283   78   85                    
 1881 28 CHC NL  78  293   35   72   6  0   1   26          2  29  .246  .251  .276   61   81                    
 1882 29 CHC NL  42  159   24   32   5  2   0   15          8  16  .201  .240  .258   56   41                    
 1883 30 TOT     56  215   34   52  11  3   0   25   0     11      .242  .279  .321   86   69                    
         DTN NL  37  137   22   32   8  2   0   15         10  18  .234  .286  .321   88   44                    
         STL AA  19   78   12   20   3  1   0   10   0      1      .256  .266  .321   83   25                    
 1884 31 TOT AA  93  353   48   73  12  5   0    0   0     19      .207  .253  .269   68   95               3    
         STL AA  81  310   46   64   9  5   0    0   0     19      .206  .257  .268   68   83               2    
         PIT AA  12   43    2    9   3  0   0    0   0      0      .209  .227  .279   66   12               1    
 1885 32 DTN NL  55  200   24   39   8  2   0   21         14  25  .195  .248  .255   63   51                    
 1886 33 PHA AA  42  150   14   31   4  1   0   10   5     20      .207  .300  .247   72   37               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     596 2295  300  499  78 17   1  161   5  0 104 143  .217  .252  .268   67  614   0   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        624   82  136  21  5   0   44   1  0  28  39  .217  .252  .268   67  167   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High     93  353   48   73  16  5   1   27   5  0  20  33  .246  .279  .321   86   95   0   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1871 18 CLE NA   14   10    1   2.7    87| .231  .283| .286  .307| .308  .380| .594  .687|  74  .213  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1878 25 IND NL  290  221   15   1.8    57| .205  .250| .238  .268| .230  .308| .468  .576|  64  .241  -9.5  -1.1     
 1879 26 CHC NL  343  265   20   2.0    70| .207  .266| .227  .282| .260  .345| .487  .627|  56  .271 -15.2  -1.7     
 1880 27 CHC NL  308  229   22   2.6    66| .237  .253| .256  .276| .283  .333| .539  .610|  78  .405  -6.7  -0.8     
 1881 28 CHC NL  295  221   20   2.4    78| .246  .270| .251  .301| .276  .354| .527  .655|  61  .317 -13.6  -1.5     
 1882 29 CHC NL  167  127   10   2.1    74| .201  .259| .240  .287| .258  .353| .498  .640|  56  .268  -7.7  -0.9     
 1883 30 TOT     226  163   20   3.2    76| .242  .263| .279  .291| .321  .356| .600  .647|  86  .427  -3.1  -0.4     
         DTN NL  147  105   13   3.3    77| .234  .262| .286  .289| .321  .361| .607  .651|  88  .412  -1.5  -0.2     
         STL AA   79   58    7   3.2    75| .256  .264| .266  .294| .321  .347| .587  .641|  83  .455  -1.6  -0.2     
 1884 31 TOT AA  375  280   24   2.2    70| .207  .248| .253  .287| .269  .337| .522  .624|  68  .339 -11.8  -1.4     
         STL AA  331  246   21   2.2    71| .206  .249| .257  .288| .268  .339| .525  .626|  68  .337 -10.4  -1.2     
         PIT AA   44   34    3   2.3    66| .209  .241| .227  .279| .279  .329| .506  .608|  66  .351  -1.4  -0.2     
 1885 32 DTN NL  214  161   13   2.1    69| .195  .247| .248  .290| .255  .330| .503  .620|  63  .301  -7.9  -0.9     
 1886 33 PHA AA  170  119   11   2.4    75| .207  .247| .300  .310| .247  .329| .547  .639|  72  .340  -4.1  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2402 1796  156   2.3    70| .217  .257| .252  .287| .268  .338| .520  .625|  67  .322 -80.0  -9.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1871 18 CLE NA 2B 2 2 6 6 0 .571 .825 4.00 5.55 SS 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .769 1.00 5.20 1878 25 IND NL 2B 62 228 196 60 27 .876 .874 6.84 6.31 1879 26 CHC NL 2B 83 263 331 48 30 .925 .897 7.16 6.81 1880 27 CHC NL 2B 80 223 270 58 26 .895 .897 6.16 6.31 SS 2 2 8 1 0 .909 .885 5.00 4.30 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.30 1881 28 CHC NL 2B 77 238 249 37 28 .929 .903 6.32 6.19 SS 1 4 3 0 0 1.000 .875 7.00 4.60 1882 29 CHC NL 2B 41 113 127 33 18 .879 .896 5.85 6.06 SS 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .833 1.00 4.40 1883 30 TOT 2B 56 162 161 38 29 .895 .886 5.77 6.00 DTN NL 2B 37 114 112 26 25 .897 .890 6.11 6.00 STL AA 2B 19 48 49 12 4 .890 .878 5.11 6.01 1884 31 TOT AA 2B 88 252 267 59 43 .898 .902 5.90 5.91 STL AA 2B 81 232 242 56 39 .894 .902 5.85 5.91 PIT AA 2B 7 20 25 3 4 .938 .902 6.43 5.91 SS 5 7 17 4 2 .857 .863 4.80 4.24 1885 32 DTN NL 2B 39 107 122 26 10 .898 .900 5.87 5.70 SS 15 10 46 11 3 .836 .872 3.73 4.54 OF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.80 1 0 0 1886 33 PHA AA SS 41 56 138 35 15 .847 .854 4.73 4.51 2B 2 7 8 4 1 .789 .909 7.50 6.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1871 18 CLE NA 2B 2 2 6 6 0 .571 .825 4.00 5.55 1878 25 IND NL 2B 62 228 196 60 27 .876 .874 6.84 6.31 1879 26 CHC NL 2B 83 263 331 48 30 .925 .897 7.16 6.81 1880 27 CHC NL 2B 80 223 270 58 26 .895 .897 6.16 6.31 1881 28 CHC NL 2B 77 238 249 37 28 .929 .903 6.32 6.19 1882 29 CHC NL 2B 41 113 127 33 18 .879 .896 5.85 6.06 1883 30 TOT 2B 56 162 161 38 29 .895 .886 5.77 6.00 DTN NL 2B 37 114 112 26 25 .897 .890 6.11 6.00 STL AA 2B 19 48 49 12 4 .890 .878 5.11 6.01 1884 31 TOT AA 2B 88 252 267 59 43 .898 .902 5.90 5.91 STL AA 2B 81 232 242 56 39 .894 .902 5.85 5.91 PIT AA 2B 7 20 25 3 4 .938 .902 6.43 5.91 1885 32 DTN NL 2B 39 107 122 26 10 .898 .900 5.87 5.70 1886 33 PHA AA 2B 2 7 8 4 1 .789 .909 7.50 6.00 1880 27 CHC NL 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.30 1885 32 DTN NL OF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.80 1 0 0 1871 18 CLE NA SS 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .769 1.00 5.20 1880 27 CHC NL SS 2 2 8 1 0 .909 .885 5.00 4.30 1881 28 CHC NL SS 1 4 3 0 0 1.000 .875 7.00 4.60 1882 29 CHC NL SS 1 0 1 2 0 .333 .833 1.00 4.40 1884 31 PIT AA SS 5 7 17 4 2 .857 .863 4.80 4.24 1885 32 DTN NL SS 15 10 46 11 3 .836 .872 3.73 4.54 1886 33 PHA AA SS 41 56 138 35 15 .847 .854 4.73 4.51
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 530 1595 1737 369 212 .900 .895 6.29 6.20 SS 66 80 213 54 20 .844 .859 4.44 4.50 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.30 OF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.80 1 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 598 1676 1951 424 232 .895 .892 6.07 6.00
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.

Games
1878 NL-62-6
1879 NL-83-7

At Bats
1878 NL-278-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1878 NL-290-1

Runs
1878 NL-45-9

Bases on Balls
1878 NL-12-6

Strikeouts
1879 NL-33-10

Outs
1878 NL-221-1
1879 NL-265-7

Oldest Player
1886 AA-33-10

Youngest Player
1871 NA-18-2

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

December, 1882: Purchased by the Detroit Wolverines from the Chicago White Stockings.


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