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Joe Vosmik
Joseph Franklin Vosmik

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 13, 1930
Final Game July 23, 1944
Born April 4, 1910 in Cleveland, OH
Died January 27, 1962 in Cleveland, OH

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 20 CLE AL   9   26    1    6   2  0   0    4   0  0   1   1  .231  .259  .308   41    8   0           0    
 1931 21 CLE AL 149  591   80  189  36 14   7  117   7  7  38  30  .320  .363  .464  111  274   9           2    
 1932 22 CLE AL 153  621  106  194  39 12  10   97   2  3  58  42  .312  .376  .462  109  287   6           5    
 1933 23 CLE AL 119  438   53  115  20 10   4   56   0  2  42  13  .263  .331  .381   85  167   2           3    
 1934 24 CLE AL 104  405   71  138  33  2   6   78   1  1  35  10  .341  .393  .477  123  193   9           0    
 1935 25 CLE AL 152  620   93  216  47 20  10  110   2  1  59  30  .348  .408  .537  141  333   5           4     MVP-3,AS
 1936 26 CLE AL 138  506   76  145  29  7   7   94   5  1  79  21  .287  .383  .413   94  209   6           0    
 1937 27 SLB AL 144  594   81  193  47  9   4   93   2  3  49  38  .325  .377  .455  109  270  11           1    
 1938 28 BOS AL 146  621  121  201  37  6   9   86   0  3  59  26  .324  .384  .446  103  277   7           2     MVP-21
 1939 29 BOS AL 145  554   89  153  29  6   7   84   4  3  66  33  .276  .356  .388   87  215  17           3  27
 1940 30 BRO NL 116  404   45  114  14  6   1   42   0     22  21  .282  .321  .354   81  143   4           1   8
 1941 31 BRO NL  25   56    0   11   0  0   0    4   0      4   4  .196  .250  .196   25   11   1           0   2
 1944 34 WSH AL  14   36    2    7   2  0   0    9   0  0   2   3  .194  .237  .250   41    9   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1414 5472  818 1682 335 92  65  874  23 24 514 272  .307  .369  .438  104 2396  77   0   0  21  38
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        627   94  193  38 11   7  100   3  3  59  31  .307  .369  .438  104  275   9   0   0   2   4
 Career High    153  621  121  216  47 20  10  117   7  7  79  42  .348  .408  .537  141  333  17   0   0   5  27
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 20 CLE AL   27   20    2   2.7   119| .231  .300| .259  .365| .308  .441| .567  .806|  41  .224  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1931 21 CLE AL  640  418   97   6.2   113| .320  .294| .363  .362| .464  .420| .827  .782| 111  .605   7.0   0.7  50%
 1932 22 CLE AL  690  436  106   6.5   118| .312  .295| .376  .367| .462  .433| .838  .800| 109  .617   7.9   0.7  40%
 1933 23 CLE AL  485  327   54   4.4   110| .263  .287| .331  .359| .381  .413| .712  .772|  85  .468 -11.2  -1.1   0%
 1934 24 CLE AL  449  277   76   7.3   112| .341  .288| .393  .362| .477  .415| .870  .777| 123  .666  14.6   1.4  50%
 1935 25 CLE AL  688  410  135   8.8   113| .348  .290| .408  .363| .537  .419| .945  .782| 141  .736  36.8   3.4  66%
 1936 26 CLE AL  591  368   81   5.8   124| .287  .302| .383  .379| .413  .444| .796  .823|  94  .525  -3.6  -0.3  83%
 1937 27 SLB AL  655  415  101   6.4   117| .325  .290| .377  .365| .455  .432| .832  .797| 109  .592   8.2   0.7  40%
 1938 28 BOS AL  689  430  105   6.4   123| .324  .296| .384  .376| .446  .442| .830  .818| 103  .589   3.0   0.3   0%
 1939 29 BOS AL  640  448   76   4.5   117| .276  .291| .356  .367| .388  .431| .744  .798|  87  .446 -10.6  -1.0  57%
 1940 30 BRO NL  431  302   46   4.1   103| .282  .279| .321  .344| .354  .401| .675  .745|  81  .472 -11.5  -1.2     
 1941 31 BRO NL   61   48    3   1.7    97| .196  .270| .250  .341| .196  .381| .446  .723|  25  .159  -5.8  -0.6     
 1944 34 WSH AL   38   30    2   1.8    88| .194  .263| .237  .329| .250  .360| .487  .689|  41  .186  -2.7  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6084 3929  884   6.0   115| .307  .291| .369  .365| .438  .425| .807  .790| 104  .579  29.8   2.5     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1930 20 CLE AL OF 5 13 1 1 1 .933 .966 2.80 2.16 1 4 0 1931 21 CLE AL OF 147 315 12 10 2 .970 .969 2.22 2.25 147 1 0 1932 22 CLE AL OF 153 432 12 5 4 .989 .967 2.90 2.28 153 0 0 1933 23 CLE AL OF 113 242 15 4 3 .985 .970 2.27 2.21 113 0 0 1934 24 CLE AL OF 104 199 7 5 2 .976 .968 1.98 2.16 104 0 0 1935 25 CLE AL OF 150 347 5 5 3 .986 .970 2.35 2.30 150 0 0 AS 1936 26 CLE AL OF 136 258 11 6 1 .978 .968 1.98 2.29 136 0 1 1937 27 SLB AL OF 143 333 12 10 4 .972 .969 2.41 2.28 143 0 0 1938 28 BOS AL OF 146 302 14 7 4 .978 .972 2.16 2.28 146 1 0 1939 29 BOS AL OF 144 296 9 8 0 .974 .969 2.12 2.35 144 0 0 1940 30 BRO NL OF 99 193 9 5 1 .976 .977 2.04 2.17 39 9 51 1941 31 BRO NL OF 18 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 2.15 2 0 16 1944 34 WSH AL OF 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.35 5 0 7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 20 CLE AL OF 5 13 1 1 1 .933 .966 2.80 2.16 1 4 0 1931 21 CLE AL OF 147 315 12 10 2 .970 .969 2.22 2.25 147 1 0 1932 22 CLE AL OF 153 432 12 5 4 .989 .967 2.90 2.28 153 0 0 1933 23 CLE AL OF 113 242 15 4 3 .985 .970 2.27 2.21 113 0 0 1934 24 CLE AL OF 104 199 7 5 2 .976 .968 1.98 2.16 104 0 0 1935 25 CLE AL OF 150 347 5 5 3 .986 .970 2.35 2.30 150 0 0 1936 26 CLE AL OF 136 258 11 6 1 .978 .968 1.98 2.29 136 0 1 1937 27 SLB AL OF 143 333 12 10 4 .972 .969 2.41 2.28 143 0 0 1938 28 BOS AL OF 146 302 14 7 4 .978 .972 2.16 2.28 146 1 0 1939 29 BOS AL OF 144 296 9 8 0 .974 .969 2.12 2.35 144 0 0 1940 30 BRO NL OF 99 193 9 5 1 .976 .977 2.04 2.17 39 9 51 1941 31 BRO NL OF 18 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 2.15 2 0 16 1944 34 WSH AL OF 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.35 5 0 7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1370 2958 107 66 25 .979 .970 2.24 2.26 1283 15 75 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1370 2958 107 66 25 .979 .970 2.24 2.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1935   CLE AL   *   4   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   4   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1935 (RF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1935-AL-3-0.49
1938-AL-21-0.02
Car-419-0.51 shares

Batting Average
1934 AL-.341-5
1935 AL-.348-2

On-base %
1935 AL-.408-8

Slugging %
1935 AL-.537-4

OPS
1935 AL-.946-4

Games
1932 AL-153-5
1935 AL-152-3

At Bats
1931 AL-591-10
1932 AL-621-4
1935 AL-620-7
1938 AL-621-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1932 AL-690-8
1935 AL-688-7
1938 AL-689-5

Runs
1938 AL-121-7

Hits
1931 AL-189-8
1932 AL-194-6
1935 AL-216-1
1937 AL-193-10
1938 AL-201-1

Total Bases
1932 AL-287-8
1935 AL-333-3

Doubles
1932 AL-39-9
1935 AL-47-1
1937 AL-47-4
1938 AL-37-5

Triples
1931 AL-14-4
1932 AL-12-8
1935 AL-20-1

RBI
1931 AL-117-8
1935 AL-110-6

Singles
1931 AL-132-6
1932 AL-133-7
1935 AL-139-5
1937 AL-133-9
1938 AL-149-4

Adjusted OPS+
1935 AL-141-4

Runs Created
1932 AL-106-9
1935 AL-135-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1935 AL-37-5

Batting Wins
1935 AL-3.4-5

Extra-Base Hits
1935 AL-77-2

Times on Base
1932 AL-257-8
1935 AL-279-7
1938 AL-262-10

Offensive Win%
1935 AL-.736-4

Hit By Pitch
1932 AL-5-3
1933 AL-3-6
1935 AL-4-7
1939 AL-3-9

Sac. Hits
1937 AL-11-7
1939 AL-17-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1939 AL-27-1

At Bats per Strikeout
1933 AL-33.7-4
1934 AL-40.5-1
1935 AL-20.7-10
1936 AL-24.1-8
1938 AL-23.9-9

Outs
1932 AL-436-9
1938 AL-430-7
1939 AL-448-4

Youngest Player
1930 AL-20-4

 

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (243) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 54 (460) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.0 (337) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 61.0 (304) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 17, 1937: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Oral Hildebrand and Bill Knickerbocker to the St. Louis Browns for Ivy Andrews, Lyn Lary, and Moose Solters.

December 2, 1937: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Bobo Newsom, Red Kress, and Buster Mills.

February 12, 1940: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Boston Red Sox for $25,000.

July 4, 1941: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.


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