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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1932 20 BCA NSL -0.2 10 37 33 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .121 .194 .121 .316 0 .169 15 4 0 1 /23
1936 24 HG NN2 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 412 .943 440 1 0 0 /2
1938 26 BCA NAL 0.8 29 104 88 15 26 4 4 0 10 0 12 .295 .392 .432 .824 137 .386 133 38 2 2 2/3
1939 27 KCM NAL 0.3 32 116 106 11 24 3 2 2 10 0 10 .226 .293 .349 .642 86 .304 85 37 2
1940 28 KCM NAL 1.1 26 100 85 24 24 7 4 2 22 4 14 .282 .384 .529 .913 173 .433 157 45 0 0 1 0 2/3 AS
1941 29 KCM NAL 0.9 30 106 94 14 26 4 6 0 22 0 11 .277 .352 .447 .799 140 .372 132 42 1 0 1 1 2
1942 30 KCM NAL 0.7 24 97 84 17 19 5 1 4 18 1 12 .226 .323 .452 .775 137 .361 130 38 1 2 AS,AS
1943 31 KCM NAL 0.0 2 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .375 .500 52 .218 45 3 0 0 0 /2
1944 Did not play - Military Service
1945 Did not play - Military Service
1946 34 KCM NAL 1.2 26 95 71 14 21 2 1 2 12 1 22 .296 .462 .437 .899 165 .441 164 31 0 2 2/9
1947 35 KCM NAL 1.3 42 151 115 30 38 6 1 4 24 5 30 .330 .476 .504 .981 162 .464 163 58 2 4 2/791
1948 36 CBE NAL 0.3 14 48 38 8 9 1 0 2 5 0 9 .237 .383 .421 .804 115 .381 116 16 0 1 /279
11 Yrs 6.3 236 863 723 135 193 32 20 16 125 12 123 .267 .376 .433 .809 135 .385 132 313 1 4 13 0 1 2/3791
162 Game Avg 4.3 162 592 496 93 132 22 14 11 86 8 84 .267 .376 .433 .809 135 .385 132 215
KCM (7 Yrs) 5.5 182 673 563 110 153 27 16 14 108 11 99 .272 .383 .451 .834 142 .396 139 254 1 2 9 0 1 2/7913
BCA (2 Yrs) 0.5 39 141 121 17 30 4 4 0 11 1 15 .248 .341 .347 .688 102 .329 106 42 2 3 2/3
CBE (1 Yr) 0.3 14 48 38 8 9 1 0 2 5 0 9 .237 .383 .421 .804 115 .381 116 16 0 1 /279
HG (1 Yr) 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 412 .943 440 1 0 0 /2
NAL (9 Yrs) 6.5 225 825 689 133 188 32 20 16 123 11 120 .273 .384 .447 .831 140 .394 137 308 1 4 12 0 1 2/7931
NSL (1 Yr) -0.2 10 37 33 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .121 .194 .121 .316 0 .169 15 4 0 1 /23
NN2 (1 Yr) 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 412 .943 440 1 0 0 /2
Standard Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH Pos Awards
1938 26 BCA NAL 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
1939 27 KCM NAL 5 18 17 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .278 .353 .631 6 0 0 0
1942 30 KCM WS 4 19 16 6 8 2 0 1 6 1 3 .500 .579 .813 1.391 12 0 0 0
1946 34 KCM WS 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 12 47 43 10 13 4 0 1 6 2 4 .302 .362 .465 .827 19 0 0 0
162 Game Avg 162 634 580 135 175 54 0 13 81 27 54 .302 .362 .465 .827 256 0 0 0
KCM (3 Yrs) 10 41 37 10 13 4 0 1 6 2 4 .351 .415 .541 .955 19 0 0 0
BCA (1 Yr) 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
NAL (2 Yrs) 7 24 23 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 .174 .208 .261 .469 6 0 0 0
WS (2 Yrs) 5 23 20 7 9 2 0 1 6 2 3 .450 .522 .700 1.222 13 0 0 0

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1932 20 BCA NSL 37 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.2 .463 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 /23
1936 24 HG NN2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 .543 .500 0.0 0.0 1 /2
1938 26 BCA NAL 104 5 0 0 0 1 5 0.4 4 8 0.8 .515 .503 0.8 0.0 9 2/3
1939 27 KCM NAL 116 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .496 .499 0.3 0.1 3 2
1940 28 KCM NAL 100 7 0 0 0 1 9 0.8 3 12 1.1 .530 .505 1.1 0.1 12 2/3 AS
1941 29 KCM NAL 106 4 0 0 1 1 6 0.6 4 9 0.9 .519 .503 0.8 0.2 8 2
1942 30 KCM NAL 97 4 0 0 0 1 4 0.4 3 7 0.7 .517 .503 0.6 0.1 7 2 AS,AS
1943 31 KCM NAL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .481 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /2
1944 Did not play - Military Service
1945 Did not play - Military Service
1946 34 KCM NAL 95 8 0 0 2 1 10 0.9 3 13 1.2 .535 .506 1.0 0.2 12 2/9
1947 35 KCM NAL 151 14 0 0 -2 1 12 0.9 5 17 1.3 .523 .506 1.6 -0.2 19 2/791
1948 36 CBE NAL 48 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.1 2 3 0.3 .509 .501 0.2 0.0 3 /279
11 Yrs 863 37 -1 0 0 6 42 3.7 29 71 6.3 .516 .503 6.1 0.6 71 2/3791
162 Game Avg 592 25 -1 0 0 4 29 2.5 20 49 4.3 .516 .503 4.2 0.4 49
KCM (7 Yrs) 673 34 -1 0 0 5 39 3.5 23 61 5.5 .519 .504 5.3 0.5 61 2/7913
BCA (2 Yrs) 141 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 5 6 0.5 .502 .501 0.6 0.0 7 2/3
CBE (1 Yr) 48 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.1 2 3 0.3 .509 .501 0.2 0.0 3 /279
HG (1 Yr) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 .543 .500 0.0 0.0 1 /2
NAL (9 Yrs) 825 40 -1 0 0 5 45 4.0 28 73 6.5 .518 .503 6.3 0.6 72 2/7931
NSL (1 Yr) 37 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.2 .463 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 /23
NN2 (1 Yr) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 .543 .500 0.0 0.0 1 /2

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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1932 20 BCA NSL 37 .169 15 .121 .000 0.0 8.1 28.6 /23
1936 24 HG NN2 1 .943 440 1.000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /2
1938 26 BCA NAL 104 .386 133 .295 .136 0.0 11.5 37.5 2/3
1939 27 KCM NAL 116 .304 85 .212 .123 1.7 8.6 28.1 2
1940 28 KCM NAL 100 .433 157 .265 .247 2.0 14.0 61.1 2/3 AS
1941 29 KCM NAL 106 .372 132 .277 .170 0.0 10.4 37.8 2
1942 30 KCM NAL 97 .361 130 .188 .226 4.1 12.4 48.1 2 AS,AS
1943 31 KCM NAL 8 .218 45 .125 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 /2
1944 Did not play - Military Service
1945 Did not play - Military Service
1946 34 KCM NAL 95 .441 164 .275 .141 2.1 23.2 29.3 2/9
1947 35 KCM NAL 151 .464 163 .306 .174 2.6 19.9 39.4 2/791
1948 36 CBE NAL 48 .381 116 .194 .184 4.2 18.8 37.5 /279
11 Yrs 863 .385 132 .250 .166 1.9 14.3 39.1 2/3791
MLB Average .331 100 .279 .111 1.3 8.9 33.7
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1938 26 BCA NAL 6 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1939 27 KCM NAL 18 .235 .118 0.0 5.6 60.0
1942 30 KCM WS 19 .467 .313 5.3 15.8 50.0
1946 34 KCM WS 4 .250 .000 0.0 0.0 100.0
4 Yrs 47 .286 .163 2.1 8.5 56.3
MLB Average .261 .109 1.6 7.4 33.8
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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG PB WP SB Awards
1932 20 BCA NSL C 8 0.00
1932 20 BCA NSL 1B 3 0.00
1936 24 HG NN2 C 1 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.40 6.48 1.00 4.30 0 0
1938 26 BCA NAL C 25 21 181.0 140 117 20 3 2 .979 .977 6.81 7.60 5.48 3.99 3 30
1938 26 BCA NAL 1B 4 2 27.0 36 33 0 3 1 .917 .980 11.00 10.70 8.25 5.60
1939 27 KCM NAL C 32 0.00
1940 28 KCM NAL C 25 24 187.0 157 144 12 1 0 .994 .986 7.51 7.08 6.24 4.00 13 AS
1940 28 KCM NAL 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .980 4.50 10.80 1.00 6.10 AS
1941 29 KCM NAL C 27 24 213.0 168 147 18 3 0 .982 .984 6.97 7.10 6.11 3.23 4 18
1942 30 KCM NAL C 24 0.00 AS,AS
1943 31 KCM NAL C 2 14.1 14 11 2 1 0 .929 .969 8.16 6.34 6.50 2.90 0 0
1944 Did not play - Military Service
1945 Did not play - Military Service
1946 34 KCM NAL C 23 22 184.1 169 136 31 2 4 .988 .965 8.15 7.47 7.26 1.65 5 15
1946 34 KCM NAL RF 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .945 1.00 1.45 1.00 0.30
1947 35 KCM NAL C 29 27 233.1 172 146 20 6 1 .965 .969 6.40 6.59 5.72 2.01 4 8
1947 35 KCM NAL LF 5 5 34.2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 .956 1.82 1.79 1.40 0.54
1947 35 KCM NAL RF 3 3 22.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .935 0.82 1.55 0.67 0.47
1947 35 KCM NAL P 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 0.80 2 1
1948 36 CBE NAL C 7 7 61.0 42 37 4 1 0 .976 .965 6.05 6.89 5.86 1.61 1 8
1948 36 CBE NAL LF 3 3 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .930 1.89 1.52 1.33 0.37
1948 36 CBE NAL RF 2 1 8.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .940 1.08 1.62 0.50 0.35
Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG PB WP SB Awards
11 Yrs 212 127 1106.1 900 773 107 20 8 .978 .976 7.16 7.20 4.15 2.05 17 2 93
C (11 Yrs) C 203 125 1075.2 863 739 107 17 7 .980 .975 7.08 7.11 4.17 1.99 17 92
1B (3 Yrs) 1B 8 2 29.0 37 34 0 3 1 .919 .980 10.55 10.71 4.25 3.56
RF (3 Yrs) RF 7 6 48.1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 .940 0.93 1.53 0.71 0.39
LF (2 Yrs) LF 8 8 53.2 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 .946 1.84 1.69 1.38 0.48
P (1 Yr) P 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 0.80 2 1
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Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB SB Awards
1938 26 BCA NAL C 2 1 36.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 2.50 0 2
1939 27 KCM NAL C 4 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
1939 27 KCM NAL CF 1 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
1942 30 KCM WS C 4 108.0 36 33 1 2 0 .944 2.83 8.50 1 1
1946 34 KCM WS RF 1 1 24.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
4 Yrs 12 2 168.0 41 38 1 2 0 .951 2.09 3.25 1 3
C (3 Yrs) C 10 1 144.0 41 38 1 2 0 .951 2.44 3.90 1 3
CF (1 Yr) CF 1 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
RF (1 Yr) RF 1 1 24.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Joe Greene born?

Joe Greene was born on October 17, 1911.

Where was Joe Greene born?

Joe Greene was born in Stone Mountain, GA.

How tall was Joe Greene?

Joe Greene was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.

How much did Joe Greene weigh when playing?

Joe Greene weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Joe Greene play?

Joe Greene played 11 seasons.

Is Joe Greene in the Hall of Fame?

Joe Greene has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Joe Greene play?

Joe Greene was a Catcher and Outfielder.

How many hits did Joe Greene have?

Joe Greene had 193 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Joe Greene have?

Joe Greene had 16 home runs over his career.

What was Joe Greene's average?

Joe Greene had a .267 average over his career.

How many teams has Joe Greene played for?

Joe Greene played for 5 teams; the Atlanta Black Crackers, Homestead Grays, Atlanta Black Crackers, Kansas City Monarchs and Cleveland Buckeyes.

How many World Series has Joe Greene won?

Joe Greene won 1 World Series.

When did Joe Greene retire?

Joe Greene last played in 1948.

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