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

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-8 / in Starts: 5-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	131	2	Apr 10	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	6	3	3	4	7	1	0	6.23	5.17	23	3	3	0	2	6	42			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.229	1.68	-0.21%	-1.88	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d2
2	132	5	Apr 14	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	GS-8	W(1-1)	3	7.1	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.86	3.66	30	11	7	1	0	5	61			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.236	1.07	0.20%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a4
3	133	9	Apr 19	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.38	3.49	26	8	8	3	1	2	59			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	3	1	0	.89	0.065	1.06	0.05%	1.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
4	134	12	Apr 25	MIN		BAL	W,7-2	GS-1		5	0.1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	3.79	4.11	5	0	1	0	0	0	43			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.60	-0.192	1.90	-0.14%	-2.06	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	135	15	May 1	MIN		MIL	W,9-5	GS-5		5	4.0	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.91	4.33	21	4	6	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.059	1.13	-0.04%	-1.15	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a4
6	136	19	May 8	MIN	@	MIL	W,13-2	GS-8	W(2-2)	6	8.0	4	2	1	6	1	0	0	3.19	4.41	34	12	11	1	0	4	63			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	1	2	.48	-0.019	.62	-0.02%	1.47	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a11
7	137	23	May 12	MIN	@	KCR	L,5-17	GS-2	L(2-3)	3	1.0	8	10	10	3	2	0	0	5.91	4.51	14	1	0	0	0	8	-4			1	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.431	1.59	-0.42%	-8.52	1b start tie	2b 12- 0 out d8
8	138	28	May 17	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	GS-4		4	3.2	7	3	3	6	4	1	0	6.06	4.96	24	3	4	1	0	7	33			6	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.229	2.03	-0.22%	-1.91	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d2
9	139	36	May 25	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-6	3-GF(8)		7	5.1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.27	4.46	18	6	4	1	0	4		2	0	1	2	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.015	.06	0.01%	2.50	3b 12- 2 out d6	8b end d 5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	140	46	Jun 5	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(2-4)	10	5.2	8	2	2	2	0	1	0	5.01	4.65	26	11	5	1	0	8	43			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.106	1.00	-0.07%	0.11	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d1
11	141	51	Jun 9	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-5)	3	6.0	3	3	1	6	2	0	0	4.61	4.68	27	10	6	1	0	3	54			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.25	-0.017	1.66	-0.01%	0.24	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d2
12	142	55	Jun 14	MIN		BOS	L,0-5	GS-5	L(2-6)	4	4.0	5	5	5	2	3	0	1	5.08	4.59	20	9	5	1	3	0	33			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	1	0	.76	-0.248	.61	-0.12%	-4.00	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d4
13	143	64	Jun 23(1)	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	GS-2	L(2-7)	8	1.1	1	2	2	6	2	0	0	5.28	4.79	11	1	1	0	0	1	40			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.200	1.32	-0.10%	-1.95	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d1
							5-8		W-L:2-7	4.7	58.0	60	37	34	51	35	3	1	5.28	4.79	279	1.30		7%	4%	52	43	2	0%	11	4	0	220	8	3	0	6	5	4	.91	-1.414	1.16	-1.07%	-14.85

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