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Joe Grace

Positions: Outfielder and Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: January 5, 1914 in Gorham, IL us

Died: September 18, 1969 in Murphysboro, IL

Buried: Tower Grove Cemetery, Murphysboro, IL

Debut: September 24, 1938 (Age 24-262d, 8,539th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 3, 1947 (Age 33-241d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Joseph LaVerne Grace

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

1561

442

.283

225

RBI

172

OBP

.362

SLG

.393

OPS

.755

OPS+

102

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-50 / in Starts: 24-37
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	56 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 273 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	126 (60-45-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 273 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	179 (93-57-28)

Most Driven In
Self	3
S Robertson	3
M Vernon	2
S Spence	1
B Lewis	1
R Ferrell	1
M Christman	1
A Evans	1

Most Driven In By
M Vernon	5
S Spence	4
J Priddy	3
Self	3
M Christman	1
C Travis	1
R Ferrell	1
A Evans	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	407	1	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1.21	-0.145	3.12	-0.23%	-1.53	LF
2	408	2	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	.92	-0.005	2.30	-0.01%	-0.20	LF
3	409	3	Apr 18	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	1	.58	-0.081	1.28	-0.11%	-1.67	LF
4	410	5 (1)	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	.26	-0.010	.60	-0.01%	-0.42	PH CF
5	411	6	Apr 23	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.250	.263	.513	1						LF
6	412	7	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.304	.596	1	1.42	0.083	3.79	0.13%	0.94	LF
7	413	8	Apr 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.269	.528	1	1.61	-0.108	4.23	-0.17%	-0.90	LF
8	414	9	Apr 30	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.250	.258	.508	1	.54	-0.037	1.53	-0.06%	-0.40	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	415	10	May 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-14	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.257	.297	.400	.697	1	1.03	0.020	2.63	0.03%	1.28	LF
10	416	12 (1)	May 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.350	.612	1	1.61	-0.154	4.26	-0.24%	-1.01	LF
11	417	13	May 10	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.304	.442	.746	1	1.06	0.145	2.61	0.21%	1.43	LF
12	418	14	May 11 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.300	.447	.747	1	.76	-0.044	2.10	-0.07%	-0.30	LF
13	419	15	May 11 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.315	.451	.766	1	1.30	0.158	3.31	0.24%	1.04	LF
14	420	16	May 12	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG(11)	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	1	.309	.356	.473	.829	1	1.52	0.041	4.32	0.07%	0.48	LF
15	421	17	May 13	WSH		DET	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.288	.333	.441	.774	3						LF
16	422	18	May 14	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.313	.413	.726	3	.74	-0.073	1.87	-0.11%	-0.60	LF
17	423	19	May 15	WSH		CLE	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.310	.403	.713	3	.81	-0.037	1.62	-0.05%	-0.50	LF
18	424	20	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.268	.307	.394	.701	1	.79	-0.063	1.50	-0.07%	-0.77	LF
19	425	21	May 17	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.329	.405	.735	1	1.85	0.096	3.63	0.11%	0.16	LF
20	426	22	May 18 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.325	.400	.725	2	1.07	-0.026	2.25	-0.03%	-0.14	PH
21	427	23	May 18 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.333	.423	.756	1	1.22	-0.058	2.25	-0.06%	-0.26	LF
22	428	24	May 19	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG(12)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.272	.330	.407	.737	1						LF
23	429	25	May 20	WSH		CHW	L,4-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.337	.407	.744	9	.29	0.009	.42	0.01%	0.12	PH
24	430	26	May 21	WSH		SLB	W,7-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.337	.407	.744	3						CF
25	431	27	May 23	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.333	.393	.726	1	.46	0.012	.69	0.01%	-0.15	LF
26	432	28	May 24	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.337	.409	.746	3	.51	0.073	.66	0.06%	0.26	LF
27	433	29	May 25	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG(6)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.333	.396	.729	3	.78	-0.034	1.19	-0.03%	-0.40	LF
28	434	30	May 27	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.349	.398	.747	3	1.06	0.077	1.92	0.08%	0.43	LF
29	435	32 (1)	May 29	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.253	.349	.389	.738	3	1.02	-0.095	1.64	-0.09%	-0.95	LF
30	436	33	May 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,13-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.342	.380	.722	3						LF
31	437	34	May 30 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.255	.350	.392	.743	3	.80	0.048	1.30	0.05%	0.44	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	438	36 (1)	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.347	.406	.753	3	.92	0.067	1.50	0.07%	0.18	LF
33	439	37	Jun 4	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.352	.409	.761	3	.84	0.002	1.63	0.00%	0.08	LF
34	440	38	Jun 5	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.341	.395	.736	3	.60	-0.063	1.05	-0.07%	-0.79	LF
35	441	40 (1)	Jun 7	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.254	.338	.390	.728	3	.44	0.028	.75	0.03%	0.43	LF
36	442	42 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.341	.398	.739	1	.58	0.030	1.06	0.03%	-0.06	LF
37	443	44 (1)	Jun 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.345	.397	.742	1	1.12	-0.041	1.53	-0.03%	-0.10	LF
38	444	48 (3)	Jun 17	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.336	.385	.720	5	1.41	-0.144	2.42	-0.15%	-1.32	LF
39	445	49	Jun 18	WSH		CLE	L,3-9	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.338	.381	.718	5	.77	-0.017	1.11	-0.02%	-0.27	LF
40	446	50	Jun 19	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.342	.391	.733	5	.68	-0.002	.80	0.00%	-0.10	LF
41	447	51	Jun 20	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.255	.340	.383	.723	5	.79	-0.061	1.04	-0.05%	-0.73	LF
42	448	52	Jun 21	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.337	.375	.712	5	1.69	0.005	2.44	0.00%	-0.42	LF
43	449	54 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,6-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.335	.372	.708	4	.51	-0.013	.92	-0.01%	0.19	PH
44	450	55	Jun 23	WSH		CHW	L,6-10	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.248	.339	.372	.712	4						PH
45	451	57 (1)	Jun 26	WSH		BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.337	.369	.706	5	.95	0.001	1.13	0.00%	-0.42	LF
46	452	58	Jun 27	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.341	.364	.705	5	.60	0.004	.86	0.00%	-0.09	LF
47	453	59	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.333	.355	.688	5	1.02	-0.105	1.64	-0.10%	-1.01	LF
48	454	61 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.343	.369	.712	5	2.08	0.002	3.51	0.00%	0.71	LF
49	455	62	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	W,8-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.238	.341	.363	.703	5	1.03	-0.022	1.08	-0.01%	-0.87	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	456	63	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.344	.358	.702	5	.36	0.032	.56	0.03%	0.25	LF
51	457	64	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.347	.358	.705	5	.86	0.004	1.22	0.00%	0.23	LF
52	458	65	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.352	.359	.711	5	1.03	0.087	1.08	0.06%	0.89	LF
53	459	66	Jul 5	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.352	.359	.711	5	1.21	-0.025	.66	-0.01%	0.06	LF
54	460	67	Jul 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-7	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.237	.347	.353	.699	3						PH LF
55	461	68	Jul 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.345	.347	.691	6						LF
56	462	71 (2)	Jul 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-0	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.239	.348	.356	.703	3						LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	463	98 (26)	Aug 7	WSH		BOS	L,2-12	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.346	.354	.700	9	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
58	464	99	Aug 9	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-8	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.349	.357	.706	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	RF
59	465	100	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.347	.355	.703	7	2.75	-0.076	.02	0.00%	-0.22	PH
60	466	101	Aug 10 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.346	.358	.704	2	.99	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.58	RF
61	467	103 (1)	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.344	.356	.700	1	1.00	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-1.41	LF
62	468	104	Aug 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.241	.342	.354	.696	1	.29	-0.022	.00	0.00%	0.31	LF
63	469	105	Aug 15	WSH		PHA	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.341	.348	.689	1	1.00	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.40	LF
64	470	106	Aug 16	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.343	.348	.692	8	1.88	0.087	.00	0.00%	0.60	PH
65	471	107	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.346	.352	.698	6	3.33	0.133	.00	0.00%	0.37	PH
66	472	108	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.349	.351	.700	5	.48	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.67	CF
67	473	111 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.347	.350	.697	9	2.25	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
68	474	112	Aug 20 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG(10)	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.357	.362	.719	4	1.30	0.306	.00	0.00%	2.67	RF
69	475	114 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.355	.360	.715	4	1.02	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.71	RF
70	476	116 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.353	.358	.712	4	1.38	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.37	RF
71	477	118 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.356	.361	.717	9	.07	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
72	478	119	Aug 24 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.361	.374	.735	2	.68	0.079	.00	0.00%	2.15	RF
73	479	122 (2)	Aug 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-5	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.357	.369	.726	3	1.20	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-1.11	PH LF
74	480	123	Aug 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.352	.364	.717	3	.41	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.34	LF
75	481	124	Aug 30	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.351	.362	.713	3	.84	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.26	LF
76	482	126 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.349	.361	.710	3	.88	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.32	RF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
77	483	128 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.249	.349	.361	.710	2						RF
78	484	130 (1)	Sep 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.348	.359	.707	9	.37	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
							28-50		273	234	25	58	9	4	3	17	35	4	15	1	3		3	5	1	2	.248	.348	.359	.707		.97	-0.372	1.44	-0.57%	-4.68

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