Joe Lafata

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 163lb (183cm, 73kg)

Born: August 3, 1921 in Detroit, MI us

Died: May 6, 2004 in Roseville, MI

Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI

High School: Eastern HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: April 17, 1947 (Age 25-257d, 10,297th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1949 (Age 28-053d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Joseph Joseph Lafata

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

236

.229

RBI

OBP

.303

SLG

.322

OPS

.625

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	56 (55)	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
2	57	Jun 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
3	58	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
4	59	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	48	12.0	13	0	0	13	0
5	60	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	L,8-11	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
6	61	Jun 23	NYG	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	0	8.0	9	0	1	10	1
7	62	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	8	1	1	10	3
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	69 (6)	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	83 (13)	Jul 19	NYG		CIN	W,13-3	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	1
10	92 (8)	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	94 (1)	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	95	Jul 31 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-0	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	96	Jul 31 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	97	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	99 (1)	Aug 3	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	102 (2)	Aug 6	NYG	@	STL	W,3-1	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	1
17	103	Aug 7	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	105 (1)	Aug 9	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	107 (1)	Aug 11	NYG		BSN	T,7-7	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
20	108	Aug 12	NYG		PHI	L,0-2	CG	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	109	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-1	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	110	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	111	Aug 16	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	1
24	117 (5)	Aug 21 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	118	Aug 23	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
26	119	Aug 24	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	120	Aug 25	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
28	121	Aug 26	NYG		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
29	122	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	123	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
31	124	Aug 28 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
32	125	Aug 28 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
33	126	Aug 29	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
34	127	Aug 31	NYG		PIT	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	128	Sep 1	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
36	129	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
37	130	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
38	131	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
39	138 (6)	Sep 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	7	1	0	8	2
40	140 (1)	Sep 13	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
41	142 (1)	Sep 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	14	2.2	3	0	0	3	1
42	144 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
43	146 (1)	Sep 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	10.0	18	0	0	18	0
44	147	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
45	152 (4)	Sep 25 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
46	153	Sep 25 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	6.0	9	1	0	10	0
							47gm		297.0	296	10	5	311	25