MLB / Players

Addie Joss

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 3 in · 185 lb
BornApril 12, 1880 · Woodland, WI, USA
MLB debutApril 26, 1902
Final gameJuly 25, 1910
Seasons9 (1902–1910)

Cleveland Bronchos 1902; Cleveland Naps 1903–1910

Percentile snapshot

1909 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
53.6
GS
28
58.3
W
14
63.1
L
13
25
SV
0
0
CG
24
81
SHO
4
66.7
H
198
38.1
ER
46
59.5
BB
31
76.2
SO
67
33.3
HR
0
83.3
IP
242.7
63.1
ERA
1.71
86.9
WHIP
.944
94
K/9
2.48
7.1
FIP
2.17
82.1
FIP-
86.0
82.1
ERA+
147.7
85.7
sWAR
4.7
83.3

of 85 qualified 1909 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
142.5
98.9
sWAR
45.0
98.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1902331151038123101054900.117.157.165.322-4.0-9.3.1574.1
190334116114822510613600.193.200.254.45434.237.1.2095.2
1904288076310010312900.132.143.158.301-13.9-4.6.1433.9
190535116976132103132530.134.236.175.41239.031.1.2185.1
190636118100421200671930.210.269.230.49958.957.2.2506.4
190742127114613300675010.114.165.140.306-2.0-1.7.1595.6
1908421139761532010134530.155.255.227.48162.857.4.2498.7
190933868038101542300.100.143.150.293-17.5-8.5.1494.7
191013403624200232100.111.179.167.3464.87.6.1801.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
190232291713028522583751062269.32.771.1143.543.1089.4124.94.1
190332311813031323269371203283.72.19.9483.812.5588.2132.35.2
19042524141002051603430830192.31.59.9883.882.2286.3161.53.9
190533322012031324664461324286.02.011.0214.152.3287.5131.45.1
19063431219128922054431063282.01.72.9333.382.3588.4154.46.4
190742382711234627969541273338.71.83.9833.382.2589.8136.55.6
190842352411229923242301302325.01.16.8063.601.8377.3203.18.7
19093328141302441984631670242.71.71.9442.482.1786.0147.74.7
1910131255091962718492107.32.261.0624.112.1483.5113.01.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
296
PA
911
AB
817
R
46
H
118
2B
21
3B
6
HR
1
RBI
51
BB
54
SO
297
SB
10
BA
.1444
OBP
.1984
SLG
.1885
OPS
.3869

Pitching

G (P)
286
GS
260
W
160
232nd-most career W
L
97
SV
5
CG
234
96th-most career CG
SHO
45
29th-most career SHO
IP
2,327
303rd-most career IP
SO (P)
920
BB allowed
364
ERA
1.887
2nd-lowest career ERA
WHIP
.9678
Lowest career WHIP of all time
K/9
3.56

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1908-04-28DET @ CLE Gameday313210007
1905-05-25NYY @ CLE Gameday323010105
1903-08-17BOS @ CLE Gameday412010104
1909-09-07CLE @ DET Gameday311001204
1906-04-25CLE @ DET Gameday202100113

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1904-08-26CLE @ MIN Gameday12.04002110
1910-05-05BAL @ CLE Gameday10.0410190
1903-05-08DET @ CLE Gameday9.01161490
1903-07-23BAL @ CLE Gameday9.0300190
1903-06-12CLE @ ATH Gameday13.1621081

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1978 (Veterans)

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.