MLB / Players

Joe Battin

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 169 lb
BornNovember 11, 1853 · West Bradford, PA, USA
MLB debutAugust 11, 1871
Final gameMay 28, 1890
Seasons10 (1871–1890)

Cleveland Forest Citys 1871; Philadelphia Athletics 1873–1874; St. Louis Brown Stockings 1875–1877; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1882–1883; Baltimore Monumentals 1884; Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) 1884; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1884; Syracuse Stars 1890

Percentile snapshot

1883 season — qualified batters

G
98
79.8
PA
399
50
AB
388
50.9
R
42
17.5
H
83
18.4
2B
9
14
3B
6
39.5
HR
1
33.3
RBI
0
0
BB
11
28.1
SO
0
53.5
BA
.214
2.6
OBP
.236
5.3
SLG
.276
7.9
OPS
.511
6.1
wRC+
74.5
10.5
OPS+
63.5
7
wOBA
.235
7
sWAR
0.2
12.3

of 115 qualified 1883 batters (min 303 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.8
69

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
18711430000001000.000.250.000.25055.8-20.3.1820.0
18731654300021000.600.667.6001.267199.6277.3.5830.1
18745122722640521110271732.230.233.288.52180.065.7.2370.2
18756728428431716303306153.250.250.292.54291.686.7.2460.7
18766428928334851140466600.300.315.367.682117.0126.0.3161.7
18775723222628453712261700.199.220.288.50769.258.1.234-0.1
188234136133132851103000.211.228.286.51479.871.5.2360.2
1883983993884283961011000.214.236.276.51174.563.5.2350.2
188478290286214742003000.164.176.192.36846.221.7.170-0.9
1890291271191525210138080.210.260.244.50457.948.0.253-0.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18771000000321103.74.911.0912.453.11110.857.2-0.1
18832000000911004.02.252.5000.004.01121.6146.50.2

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
480
PA
1,994
AB
1,953
R
228
H
439
2B
51
3B
25
HR
3
RBI
143
BB
40
SO
36
SB
26
BA
.2248
OBP
.2407
SLG
.2811
OPS
.5218

Pitching

G (P)
3
GS
0
W
0
L
0
SV
0
CG
0
SHO
0
IP
8
SO (P)
1
BB allowed
2
ERA
3.522
WHIP
1.8261
K/9
1.17

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.