MLB / Players

Joe Blong

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

BornSeptember 17, 1853 · St. Louis, MO, USA

MLB debutMay 4, 1875

Final gameOctober 6, 1877

Seasons3 (1875–1877)

St. Louis Red Stockings 1875; St. Louis Brown Stockings 1876–1877

Percentile snapshot

1877 season — qualified batters

29.5

222

11.4

218

9.1

56.8

36.4

RBI

6.8

31.8

9.1

.216

6.8

OBP

.230

6.8

SLG

.280

13.6

OPS

.510

11.4

wRC+

69.7

11.4

OPS+

59.2

11.4

wOBA

.235

11.4

sWAR

1.7

68.2

of 45 qualified 1877 batters (min 186 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1877 season — qualified pitchers

SHO

203

187.3

ERA

2.74

WHIP

1.286

K/9

2.45

FIP

2.90

FIP-

103.4

ERA+

102.5

sWAR

1.7

of 11 qualified 1877 pitchers (min 60 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

1.8

69.2

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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1875	16	68	68	3	10	2	0	5	0	7	1	.147	.147	.176	.324	46.8	11.2	.147	0.0
1876	62	266	264	30	62	7	4	30	2	9	0	.235	.241	.292	.532	83.9	76.0	.246	0.2
1877	58	222	218	17	47	8	3	13	4	22	0	.216	.230	.280	.510	69.7	59.2	.235	1.7

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1875	15	15	3	12	12	1	169	44	2	14	129.0	3.07	1.326	0.98	2.07	92.9	72.5	0.0
1876	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4.0	0.00	.750	0.00	2.98	129.3	—	0.2
1877	25	21	10	9	17	0	203	57	38	51	187.3	2.74	1.286	2.45	2.90	103.4	102.5	1.7

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

136

556

550

119

RBI

.2164

OBP

.2248

SLG

.2727

OPS

.4975

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

320

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

2.838

WHIP

1.2955

K/9

1.83

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.