MLB / Players

Joe Borden

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 140 lb
BornMay 9, 1854 · Jacobstown, NJ, USA
MLB debutJuly 24, 1875
Final gameJuly 15, 1876
Seasons2 (1875–1876)

Philadelphia Whites 1875; Boston Red Caps 1876

Percentile snapshot

1876 season — qualified pitchers

G
29
38.5
GS
24
23.1
W
11
46.2
L
12
61.5
SV
1
76.9
CG
16
15.4
SHO
2
53.8
H
257
69.2
ER
70
69.2
BB
51
0
SO
34
61.5
HR
4
23.1
IP
218.3
30.8
ERA
2.89
30.8
WHIP
1.411
30.8
K/9
1.40
76.9
FIP
2.86
0
FIP-
124.0
0
ERA+
80.0
30.8
sWAR
0.6
30.8

of 14 qualified 1876 pitchers (min 70 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.5
67.4

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
1875728283300010100.107.107.107.21424.8-25.7.0980.9
187632124121192530073300.207.226.231.45769.452.1.2150.6

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18757724072471179066.01.50.8181.232.28102.6148.40.9
18762924111211622577051344218.32.891.4111.402.86124.080.00.6

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
39
PA
152
AB
149
R
22
H
28
2B
3
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
8
BB
3
SO
4
SB
0
BA
.1879
OBP
.2039
SLG
.2081
OPS
.4120

Pitching

G (P)
36
GS
31
W
13
L
16
SV
1
CG
23
SHO
4
IP
284
SO (P)
43
BB allowed
58
ERA
2.564
WHIP
1.2732
K/9
1.36

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.