Joe Hoover
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb
BornApril 15, 1915 · Brawley, CA, USA
MLB debutApril 21, 1943
Final gameSeptember 23, 1945
Seasons3 (1943–1945)
Detroit Tigers 1943–1945
Percentile snapshot
1944 season — qualified batters
of 111 qualified 1944 batters (min 483 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 144 | 640 | 575 | 78 | 140 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 36 | 101 | 6 | 5 | .243 | .289 | .318 | .607 | 67.2 | 73.3 | .292 | 0.4 |
| 1944 | 120 | 494 | 441 | 67 | 104 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 35 | 66 | 7 | 10 | .236 | .301 | .290 | .591 | 64.4 | 66.5 | .288 | 0.2 |
| 1945 | 74 | 250 | 222 | 33 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 2 | .257 | .324 | .360 | .684 | 93.0 | 94.5 | .330 | 1.0 |
Career totals
G
338
PA
1,384
AB
1,238
R
178
H
301
2B
45
3B
15
HR
5
RBI
84
BB
92
SO
202
SB
19
BA
.2431
OBP
.2997
SLG
.3158
OPS
.6155
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
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-08-28 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1943-08-15 | ATH @ DET Gameday | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1945-09-08 | DET @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1943-08-01 | DET @ NYY Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1944-07-05 | DET @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-04-21 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-22 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-24 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-25 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-25 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.