Joey Cora

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 7 in · 150 lb

BornMay 14, 1965 · Caguas, P.R.

MLB debutApril 6, 1987

Final gameSeptember 27, 1998

Seasons11 (1987–1998)

San Diego Padres 1987; San Diego Padres 1989–1990; Chicago White Sox 1991–1994; Seattle Mariners 1995–1997; Cleveland Indians 1998; Seattle Mariners 1998

Percentile snapshot

1998 season — qualified batters

155

68.4

695

85.4

602

79.7

111

166

63.3

25.3

82.3

9.5

RBI

0.6

69.6

89.9

65.2

37.3

.276

34.8

OBP

.357

SLG

.370

12.7

OPS

.728

20.9

wRC+

94.2

25.3

OPS+

89.9

20.3

wOBA

.333

26.6

sWAR

2.1

of 159 qualified 1998 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

93.2

28.6

OPS+

90.0

sWAR

12.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1987	77	276	241	23	57	7	2	0	13	28	26	15	11	.237	.317	.282	.600	67.4	63.3	.285	-0.1
1989	12	20	19	5	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.316	.350	.368	.718	110.9	106.6	.336	0.1
1990	51	106	100	12	27	3	0	0	2	6	9	8	3	.270	.311	.300	.611	67.9	69.4	.284	0.1
1991	100	264	228	37	55	2	3	0	18	20	21	11	6	.241	.313	.276	.589	69.4	66.1	.282	0.1
1992	68	153	122	27	30	7	1	0	9	22	13	10	3	.246	.371	.320	.691	105.5	97.7	.334	0.5
1993	153	678	579	95	155	15	13	2	51	67	63	20	8	.268	.351	.349	.699	97.6	92.2	.329	2.3
1994	90	368	312	55	86	13	4	2	30	38	32	8	4	.276	.353	.362	.715	92.1	87.9	.329	1.0
1995	120	487	427	64	127	19	2	3	39	37	31	18	7	.297	.359	.372	.731	94.1	91.0	.336	1.4
1996	144	583	530	90	154	37	6	6	45	35	32	5	5	.291	.340	.417	.757	91.5	91.0	.336	1.5
1997	149	649	574	105	172	40	4	11	54	53	49	6	7	.300	.359	.441	.800	109.7	108.9	.354	3.1
1998	155	695	602	111	166	27	6	6	32	73	59	15	6	.276	.357	.370	.728	94.2	89.9	.333	2.1

Career totals

1,119

4,279

3,734

624

1,035

171

RBI

294

380

335

117

.2772

OBP

.3478

SLG

.3690

OPS

.7168

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
1997-05-09	SEA @ BAL Gameday	5	3	5	1	0	1	1	0	9
1998-05-31	SEA @ TB Gameday	4	3	4	2	0	1	2	1	9
1996-06-28	TEX @ SEA Gameday	6	2	4	0	2	0	3	0	8
1997-05-19	SEA @ LAA Gameday	4	3	4	1	0	1	3	1	8
1997-07-10	TEX @ SEA Gameday	6	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	7

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

1× All-Star

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