Joe Page

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Full Name: Joseph Francis Page	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200	First Game: April 19, 1944
Birthdate: October 28, 1917	Final Game: May 25, 1954
Birthplace: Cherry Valley, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: April 21, 1980
Deathplace: Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on October 28, 1917 in Cherry Valley, Pennsylvania, Joe Page (Joseph Francis Page) played for the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 8 year career. Page broke into the bigs on April 19, 1944 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.56 ERA in 102.2 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joe Page's best season was 1949, when he posted a 2.59 ERA, won 13 games, notched 27 saves and struck out 99 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1944	NY	A	19	16	5	7	4.56	63	65	52	4	0	0	102.2	100	3	52	0	6	3
1945	NY	A	20	9	6	3	2.82	50	43	32	4	0	0	102	95	1	46	0	2	0
1946	NY	A	31	17	9	8	3.57	77	66	54	6	1	3	136	126	7	72	0	1	4
1947	NY	A	56	2	14	8	2.48	116	41	39	0	0	17	141.1	105	5	72	0	1	1
1948	NY	A	55	1	7	8	4.26	77	59	51	0	0	16	107.2	116	6	66	0	2	1
1949	NY	A	60	0	13	8	2.59	99	44	39	0	0	27	135.1	103	8	75	0	4	5
1950	NY	A	37	0	3	7	5.04	33	34	31	0	0	13	55.1	66	8	31	0	0	0
1954	PIT	N	7	0	0	0	11.17	4	17	12	0	0	0	9.2	16	4	7	1	0	1
Total	NL		7	0	0	0	11.17	4	17	12	0	0	0	9.2	16	4	7	1	0	1
Total	AL		278	45	57	49	3.44	515	352	298	14	1	76	780.1	711	38	414	0	16	14
Total			285	45	57	49	3.53	519	369	310	14	1	76	790	727	42	421	1	16	15

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1944	NY	A	P	19	0	0	3	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1945	NY	A	P	20	0	0	2	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1946	NY	A	P	31	0	0	2	23	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1947	NY	A	P	56	0	0	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	NY	A	P	55	0	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	NY	A	P	60	0	0	4	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1950	NY	A	P	37	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	PIT	N	P	7	0	9.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
Total			P	285	0	9.2	17	104	8	4	0	0	3	0	0	.938

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1944	NY	A	19	32	3	5	0	2	.156	.156	.281	2	1	0	9	0	2	0	0	2
1945	NY	A	20	36	5	9	0	5	.250	.308	.250	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	1
1946	NY	A	32	43	5	7	1	5	.163	.163	.256	1	0	0	14	0	6	0	0	0
1947	NY	A	56	46	1	10	1	5	.217	.250	.283	0	0	2	16	0	2	0	0	0
1948	NY	A	55	24	3	7	0	2	.292	.370	.500	1	2	3	4	0	1	0	0	0
1949	NY	A	60	40	2	7	0	5	.175	.195	.175	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	1
1950	NY	A	37	8	1	2	0	2	.250	.400	.375	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1954	PIT	N	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		279	229	20	47	2	26	.205	.242	.279	5	3	11	67	0	11	0	0	4
Total			286	229	20	47	2	26	.205	.242	.279	5	3	11	67	0	11	0	0	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1940).
Released by New York Yankees (May 16, 1951).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 12, 1954).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 1, 1954).

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