Joe Sommer
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[edit] Biography
Joe Sommer (Joseph John Sommer) was born on November 20, 1858 in Covington, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on July 8, 1880 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1882, his rookie year, he hit .288 with 1 home run and 29 RBI. Sommer played for the Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Spiders over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Joe Sommer's best season was 1887, when he stole 29 bases and knocked in 65 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | CIN | N | 24 | 88 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 6 | .182 | .182 | .193 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | CIN | a | 80 | 354 | 82 | 102 | 1 | 29 | .288 | .333 | .364 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | CIN | a | 97 | 413 | 79 | 115 | 3 | 52 | .278 | .312 | .346 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | BAL | a | 107 | 479 | 96 | 129 | 4 | 0 | .269 | .293 | .359 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | BAL | a | 110 | 471 | 84 | 118 | 1 | 44 | .251 | .291 | .331 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | BAL | a | 139 | 560 | 79 | 117 | 1 | 52 | .209 | .245 | .261 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | BAL | a | 131 | 463 | 88 | 123 | 0 | 65 | .266 | .358 | .311 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | BAL | a | 79 | 297 | 31 | 65 | 0 | 35 | .219 | .266 | .253 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | BAL | a | 106 | 386 | 51 | 85 | 1 | 36 | .220 | .298 | .272 | 13 | 2 | 42 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | CLE | N | 9 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .270 | .257 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | BAL | a | 38 | 129 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 23 | .256 | .324 | .318 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | Total | 47 | 164 | 17 | 41 | 0 | 23 | .250 | .313 | .305 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | NL | 33 | 123 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 6 | .195 | .208 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AA | 887 | 3552 | 603 | 887 | 11 | 336 | .250 | .300 | .313 | 107 | 42 | 236 | 49 | 20 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 920 | 3675 | 617 | 911 | 11 | 342 | .248 | .297 | .309 | 109 | 42 | 238 | 53 | 20 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | CIN | N | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1880 | CIN | N | OF | 22 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .913 |
| 1880 | CIN | N | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1880 | CIN | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 1882 | CIN | a | OF | 80 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .925 |
| 1883 | CIN | a | OF | 94 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .854 |
| 1883 | CIN | a | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| 1883 | CIN | a | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1884 | BAL | a | 3B | 97 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 168 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .841 |
| 1884 | BAL | a | OF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .857 |
| 1884 | BAL | a | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1885 | BAL | a | OF | 107 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .921 |
| 1885 | BAL | a | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1885 | BAL | a | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1885 | BAL | a | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1885 | BAL | a | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .571 |
| 1886 | BAL | a | 2B | 32 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 86 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .924 |
| 1886 | BAL | a | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 1886 | BAL | a | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .919 |
| 1886 | BAL | a | OF | 95 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .900 |
| 1886 | BAL | a | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .688 |
| 1887 | BAL | a | 3B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .762 |
| 1887 | BAL | a | OF | 110 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .902 |
| 1887 | BAL | a | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 |
| 1887 | BAL | a | 2B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .883 |
| 1887 | BAL | a | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1888 | BAL | a | OF | 44 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .871 |
| 1888 | BAL | a | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1888 | BAL | a | SS | 34 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 98 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .883 |
| 1888 | BAL | a | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .857 |
| 1889 | BAL | a | OF | 105 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1889 | BAL | a | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1890 | CLE | N | OF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .789 |
| 1890 | CLE | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1890 | BAL | a | OF | 38 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .892 |
| 1890 | Total | OF | 47 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .873 | |
| 1890 | Total | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| Total | 3B | 124 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 212 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .834 | ||
| Total | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | ||
| Total | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | SS | 43 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 116 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .871 | ||
| Total | 2B | 48 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 138 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .910 | ||
| Total | OF | 713 | 0 | 0 | 1326 | 109 | 157 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .901 |
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 | CIN | a | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | BAL | a | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1886 | BAL | a | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | BAL | a | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | CLE | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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