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Joe
Gedeon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 172
 
Born: December 5, 1893 in Usa, CA, SACRAMENTO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1920    1921    1922    1924    1925    1927    1928   
Gold Glove Award 1921   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1913 19 DET AL     3 3 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 4 9 9 9
1914 20 DET AL     3 3 4 1 1 1 6 5 5 5 4 4 9 9 9
1915 21 DET AL     4 4 4 2 1 1 6 5 6 5 4 5 9 9 9
1916 22 DET AL     4 4 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 5 4 5 10 9 9
1917 23 WAS AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 4 5 10 9 9
1918 24 WAS AL     7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 6 5 5 10 9 9
1919 25 WAS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 6 4 5 10 9 9
1920 26 WAS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 3 3 7 6 6 6 4 5 10 9 9
1921 27 WAS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 3 3 7 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
1922 28 WAS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 3 3 7 6 6 6 5 5 10 9 9
1923 29 WAS AL $ 985,714   8 8 8 4 3 3 7 6 7 6 4 5 10 9 9
1924 30 WAS AL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 4 3 3 7 6 6 6 4 5 10 9 9
1925 31 WAS AL $ 2,800,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 6 6 5 4 5 10 9 9
1926 32 WAS AL $ 2,800,000   8 8 8 3 2 3 7 6 6 5 4 5 10 9 9
1927 33 WAS AL $ 2,800,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 3 4 9 9 9
1928 34 WAS AL $ 2,800,000   7 7 7 2 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 9 9
1929 35 WAS AL $ 500,000   6 6 6 2 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,800,000   8 8 8 4 3 3 7 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1913 19 A   121 326 46 78 7 2 3 28 18 3 88 42 .239 .401 .301 .702 52.8  
1914 20 A   131 422 47 106 23 3 1 61 16 4 93 44 .251 .386 .327 .713 63.5  
1915 21 AA   89 308 42 70 11 3 7 45 7 2 70 49 .227 .370 .351 .721 47.2  
    A   43 132 20 35 5 0 5 22 4 6 42 11 .265 .443 .417 .859 27.1  
1916 22 AA   129 445 63 124 20 0 5 51 18 9 109 41 .279 .421 .357 .778 77.7  
1917 23 AAA   82 274 42 75 12 1 1 34 11 6 46 14 .274 .378 .336 .714 38.2  
    AA   44 155 28 44 6 0 8 32 6 6 38 9 .284 .425 .477 .902 32.3  
1918 24 AAA   129 518 88 150 22 1 4 57 21 5 67 36 .290 .371 .359 .730 73.8  
1919 25 WAS AL 126 472 62 141 15 1 2 75 8 4 36 25 .299 .357 .347 .705 54.4 10.6
1920 26 WAS AL 78 240 34 69 6 3 1 22 4 3 31 7 .288 .375 .350 .725 32.6 6.3
1921 27 WAS AL 138 536 75 166 24 4 5 70 6 1 38 26 .310 .358 .397 .755 70.4 11.0
1922 28 WAS AL 145 535 62 142 17 3 3 69 8 4 45 28 .265 .324 .325 .649 53.5 6.1
1923 29 WAS AL 151 552 81 186 34 6 3 76 3 2 41 13 .337 .385 .437 .821 84.2 19.4
1924 30 WAS AL 148 550 95 177 27 7 1 82 5 1 44 12 .322 .376 .402 .778 78.3 14.0
1925 31 WAS AL 124 428 52 124 9 5 3 64 3 6 47 11 .290 .366 .355 .721 54.8 7.4
1926 32 WAS AL 149 514 56 150 18 7 2 73 0 0 40 19 .292 .346 .366 .712 63.2 10.3
1927 33 WAS AL 79 241 27 65 5 2 1 25 1 0 13 9 .270 .313 .320 .632 22.1 2.2
1928 34 WAS AL 42 58 10 14 1 1 0 7 1 1 5 1 .241 .302 .293 .595 5.4 0.5
1929 35 WAS AL 48 62 8 18 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 4 .290 .343 .323 .666 7.0 1.0
11 Years Sim 1228 4188 562 1252 158 39 21 565 40 22 344 155 .299 .356 .370 .727 525.9 88.6
2 Years AAA 211 792 130 225 34 2 5 91 32 11 113 50 .284 .372 .351 .723 112.0  
3 Years AA 262 908 133 238 37 3 20 128 31 17 217 99 .262 .405 .376 .781 157.2  
3 Years A 295 880 113 219 35 5 9 111 38 13 223 97 .249 .401 .331 .731 143.4  
8 Years Minors 768 2580 376 682 106 10 34 330 101 41 553 246 .264 .394 .353 .747 412.6  
162 Game Average 552 74 165 20 5 2 74 5 2 45 20 .299 .356 .370 .727 69.4  
Career Highs 151 552 95 186 34 7 5 82 8 6 47 28 .337 .385 .437 .821 84.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2865 373 861 110 28 10 385 22 15 207 109 .301 .352 .369 .721 356.4
vs LH   1323 189 391 48 11 11 180 18 7 137 46 .296 .365 .373 .739 180.4
Home 632 2083 280 587 73 17 7 263 24 8 174 79 .282 .343 .343 .686 242.6
Away 596 2105 282 665 85 22 14 302 16 14 170 76 .316 .369 .397 .767 294.2
RISP   1225 0 359 52 13 8 513 0 0 137 55 .293 .362 .376 .738 168.9
Pinch Hitting   29 6 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 .276 .417 .345 .761 4.5
Close/Late   455 51 126 19 3 0 46 0 0 54 13 .277 .359 .332 .691 55.6
Mar/Apr 126 423 66 130 16 2 3 53 9 1 39 15 .307 .372 .376 .747 58.9
May 232 770 99 228 24 10 5 98 8 7 65 33 .296 .354 .373 .727 98.6
June 219 753 103 214 25 5 5 101 11 3 61 26 .284 .341 .351 .691 89.9
July 225 786 105 243 39 7 5 116 5 5 63 27 .309 .366 .396 .761 107.2
August 210 708 96 214 24 7 2 93 6 1 59 25 .302 .360 .364 .724 91.3
Sep/Oct 216 748 93 223 30 8 1 104 1 5 57 29 .298 .353 .364 .716 90.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1919 25 WAS AL RF 93 92 826.7 154 5 0 0 1.000 1.73   2.3
    3B 31 31 268.3 15 77 2 3 .979 3.09   1.6
1920 26 WAS AL SS 44 41 364.7 69 184 2 31 .992 6.24   2.3
    CF 11 11 96.0 26 1 1 0 .964 2.53   0.4
    3B 8 8 70.0 8 15 1 0 .958 2.96   0.3
    RF 4 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    LF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1921 27 WAS AL SS 126 124 1115.0 175 527 15 83 .979 5.67   6.7
    3B 11 11 93.0 4 26 1 4 .968 2.90   0.4
1922 28 WAS AL SS 114 110 977.7 167 496 7 80 .990 6.10   8.4
    2B 15 15 133.0 32 73 0 18 1.000 7.11   0.7
    3B 14 14 124.3 11 27 2 3 .950 2.75   0.5
    CF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1923 29 WAS AL SS 115 113 1000.7 177 479 7 74 .989 5.90   5.7
    2B 27 26 228.0 67 119 1 26 .995 7.34   1.3
    RF 6 6 53.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.2
    CF 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00    
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1924 30 WAS AL SS 116 111 1001.7 199 447 13 89 .980 5.80   5.0
    3B 15 15 130.0 4 29 4 1 .892 2.28   0.4
    2B 10 7 71.7 26 41 1 12 .985 8.41   0.6
    LF 6 6 51.0 11 0 4 0 .733 1.94   0.0
1925 31 WAS AL SS 100 99 836.3 147 396 11 59 .980 5.84   5.9
    RF 11 9 82.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.3
    2B 9 9 78.0 21 34 0 7 1.000 6.35   0.3
    3B 4 3 29.0 3 9 0 0 1.000 3.72   0.2
1926 32 WAS AL SS 57 54 460.3 72 198 4 31 .985 5.28   2.6
    3B 50 49 419.0 24 107 7 9 .949 2.81   1.5
    RF 33 33 280.0 71 2 0 0 1.000 2.35   1.1
    2B 8 8 69.7 19 34 0 4 1.000 6.85   0.4
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1927 33 WAS AL RF 51 51 422.7 109 2 0 2 1.000 2.36   1.5
    SS 11 10 76.0 15 40 0 6 1.000 6.51   0.7
    2B 13 7 71.0 20 31 1 7 .981 6.46   0.3
    LF 2 0 7.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    3B 4 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1928 34 WAS AL 3B 25 4 67.0 3 15 2 1 .900 2.42   0.2
    RF 5 5 40.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.93   0.2
    SS 6 4 33.7 4 12 0 1 1.000 4.28   0.1
    CF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    2B 3 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1929 35 WAS AL 3B 29 6 98.0 4 27 2 2 .939 2.85   0.5
    2B 13 4 51.0 12 23 0 5 1.000 6.18   0.3
    SS 4 4 29.0 3 16 0 1 1.000 5.90   0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  SS 693 670 5895.0 1028 2795 59 455 .985 5.84   37.7
  RF 204 196 1715.3 388 9 0 2 1.000 2.08   5.5
  3B 192 141 1308.7 76 334 21 23 .951 2.82   5.6
  2B 99 76 709.3 198 358 3 79 .995 7.05   4.0
  CF 18 13 118.3 35 1 1 0 .973 2.74   0.4
  LF 10 6 62.3 13 1 4 0 .778 2.02   0.0
Career Totals   1216 1102 9808.9 1738 3498 88 559 .983 4.80   53.3
Career Highs   150 146 1294.7 266 599 22 102 .996 6.01    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1919 25 WAS AL 6 22 1 7 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 .318 .348 .545 .893
1920 26 WAS AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1921 27 WAS AL 7 28 3 9 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 2 .321 .375 .464 .839
1922 28 WAS AL 6 23 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .261 .320 .304 .624
1923 29 WAS AL 13 47 5 17 1 0 0 7 1 2 9 3 .362 .474 .383 .857
1924 30 WAS AL 10 41 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 .171 .209 .171 .380
1925 31 WAS AL 11 37 6 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .216 .237 .270 .507
1926 32 WAS AL 13 46 11 14 5 0 2 5 0 0 1 1 .304 .327 .543 .870
1927 33 WAS AL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1928 34 WAS AL 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1929 35 WAS AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 82 250 33 70 10 1 4 31 2 3 17 13 .280 .333 .376 .709
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1923-4-.337
1924-10-.322
 On-Base Pct
1923-8-.385
 Slugging Pct
1923-8-.437
 OPS
1923-9-.821
 XR
1923-7-84.2
 Games
1921-10-138
1923-1-151
1924-9-148
1926-1-149
At-Bats
1923-8-552
 Runs
1923-8-81
1924-6-95
 Hits
1923-3-186
1924-9-177
 Total Bases
1923-5-241
 Singles
1919-7-123
1921-5-133
1923-4-143
1924-4-142
1926-10-123
 Doubles
1923-5-34
RBIs
1919-3-75
1924-10-82
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1913
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Detroit on 6/8/1913 (Going to SLN: C Jack Zalusky, SS Johnny Evers. Going to DET: 3B Joe Gedeon, 2B Frank O'Rourke)
Traded from Detroit to Washington on 2/16/1917 (Going to DET: RF Tris Speaker. Going to WAS: 3B Joe Gedeon, P Eppa Rixey)
Injured on 7/8/1918 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 4/23/1919, off Rip Hagerman (SLA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1919, off Tom Walker (SLA)
Won World Series with Washington in 1920
Won World Series with Washington in 1921
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1921
Won World Series with Washington in 1922
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $985,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 4/23/1923
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1923, hitting .430 with 0 HR, 14 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (A) on 10/17/1923
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/16/1924
7/31/1924: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $2,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Washington in 1924
Injured on 7/20/1925 with a Broken Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
Won World Series with Washington in 1925
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 6/3/1926
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 10/20/1926
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 5/18/1927
Won World Series with Washington in 1927
Won World Series with Washington in 1928
 
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