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Joe
Saint		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 8, 1907 in St. Louis, MO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1935    1939    1940    1942    1943    1944   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won ARCH MURTAUGH AWARD or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1928 21 A   14 8 .636 28 28 11 3 0 221.7 174 62 1 75 53 2.52 .213 .279 .264 .543  
1929 22 AAA   0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 18.3 34 17 1 8 5 8.35 .436 .488 .526 1.014  
    A   18 7 .720 26 26 11 1 0 210.7 176 60 2 61 67 2.56 .223 .279 .293 .572  
1930 23 A   14 8 .636 26 26 11 3 0 211.7 172 57 6 49 83 2.42 .221 .267 .296 .563  
1931 24 PHI NL 9 5 .643 15 15 9 0 0 127.7 115 48 1 30 39 3.38 .243 .287 .330 .617 13.2
    AAA   3 2 .600 6 6 3 0 0 49.0 46 16 2 14 15 2.94 .243 .296 .354 .650  
    AA   4 2 .667 9 9 3 1 0 72.7 56 19 0 17 26 2.35 .213 .261 .281 .542  
    A   7 0 1.000 7 7 5 3 0 60.7 38 7 0 18 26 1.04 .178 .241 .206 .447  
1932 25 PHI NL 19 10 .655 39 39 11 0 0 301.0 302 121 7 90 105 3.62 .260 .312 .362 .674 29.7
1933 26 PHI NL 18 19 .486 43 43 22 4 0 345.3 369 145 5 40 116 3.78 .275 .295 .374 .670 31.0
1934 27 PHI NL 16 16 .500 39 37 19 1 0 298.0 339 131 5 40 113 3.96 .283 .306 .383 .688 23.4
1935 28 CIN NL 20 12 .625 41 41 20 1 0 329.7 387 153 4 58 119 4.18 .293 .324 .390 .714 20.2
1936 29 NY1 NL 13 15 .464 31 31 12 3 0 236.7 270 133 6 53 77 5.06 .284 .330 .392 .722 13.3
1937 30 CHN NL 12 13 .480 25 25 14 1 0 200.0 214 102 3 35 86 4.59 .272 .304 .378 .682 11.4
  NY1 NL 7 4 .636 13 13 7 0 0 102.7 113 44 1 18 27 3.86 .277 .307 .380 .687 8.7
  TOT   19 17 .528 38 38 21 1 0 302.7 327 146 4 53 113 4.34 .274 .305 .379 .684 20.0
1938 31 CHN NL 17 13 .567 37 37 19 1 0 304.7 304 124 4 53 117 3.66 .259 .290 .379 .670 24.8
1939 32 CHN NL 23 9 .719 39 39 24 1 0 329.0 330 129 8 51 92 3.53 .259 .286 .367 .654 26.0
1940 33 CHN NL 24 9 .727 40 40 27 7 0 327.7 295 108 6 58 105 2.97 .239 .271 .335 .606 30.1
1941 34 CHN NL 6 1 .857 8 8 6 2 0 73.0 49 10 1 9 24 1.23 .190 .218 .267 .485 9.9
  PHI NL 16 12 .571 33 33 26 6 0 284.0 275 98 5 53 92 3.11 .253 .287 .351 .638 23.8
  TOT   22 13 .629 41 41 32 8 0 357.0 324 108 6 62 116 2.72 .241 .274 .335 .608 33.7
1942 35 PHI NL 17 14 .548 37 37 27 1 0 309.7 278 92 4 62 108 2.67 .240 .278 .326 .604 25.2
1943 36 PHI NL 18 10 .643 34 34 24 4 0 300.0 279 86 3 42 94 2.58 .246 .276 .318 .594 24.5
1944 37 PHI NL 21 7 .750 32 32 24 4 0 269.7 227 67 1 42 72 2.24 .227 .258 .286 .544 30.5
1945 38 PHI NL 13 17 .433 35 35 20 0 0 292.3 294 120 14 53 78 3.69 .260 .290 .376 .666 18.1
1946 39 DET AL 6 5 .545 45 6 1 0 12 80.0 98 47 13 33 13 5.29 .307 .369 .495 .864 2.1
16 Years Sim 275 191 .590 586 545 312 36 12 4511.2 4538 1758 91 820 1477 3.51 .261 .294 .360 .654 365.8
2 Years AAA 3 4 .429 9 9 3 0 0 67.3 80 33 3 22 20 4.41 .300 .353 .404 .757  
1 Years AA 4 2 .667 9 9 3 1 0 72.7 56 19 0 17 26 2.35 .213 .261 .281 .542  
4 Years A 53 23 .697 87 87 38 10 0 704.6 560 186 9 203 229 2.38 .216 .272 .278 .550  
7 Years Minors 60 29 .674 105 105 44 11 0 844.6 696 238 12 242 275 2.54 .223 .278 .289 .567  
Season Average 17 11 .607 36 34 19 2 0 282.0 283 109 5 51 92 3.51 .261 .294 .360 .654  
Career Highs 24 19 .750 45 43 32 8 12 357.0 387 153 14 90 119 5.29 .307 .369 .495 .864  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2543 1000 50 517 924   .250 .286 .345 .631
vs LH   1995 758 41 303 553   .275 .304 .381 .685
Home 145 85 .630 294 273 155 20 6 2303.0 2239 865 50 409 785 3.38 .253 .286 .348 .634
Away 130 106 .551 292 272 157 16 6 2207.9 2299 893 41 411 692 3.64 .268 .302 .372 .673
Mar/Apr 25 23 .521 57 57 31 4 0 458.0 454 180 13 103 143 3.54 .257 .298 .358 .656
May 57 34 .626 107 100 65 6 3 854.6 830 322 19 124 292 3.39 .254 .281 .356 .637
June 43 32 .573 106 92 56 5 4 749.3 795 319 16 144 236 3.83 .271 .305 .374 .679
July 48 39 .552 113 101 50 10 5 827.3 825 326 19 164 281 3.55 .258 .294 .360 .655
August 52 33 .612 104 101 56 4 0 828.6 855 304 13 175 253 3.30 .268 .306 .370 .675
Sep/Oct 50 30 .625 99 94 55 7 0 793.0 779 307 11 110 272 3.48 .255 .281 .340 .621
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1929 22 A   4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250 1.1  
1931 24 PHI NL 15 49 4 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 6 .224 .240 .265 .505 2.5 0.0
1932 25 PHI NL 39 97 8 18 4 0 0 8 1 1 5 13 .186 .223 .227 .450 4.7 0.0
1933 26 PHI NL 43 110 11 27 1 3 0 11 1 0 6 12 .245 .284 .309 .594 9.1 0.2
1934 27 PHI NL 39 101 12 24 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 18 .238 .255 .248 .502 7.3 0.0
1935 28 CIN NL 41 110 14 16 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 19 .145 .161 .173 .333 1.6 0.0
1936 29 NY1 NL 31 89 9 17 2 0 0 9 0 0 3 18 .191 .217 .213 .431 3.2 0.0
1937 30 CHN NL 25 66 6 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 9 .136 .208 .136 .345 1.3 0.0
  NY1 NL 13 39 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .077 .077 .103 .179 -1.8 0.0
  TOT   38 105 7 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 6 17 .114 .162 .124 .286 -0.4 0.0
1938 31 CHN NL 37 104 9 24 4 0 0 12 0 0 11 19 .231 .310 .269 .580 9.6 0.4
1939 32 CHN NL 39 120 16 33 4 0 0 17 0 0 12 20 .275 .341 .308 .649 13.2 1.1
1940 33 CHN NL 40 117 11 15 5 1 0 10 0 0 3 22 .128 .149 .188 .337 1.4 0.0
1941 34 CHN NL 8 23 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .087 .154 .087 .241 -0.1 0.0
  PHI NL 33 94 9 16 2 0 0 12 1 0 5 17 .170 .208 .191 .399 3.3 0.0
  TOT   41 117 10 18 2 0 0 14 1 0 7 24 .154 .197 .171 .368 3.1 0.0
1942 35 PHI NL 37 106 9 16 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 27 .151 .188 .160 .348 2.2 0.0
1943 36 PHI NL 34 95 7 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 19 .147 .153 .179 .332 1.8 0.0
1944 37 PHI NL 32 89 12 19 3 1 0 12 0 0 7 17 .213 .268 .270 .538 6.8 0.3
1945 38 PHI NL 35 101 8 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 22 .149 .165 .178 .343 0.1 0.0
1946 39 DET AL 45 16 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .188 .188 .313 .500 0.5 0.0
16 Years Sim 586 1526 148 282 39 6 0 144 3 1 74 274 .185 .221 .218 .440 66.7 1.9
1 Years A 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250 1.1  
162 Game Average 421 40 77 10 1 0 39 0 0 20 75 .185 .221 .218 .440 18.4  
Career Highs 45 120 16 33 5 3 0 17 1 1 12 27 .275 .341 .313 .649 13.2  
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   994 95 189 30 3 0 97 1 1 46 157 .190 .225 .226 .451 40.9
vs LH   532 53 93 9 3 0 47 2 0 28 117 .175 .215 .203 .418 17.8
Home 294 726 76 146 23 1 0 80 0 1 39 134 .201 .240 .236 .475 35.9
Away 292 800 72 136 16 5 0 64 3 0 35 140 .170 .205 .203 .407 22.9
RISP   440 0 84 12 3 0 137 0 0 27 79 .191 .232 .232 .464 21.3
Close/Late   135 7 19 2 0 0 9 0 0 6 24 .141 .176 .156 .332 0.8
Mar/Apr 57 143 12 25 6 0 0 15 0 0 9 33 .175 .222 .217 .439 5.6
May 107 289 27 40 5 2 0 16 1 0 12 58 .138 .172 .170 .342 2.5
June 106 248 28 53 8 1 0 27 0 0 18 42 .214 .266 .254 .520 16.2
July 101 277 28 56 6 2 0 31 1 0 15 51 .202 .242 .238 .481 14.5
August 101 288 27 60 10 1 0 35 0 1 9 47 .208 .230 .250 .480 13.6
Sep/Oct 94 281 26 48 4 0 0 20 1 0 11 43 .171 .201 .185 .386 6.4
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    
1931 24 PHI NL P 15 15 127.7 9 8 1 0 .944 1.20    
1932 25 PHI NL P 39 39 301.0 24 41 2 5 .970 1.94    
1933 26 PHI NL P 43 43 345.3 20 48 4 3 .944 1.77    
1934 27 PHI NL P 39 37 298.0 21 47 3 3 .958 2.05    
1935 28 CIN NL P 41 41 329.7 17 47 3 1 .955 1.75    
1936 29 NY1 NL P 31 31 236.7 16 36 5 5 .912 1.98    
1937 30 CHN NL P 25 25 200.0 7 23 3 1 .909 1.35    
  NY1 NL P 13 13 102.7 3 12 1 1 .938 1.31    
  TOT   P 38 38 302.7 10 35 4 2 .918 1.34    
1938 31 CHN NL P 37 37 304.7 14 35 2 1 .961 1.45    
1939 32 CHN NL P 39 39 329.0 19 57 4 4 .950 2.08    
1940 33 CHN NL P 40 40 327.7 24 35 5 1 .922 1.62    
1941 34 CHN NL P 8 8 73.0 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.48    
  PHI NL P 33 33 284.0 10 41 2 2 .962 1.62    
  TOT   P 41 41 357.0 12 51 2 3 .969 1.59    
1942 35 PHI NL P 37 37 309.7 20 39 5 4 .922 1.71    
1943 36 PHI NL P 34 34 300.0 14 38 1 4 .981 1.56    
1944 37 PHI NL P 32 32 269.7 16 44 5 3 .923 2.00    
1945 38 PHI NL P 35 35 292.3 11 39 2 2 .962 1.54    
1946 39 DET AL P 45 6 80.0 4 12 2 2 .889 1.80    
Career Totals   586 545 4510.9 251 612 50 43 .945 1.72    
Career Highs   45 43 357.0 24 57 5 5 .981 2.08    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1937 30 CHN NL 1 0 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 6 1 0 0 4 1.00 .182 .182 .242 .424
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 6 1 0 0 4 1.00 .182 .182 .242 .424
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1937 30 CHN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1932-7-3.62
1938-7-3.66
1939-5-3.53
1940-4-2.97
1941-2-2.72
1942-5-2.67
1943-4-2.58
1944-1-2.24
 ERA+
1932-7-129
1938-6-123
1939-5-129
1940-4-139
1942-5-144
1943-4-141
1944-1-172
 Wins
1935-6-20
1937-6-19
1939-2-23
1940-2-24
1941-3-22
1943-6-18
1944-3-21
 Losses
1933-6-19
1934-10-16
1937-10-17
1945-5-17
 Winning Pct
1932-9-.655
1935-8-.625
1939-1-.719
1940-1-.727
1941-6-.629
1943-6-.643
1944-2-.750
 Saves
1946-7-12
Games Pitched
1933-5-43
1940-8-40
1941-2-41
1946-9-45
 Games Started
1932-7-39
1933-1-43
1935-1-41
1939-9-39
1940-6-40
1941-1-41
 Complete Games
1937-6-21
1941-5-32
1942-9-27
1943-6-24
1944-10-24
 Shutouts
1933-2-4
1936-2-3
1940-1-7
1941-1-8
1943-5-4
1944-3-4
 Innings Pitched
1932-9-301.0
1933-4-345.3
1935-5-329.7
1938-8-304.7
1939-9-329.0
1941-3-357.0
1943-9-300.0
 Hits Allowed
1933-1-369
1935-1-387
1937-9-327
1941-6-324
1943-9-279
1945-9-294
Homeruns Allowed
1945-7-14
 Strikeouts
1933-9-116
 Walks per 9IP
1933-1-1.0
1934-2-1.2
1935-3-1.6
1936-5-2.0
1937-4-1.6
1938-2-1.6
1939-1-1.4
1940-3-1.6
1941-2-1.6
1942-3-1.8
1943-4-1.3
1944-2-1.4
1945-5-1.6
 Hits per 9IP
1932-9-9.0
1938-10-9.0
1939-10-9.0
1940-6-8.1
1941-8-8.2
1944-3-7.6
 Strikeout to Walk Ratio
1933-2-2.9
1934-3-2.8
1935-3-2.1
1936-4-1.5
1937-4-2.1
1938-2-2.2
1939-5-1.8
1940-5-1.8
1941-4-1.9
1942-6-1.7
1943-7-2.2
1944-8-1.7
1945-10-1.5
 WHiP
1932-8-1.30
1933-5-1.18
1934-10-1.27
1936-6-1.36
1937-7-1.26
1938-2-1.17
1939-1-1.16
1940-1-1.08
1941-1-1.08
1942-4-1.10
1943-7-1.07
1944-1-1.00
1945-10-1.19
OAVG
1932-9-.260
1939-10-.259
1940-6-.239
1941-7-.241
1944-2-.227
 OOBP
1932-5-.312
1933-3-.295
1934-4-.306
1936-6-.330
1937-4-.305
1938-2-.290
1939-1-.286
1940-1-.271
1941-1-.274
1942-4-.278
1943-5-.276
1944-1-.258
1945-7-.290
 OSLG
1940-8-.335
1944-1-.286
 OOPS
1932-8-.674
1937-6-.684
1938-10-.670
1939-4-.654
1940-3-.606
1941-4-.608
1942-8-.604
1943-8-.594
1944-1-.544
 DICE
1932-7-3.56
1933-2-2.92
1934-3-2.91
1935-4-3.05
1936-5-3.6
1937-2-3.02
1938-2-3.01
1939-3-3.28
1940-4-3.15
1941-3-3.11
1942-4-3.11
1943-4-3
1944-2-3
 BABIP
1939-7-0.274
1940-7-0.258
1941-6-0.26
1944-2-0.244
Win Shares
1932-4-29.9
1933-2-30.8
1937-7-20.1
1938-4-25.1
1939-8-26
1940-4-29.9
1941-1-33.8
1942-6-25
1943-4-24.9
1944-4-30
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 19    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 61)
   Gray Ink Test: 173    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 276)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 98    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 117)
 
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  6. Fred Fulk (891)
  7. Bub Copley (889)
  8. Roger Harkness (883)
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  1. Clay Reddish (983)
  2. George Thorogood (978)
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  4. Rick Blaine (976)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1928
Traded from New York (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 4/16/1929 (Going to PHI: P Joe Saint. Going to NYA: 2B Beaumont Peoples)
Had first career hit on 8/1/1931, off Marvin Nash (BSN)
Earned first career win on 8/5/1931
Injured on 4/15/1932 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1932, going 6-1, 2.64
 
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