Joey Jay Stats

Joey Jay was born on Thursday, August 15, 1935, in Middletown, Connecticut. Jay was 17 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 21, 1953, with the Milwaukee Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Joey Jay baseball stats page.
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Joey Jay

Joey Jay Autograph on a 1954 Johnston Cookies Reprint (#47)

Joey Jay Autograph on a 1954 Johnston Cookies Reprint (#47)
 

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Birth Name:   Joseph Richard Jay
Nickname:   Joey
Born On:   08-15-1935  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Middletown, Connecticut
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Middletown High School (Middletown, CT)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   228
First Game:   07-21-1953 (Age 17)
Last Game:   10-02-1966
Draft:   Not Applicable / Signing Bonus = $40,000
Joey Jay

Joey Jay Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1953 18 Braves 3 1 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 10.0 37 6 0 0 0 5 - 4 1 0 0 -
1954 19 Braves 15 1 8 1 0 1.000 6.50 0 0 0 18.0 88 21 13 13 2 16 0 13 1 1 0 -
1955 20 Braves 12 1 7 0 0 .000 4.74 0 0 0 19.0 86 23 10 11 2 13 2 3 1 0 0 -
1957 22 Braves 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1958 23 Braves 18 12 2 7 5 .583 2.14 6 3 0 96.2 387 60 23 25 8 43 3 74 2 1 0 -
1959 24 Braves 34 19 5 6 11 .353 4.09 4 1 0 136.1 601 130 62 71 11 64 6 88 1 5 0 -
1960 25 Braves 32 11 7 9 8 .529 3.24 3 0 1 133.1 581 128 48 60 10 59 5 90 8 6 0 -
1961 26 Reds 34 34 0 21 10 .677 3.53 14 4 0 247.1 1,032 217 97 102 25 92 1 157 9 5 0 -
1962 27 Reds 39 37 1 21 14 .600 3.76 16 4 0 273.0 1,165 269 114 121 26 100 5 155 7 4 2 -
1963 28 Reds 30 22 5 7 18 .280 4.29 4 1 1 170.0 733 172 81 91 19 73 2 116 8 3 0 -
1964 29 Reds 34 23 7 11 11 .500 3.39 10 0 2 183.0 737 167 69 75 17 36 6 134 3 3 0 -
1965 30 Reds 37 24 8 9 8 .529 4.22 4 1 1 155.2 673 150 73 83 21 63 0 102 8 4 0 -
1966 31 Reds 12 10 0 6 2 .750 3.91 1 1 0 73.2 313 78 32 33 8 23 1 44 3 3 0 -
1966 31 Braves 9 8 1 0 4 .000 7.89 0 0 1 29.2 148 39 26 29 4 20 3 19 2 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
13 Years 310 203 53 99 91 .521 3.77 63 16 7 1,546.1 6,583 1,460 648 714 153 607 34 999 54 36 2 -
Joey Jay

Joey Jay Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1953 18 Braves 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1954 19 Braves 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1955 20 Braves 12 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667
1957 22 Braves 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1958 23 Braves 18 32 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 1 0 0 1 .094 .194 .094
1959 24 Braves 34 35 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 1 0 0 0 .086 .135 .086
1960 25 Braves 32 45 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 23 3 1 0 2 .156 .204 .156
1961 26 Reds 34 89 3 8 3 0 0 0 5 2 0 29 2 0 0 2 .090 .110 .124
1962 27 Reds 39 90 7 15 0 0 2 0 9 10 0 36 7 0 0 2 .167 .250 .233
1963 28 Reds 30 50 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 22 2 0 0 0 .160 .192 .180
1964 29 Reds 34 53 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 23 5 0 1 0 .057 .091 .075
1965 30 Reds 37 49 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 4 0 0 2 .041 .078 .061
1966 31 Reds 12 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 2 0 0 0 .115 .179 .115
1966 31 Braves 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
13 Years 310 483 17 55 7 0 2 0 19 28 0 206 27 1 1 9 .114 .164 .141
Joey Jay

Joey Jay Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1953 Braves P 3 1 30 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1954 Braves P 15 1 54 3 0.2 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1955 Braves P 12 1 57 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.47
1957 Braves P 1 0 2 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50
1958 Braves P 18 12 290 23 1.3 22 9 13 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.05
1959 Braves P 34 19 409 43 1.3 41 13 28 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .953 2.71
1960 Braves P 32 11 400 32 1.0 31 13 18 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.09
1961 Reds P 34 34 742 57 1.7 55 23 32 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.00
1962 Reds P 39 37 819 54 1.4 53 14 39 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.75
1963 Reds P 30 22 510 41 1.4 38 14 24 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .927 2.01
1964 Reds P 34 23 549 31 0.9 30 6 24 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.48
1965 Reds P 37 24 467 36 1.0 35 9 26 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.02
1966 Reds P 12 10 221 13 1.1 11 3 8 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .846 1.34
1966 Braves P 9 8 89 5 0.6 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.52
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 310 203 4,639 340 1.1 326 105 221 14 15 n/a n/a n/a .959 1.90
13 Years 310 203 4,639 340 1.1 326 105 221 14 15 n/a n/a n/a .959 1.90
Joey Jay

Joey Jay Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1953 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.80 3.60 4.50
1954 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.81 6.50 8.00
1955 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.23 1.42 6.16
1957 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
1958 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.72 6.89 4.00
1959 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.38 5.81 4.22
1960 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 45.0 1.53 6.08 3.98
1961 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.1 17.8 1.71 5.71 3.35
1962 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 45.0 2.5 10.0 1.55 5.11 3.30
1963 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.59 6.14 3.86
1964 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 26.5 3.72 6.59 1.77
1965 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.62 5.90 3.64
1966 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.91 5.38 2.81
1966 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 4.0 0.95 5.76 6.07
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
13 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 241.5 2.3 25.4 1.65 5.81 3.53
Joey Jay

Joey Jay Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1953 Milwaukee Braves 47 Undetermined - -
1954 Milwaukee Braves 47 Undetermined - -
1955 Milwaukee Braves 47 Undetermined - -
1957 Milwaukee Braves 42 Undetermined - -
1958 Milwaukee Braves 47 Undetermined - -
1959 Milwaukee Braves 47 Undetermined - -
1960 Milwaukee Braves 47 Undetermined - -
1961 Cincinnati Reds 30 Undetermined Stats Stats
1962 Cincinnati Reds 30 Undetermined - -
1963 Cincinnati Reds 30 Undetermined - -
1964 Cincinnati Reds 30 Undetermined - -
1965 Cincinnati Reds 30 Undetermined - -
1966 Cincinnati Reds 30 Undetermined - -
1966 Atlanta Braves 42 Undetermined - -




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