Joe Sommer Stats

Joe Sommer was born on Saturday, November 20, 1858, in Covington, Kentucky. Sommer was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 8, 1880, with the Cincinnati Reds. 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 Joe Sommer baseball stats page.
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Joe Sommer
 
 
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Birth Name:   Joseph John Sommer
Nickname:   Joe
Born On:   11-20-1858  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Covington, Kentucky
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-16-1938 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cincinnati, Ohio
Cemetery:   Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   07-08-1880 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-15-1890
Draft:   Not Applicable
Joe Sommer

Joe Sommer 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
1883 25 Red Stockings 1 0 1 0 0 .000 5.40 0 0 0 5.0 0 9 3 6 0 1 - 2 0 0 0 -
1885 27 Orioles 2 0 2 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 1 3.0 14 6 3 3 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 -
1886 28 Orioles 1 0 1 0 0 .000 18.00 0 0 0 4.0 30 14 8 12 0 3 - 1 0 0 0 -
1887 29 Orioles 1 0 1 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 1.0 7 2 1 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
1890 32 Spiders 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 0 2 0 3 1 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
5 Years 6 0 6 0 0 .000 9.64 0 0 1 14.0 51 33 15 25 1 7 - 3 1 0 0 -
Joe Sommer

Joe Sommer Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1880 22 Reds 24 88 10 16 1 0 0 0 6 0 - 2 - - 0 - .182 .182 .193
1882 24 Red Stockings 80 354 82 102 12 6 1 0 29 24 - - - - 0 - .288 .333 .364
1883 25 Red Stockings 97 413 79 115 5 7 3 0 52 20 - - - - 0 - .278 .312 .346
1884 26 Orioles 107 479 96 129 11 10 4 0 0 8 - - - - 8 - .269 .293 .359
1885 27 Orioles 110 471 84 118 23 6 1 0 44 24 - - - - 3 - .251 .291 .331
1886 28 Orioles 139 560 79 117 18 4 1 0 52 24 - - - - 3 - .209 .245 .261
1887 29 Orioles 131 526 88 186 11 5 0 0 65 63 - - - - 4 - .354 .427 .274
1888 30 Orioles 79 297 31 65 10 0 0 0 35 18 - - - - 1 - .219 .266 .253
1889 31 Orioles 106 386 51 85 13 2 1 0 36 42 - 49 - - 1 - .220 .298 .272
1890 32 Orioles 38 129 13 33 4 2 0 0 23 13 - - - - 0 - .256 .324 .318
1890 32 Spiders 9 35 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 - - 0 - .229 .270 .257
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 920 3,738 617 974 109 42 11 0 342 238 - 53 - - 20 - .261 .308 .321
Joe Sommer

Joe Sommer Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1880 Reds 3B 1 - - 3 3.0 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
1880 Reds C 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - - 1.000 0.00
1880 Reds OF 22 - - 46 2.1 42 38 4 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .913 0.00
1880 Reds SS 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1882 Red Stockings LF 80 - - 213 2.7 197 188 9 16 2 n/a n/a n/a .925 0.00
1883 Red Stockings 3B 3 - - 12 4.0 10 4 6 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00
1883 Red Stockings OF 94 - - 213 2.3 182 171 11 31 1 n/a n/a n/a .854 0.00
1883 Red Stockings P 1 0 15 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1884 Orioles 2B 1 - - 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1884 Orioles 3B 97 - - 340 3.5 286 118 168 54 10 n/a n/a n/a .841 0.00
1884 Orioles OF 9 - - 28 3.1 24 16 8 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
1885 Orioles 1B 1 - - 12 12.0 12 11 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1885 Orioles 3B 2 - - 7 3.5 4 2 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .571 0.00
1885 Orioles OF 107 - - 265 2.5 244 230 14 21 2 n/a n/a n/a .921 0.00
1885 Orioles P 2 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1885 Orioles SS 2 - - 6 3.0 6 2 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1886 Orioles 2B 32 - - 184 5.8 170 84 86 14 9 n/a n/a n/a .924 0.00
1886 Orioles 3B 11 - - 37 3.4 34 16 18 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .919 0.00
1886 Orioles LF 95 - - 220 2.3 198 186 12 22 4 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00
1886 Orioles P 1 0 12 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 2.25
1886 Orioles SS 3 - - 16 5.3 11 2 9 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .688 0.00
1887 Orioles 2B 13 - - 94 7.2 83 35 48 11 4 n/a n/a n/a .883 0.00
1887 Orioles 3B 10 - - 42 4.2 32 14 18 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .762 0.00
1887 Orioles LF 110 - - 224 2.0 202 187 15 22 4 n/a n/a n/a .902 0.00
1887 Orioles P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1887 Orioles SS 2 - - 5 2.5 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
1888 Orioles 1B 1 - - 6 6.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Orioles 2B 2 - - 7 3.5 6 2 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
1888 Orioles OF 44 - - 70 1.6 61 54 7 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .871 0.00
1888 Orioles SS 34 - - 171 5.0 151 53 98 20 12 n/a n/a n/a .883 0.00
1889 Orioles OF 105 - - 211 2.0 196 172 24 15 7 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00
1889 Orioles SS 1 - - 3 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Spiders LF 9 - - 19 2.1 15 15 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .789 0.00
1890 Spiders P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1890 Orioles LF 38 - - 83 2.2 74 69 5 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .892 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
OF Totals 381 0 0 833 2.2 749 681 68 84 13 n/a n/a n/a .899 0.00
LF Totals 332 0 0 759 2.3 686 645 41 73 13 n/a n/a n/a .904 0.00
3B Totals 124 0 0 441 3.6 368 156 212 73 12 n/a n/a n/a .834 0.00
2B Totals 48 0 0 289 6.0 263 125 138 26 13 n/a n/a n/a .910 0.00
SS Totals 43 0 0 201 4.7 175 59 116 26 13 n/a n/a n/a .871 0.00
P Totals 6 0 42 2 0.3 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.64
1B Totals 2 0 0 18 9.0 18 17 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
C Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
10 Years 937 0 42 2,545 2.7 2,262 1,685 577 283 64 0 n/a n/a .889 1,454.14
Joe Sommer

Joe Sommer Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1880 Reds - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 44.0 14.7 - - -
1882 Red Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 354.0 0.0 12.2 - - -
1883 Red Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 137.7 0.0 7.9 2.00 3.60 1.80
1884 Orioles - - - 0 0 n/a 119.8 0.0 0.0 - - -
1885 Orioles - - - 0 0 n/a 471.0 0.0 10.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
1886 Orioles 31 - - 0 0 n/a 560.0 0.0 10.8 0.33 2.25 6.75
1887 Orioles 29 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.00 0.00 9.00
1888 Orioles 13 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.5 - - -
1889 Orioles 18 - - 0 0 n/a 386.0 7.9 10.7 - - -
1890 Orioles 10 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 5.6 - - -
1890 Spiders 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 17.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 18.00
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 101 - - 0 0 n/a 339.8 70.5 10.9 0.43 1.93 4.50
Joe Sommer

Joe Sommer Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1880 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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