Joe Tinker Stats

Joe Tinker was born on Tuesday, July 27, 1880, in Muscotah, Kansas. Tinker was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1902, with the Chicago Cubs. 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 Tinker baseball stats page.

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"His (Joe Tinker) ability to hit in the clutch (especially against Christy Mathewson), coupled with his nonparalleled play at shortstop, made Joe Tinker a great player." - Author Gil Bogen in Tinker, Evers and Chance: A Triple Biography (McFarland & Company, 10/30/2003, Page 237)

Joe Tinker



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Birth Name:   Joseph Bert Tinker
Nickname:   Joe
Born On:   07-27-1880  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Muscotah, Kansas
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-27-1948 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Orlando, Florida
Cemetery:   Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Florida Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Herington High School (Herington, KS)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-17-1902 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-22-1916
Draft:   Not Applicable

Joe Tinker

Joe Tinker Pitching Stats

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Joe Tinker

Joe Tinker Hitting Stats

1902 22 Cubs 131 494 55 129 19 5 2 0 54 26 - 61 18 - 0 - .261 .298 .332
1903 23 Cubs 124 460 67 134 21 7 2 0 70 37 - 57 13 - 1 - .291 .345 .380
1904 24 Cubs 141 488 55 108 12 13 3 0 41 29 - 53 12 - 2 - .221 .268 .318
1905 25 Cubs 149 547 70 135 18 8 2 0 66 34 - 49 29 - 1 - .247 .292 .320
1906 26 Cubs 148 523 75 122 18 4 1 0 64 43 - 43 36 - 1 - .233 .293 .289
1907 27 Cubs 117 402 36 89 11 3 1 0 36 25 - 31 16 - 1 - .221 .269 .271
1908 28 Cubs 157 548 67 146 22 14 6 0 68 32 - 38 29 - 0 - .266 .307 .391
1909 29 Cubs 143 516 56 132 26 11 4 0 57 17 - 45 22 - 0 - .256 .280 .372
1910 30 Cubs 134 473 48 136 25 9 3 0 69 24 - 35 18 - 0 - .288 .322 .397
1911 31 Cubs 144 536 61 149 24 12 4 1 69 39 - 31 18 - 0 - .278 .327 .390
1912 32 Cubs 142 550 80 155 24 7 0 0 75 38 - 21 34 - 2 - .282 .331 .351
1913 33 Reds 110 382 47 121 20 13 1 0 57 20 - 26 15 - 1 - .317 .352 .445
1914 34 Whales 126 438 50 112 21 7 2 0 46 38 - 30 23 - 1 - .256 .317 .349
1915 35 Whales 31 67 7 18 2 1 0 0 9 13 - 5 1 - 0 - .269 .388 .328
1916 36 Cubs 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 1 1 - 0 - .100 .182 .100
15 Years 1,804 6,434 774 1,687 263 114 31 1 782 416 - 526 285 - 10 - .262 .308 .353

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Joe Tinker Fielding Stats

1902 Cubs 3B 8 - - 27 3.4 25 10 15 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .926 0.00
1902 Cubs SS 124 - - 768 6.2 696 243 453 72 46 n/a n/a n/a .906 0.00
1903 Cubs 3B 19 - - 61 3.2 55 17 38 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .902 0.00
1903 Cubs SS 107 - - 652 6.1 591 229 362 61 37 n/a n/a n/a .906 0.00
1904 Cubs RF 1 - - 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1904 Cubs SS 140 - - 856 6.1 792 327 465 64 54 n/a n/a n/a .925 0.00
1905 Cubs SS 149 - - 928 6.2 872 345 527 56 67 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00
1906 Cubs 3B 1 - - 4 4.0 3 1 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1906 Cubs SS 147 - - 805 5.5 760 288 472 45 55 n/a n/a n/a .944 0.00
1907 Cubs SS 113 - - 644 5.7 605 215 390 39 45 n/a n/a n/a .939 0.00
1908 Cubs SS 157 - - 923 5.9 884 314 570 39 48 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00
1909 Cubs SS 143 - - 840 5.9 790 320 470 50 49 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00
1910 Cubs SS 132 - - 730 5.5 688 277 411 42 54 n/a n/a n/a .942 0.00
1911 Cubs SS 143 143 3,765 874 6.1 819 333 486 55 56 n/a n/a n/a .937 5.87
1912 Cubs SS 142 - - 874 6.2 824 354 470 50 73 n/a n/a n/a .943 0.00
1913 Reds 3B 9 - - 32 3.6 31 14 17 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00
1913 Reds SS 101 - - 561 5.6 543 223 320 18 34 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00
1914 Whales SS 125 - - 717 5.7 679 271 408 38 48 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00
1915 Whales 2B 5 - - 24 4.8 22 9 13 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .917 0.00
1915 Whales 3B 4 - - 11 2.8 10 2 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00
1915 Whales SS 16 - - 58 3.6 53 16 37 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .914 0.00
1916 Cubs 3B 2 0 - 3 1.5 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1916 Cubs SS 4 2 51 11 2.8 10 3 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 5.29
SS Totals 1,743 145 3,816 10,241 5.9 9,606 3,758 5,848 635 668 n/a n/a n/a .938 67.97
3B Totals 43 0 0 138 3.2 127 45 82 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .920 0.00
2B Totals 5 0 0 24 4.8 22 9 13 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .917 0.00
RF Totals 1 0 0 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
15 Years 1,792 145 3,816 10,407 5.8 9,759 3,816 5,943 648 671 n/a n/a n/a .938 69.05

Joe Tinker

Joe Tinker Miscellaneous Stats

1902 Cubs 27 - - 0 0 n/a 247.0 8.1 9.1 - - -
1903 Cubs 27 - - 0 0 n/a 230.0 8.1 6.6 - - -
1904 Cubs 41 - - 0 0 n/a 162.7 9.2 11.9 - - -
1905 Cubs 31 - - 0 0 n/a 273.5 11.2 8.3 - - -
1906 Cubs 30 - - 0 0 n/a 523.0 12.2 8.2 - - -
1907 Cubs 20 - - 0 0 n/a 402.0 13.0 11.2 - - -
1908 Cubs 30 - - 0 0 n/a 91.3 14.4 8.1 - - -
1909 Cubs 23 - - 0 0 n/a 129.0 11.5 9.1 - - -
1910 Cubs 20 - - 0 0 n/a 157.7 13.5 6.9 - - -
1911 Cubs 30 - - 0 0 n/a 134.0 17.3 7.8 - - -
1912 Cubs 25 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 26.2 7.3 - - -
1913 Reds 10 12 .455 0 0 n/a 382.0 14.7 6.7 - - -
1914 Whales 19 - - 0 0 n/a 219.0 14.6 9.5 - - -
1915 Whales 3 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 13.4 7.4 - - -
1916 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.0 10.0 - - -
15 Years 336 12 .966 0 0 n/a 207.5 12.2 8.2 - - -

Joe Tinker

Joe Tinker Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1902 Chicago Cubs n/a $1,500.00 n/a n/a
1903 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1904 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1906 Chicago Cubs n/a $1,500.00 n/a Stats
1907 Chicago Cubs n/a $3,000.00 n/a Stats
1908 Chicago Cubs n/a $3,400.00 n/a Stats
1909 Chicago Cubs n/a $3,700.00 n/a -
1910 Chicago Cubs n/a $4,041.00 n/a Stats
1911 Chicago Cubs n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1912 Chicago Cubs n/a $5,600.00 n/a -
1913 Cincinnati Reds n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1914 Chicago Whales n/a $12,000.00 n/a -
1915 Chicago Whales n/a $12,000.00 n/a -
1916 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -

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