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Willie Davis League
4-1-2023
Joel Karchner Relief Pitcher
Retired (1960, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 6.84 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 9-21 Status Deceased (2011) Option Years 0  
SV 113 Age at Death 85 Date of Birth 06-28-1926
K 205 Drafted Round 25, Pick 398
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(117 games)
IP 268.1
WHIP 1.78
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D  Endurance C-   Ldrship F 
Power vs. R F  Power vs. L D- Velocity A-   Mentor Val D+
Speed C+ Bunt B  Control C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1950 DET
2
 4
54
0
0
0
38
 0
50.1
 54 33 32 2 33
36
1.73
5.72
1951 DET
1
 4
44
0
0
0
30
 0
40.0
 46 25 25 1 18
34
1.60
5.63
1952 DET
1
 3
42
0
0
0
31
 0
35.0
 51 35 35 3 24
25
2.14
9.00
1953 DET
1
 2
27
0
0
0
8
 0
29.0
 38 23 22 0 19
30
1.97
6.83
1954 DET
1
 1
19
0
0
0
3
 0
22.1
 27 22 21 1 7
17
1.52
8.46
1955 DET
1
 2
19
0
0
0
1
 0
32.0
 46 28 28 1 13
23
1.84
7.88
1956 DET
0
 3
17
0
0
0
1
 0
27.2
 33 23 21 4 12
16
1.63
6.83
1957 DET
2
 1
12
0
0
0
0
 0
17.1
 20 9 9 2 11
10
1.79
4.67
1958 DET
0
 1
4
0
0
0
1
 0
5.1
 8 3 3 0 1
8
1.69
5.06
1959 DET
0
 0
12
0
0
0
0
 0
9.2
 12 8 8 0 5
6
1.76
7.45
2023
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
9
 21
250
0
0
0
113
 0
268.1
 335 209 204 14 143
205
1.78
6.84
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1960-11-01Joel Karchner has retired from the Detroit Silver Hawks
1960-03-03The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Michael Gant to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joel Karchner for assignment.
1959-09-27The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joel Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Jeff Tarver to the minors.
1959-07-29The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joel Karchner for assignment.
1959-07-24The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joel Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Dan Graves for assignment.
1959-06-15The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Michael Gant to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joel Karchner for assignment.
1959-05-18The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joel Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Dan Graves to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Hod Strincevich to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Michael Gant to the minors.
1958-04-30The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Jim Brewer to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Hod Strincevich to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Dick White for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joel Karchner for assignment.
1958-04-19The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joel Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Kyle Rogers to the minors.
1957-10-13The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Hod Strincevich to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Kyle Rogers to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Jeff Grotewold for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joel Karchner for assignment.
1957-08-31The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joel Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Kyle Rogers to the minors.
1957-08-08The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Kyle Rogers to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joel Karchner for assignment.
1957-08-02The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Dick White to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joel Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Kyle Rogers to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Hod Strincevich to the minors.
1957-06-12The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Billy Drago to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joel Karchner for assignment.
1957-06-08The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Dick White to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joel Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Kyle Rogers to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Hod Strincevich to the minors.
1957-04-22The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Billy Drago to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Bill Ferrick to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Hod Strincevich to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joel Karchner for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Jeremi Thielman to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Ron Thomas for assignment.
1957-04-19The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Dick Littlefield to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Ron Thomas to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joel Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Duke Johnson to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Kyle Rogers to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Hod Strincevich to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Bill Ferrick to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Billy Drago to the minors.
1957-04-01The Detroit Silver Hawks have renamed Joe Karchner to Joel Karchner.
1956-09-24The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Kyle Rogers to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Hod Strincevich to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joe Karchner for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Brian Meyer to the minors.
1956-09-10The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joe Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Ron Thomas for assignment.
1956-09-01The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Kyle Rogers to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joe Karchner for assignment.
1956-08-31The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joe Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Kyle Rogers to the minors.
1956-08-12The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Hod Strincevich to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Brian Meyer to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joe Karchner for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Ron Thomas for assignment.
1956-08-07The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joe Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Hod Strincevich to the minors.
1956-07-29The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Ron Thomas to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Coco Trautwein to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Billy Drago to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joe Karchner for assignment.
1956-07-25The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joe Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Kyle Rogers to the minors.
1956-06-14The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Kyle Rogers to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Brian Meyer to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Hod Strincevich to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joe Karchner for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Ron Thomas for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joe Kennedy for assignment.
1956-06-08The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Jeremi Thielman to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joe Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Kyle Rogers to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Brian Meyer to the minors.
1955-10-03The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Kyle Rogers to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Hod Strincevich to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Jeremi Thielman to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Wes Baxes to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joe Karchner for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Mike Mills for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Ben Schmidt to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Joe Kennedy for assignment. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Les Conway to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Dave McAllister to the minors.
1955-09-01The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joe Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Mike Mills to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Jeremi Thielman to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Billy Drago to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Kyle Rogers to the minors.
1955-04-09The Detroit Silver Hawks have renamed Jose Karchner to Joe Karchner.
1954-05-27The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Francisco Cordero to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Jose Karchner for assignment.
1953-09-01The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Jose Karchner to the major league team.
1953-06-18The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Coco Trautwein to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Augie Thompson to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Jose Karchner to the minors. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Ben Schmidt to the minors.
1953-05-22The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Jose Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Brian Meyer to the minors.
1953-05-21The Detroit Silver Hawks have demoted Jose Karchner to the minor leagues.
1950-10-03The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Jose Karchner to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Billy Kreuter for assignment.
1950-09-27The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Joe Hearn to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have sent Jose Karchner to the minors.