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Ralph Kiner League
6-2-2064
Joe Hopper Second Base
Retired (1967, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .272 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .768 Status Deceased (2004) Option Years 0  
H 2305 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 09-01-1929
HR 241 Drafted Round 2, Pick 29
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(152 games)
RBI 1028
SB 491
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity A-   Mentor vR A-
Speed B+ Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 2
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 5
3B A+ (98.2%) RF F  (3.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 21 44.00 3 / 4 3 / 5 7 / 9 4 / 4 0 / 9 6 / 8 2 / 5 25 / 44
1951 Minors 22 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 3
1951 Majors 22 57.60 4 / 8 2 / 3 6 / 8 8 / 12 1 / 8 0 / 9 5 / 9 26 / 57
1952 Majors 23 60.07 2 / 7 2 / 6 8 / 9 3 / 6 2 / 10 2 / 9 3 / 13 22 / 60
1953 Majors 24 62.61 6 / 7 4 / 9 4 / 7 8 / 9 1 / 10 3 / 7 2 / 13 28 / 62
1954 Majors 25 64.37 2 / 7 5 / 8 4 / 8 3 / 10 0 / 11 1 / 12 1 / 8 16 / 64
1955 Majors 26 65.11 4 / 12 3 / 11 3 / 10 3 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 11 2 / 8 15 / 65
1956 Majors 27 66.93 0 / 4 0 / 11 5 / 13 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 15 0 / 8 5 / 66
1957 Majors 28 67.77 1 / 16 2 / 9 3 / 7 3 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 6 10 / 67
1958 Majors 29 62.50 0 / 8 3 / 10 1 / 8 1 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 6 1 / 9 6 / 62
1959 Majors 30 63.59 0 / 5 2 / 16 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 10 2 / 63
1960 Majors 31 62.59 1 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 62
1961 Majors 32 48.69 0 / 6 0 / 3 2 / 5 1 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 7 3 / 48
1962 Majors 33 61.99 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 61
1963 Majors 34 55.52 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 55
1964 Majors 35 54.09 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 54
1965 Majors 36 45.12 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 45
1966 Majors 37 24.16 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 24
1967 Majors 38 33.47 128 46 26 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 33
Total 128 46 26 23 / 131 26 / 134 44 / 153 34 / 134 4 / 140 12 / 162 18 / 141 161 / 995
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Joe Hopper has retired from the New York Highlanders
1967-05-23Joe Hopper of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1951-04-10The New York Yankees have promoted Joe Hopper to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Loren Markland to the minors.
1950-04-01The New York Yankees have promoted Red Piet to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Eddie Buddie to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Joe Hopper to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent John Heffner to the minors.