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Name Team Age
Joe Backup Retired (1978, Age 39) Died (2019, Age 80)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 1
(1961)		 2B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Dale Murphy League 0 17 years (64 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- B+ B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B  D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 9/24/1939
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 7
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (RF)
A  (86.2 %) A  (84.7 %) B  (67.8 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1961 NYA 144 509 64 137 22 8 14 51 57 92 20 9 34 .770 .344 .426 .269
1962 NYA 139 577 69 161 26 5 15 59 44 91 30 13 39 .748 .329 .419 .279
1963 NYA 106 444 60 109 14 8 19 53 46 68 27 11 18 .759 .317 .441 .245
1964 NYA 139 576 84 160 26 10 14 49 58 88 42 8 13 .775 .345 .431 .278
1965 NYA 139 595 93 170 28 8 25 80 45 82 34 12 12 .820 .334 .486 .286
1966 NYA-MIL 139 569 86 164 27 8 16 82 69 64 11 3 7 .814 .365 .448 .288
1967 MIL 139 569 101 205 32 13 27 102 56 59 16 3 8 1.025 .420 .605 .360
1968 MIL 139 558 119 166 27 4 22 65 75 86 15 1 2 .858 .379 .478 .297
1969 MIL 139 600 114 179 23 9 29 83 59 87 17 3 8 .873 .361 .512 .298
1970 MIL 139 588 119 182 26 5 24 78 71 104 18 5 3 .881 .388 .493 .310
1971 MIL-BOS 145 520 96 148 22 7 25 88 74 78 22 7 5 .868 .370 .498 .285
1972 BOS 129 465 83 145 29 7 15 82 66 66 35 7 4 .900 .399 .501 .312
1973 BOS 128 404 90 131 17 5 21 78 56 57 30 9 6 .949 .402 .547 .324
1974 BOS 131 378 67 116 17 7 15 73 42 57 18 4 15 .884 .376 .508 .307
1975 BOS 134 330 56 91 16 4 9 39 39 44 6 0 2 .780 .349 .430 .276
1976 BOS 116 215 32 59 9 1 9 34 30 28 10 1 5 .814 .363 .451 .274
1977 BOS 77 266 52 98 23 0 12 48 40 40 6 0 8 1.042 .452 .590 .368
1978 BOS 45 136 14 30 3 0 3 21 18 27 2 1 2 .617 .308 .309 .221
Total 2267 8299 1399 2451 387 109 314 1165 945 1218 359 97 191 .849 .367 .482 .295
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Joe Backup has retired from the Boston Ball Boys
1978-08-19The Boston Ball Boys have designated Joe Backup for assignment.
1977-07-31Joe Backup of the Boston Ball Boys is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1976-04-27The Boston Ball Boys have renamed Joe Reder to Joe Backup.
1975-06-01Joe Reder of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1971-06-27A trade has been completed between the Boston Red Sox and the Milwaukee Bears. The Milwaukee Bears receive Fred Lloyd, Carl Arias, Gabby Carreon, Bernie Mowe, Draft Pick - 1972 Round 2 (BOS), Draft Pick - 1972 Round 1 (BOS) from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Joe Reder, Teddy Carmike.
1966-04-01A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Bears and the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees receive Bud Capel from the Milwaukee Bears in exchange for Joe Reder.
1961-04-01The New York Yankees have promoted Cesar Faneyte to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Joe Reder to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Dave Baumann to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Britt Buckner to the major league team. The New York Yankees have designated Earl Honeycutt for assignment. The New York Yankees have sent Ken Huhn to the minors. The New York Yankees have designated Davy Guerrero for assignment. The New York Yankees have sent Gary Amalfitano to the minors.