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Name Team Age
Joe Hopper Retired (1967, Age 38) Died (2004, Age 75)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 29
(1950)		 2B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League 0 16 years (152 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A  B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C+ C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- A- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C- A- A-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 9/1/1929
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 2 5
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (RF)
A+ (98.5 %) A+ (98.2 %) F  (3.8 %)

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Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1953 LHP 60 161 39 7 5 1 11 21 23 .700 .333 .366 .242
1953 RHP 123 404 105 24 5 3 38 28 89 .675 .309 .366 .260
1954 LHP 80 171 50 8 2 5 31 13 30 .798 .348 .450 .292
1954 RHP 127 388 109 20 10 10 54 37 68 .802 .341 .461 .281
1955 LHP 69 171 46 11 2 4 24 9 24 .731 .304 .427 .269
1955 RHP 119 402 108 20 4 6 51 31 78 .710 .327 .383 .269
1956 LHP 58 135 43 4 4 3 17 13 13 .850 .376 .474 .319
1956 RHP 124 449 129 19 11 23 78 39 75 .878 .346 .532 .287
1957 LHP 61 150 49 12 1 5 19 21 27 .928 .408 .520 .327
1957 RHP 126 442 117 18 9 17 56 29 79 .773 .312 .462 .265
1958 LHP 47 113 32 4 0 5 16 9 12 .793 .341 .451 .283
1958 RHP 127 458 129 20 7 21 72 39 67 .830 .337 .493 .282
1959 LHP 55 137 40 7 2 4 17 18 21 .838 .378 .460 .292
1959 RHP 125 436 122 28 6 9 56 40 76 .773 .340 .433 .280
1960 LHP 44 129 42 7 2 4 11 12 21 .884 .380 .504 .326
1960 RHP 122 444 114 21 8 14 43 36 86 .751 .316 .435 .257
1961 LHP 46 68 16 2 0 1 7 10 11 .651 .342 .309 .235
1961 RHP 124 373 92 19 3 13 33 49 52 .757 .339 .418 .247
1962 LHP 46 99 33 9 2 2 11 11 14 .922 .396 .525 .333
1962 RHP 129 460 135 20 10 18 71 46 70 .855 .358 .498 .293
1963 LHP 45 93 19 4 0 5 14 5 7 .651 .242 .409 .204
1963 RHP 123 414 111 18 7 17 50 43 72 .810 .341 .469 .268
1964 LHP 50 102 36 5 1 1 14 4 11 .828 .377 .451 .353
1964 RHP 125 406 114 16 5 14 45 36 73 .788 .339 .448 .281
1965 LHP 65 170 49 9 2 2 22 23 29 .776 .376 .400 .288
1965 RHP 113 231 54 7 1 5 20 26 42 .648 .310 .338 .234
1966 LHP 36 84 25 2 0 3 14 14 10 .823 .394 .429 .298
1966 RHP 86 129 30 4 1 1 17 13 29 .603 .301 .302 .233
1967 LHP 17 36 8 1 0 2 7 7 6 .766 .349 .417 .222
1967 RHP 48 133 33 3 0 1 11 12 21 .601 .308 .293 .248
Total LHP 779 1819 527 92 23 47 235 190 259 .801 .358 .443 .290
Total RHP 1741 5569 1502 257 87 172 695 504 977 .771 .331 .440 .270
Total 2263 8476 2305 387 122 241 1028 799 1421 .768 .336 .432 .272
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.