Lionel
Joseph
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: April 5, 1956 in Africa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1986   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 19 SEA FL   1 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 20 SEA FL   1 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 21 SEA FL   2 1 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1978 22 SEA FL   3 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1979 23 BRK FL   4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
1980 24 BRK FL   5 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   5 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 25 BRK FL $ 300,000   13 13 14 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 17 17 17
1982 26 BRK FL $ 300,000   15 15 15 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 17 17 17
1983 27 BRK FL $ 300,000   16 16 16 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 18 18 18
1984 28 BRK FL $ 300,000   16 16 16 7 7 7 10 9 10 9 9 9 18 18 18
1985 29 BRK FL $ 471,429   16 16 16 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 18 18 18
1986 30 BRK FL $ 521,429   15 15 15 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 9 9 19 19 19
1987 31 BRK FL $ 820,000   14 14 15 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 19 19 19
1988 32 BRK FL $ 820,000   14 14 15 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 20 20 20
1989 33 BRK FL $ 820,000   14 14 14 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 19 19 19
1990 34 BRK FL $ 870,000   12 12 13 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 18 18 18
1991 35 BRK FL $ 870,000   11 11 11 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 16 16 16
1992 36 BRK FL $ 870,000   10 10 10 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 16 16 16
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 10 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 16 16 16
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 870,000   16 16 16 8 8 8 10 9 10 9 9 9 20 20 20
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 19 A   77 208 18 39 8 1 3 17 8 12 7 65 .188 .214 .279 .493 8.4  
1976 20 A   129 520 72 145 29 0 15 59 22 5 28 136 .279 .316 .421 .737 68.9  
1977 21 A   128 521 68 140 27 0 10 43 36 4 37 116 .269 .317 .378 .695 66.5  
1978 22 AA   29 103 14 23 5 0 2 6 5 2 4 22 .223 .252 .330 .582 8.4  
    A   107 423 59 128 11 0 15 55 25 9 37 71 .303 .359 .435 .794 66.4  
1979 23 AAA   64 223 37 65 15 0 9 36 13 5 19 40 .291 .347 .480 .827 36.3  
    AA   65 256 31 66 15 0 8 37 9 3 23 55 .258 .319 .410 .729 34.1  
1980 24 AAA   129 522 75 159 25 0 7 47 29 12 38 95 .305 .352 .393 .745 71.0  
1981 25 BRK FL 50 89 14 20 2 1 1 11 13 3 8 10 .225 .293 .303 .596 10.4 1.1
    AAA   94 377 73 137 11 8 19 74 23 8 37 49 .363 .420 .586 1.006 84.2  
1982 26 BRK FL 152 513 77 149 23 3 8 51 61 11 32 34 .290 .336 .394 .730 73.1 14.1
1983 27 BRK FL 147 519 66 137 17 6 5 48 25 25 30 42 .264 .314 .349 .662 51.1 6.0
1984 28 BRK FL 133 404 41 110 17 6 1 46 21 19 26 28 .272 .318 .351 .669 43.2 5.2
1985 29 BRK FL 147 548 66 154 20 3 7 42 40 18 32 36 .281 .326 .367 .693 65.6 7.7
1986 30 BRK FL 146 586 94 176 18 4 11 77 47 12 45 28 .300 .356 .401 .757 87.1 12.4
1987 31 BRK FL 117 317 57 86 4 5 7 38 24 11 24 20 .271 .332 .382 .714 41.5 4.2
1988 32 BRK FL 122 347 49 106 12 4 5 45 31 14 22 6 .305 .346 .406 .752 48.7 6.9
1989 33 BRK FL 125 423 67 120 10 8 3 46 38 23 18 20 .284 .324 .366 .690 48.4 4.5
1990 34 BRK FL 68 152 18 37 3 2 0 10 10 6 5 8 .243 .270 .289 .560 10.7 0.0
    AAA   17 19 7 8 1 0 1 6 2 0 3 0 .421 .500 .632 1.132 5.5  
1991 35 BRK FL 94 220 44 68 11 3 2 20 13 6 5 12 .309 .333 .414 .747 27.8 4.0
1992 36 BRK FL 50 43 11 12 0 0 0 5 5 2 1 4 .279 .289 .279 .568 4.1 0.2
12 Years Sim 1351 4161 604 1175 137 45 50 439 328 150 248 248 .282 .329 .373 .702 511.9 66.2
4 Years AAA 304 1141 192 369 52 8 36 163 67 25 97 184 .323 .377 .478 .855 197.0  
2 Years AA 94 359 45 89 20 0 10 43 14 5 27 77 .248 .307 .387 .694 42.5  
4 Years A 441 1672 217 452 75 1 43 174 91 30 109 388 .270 .318 .394 .711 210.2  
10 Years Minors 839 3172 454 910 147 9 89 380 172 60 233 649 .287 .338 .423 .761 449.7  
162 Game Average 498 72 140 16 5 5 52 39 17 29 29 .282 .329 .373 .702 61.4  
Career Highs 152 586 94 176 23 8 11 77 61 25 45 42 .309 .356 .414 .757 87.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2625 384 715 83 25 35 261 217 95 141 158 .272 .317 .363 .680 295.4
vs LH   1536 220 460 54 20 15 178 111 55 107 90 .299 .349 .390 .739 202.2
Home 658 1984 262 551 71 21 24 202 158 59 115 130 .278 .323 .371 .694 236.1
Away 693 2177 342 624 66 24 26 237 170 91 133 118 .287 .334 .375 .708 261.5
RISP   983 0 295 34 12 14 376 0 0 61 57 .300 .341 .402 .743 129.3
Pinch Hitting   156 29 61 8 4 2 25 12 5 9 4 .391 .422 .532 .954 30.8
Close/Late   447 95 127 13 1 7 46 0 0 35 29 .284 .347 .365 .712 54.7
Mar/Apr 206 629 89 186 21 6 9 71 45 23 34 47 .296 .334 .391 .725 79.1
May 236 711 101 212 31 5 9 71 60 32 51 41 .298 .351 .394 .745 94.0
June 238 706 100 193 18 8 12 70 54 22 34 40 .273 .313 .373 .685 81.1
July 239 749 110 205 23 6 6 73 70 19 39 44 .274 .316 .344 .660 84.0
August 211 685 98 203 18 10 10 86 46 29 41 39 .296 .339 .396 .734 86.9
Sep/Oct 221 681 106 176 26 10 4 68 53 25 49 37 .258 .320 .344 .663 72.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1981 25 BRK FL 3B 27 13 149.0 13 30 0 2 1.000 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 5 2 22.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 7 0 15.0 14 2 0 4 1.000 9.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 10.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1982 26 BRK FL LF 112 107 929.0 190 7 1 3 .995 1.91 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    3B 27 8 91.0 4 21 0 1 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 10 9 76.0 21 2 0 1 1.000 2.72 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 0 6.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 27 BRK FL LF 117 112 974.0 198 8 0 4 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 7 7 54.0 18 2 0 1 1.000 3.33 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 6 50.7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.95 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 9.7 8 0 0 1 1.000 7.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 28 BRK FL LF 105 104 891.7 211 4 2 1 .991 2.17 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 0 8.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 29 BRK FL LF 98 97 853.3 205 5 2 2 .991 2.21 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    CF 37 37 309.3 79 3 1 0 .988 2.39 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 3 29.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.24 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 4 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 30 BRK FL LF 139 139 1203.0 260 11 0 4 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 3.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 14.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1987 31 BRK FL LF 65 61 519.7 110 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    3B 23 17 156.3 4 27 1 1 .969 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 7.0 6 2 0 0 1.000 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 32 BRK FL LF 90 85 717.0 150 9 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    3B 3 2 18.0 2 6 1 0 .889 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 8 0 10.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 8.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1989 33 BRK FL 3B 80 76 608.3 32 128 3 6 .982 2.37 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 25 21 185.3 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 10 8 63.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 4.7 4 3 0 0 1.000 13.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 34 BRK FL LF 29 24 198.0 33 2 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 20 13 122.0 11 25 2 3 .947 2.66 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 5 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 0 7.0 10 1 0 2 1.000 14.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 35 BRK FL LF 32 28 234.0 44 2 0 0 1.000 1.77 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 23 19 158.3 27 2 1 1 .967 1.65 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 13 2 39.3 46 0 0 3 1.000 10.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 4 29.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 6 2 21.0 3 1 1 0 .800 1.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00 1 1 1.000 0 0.0
1992 36 BRK FL 1B 8 2 26.0 25 3 1 1 .966 9.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 8 1 18.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 6 1 14.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 1 12.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 821 781 6740.3 1456 51 5 15 .997 2.01 0 0 .000 0 14.8
  3B 203 132 1208.7 72 253 8 14 .976 2.42 0 0 .000 0 4.4
  CF 56 53 441.7 111 5 1 1 .991 2.36 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 75 48 436.0 91 5 3 3 .970 1.98 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 64 4 135.3 137 14 1 12 .993 10.04 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  2B 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 4.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 1 1 1.000 1 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1223 1018 8975.9 1873 329 18 45 .992 2.21 1 1 1.000 1 19.7
Career Highs   153 139 1213.7 291 133 4 7 1.000 4.43 1 1 1.000 1  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1986-8-586
Hits
1986-7-176
Singles
1985-7-124
1986-4-143
Stolen Bases
1982-8-61
1986-9-47
1989-10-38
Caught Stealing
1983-4-25
1985-10-18
1989-4-23
CAR-34-150
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 40th round, 951st overall pick, by Birmingham in 1973
Injured on 4/22/1974 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/9/1974 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Released by Birmingham on 7/11/1974
Drafted in 5th round, 97th overall pick, by Seattle in 1975
Injured on 8/4/1976 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/19/1977 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Seattle to Brooklyn on 7/31/1979 (Going to BRK: LF L. Joseph. Going to SEA: P L. Gorton, P C. Blankenship)
Injured on 5/3/1980 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/29/1981 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 6/16/1981, off Alex Lopez (LV)
Hit first career homerun on 7/22/1981, off Jamaal Jumboni (CLG)