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Joe
Kyle		  
Nickname: The Penguin
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 1, 1955 in Chicago, IL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1985    1987   
All-Star Selections 1983    1985   
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
1976 21 JAX JL   3 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 22 JAX JL   4 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
1978 23 JAX JL   5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
1979 24 BAL JL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
1980 25 BAL JL $ 300,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
                                             
  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 26 BAL JL $ 300,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 7 7 7 12 12 12
1982 27 BAL JL $ 585,714   14 14 15 13 13 13 11 11 11 7 7 7 12 12 12
1983 28 BAL JL $ 1,278,571   16 16 16 16 16 16 11 11 11 8 8 8 12 12 12
1984 29 BAL JL $ 2,528,571   15 15 15 16 16 16 12 11 11 8 8 8 13 13 13
1985 30 BAL JL $ 4,250,000   15 15 16 16 16 16 11 11 11 8 8 8 14 14 14
1986 31 BAL JL $ 4,250,000   14 14 14 16 16 16 11 11 11 8 8 8 13 13 13
1987 32 BAL JL $ 4,250,000   14 14 14 16 16 16 11 10 11 8 8 8 13 13 13
1988 33 MAD JL $ 3,250,000   13 13 13 16 16 16 11 10 11 8 8 8 13 13 13
1989 34 MAD JL $ 3,250,000   14 14 14 17 17 17 11 10 11 8 8 8 12 12 12
1990 35 MAD JL $ 3,000,000   13 13 14 17 17 17 11 10 11 8 8 8 13 13 13
1991 36 WAS JL $ 436,000   12 12 12 16 16 16 10 10 10 7 7 7 12 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   12 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 7 7 7 12 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,250,000   16 16 16 17 17 17 12 11 11 8 8 8 14 14 14
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
1976 21 A   138 565 63 162 19 2 3 37 6 6 19 165 .287 .310 .343 .653 56.0  
1977 22 AA   133 545 48 137 18 1 7 49 6 1 15 125 .251 .271 .327 .598 46.3  
1978 23 AAA   80 300 33 84 17 0 6 36 1 6 10 67 .280 .303 .397 .700 32.3  
    AA   46 193 20 67 10 0 2 12 2 4 6 38 .347 .367 .430 .797 26.6  
1979 24 BAL JL 153 504 43 120 17 1 3 44 0 1 24 136 .238 .278 .294 .572 36.0 2.2
1980 25 BAL JL 154 558 61 146 16 3 7 65 1 0 14 102 .262 .280 .339 .619 47.7 3.2
1981 26 BAL JL 150 506 71 143 33 3 13 76 0 1 23 104 .283 .317 .437 .753 67.6 10.1
1982 27 BAL JL 148 511 80 142 28 2 18 69 1 0 34 102 .278 .327 .446 .773 72.4 12.2
1983 28 BAL JL 156 582 79 179 29 2 21 84 0 0 35 121 .308 .346 .473 .818 86.7 16.2
1984 29 BAL JL 141 525 72 150 32 0 16 59 0 0 33 109 .286 .335 .438 .773 68.1 11.3
1985 30 BAL JL 152 548 76 155 29 3 20 95 0 0 33 96 .283 .327 .456 .783 77.8 13.3
1986 31 BAL JL 96 358 50 97 16 3 19 68 1 0 22 61 .271 .316 .492 .808 54.5 7.0
1987 32 BAL JL 133 337 41 89 15 3 17 65 0 0 26 73 .264 .316 .478 .794 51.9 7.0
1988 33 MAD JL 146 508 78 148 25 4 25 95 0 0 32 106 .291 .336 .504 .840 79.8 15.0
1989 34 MAD JL 156 563 72 165 29 4 24 96 1 1 30 87 .293 .329 .487 .816 82.8 12.8
1990 35 HAW JL 57 181 22 43 6 1 7 21 1 0 11 34 .238 .284 .398 .681 19.4 1.6
  CHI JL 24 49 7 9 1 2 3 8 0 0 2 12 .184 .216 .469 .685 4.9 0.0
  TOT   81 230 29 52 7 3 10 29 1 0 13 46 .226 .269 .413 .682 24.2 1.6
    AAA   54 117 32 46 3 0 17 42 0 1 14 10 .393 .458 .855 1.313 37.3  
1991 36 WAS JL 23 68 11 22 3 1 6 21 0 0 4 11 .324 .361 .662 1.023 14.6 3.2
13 Years Sim 1689 5798 763 1608 279 32 199 866 5 3 323 1154 .277 .318 .439 .757 764.2 115.2
2 Years AAA 134 417 65 130 20 0 23 78 1 7 24 77 .312 .350 .525 .876 69.6  
2 Years AA 179 738 68 204 28 1 9 61 8 5 21 163 .276 .297 .354 .651 72.9  
1 Years A 138 565 63 162 19 2 3 37 6 6 19 165 .287 .312 .343 .655 56.0  
5 Years Minors 451 1720 196 496 67 3 35 176 15 18 64 405 .288 .315 .392 .707 198.5  
162 Game Average 556 73 154 26 3 19 83 0 0 30 110 .277 .318 .439 .757 73.3  
Career Highs 156 582 80 179 33 4 25 96 1 1 35 136 .324 .361 .662 1.023 86.7  
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   3832 456 1000 172 23 127 549 3 2 200 798 .261 .301 .417 .718 465.7
vs LH   1966 307 608 107 9 72 317 2 1 123 356 .309 .351 .483 .834 311.6
Home 841 2823 365 798 133 20 89 398 3 2 151 561 .283 .321 .439 .759 379.6
Away 848 2975 398 810 146 12 110 468 2 1 172 593 .272 .315 .440 .756 397.7
RISP   1694 0 467 90 9 62 664 0 0 120 340 .276 .322 .449 .771 239.4
Pinch Hitting   151 24 41 9 0 8 32 0 0 9 27 .272 .311 .490 .801 22.5
Close/Late   645 56 178 34 2 23 97 0 0 48 115 .276 .328 .442 .770 90.7
Mar/Apr 290 1019 122 277 56 5 32 165 1 2 67 200 .272 .319 .431 .750 134.7
May 310 1095 156 314 46 6 51 161 1 0 54 222 .287 .320 .479 .800 161.9
June 274 995 139 274 46 6 31 141 2 1 57 191 .275 .319 .427 .746 129.7
July 268 894 114 249 42 3 30 130 0 0 46 179 .279 .317 .433 .750 117.3
August 254 877 106 235 49 5 23 112 0 0 51 174 .268 .310 .414 .724 108.3
Sep/Oct 293 918 126 259 40 7 32 157 1 0 48 188 .282 .321 .446 .767 125.4
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
1979 24 BAL JL 3B 151 150 1270.0 90 253 23 29 .937 2.43 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 25 BAL JL 3B 149 148 1198.0 87 240 31 21 .913 2.46 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    C 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 26 BAL JL 3B 147 146 1187.0 63 258 23 21 .933 2.43 0 0 .000 0 3.8
1982 27 BAL JL 3B 130 128 1077.3 74 218 17 16 .945 2.44 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    1B 12 1 30.0 35 3 2 0 .950 11.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1983 28 BAL JL 3B 151 146 1276.7 90 243 22 27 .938 2.35 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    1B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 29 BAL JL 3B 136 133 1159.3 84 210 22 24 .930 2.28 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    1B 1 0 7.0 4 0 1 0 .800 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 30 BAL JL 3B 138 136 1171.0 69 240 22 21 .934 2.37 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    1B 6 2 24.0 31 1 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1986 31 BAL JL 1B 87 84 734.7 703 63 7 62 .991 9.38 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    3B 7 6 54.0 4 7 1 1 .917 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1987 32 BAL JL 1B 80 78 678.3 678 47 11 60 .985 9.62 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 33 MAD JL 3B 142 138 1158.7 60 210 18 16 .938 2.10 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 34 MAD JL 3B 150 147 1301.0 94 214 16 19 .951 2.13 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    1B 3 0 3.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 35 HAW JL 3B 39 37 357.9 25 56 6 4 .931 2.04 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 10 2 42.1 41 4 0 4 1.000 9.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CHI JL 3B 17 15 93.1 7 14 2 1 .913 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 1 10.9 11 1 0 1 1.000 9.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 56 52 451.0 32 70 8 5 .927 2.04   1.1
      1B 14 3 53.0 52 5 0 5 1.000 9.68   0.1
1991 36 WAS JL 3B 18 16 146.0 20 27 2 3 .959 2.90 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  3B 1379 1346 11458.0 768 2190 205 203 .935 2.32 0 0 .000 0 31.2
  1B 208 168 1535.3 1508 119 22 129 .987 9.54 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1589 1514 13000.3 2276 2310 228 332 .953 3.17 0 0 .000 0 33.8
Career Highs   154 150 1304.3 707 258 31 63 .990 9.52 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 27 BAL JL 11 47 8 14 2 0 2 5 1 0 2 7 .298 .340 .468 .808
1983 28 BAL JL 10 44 5 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .182 .200 .205 .405
1984 29 BAL JL 19 81 4 18 5 0 3 6 0 0 0 20 .222 .222 .395 .617
1985 30 BAL JL 17 69 6 17 2 0 2 9 0 0 3 11 .246 .278 .362 .640
1987 32 BAL JL 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222
1988 33 MAD JL 4 14 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 .214 .267 .429 .695
1990 35 MAD JL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 73 269 25 61 10 0 8 28 2 0 7 52 .227 .249 .353 .602
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.
Games
1983-10-156
1989-10-156
 Hits
1983-9-179
 Singles
1983-9-127
 Strikeouts
1979-10-136
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Roach Kidd (934)
  2. Robert Huffman (928)
  3. Leroy Jeffcoat (896)
  4. Karl Samuels (895)
  5. Cory Gehringer (888)
  6. Devin Careter (887)
  7. Joe Farner (884)
  8. David Karn (882)
  9. Cal Bivens (872)
  10. Lem Galarraga (869)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Jacksonville in 1976
Injured on 6/17/1978 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/1/1979, off Kevin Robinson (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1979, off Lonny LeHay (PHX)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/21/1983, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Injured on 4/2/1984 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1985, hitting .600 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Landis Memorial Series with Baltimore in 1985
Injured on 7/22/1986 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 9 weeks
Won Landis Memorial Series with Baltimore in 1987
Signed as a free agent by Madison on 2/4/1988 to a 2-year deal worth $3,250,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/16/1989, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 4/19/1989
Signed as a free agent by Madison on 2/4/1990 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 4/1/1991 to a 1-year deal worth $620,000 per year
Released by Brooklyn on 4/12/1991
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 8/11/1991 to a 1-year deal worth $436,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Greenville on 9/20/1991
 
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