Wichita


  NAME     : Joe Girardi
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : PEORIA,IL,USA
 
  BIRTHDAY : 10/14/1937
  AGE      : 33
  HEIGHT   : 5"11
  WEIGHT   : 195
 
  POSITION : Catcher
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $100,000 through 1970
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Suffers
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Catcher : D (Fielding Pct. : .987) Catcher Arm : C
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : Speed : D Stealing Ability : A Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Normal Getting Hits : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 7 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good) Hitting Homeruns : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Fair) Getting BB's : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Fair) Avoiding Strikeouts : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .190 6 38 431 82 15 0 41 14 2 20 81 .234 .267 vs RHP .164 4 23 304 50 5 0 28 11 1 14 59 .211 .220 vs LHP .252 2 15 127 32 10 0 13 3 1 6 22 .285 .378 At Home .219 3 19 215 47 10 0 23 8 0 8 41 .245 .307 Away .162 3 19 216 35 5 0 18 6 2 12 40 .218 .227 R.I.S.P. .224 3 33 85 19 4 0 0 0 0 5 14 .271 .376 Pinch Hitting .400 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .400 Close/Late .164 1 6 55 9 1 0 4 0 0 1 8 .175 .236 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Apr/Mar .186 0 5 70 13 3 0 4 1 0 2 15 .216 .229 May .125 1 7 80 10 0 0 7 5 1 6 22 .200 .162 June .213 1 10 75 16 7 0 5 1 0 2 15 .228 .347 July .221 2 9 77 17 4 0 14 2 1 4 9 .274 .351 August .198 2 4 86 17 0 0 7 1 0 3 16 .222 .267 Sep/Oct .209 0 3 43 9 1 0 4 4 0 3 4 .261 .233
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1962 .224 4 34 147 495 111 14 1 45 2 1 32 116 .271 .281 Wic 1963 .239 5 66 146 536 128 27 0 54 2 3 29 124 .278 .317 Wic 1964 .238 8 72 151 534 127 32 0 63 7 2 43 96 .295 .343 Wic 1965 .234 8 61 150 539 126 30 0 58 3 4 49 101 .298 .334 Wic 1966 .258 5 52 141 453 117 22 0 49 3 4 34 84 .310 .340 Wic 1967 .262 6 31 126 347 91 20 0 41 2 0 29 69 .319 .372 Wic 1968 .242 1 28 93 269 65 16 0 39 4 3 16 51 .284 .312 Wic 1969 .179 2 15 92 263 47 11 0 24 1 0 9 48 .206 .243 Wic Total AB : 3867 Total AVG : .231 Total Hits: 894 Total HR : 45 Total RBI : 397 Total Runs: 414 Total SB : 38
PLAYER HISTORY
Had first career hit on 4/2/1962, off Fergie Jenkins (ALB)
Hit first career homerun on 5/24/1962, off Kent Peterson (PRO)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Providence on 7/5/1963
Won Circuit Championship with Wichita in 1965