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Joe
Corman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 26, 1938 in Denison Tx
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1965    1966    1967    1968    1969    1970    1972    1973   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 19 A   128 505 58 125 22 1 8 50 11 1 36 67 .248 .298 .343 .640 52.8  
1959 20 A   130 480 43 123 20 4 12 57 3 7 29 57 .256 .299 .390 .688 53.2  
1960 21 A   128 464 42 118 18 3 10 50 6 8 52 55 .254 .329 .371 .700 57.0  
1961 22 AA   130 514 68 148 18 1 22 69 6 4 42 60 .288 .342 .455 .797 78.1  
1962 23 AA   132 488 83 136 21 2 26 80 7 1 60 60 .279 .358 .490 .847 85.7  
1963 24 BOS AL 64 176 17 42 2 1 4 18 0 0 4 28 .239 .257 .330 .586 14.8 0.8
    AAA   14 57 6 25 3 0 2 8 2 0 5 4 .439 .484 .596 1.080 14.0  
    AA   49 197 18 56 6 0 8 21 2 3 13 20 .284 .329 .437 .765 27.1  
1964 25 BOS AL 147 503 69 158 21 0 20 78 1 0 23 71 .314 .343 .475 .818 76.9 14.7
1965 26 BOS AL 152 585 89 187 15 2 25 106 1 1 26 99 .320 .350 .480 .830 92.0 19.0
1966 27 BOS AL 154 607 94 196 20 6 25 113 0 0 31 91 .323 .355 .499 .854 100.7 23.5
1967 28 BOS AL 158 635 77 189 20 5 13 91 0 1 33 101 .298 .337 .406 .743 82.5 17.9
1968 29 BOS AL 152 590 68 178 24 5 18 94 1 0 23 82 .302 .326 .451 .777 80.1 22.9
1969 30 BOS AL 156 592 93 178 20 2 30 117 0 2 45 90 .301 .349 .493 .843 95.5 19.1
1970 31 BOS AL 158 638 90 204 21 2 29 107 1 0 49 76 .320 .371 .495 .866 111.4 23.4
1971 32 NYA AL 158 603 79 186 21 1 18 92 1 0 48 91 .308 .360 .436 .796 91.0 19.7
1972 33 NYA AL 150 592 68 196 18 2 19 98 0 1 43 93 .331 .379 .465 .844 96.7 25.4
1973 34 NYA AL 156 622 91 185 18 3 16 102 0 1 45 87 .297 .348 .413 .761 84.9 15.9
1974 35 NYA AL 153 589 73 171 19 3 10 78 1 2 42 106 .290 .338 .384 .721 72.7 13.2
1975 36 NYA AL 58 204 32 48 7 0 0 24 0 0 18 36 .235 .297 .270 .567 15.1 0.5
13 Years Sim 1816 6936 940 2118 226 32 227 1118 6 8 430 1051 .305 .347 .445 .792 1014.3 216.1
1 Years AAA 14 57 6 25 3 0 2 8 2 0 5 4 .439 .469 .596 1.065 14.0  
3 Years AA 311 1199 169 340 45 3 56 170 15 8 115 140 .284 .348 .466 .815 190.9  
3 Years A 386 1449 143 366 60 8 30 157 20 16 117 179 .253 .311 .367 .678 163.0  
7 Years Minors 711 2705 318 731 108 11 88 335 37 24 237 323 .270 .331 .416 .747 368.0  
162 Game Average 618 83 188 20 2 20 99 0 0 38 93 .305 .347 .445 .792 90.5  
Career Highs 158 638 94 204 24 6 30 117 1 2 49 106 .331 .379 .499 .866 111.4  
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   5549 761 1723 184 27 190 912 6 6 358 825 .311 .354 .456 .810 848.7
vs LH   1387 179 395 42 5 37 206 0 2 72 226 .285 .320 .402 .722 172.8
Home 907 3415 444 1056 120 16 119 561 5 5 184 521 .309 .345 .458 .804 510.3
Away 909 3521 496 1062 106 16 108 557 1 3 246 530 .302 .348 .433 .781 511.3
RISP   1921 0 634 70 12 69 876 0 0 145 298 .330 .371 .487 .858 329.5
Pinch Hitting   80 9 30 2 1 1 17 0 0 8 8 .375 .427 .463 .889 14.8
Close/Late   806 74 248 18 5 22 112 0 0 57 126 .308 .355 .424 .779 117.2
Mar/Apr 207 802 126 271 34 2 30 156 1 0 60 115 .338 .385 .498 .883 141.9
May 322 1242 173 387 35 8 41 188 0 2 75 176 .312 .353 .452 .804 186.8
June 327 1235 168 381 48 7 38 192 2 1 74 177 .309 .348 .451 .799 183.8
July 330 1237 177 366 37 4 45 208 1 1 92 194 .296 .344 .441 .786 183.1
August 325 1252 148 371 33 9 46 202 0 2 64 217 .296 .332 .447 .779 177.4
Sep/Oct 305 1168 148 342 39 2 27 172 2 2 65 172 .293 .331 .399 .730 148.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1963 24 BOS AL 3B 17 13 118.3 3 18 1 2 .955 1.60   0.2
    RF 10 10 78.0 12 0 1 0 .923 1.38   0.1
    CF 9 9 75.0 11 1 3 0 .800 1.44    
    LF 7 7 52.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.35    
    1B 4 4 30.0 33 4 0 2 1.000 11.10   0.1
1964 25 BOS AL 3B 126 125 1084.0 70 224 15 16 .951 2.44   2.7
    1B 4 4 30.0 40 2 0 3 1.000 12.60   0.1
    CF 3 3 24.0 3 0 2 0 .600 1.13   0.0
    LF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06    
    RF 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 26 BOS AL 3B 150 146 1289.7 77 257 23 16 .936 2.33   4.0
1966 27 BOS AL 3B 152 149 1316.7 95 261 13 20 .965 2.43   3.6
1967 28 BOS AL 3B 156 155 1361.3 94 276 20 18 .949 2.45   3.3
    1B 2 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1968 29 BOS AL 3B 146 146 1308.3 69 303 26 23 .935 2.56   2.6
    1B 4 0 11.0 14 2 0 0 1.000 13.09   0.0
1969 30 BOS AL 3B 146 144 1280.0 89 277 28 25 .929 2.57   2.1
    1B 5 0 13.7 18 2 0 0 1.000 13.18   0.0
1970 31 BOS AL 3B 157 154 1366.7 102 324 34 26 .926 2.81   2.1
1971 32 NYA AL 3B 106 100 901.7 59 201 10 19 .963 2.60   3.2
    1B 49 47 425.0 460 31 1 39 .998 10.40   0.8
1972 33 NYA AL 1B 145 144 1294.7 1464 113 7 125 .996 10.96   2.7
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1973 34 NYA AL 1B 150 147 1331.0 1620 112 10 140 .994 11.71   1.9
    3B 5 0 11.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.1
1974 35 NYA AL 1B 151 148 1337.0 1631 108 12 149 .993 11.71   2.7
    RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1975 36 NYA AL 1B 56 53 471.0 560 30 5 56 .992 11.27   0.6
    3B 2 0 3.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 8.11   0.1
  3B 1166 1132 10048.0 661 2146 170 165 .943 2.51   24.0
  1B 570 547 4945.3 5844 404 35 514 .994 11.37   9.0
  CF 12 12 99.0 14 1 5 0 .750 1.36   0.0
  RF 12 12 91.0 13 0 1 0 .929 1.29   0.1
  LF 9 9 69.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.52    
Career Totals   1769 1712 15252.3 6536 2551 211 679 .977 5.36   33.2
Career Highs   158 155 1366.7 1632 324 34 149 .996 11.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 27 BOS AL 5 20 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .227 .350 .577
1971 32 NYA AL 5 19 4 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .263 .333 .526 .860
Career Post-Season Batting 10 39 6 9 3 1 1 3 0 0 3 9 .231 .279 .436 .715
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.
Batting Average
1965-7-.320
1966-3-.323
1967-7-.298
1968-6-.302
1970-5-.320
1971-8-.308
1972-1-.331
CAR-17-.305
 On-Base Pct
1972-6-.379
 Slugging Pct
1966-6-.499
1968-5-.451
1969-10-.493
1972-7-.465
 OPS
1966-5-.854
1968-9-.777
1972-6-.844
 XR
1966-4-100.7
1968-10-80.1
1970-8-111.4
1972-3-96.7
 Games
1967-5-158
1970-6-158
1971-3-158
At-Bats
1965-10-585
1966-6-607
1967-2-635
1968-7-590
1970-1-638
1971-9-603
1972-1-592
1973-5-622
 Runs
1966-10-94
 Hits
1965-5-187
1966-3-196
1967-2-189
1968-6-178
1970-2-204
1971-5-186
1972-1-196
1973-5-185
 Total Bases
1965-8-281
1966-5-303
1967-8-258
1968-4-266
1969-5-292
1970-5-316
1971-6-263
1972-2-275
 Singles
1965-2-145
1966-5-145
1967-3-151
1968-9-131
1970-2-152
1971-5-146
1972-1-157
1973-5-148
1974-8-139
CAR-47-1633
 Homeruns
1966-8-25
1968-7-18
1969-9-30
1970-8-29
RBIs
1965-7-106
1966-3-113
1967-6-91
1968-4-94
1969-5-117
1970-7-107
1971-10-92
1972-4-98
1973-8-102
CAR-46-1118
 Strikeouts
1974-10-106
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 9
   Gray Ink Test: 130
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1957
Injured on 5/14/1959 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 6 days
Traded from Chicago (A) to Cleveland on 4/10/1961 (Going to CLE: 1B Joe Corman. Going to CHA: P Carl Deshong)
Traded from Cleveland to Boston on 4/9/1962 (Going to CLE: 2B Mike Kreitenberg. Going to BOS: 1B Joe Corman)
Injured on 6/1/1962 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 6/16/1963, off John Nye (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 6/27/1963, off Henry Spiller (CHA)
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 7/10/1965
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1965, hitting .330 with 12 HR, 37 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/25/1966, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against California on 8/12/1967
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Baltimore on 4/27/1968
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1968, hitting .583 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 9/22/1968
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 7/18/1969
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1969, hitting .567 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1969, hitting .358 with 9 HR, 29 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/8/1970, hitting .538 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Traded from Boston to New York (A) on 3/7/1971 (Going to NYA: 3B Joe Corman, P Gerry Burrow, P Charley Harrington. Going to BOS: CF Duwayne Bowen, P Ramon Ramirez, 2B John Stefanski)
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/4/1971
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against California on 8/10/1971
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/16/1971
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1972, hitting .410 with 1 HR, 15 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1972, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1972, hitting .447 with 6 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 5/20/1973
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 7/11/1974, off Dave Burge (KCR)
Drove in 7 runs against Milwaukee on 9/2/1974
Released by New York (A) on 8/9/1975
 
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