| 19th Century | Joe Gunson | ||
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Full Name: Joseph Brook Gunson Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5-6 Weight: 160 Born: Mar 23, 1863 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: Nov 15, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania College: None Major League Debut: June 14, 1884 |
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| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1884 1889 1892 1893 1893 |
Was KC Bal StL Cle |
UA AA NL NL NL |
.139 .197 .213 .272 .260 |
45 34 89 40 21 |
166 122 314 151 73 |
15 15 35 20 11 |
23 24 67 41 19 |
2 3 10 5 1 |
0 1 5 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 0 |
0 12 32 15 9 |
3 3 16 6 6 |
-- 17 17 6 0 |
-.--- .228 .267 .321 .316 |
.151 .238 .277 .305 .274 |
| Totals | AVG .211 |
G 229 |
AB 826 |
R 96 |
H 174 |
2B 21 |
3B 6 |
HR 0 |
RBI 68 |
BB 34 |
K 40 |
OBP .254 |
SLG .251 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1884 1889 1892 1893 1893 |
Was KC Bal StL Cle |
UA AA NL NL NL |
-- 2 7 5 0 |
-- -- -- -- -- |
25 29 87 46 20 |
-- -- -- -- -- |
-- -- -- -- -- |
-- -- -- -- -- |
0 2 2 0 0 |
-- -- -- -- -- |
-.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- |
--.- --.- --.- --.- --.- |
--.- 7.2 18.5 25.2 --.- |
| Totals | HBP 14 |
GDP -- |
TB 207 |
IBB -- |
SH 0 |
SF -- |
SB 4 |
CS -- |
SB% -.--- |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 20.7 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1884 1884 1889 1889 1889 1892 1892 1892 1892 1893 1893 1893 |
Was Was KC KC KC Bal Bal Bal Bal StL StL Cle |
UA UA AA AA AA NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
OF C OF 3B C 2B 1B OF C OF C C |
18 33 1 1 32 1 2 20 67 5 35 20 |
46 283 0 1 188 4 13 37 405 9 179 86 |
27 210 0 0 118 0 13 30 281 8 130 60 |
10 49 0 0 44 4 0 2 92 1 36 21 |
9 24 0 1 26 0 0 5 32 0 13 5 |
0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 |
0.804 0.915 -.--- 0.000 0.862 1.000 1.000 0.865 0.921 1.000 0.927 0.942 |
| Totals | G 235 |
Ch 1251 |
PO 877 |
A 259 |
E 115 |
DP 14 |
FPCT 0.908 |
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Historians quibble over whether Harry Decker or Joe Gunson first used the padded catcher's mitt in the 1880's. Supposedly, Kansas City Cowboy's Gunson dreamed up the mitt, but he was too busy catching in Al Spalding's world baseball tour to take advantage of the idea. So, Decker filed a patent on the now-familiar mitt design in 1889. See the complete catcher's mitt story in EQUIPMENT.
