19th Century Joe Sugden
Full Name: Joseph Sugden
Bats: Both Throws: Right
Height: 5-10 Weight: 180
Born: Jul 31, 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Major League Debut: July 20, 1893
Died: Jun 28, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA


CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
  BATTING
Year Team Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
1893 PIT .261 27 92 20 24 4 3 0 12 10 11 -- .370 --
1894 PIT .331 39 139 23 46 13 2 2 23 14 2 -- .496 --
1895 PIT .310 49 155 28 48 4 1 1 17 16 12 -- .368 --
1896 PIT .296 80 301 42 89 5 7 0 36 19 9 -- .359 --
1897 PIT .222 84 288 31 64 6 4 0 38 18 0 -- .271 --
1898 STL .253 89 289 29 73 7 1 0 34 23 0 -- .284 --
1899 CLE .276 76 250 19 69 5 1 0 14 11 0 -- .304 --
1901 CWS .275 48 153 21 42 7 1 0 19 13 0 -- .333 --
1902 STL .250 68 200 25 50 7 2 0 15 20 0 -- .305 --
1903 STL .212 79 241 18 51 4 0 0 22 25 0 -- .228 --
1904 STL .267 105 348 25 93 6 3 0 30 28 0 -- .302 --
1905 STL .173 85 266 21 46 4 0 0 23 23 0 -- .188 --
1912 DET .250 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- .250 --
  AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
Totals .255 830 2726 303 696 72 25 3 283 220 34 .000 .303 .000


  BATTING BASERUNNING MISC
Year Team HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1893 PIT 1 0 34 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0 8.4
1894 PIT 3 0 69 0 6 0 3 0 .000 69.5 69.5
1895 PIT 3 0 57 0 6 0 4 0 .000 155.0 12.9
1896 PIT 5 0 108 0 13 0 5 0 .000 0.0 33.4
1897 PIT 3 0 78 0 13 0 9 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1898 STL 3 0 82 0 5 0 5 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1899 CLE 0 0 76 0 7 0 2 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1901 CWS 2 0 51 0 4 0 4 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1902 STL 4 0 61 0 9 0 2 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1903 STL 1 0 55 0 12 0 4 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1904 STL 5 0 105 0 10 0 6 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1905 STL 3 0 50 0 10 0 3 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1912 DET 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0
  HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
Totals 33 0 827 0 95 0 48 0 .000 908.7 80.2


CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year Team POS G PO A E DP FPCT
1893 PIT C 27 81 27 5 3 .956
1894 PIT C 31 105 27 13 4 .910
1894 PIT 3B 4 6 6 3 1 .800
1894 PIT UN 1 3 2 1 0 .833
1894 PIT SS 3 6 8 4 0 .778
1894 Total   39 120 43 21 5 .886
1895 PIT C 49 176 57 25 4 .903
1896 PIT C 70 284 70 18 12 .952
1896 PIT 1B 7 46 3 2 4 .961
1896 PIT UN 4 7 0 1 0 .875
1896 Total   81 337 73 21 16 .951
1897 PIT C 81 317 82 25 6 .941
1897 PIT 1B 3 25 1 2 2 .929
1897 Total   84 342 83 27 8 .940
1898 STL C 60 181 88 18 8 .937
1898 STL UN 15 17 0 2 1 .895
1898 STL 1B 8 74 3 1 4 .987
1898 Total   83 272 91 21 13 .945
1899 CLE C 66 196 108 21 11 .935
1899 CLE 3B 1 0 0 2 0 .000
1899 CLE 1B 3 14 3 0 3 1.000
1899 CLE UN 4 3 0 0 0 1.000
1899 Total   74 213 111 23 14 .934
1901 CWS C 42 179 47 7 4 .970
1901 CWS 1B 5 21 2 0 0 1.000
1901 Total   47 200 49 7 4 .973
1902 STL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1902 STL C 61 192 67 12 9 .956
1902 STL 1B 4 18 1 1 0 .950
1902 Total   66 210 69 13 9 .955
1903 STL C 66 321 81 7 6 .983
1903 STL 1B 8 70 3 1 4 .986
1903 Total   74 391 84 8 10 .983
1904 STL C 79 370 94 5 11 .989
1904 STL 1B 28 275 8 4 11 .986
1904 Total   107 645 102 9 22 .988
1905 STL C 76 420 112 9 6 .983
1905 STL 1B 9 89 2 1 1 .989
1905 Total   85 509 114 10 7 .984
1912 DET 1B 1 13 3 1 0 .941
  G PO A E DP FPCT
Totals 817 3509 906 191 115 .959


CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year Team ERA W L Sv Svo G IP H R ER BB K
1902 STL 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  ERA W L Sv Svo G IP H R ER BB K
Totals 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0


Year Team GS CG Sho GF BB/9 K/9 RATIO HR HB IBB SH WP BK
1902 STL 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GS CG Sho GF BB/9 K/9 RATIO HR HB IBB SH WP BK
Totals 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0


The catching platoon of switch-hitting Joe Sugden and Bill Merritt replaced Connie Mack in Pittsburgh in 1895. Sugden was Mack's designated pinch runner when Mack had an injury that hindered his running, an arrangement which was then legal. He platooned with Mike Kahoe in 1902 as the AL Browns' initial catching combo. A longtime scout, he served the Cardinals from 1928 until his death.

Joe Sugden was involved in the very first Catcher-4-Catcher Trade in the majors when on December 7, 1897 Pittsburgh traded him to the St. Louis Browns for Morgan Murphy.


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