Joe Lafata

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 163lb (183cm, 73kg)

Born: August 3, 1921 in Detroit, MI us

Died: May 6, 2004 in Roseville, MI

Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI

High School: Eastern HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: April 17, 1947 (Age 25-257d, 10,297th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1949 (Age 28-053d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Joseph Joseph Lafata

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

236

.229

RBI

OBP

.303

SLG

.322

OPS

.625

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-45 / in Starts: 7-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 111 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	73 (35-22-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 111 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (37-23-11)

Most Driven In
W Marshall	3
W Cooper	2
J Mize	2
Self	2
B Rigney	1
L Gearhart	1
B Blattner	1
B Kerr	1

Most Driven In By
B Kerr	3
Self	2
M Witek	2
B Thomson	1
B Rigney	1
S Gordon	1
J Lohrke	0

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	2 (1)	Apr 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-11	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.34	-0.009	.83	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
2	2	5 (2)	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,1-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.51	-0.013	1.27	-0.02%	-0.25	PH
3	3	7 (1)	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-14	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.11	-0.003	.23	0.00%	-0.36	PH
4	4	8	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	6	1.18	0.061	2.34	0.07%	0.73	LF
5	5	9	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.286	.730	6	1.27	0.185	2.31	0.20%	1.75	LF CF
6	6	11 (1)	Apr 30	NYG		STL	W,4-3	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	2.94	-0.017	4.71	-0.02%	-0.15	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	7	13 (1)	May 6	NYG		CIN	L,6-11	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.222	.586	9	.44	-0.010	.84	-0.01%	-0.37	PH
8	8	18 (4)	May 11 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-11	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	.25	-0.010	.57	-0.01%	-0.54	PH
9	9	23 (4)	May 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	11-11	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657	9	5.21	0.204	17.29	0.41%	1.00	PH
10	10	29 (5)	May 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-3	6-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	7	2.60	0.120	10.60	0.30%	1.34	PH
11	11	30	May 27	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.308	.708	9	.26	-0.007	1.08	-0.02%	-0.25	PH
12	12	31	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,2-14	8-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.438	.308	.745	9	.01	0.000	.04	0.00%	0.39	PH
13	13	33 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.438	.308	.745	7						LF
14	14	34	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.444	.533	.978	7	.66	0.098	2.50	0.22%	1.44	LF
15	15	35	May 31	NYG		PIT	W,10-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.421	.500	.921	7	1.57	-0.023	6.78	-0.06%	-0.32	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	16	36	Jun 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.435	.526	.961	7	1.63	-0.011	6.79	-0.03%	0.02	LF
17	17	37	Jun 1 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,13-9	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.407	.478	.886	7	1.28	0.051	4.88	0.12%	-0.45	LF
18	18	38	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	L,3-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.406	.556	.962	7	1.09	0.073	4.46	0.18%	0.54	LF
19	19	39	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	W,8-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.371	.500	.871	7	.84	-0.065	3.83	-0.18%	-1.07	LF
20	20	40	Jun 4	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.342	.455	.797	7	.52	-0.042	2.46	-0.12%	-0.73	LF
21	21	41	Jun 5 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.417	.750	7	.69	-0.041	3.07	-0.11%	-0.39	LF
22	22	43 (1)	Jun 6	NYG		STL	W,7-4	10-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.333	.417	.750	7						LF
23	23	44	Jun 9	NYG		PIT	W,13-10	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.225	.326	.400	.726	7	.52	-0.069	1.95	-0.16%	-0.49	LF
24	24	45	Jun 10	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	12-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.340	.400	.740	9	5.14	0.010	20.90	0.02%	0.39	PH
25	25	46	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.333	.390	.724	7	3.52	-0.091	15.18	-0.24%	-0.25	PH
26	26	47	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.222	.327	.378	.705	7	1.82	-0.002	7.71	-0.01%	0.03	LF
27	27	51 (3)	Jun 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-12	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.340	.391	.731	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.34	PH
28	28	53 (1)	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	L,5-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.333	.383	.716	9	.63	-0.019	2.56	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
29	29	54	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	7-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.345	.383	.728	9	.55	0.020	2.07	0.05%	0.13	PH
30	30	58 (3)	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.339	.375	.714	9	1.56	-0.040	6.19	-0.10%	-0.25	PH
31	31	60 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.339	.375	.714	7						PR
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	32	63 (2)	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.333	.367	.701	9	.04	-0.001	.22	0.00%	-0.25	PH
33	33	69 (5)	Jul 10	NYG		STL	L,4-11	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.345	.380	.725	9	.17	0.007	.78	0.02%	0.39	PH
34	34	70	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.339	.373	.712	8	3.18	-0.115	12.47	-0.27%	-0.70	PH
35	35	72 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	NYG		STL	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.365	.699	9	.22	-0.006	.84	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
36	36	80 (7)	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.344	.365	.710	9	.68	0.032	2.96	0.08%	0.27	PH
37	37	82 (1)	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,5-10	4-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.344	.352	.696	4	.21	-0.004	1.02	-0.01%	-0.47	PR 1B
38	38	83	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.338	.345	.683	6	.94	0.020	3.78	0.05%	0.05	1B
39	39	84	Jul 24	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.333	.339	.672	8	4.61	-0.106	15.81	-0.22%	-0.49	PH
40	40	85	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.329	.333	.662	9	2.65	-0.065	6.27	-0.09%	-0.18	PH
41	41	90 (4)	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.324	.328	.652	9	.81	-0.021	1.24	-0.02%	-0.11	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	42	100 (9)	Aug 8	NYG		BSN	L,5-7	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.333	.328	.661	9	2.60	0.020	8.96	0.04%	0.12	PH
43	43	101	Aug 9	NYG		BSN	L,4-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.329	.323	.651	9	.08	-0.002	.21	0.00%	-0.17	PH
44	44	105 (3)	Aug 12	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.324	.317	.642	9	1.79	-0.043	3.99	-0.06%	-0.29	PH
45	45	107 (1)	Aug 14	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.212	.333	.318	.652	7	1.15	0.022	2.07	0.02%	0.19	LF
46	46	108	Aug 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-8	GS-7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.341	.319	.660	7	1.32	0.128	1.94	0.11%	1.22	LF
47	47	109	Aug 16	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.208	.329	.306	.635	7	1.43	-0.200	1.34	-0.11%	-1.59	LF
48	48	111 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.224	.337	.316	.653	7						LF
49	49	114 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	6-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.344	.325	.669	9	1.07	0.047	.26	0.01%	0.39	PH
50	50	116 (1)	Aug 22	NYG		PIT	W,8-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.341	.321	.661	8	3.93	-0.160	.68	-0.02%	-0.76	PH
51	51	117	Aug 23 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,10-11	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.337	.316	.653	9	1.79	-0.029	.30	0.00%	-0.21	PH
52	52	120 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.333	.313	.646	9	.26	-0.007	.02	0.00%	-0.17	PH
53	53	121	Aug 25	NYG		CHC	L,7-9	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.333	.313	.646	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
54	54	127 (5)	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-10	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.340	.313	.653	9	.55	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	55	134 (6)	Sep 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.347	.321	.668	9	1.83	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.38	PH
56	56	137 (2)	Sep 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.347	.321	.668	9						PR
57	57	139 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.344	.317	.661	9	.61	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
58	58	144 (4)	Sep 17 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,10-12	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.229	.340	.313	.653	9						PH
59	59	149 (4)	Sep 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.337	.310	.646	9	.29	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
60	60	150	Sep 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.343	.310	.653	7	.83	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.20	LF
61	61	151	Sep 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.330	.297	.627	7	.92	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.99	LF
62	62	153 (1)	Sep 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-10	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.221	.333	.295	.628	6						LF
							17-45		111	95	13	21	1	0	2	18	15	1	18	1	0		1	3	1	0	.221	.333	.295	.628		1.20	-0.150	3.43	-0.05%	-0.59

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