Bill Joyce
1897–1898 · bats L / throws R · New York Giants
904G
.294AVG
.435OBP
.467SLG
More career statistics
970H
70HR
607RBI
264SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 904 | 255 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,304 | 897 |
| Batting · Doubles | 152 | 34 |
| Batting · Hits | 970 | 249 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 108 | 36 |
| Batting · Home runs | 70 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 280 | 86 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,154 | 1,118 |
| Batting · Runs | 820 | 202 |
| Batting · RBI | 607 | 155 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 264 | 69 |
| Batting · Triples | 106 | 22 |
| Batting · Walks | 718 | 170 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 904 | 4,154 | 3,304 | 820 | 970 | 152 | 106 | 70 | 607 | 718 | 280 | 264 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 1,544 | .294 | .435 | .467 | .902 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1897-07-01 to 1897-07-14
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | Hit Three Times | 1897-07-17 | 1 in 5,324 games | box score ↗ |
| 78 | Three Triples | 1897-05-18 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1897-05-18 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 121 | 503 | 120 | 8 | 78 | 84 | 38 | .304 | .406 | .438 |
| Away | 134 | 615 | 129 | 5 | 77 | 86 | 48 | .257 | .350 | .384 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 77 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 6 | .262 | .351 | .354 |
| May | 44 | 204 | 49 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 13 | .288 | .368 | .482 |
| June | 52 | 221 | 40 | 2 | 27 | 40 | 22 | .235 | .362 | .335 |
| July | 51 | 243 | 62 | 2 | 31 | 41 | 19 | .337 | .424 | .424 |
| August | 40 | 174 | 40 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 10 | .280 | .368 | .441 |
| September | 42 | 164 | 33 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 13 | .250 | .366 | .394 |
| October | 9 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .242 | .286 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 27 | 126 | 35 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | .347 | .413 | .525 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 26 | 107 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 13 | .302 | .402 | .512 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 25 | 102 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 12 | .244 | .343 | .349 |
| louisville-colonels | 25 | 113 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 5 | .200 | .345 | .200 |
| cleveland-spiders | 25 | 104 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | .236 | .327 | .404 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 24 | 109 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 1 | .319 | .404 | .407 |
| chicago-cubs | 23 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 10 | .190 | .298 | .298 |
| boston-braves | 22 | 98 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 8 | .263 | .347 | .338 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  New York Giants | 110 | 389 | 118 | 3 | 64 | 35 | .303 | – | – |
| 1898 | New York Giants | 145 | 508 | 131 | 10 | 91 | 34 | .258 | – | – |