Joe Azcue
1960–1972 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers
909G
.252AVG
.304OBP
.344SLG
More career statistics
712H
50HR
304RBI
5SB
5Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 12 | 11 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 344 | 343 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 909 | 3,095 | 2,828 | 201 | 712 | 94 | 9 | 50 | 304 | 207 | 344 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 974 | .252 | .304 | .344 | .648 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1963-06-19 to 1963-06-28
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1968-07-30 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1965-06-27 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1968-06-02 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 454 | 1487 | 338 | 21 | 131 | 101 | 163 | .249 | .295 | .334 |
| Away | 455 | 1608 | 374 | 29 | 173 | 106 | 180 | .254 | .299 | .354 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 55 | 175 | 38 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | .237 | .286 | .312 |
| May | 148 | 505 | 120 | 8 | 41 | 45 | 62 | .265 | .327 | .367 |
| June | 191 | 668 | 159 | 8 | 73 | 39 | 74 | .258 | .296 | .334 |
| July | 175 | 598 | 137 | 13 | 64 | 34 | 74 | .251 | .286 | .367 |
| August | 180 | 612 | 141 | 11 | 65 | 35 | 63 | .249 | .288 | .339 |
| September | 153 | 520 | 112 | 6 | 46 | 41 | 52 | .237 | .294 | .319 |
| October | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .312 | .353 | .562 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 112 | 388 | 79 | 1 | 26 | 37 | 33 | .230 | .299 | .277 |
| minnesota-twins | 103 | 361 | 81 | 9 | 41 | 22 | 43 | .243 | .285 | .356 |
| boston-red-sox | 102 | 359 | 69 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 47 | .212 | .265 | .320 |
| new-york-yankees | 100 | 330 | 84 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 41 | .280 | .327 | .387 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 91 | 317 | 83 | 6 | 38 | 18 | 26 | .283 | .319 | .389 |
| detroit-tigers | 86 | 275 | 64 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 32 | .257 | .305 | .369 |
| baltimore-orioles | 72 | 253 | 55 | 7 | 25 | 9 | 33 | .231 | .253 | .345 |
| california-angels | 49 | 172 | 52 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 14 | .327 | .360 | .428 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Cincinnati Reds | 14 | 31 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .097 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Kansas City Athletics | 72 | 223 | 51 | 2 | 25 | 1 | .229 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics | 96 | 324 | 91 | 14 | 46 | 1 | .281 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Cleveland Guardians | 83 | 271 | 74 | 4 | 34 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cleveland Guardians | 111 | 335 | 77 | 2 | 35 | 2 | .230 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cleveland Guardians | 98 | 302 | 83 | 9 | 37 | – | .275 | – | – |
| 1967 | Cleveland Guardians | 86 | 295 | 74 | 11 | 34 | – | .251 | – | – |
| 1968 | Cleveland Guardians | 115 | 357 | 100 | 4 | 42 | 1 | .280 | – | – |
| 1969 | Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Cleveland Guardians | 106 | 323 | 72 | 2 | 23 | – | .223 | – | – |
| 1970 |  California Angels | 114 | 351 | 85 | 2 | 25 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1972 | California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers | 14 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | .125 | – | – |