Joe Christopher
1959–1966 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates
638G
.260AVG
.329OBP
.374SLG
More career statistics
434H
29HR
173RBI
29SB
2Rare 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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 638 | 1,868 | 1,667 | 224 | 434 | 68 | 17 | 29 | 173 | 157 | 277 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 623 | .260 | .329 | .374 | .703 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1964-07-16 to 1964-07-26
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1964-08-18 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1960-09-27 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1965-10-03 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 316 | 984 | 240 | 21 | 106 | 95 | 145 | .277 | .340 | .417 |
| Away | 322 | 884 | 194 | 8 | 67 | 62 | 132 | .242 | .290 | .327 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 90 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | .247 | .289 | .346 |
| May | 93 | 286 | 63 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 43 | .249 | .318 | .372 |
| June | 124 | 334 | 73 | 8 | 35 | 22 | 64 | .237 | .284 | .351 |
| July | 126 | 351 | 87 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 56 | .269 | .302 | .344 |
| August | 132 | 375 | 93 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 36 | .281 | .339 | .438 |
| September | 121 | 393 | 86 | 3 | 34 | 46 | 55 | .257 | .336 | .361 |
| October | 9 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .333 | .359 | .444 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| san-francisco-giants | 87 | 261 | 58 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 41 | .250 | .303 | .362 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 86 | 244 | 49 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 52 | .219 | .262 | .304 |
| milwaukee-braves | 73 | 211 | 47 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 20 | .257 | .322 | .377 |
| chicago-cubs | 73 | 218 | 50 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 19 | .266 | .335 | .362 |
| cincinnati-reds | 72 | 198 | 47 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 28 | .273 | .343 | .366 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 69 | 180 | 51 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 26 | .309 | .344 | .394 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 61 | 194 | 49 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 39 | .275 | .314 | .466 |
| houston-astros | 61 | 199 | 43 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 30 | .234 | .286 | .332 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 15 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .232 | – | – |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 76 | 186 | 49 | – | 14 | 6 | .263 | – | – |
| 1962 |  New York Mets | 119 | 271 | 66 | 6 | 32 | 11 | .244 | – | – |
| 1963 | New York Mets | 64 | 149 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .221 | – | – |
| 1964 | New York Mets | 154 | 543 | 163 | 16 | 76 | 6 | .300 | – | – |
| 1965 | New York Mets | 148 | 437 | 109 | 5 | 40 | 4 | .249 | – | – |
| 1966 |  Boston Red Sox | 12 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | – | – |