Joe Corbett
1897–1904 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), St. Louis Cardinals
72G
.235AVG
.257OBP
.300SLG
More career statistics
54H
0HR
32RBI
4SB
32–18W–L
481.2IP
248K
3.42ERA
57GS
1SV
7Rare 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 | 72 | 56 |
| Batting · At bats | 230 | 193 |
| Batting · Doubles | 11 | 10 |
| Batting · Hits | 54 | 46 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 9 | 15 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 238 | 202 |
| Batting · Runs | 32 | 31 |
| Batting · RBI | 32 | 23 |
| Batting · Walks | 6 | 5 |
| Pitching · Games | 62 | 51 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,145 | 1,884 |
| Pitching · p cg | 52 | 46 |
| Pitching · p er | 183 | 108 |
| Pitching · p gs | 57 | 51 |
| Pitching · p h | 497 | 440 |
| Pitching · p hr | 7 | 4 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,445 | 1,262 |
| Pitching · p k | 248 | 219 |
| Pitching · p r | 287 | 248 |
| Pitching · p w | 192 | 166 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 238 | 230 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | .235 | .257 | .300 | .557 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481.7 | 62 | 57 | 52 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 497 | 287 | 183 | 7 | 192 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 3.42 | 1.430 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1897-04-24 to 1897-05-15
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1897-05-07 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-05-22 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1897-05-07 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 24 | 84 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | .259 | .262 | .333 |
| Away | 32 | 118 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | .223 | .246 | .295 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
| May | 14 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .212 | .246 | .231 |
| June | 11 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .312 | .303 | .500 |
| July | 11 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .256 | .357 |
| August | 10 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .194 | .219 | .290 |
| September | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .120 | .083 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .182 | .143 |
| chicago-cubs | 8 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .250 | .259 |
| cincinnati-reds | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .174 | .174 | .174 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .238 | .273 | .238 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 6 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .524 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .467 | .438 | .600 |
| new-york-giants | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 | .263 | .353 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .312 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 42 | 150 | 37 | – | 22 | 4 | .247 | 313 | 151 |
| 1904 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 43 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .209 | 107 | 68 |