Joe Decker
1969–1979 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners
55G
.174AVG
.224OBP
.283SLG
More career statistics
8H
1HR
3RBI
0SB
36–44W–L
710.0IP
458K
4.17ERA
105GS
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.
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 | 55 | 153 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,130 | 2,131 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 55 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .174 | .224 | .283 | .507 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 710.0 | 152 | 105 | 19 | 36 | 44 | 0 | 702 | 363 | 329 | 58 | 377 | 458 | 0 | 0 | 4.17 | 1.520 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1970-04-27 to 1970-05-01
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1973-06-26 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1976-05-12 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1974-04-16 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |  Chicago Cubs | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 12 | 13 |
| 1970 | Chicago Cubs | 24 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 3 | – | .176 | 109 | 79 |
| 1971 | Chicago Cubs | 22 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .250 | 45 | 37 |
| 1972 | Chicago Cubs | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 12 | 7 |
| 1973 |  Minnesota Twins | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 170 | 109 |
| 1974 | Minnesota Twins | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 248 | 158 |
| 1975 | Minnesota Twins | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 8 |
| 1976 | Minnesota Twins | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | 35 |
| 1979 |  Seattle Mariners | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 12 |