Joe Grace
1938–1947 · bats L / throws R · GLK, MLS, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
484G
.283AVG
.362OBP
.393SLG
More career statistics
442H
20HR
172RBI
9SB
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 1,561 | 1,560 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,769 | 1,768 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 484 | 1,769 | 1,561 | 225 | 442 | 76 | 18 | 20 | 172 | 179 | 135 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 614 | .283 | .362 | .393 | .755 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1938-09-25 to 1939-04-25
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1946-05-12 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1940-07-21 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1941-08-06 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 235 | 801 | 199 | 11 | 85 | 99 | 68 | .292 | .372 | .412 |
| Away | 249 | 967 | 243 | 9 | 87 | 80 | 67 | .277 | .334 | .379 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 113 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | .220 | .292 | .320 |
| May | 76 | 242 | 62 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 19 | .292 | .351 | .415 |
| June | 70 | 250 | 62 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 21 | .279 | .344 | .383 |
| July | 86 | 319 | 94 | 6 | 46 | 35 | 22 | .336 | .404 | .504 |
| August | 123 | 487 | 123 | 4 | 38 | 55 | 31 | .289 | .366 | .371 |
| September | 91 | 342 | 73 | 3 | 35 | 30 | 28 | .239 | .301 | .330 |
| October | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .429 | .467 | .643 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 82 | 294 | 79 | 1 | 25 | 29 | 13 | .303 | .367 | .410 |
| chicago-white-sox | 79 | 280 | 63 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 27 | .253 | .318 | .353 |
| detroit-tigers | 70 | 249 | 62 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 19 | .282 | .353 | .391 |
| new-york-yankees | 67 | 237 | 43 | 1 | 16 | 36 | 21 | .216 | .333 | .276 |
| boston-red-sox | 66 | 256 | 75 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 13 | .330 | .387 | .458 |
| cleveland-guardians | 61 | 219 | 55 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 23 | .278 | .324 | .379 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 40 | 156 | 45 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 8 | .324 | .365 | .475 |
| st-louis-browns | 19 | 77 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | .299 | .390 | .493 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  St. Louis Browns | 12 | 47 | 16 | – | 4 | – | .340 | – | – |
| 1939 | St. Louis Browns | 74 | 207 | 63 | 3 | 22 | 3 | .304 | – | – |
| 1940 | St. Louis Browns | 80 | 229 | 59 | 5 | 25 | 2 | .258 | – | – |
| 1941 | St. Louis Browns | 115 | 361 | 112 | 6 | 60 | 1 | .310 | – | – |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 125 | 482 | 134 | 3 | 44 | 2 | .278 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 78 | 234 | 58 | 3 | 17 | 1 | .248 | – | – |