Joe Hoover
1943–1945 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers
338G
.243AVG
.300OBP
.316SLG
More career statistics
301H
5HR
84RBI
19SB
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 · Runs | 178 | 177 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 338 | 1,384 | 1,238 | 178 | 301 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 84 | 92 | 202 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 391 | .243 | .300 | .316 | .616 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1944-07-08 to 1944-07-18
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4 hits | 1944-08-06 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1943-08-01 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 3 runs scored | 1943-05-31 | 1 in 98 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 170 | 664 | 133 | 3 | 38 | 53 | 92 | .229 | .280 | .309 |
| Away | 168 | 720 | 168 | 2 | 46 | 39 | 110 | .255 | .287 | .322 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | .189 | .318 | .189 |
| May | 55 | 233 | 42 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 37 | .203 | .266 | .261 |
| June | 47 | 197 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 35 | .216 | .249 | .270 |
| July | 70 | 302 | 74 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 39 | .278 | .315 | .335 |
| August | 70 | 274 | 62 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 32 | .252 | .281 | .374 |
| September | 80 | 322 | 74 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 50 | .258 | .292 | .331 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .167 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 54 | 229 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 32 | .273 | .323 | .333 |
| boston-red-sox | 50 | 215 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 31 | .230 | .274 | .311 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 49 | 203 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 33 | .241 | .266 | .305 |
| chicago-white-sox | 48 | 200 | 55 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 | .301 | .310 | .372 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 47 | 192 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 26 | .206 | .240 | .329 |
| cleveland-guardians | 45 | 178 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 25 | .217 | .315 | .243 |
| st-louis-browns | 45 | 167 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 33 | .224 | .251 | .303 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Detroit Tigers | 144 | 575 | 140 | 4 | 38 | 6 | .243 | – | – |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 120 | 441 | 104 | – | 29 | 7 | .236 | – | – |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | 74 | 222 | 57 | 1 | 17 | 6 | .257 | – | – |