Joe Koppe
1958–1965 · bats R / throws R · California Angels, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies
578G
.236AVG
.324OBP
.324SLG
More career statistics
379H
19HR
141RBI
16SB
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 · Strikeouts | 345 | 342 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,857 | 1,856 |
| Batting · RBI | 141 | 142 |
| Batting · Walks | 209 | 208 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 578 | 1,857 | 1,606 | 202 | 379 | 61 | 12 | 19 | 141 | 209 | 345 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 521 | .236 | .324 | .324 | .648 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1959-09-18 to 1960-04-16
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1959-07-10 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1959-07-31 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1959-09-15 | 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 | 293 | 938 | 195 | 10 | 89 | 108 | 172 | .243 | .323 | .345 |
| Away | 285 | 918 | 184 | 9 | 53 | 100 | 170 | .229 | .309 | .304 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 54 | 156 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 34 | .218 | .314 | .301 |
| May | 105 | 333 | 66 | 0 | 24 | 45 | 52 | .233 | .333 | .279 |
| June | 90 | 306 | 55 | 1 | 18 | 41 | 60 | .211 | .314 | .299 |
| July | 114 | 390 | 94 | 5 | 26 | 39 | 68 | .276 | .341 | .387 |
| August | 127 | 422 | 81 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 80 | .218 | .287 | .337 |
| September | 85 | 238 | 52 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 46 | .251 | .311 | .314 |
| October | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .273 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 47 | 152 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 28 | .252 | .309 | .304 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 47 | 133 | 31 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 22 | .277 | .376 | .393 |
| minnesota-twins | 44 | 144 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 32 | .258 | .354 | .331 |
| boston-red-sox | 43 | 143 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 22 | .230 | .371 | .239 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 40 | 122 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 17 | .253 | .377 | .305 |
| detroit-tigers | 39 | 105 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 23 | .187 | .238 | .286 |
| cincinnati-reds | 38 | 134 | 34 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 25 | .301 | .373 | .496 |
| baltimore-orioles | 38 | 142 | 30 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 27 | .238 | .296 | .365 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Milwaukee Braves | 16 | 9 | 4 | – | – | – | .444 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 126 | 422 | 110 | 7 | 28 | 7 | .261 | – | – |
| 1960 | Philadelphia Phillies | 58 | 170 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 3 | .171 | – | – |
| 1961 | Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), Philadelphia Phillies | 97 | 341 | 85 | 5 | 41 | 3 | .249 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 128 | 375 | 85 | 4 | 40 | 2 | .227 | – | – |
| 1963 | Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 76 | 143 | 30 | 1 | 12 | – | .210 | – | – |
| 1964 | Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 54 | 113 | 29 | – | 6 | – | .257 | – | – |
| 1965 |  California Angels | 23 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .212 | – | – |