Joe Lake
1908–1913 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
208G
.206AVG
.218OBP
.277SLG
More career statistics
101H
3HR
38RBI
3SB
62–90W–L
1,318.0IP
594K
2.85ERA
139GS
5SV
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 · At bats | 491 | 493 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 10 | 108 |
| Batting · RBI | 38 | 39 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 7 | 5 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,443 | 5,605 |
| Pitching · p er | 417 | 470 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,329 | 1,332 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,954 | 3,946 |
| Pitching · p k | 594 | 574 |
| Pitching · p r | 671 | 674 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | 504 | 491 | 39 | 101 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136 | .206 | .218 | .277 | .495 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,318.0 | 199 | 139 | 95 | 62 | 90 | 5 | 1,329 | 671 | 417 | 19 | 332 | 594 | 0 | 0 | 2.85 | 1.260 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1908-08-21 to 1908-09-02
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1912-05-13 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1909-06-19 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1908-04-21 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 108 | 254 | 63 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 42 | .253 | .256 | .341 |
| Away | 100 | 250 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 66 | .156 | .164 | .209 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | .237 | .225 | .237 |
| May | 38 | 93 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 20 | .204 | .204 | .269 |
| June | 41 | 100 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | .216 | .230 | .278 |
| July | 49 | 105 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 25 | .186 | .190 | .265 |
| August | 34 | 86 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | .176 | .186 | .294 |
| September | 23 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | .246 | .258 | .279 |
| October | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .176 | .167 | .353 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 37 | 88 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 16 | .221 | .227 | .372 |
| cleveland-guardians | 35 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | .148 | .146 | .160 |
| chicago-white-sox | 32 | 69 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | .269 | .275 | .343 |
| boston-red-sox | 29 | 72 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | .279 | .292 | .353 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 29 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | .178 | .189 | .260 |
| st-louis-browns | 19 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | .130 | .130 | .152 |
| new-york-yankees | 15 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .229 | .229 | .286 |
| detroit-tigers | 12 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | .162 | .158 | .216 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 |  New York Yankees | 45 | 111 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 2 | .189 | 268 | 118 |
| 1909 | New York Yankees | 31 | 81 | 14 | – | 9 | – | .173 | 215 | 121 |
| 1910 |  St. Louis Browns | 37 | 92 | 21 | – | 5 | – | .228 | 260 | 146 |
| 1911 | St. Louis Browns | 30 | 80 | 21 | – | 6 | – | .263 | 215 | 69 |
| 1912 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 37 | 83 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .145 | 219 | 85 |
| 1913 |  Detroit Tigers | 28 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .261 | 136 | 35 |