Joe Lovitto
1972–1975 · bats B / throws R · Texas Rangers
306G
.216AVG
.291OBP
.271SLG
More career statistics
165H
4HR
53RBI
22SB
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 · Plate appearances | 858 | 860 |
| Batting · Walks | 80 | 81 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | 858 | 763 | 70 | 165 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 80 | 113 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 207 | .216 | .291 | .271 | .562 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1972-07-08 to 1972-07-13
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1972-09-13 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1972-06-13 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1972-07-10 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 154 | 420 | 73 | 3 | 22 | 44 | 50 | .199 | .279 | .240 |
| Away | 152 | 440 | 92 | 1 | 31 | 37 | 63 | .232 | .293 | .301 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 153 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 20 | .154 | .229 | .184 |
| May | 64 | 172 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 22 | .233 | .297 | .287 |
| June | 47 | 87 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | .182 | .276 | .286 |
| July | 50 | 156 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 | .219 | .256 | .274 |
| August | 41 | 102 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 11 | .207 | .314 | .241 |
| September | 51 | 184 | 45 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 21 | .280 | .348 | .348 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 40 | 102 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | .133 | .216 | .144 |
| california-angels | 38 | 128 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 16 | .232 | .320 | .304 |
| athletics | 37 | 117 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | .227 | .239 | .282 |
| kansas-city-royals | 33 | 97 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | .253 | .299 | .299 |
| chicago-white-sox | 32 | 94 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | .256 | .330 | .341 |
| cleveland-guardians | 28 | 81 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | .139 | .235 | .153 |
| detroit-tigers | 25 | 65 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | .333 | .446 | .407 |
| baltimore-orioles | 23 | 66 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | .200 | .212 | .292 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 |  Texas Rangers | 117 | 330 | 74 | 1 | 19 | 13 | .224 | – | – |
| 1973 | Texas Rangers | 26 | 44 | 6 | – | – | 1 | .136 | – | – |
| 1974 | Texas Rangers | 113 | 283 | 63 | 2 | 26 | 6 | .223 | – | – |
| 1975 | Texas Rangers | 50 | 106 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .208 | – | – |