Joe Presko
1951–1958 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals
130G
.173AVG
.209OBP
.186SLG
More career statistics
27H
0HR
5RBI
0SB
25–37W–L
490.1IP
202K
4.61ERA
61GS
5SV
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,140 | 2,134 |
| Pitching · p er | 251 | 252 |
| Pitching · p hr | 58 | 59 |
| Pitching · p k | 202 | 204 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | 170 | 156 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .173 | .209 | .186 | .395 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 490.3 | 128 | 61 | 15 | 25 | 37 | 5 | 511 | 268 | 251 | 58 | 188 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 1.426 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1953-05-20 to 1953-06-10
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1952-06-10 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1954-05-22 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1952-07-25 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 37 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .162 | 88 | 38 |
| 1952 | St. Louis Cardinals | 28 | 43 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .093 | 146 | 64 |
| 1953 | St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 59 | 13 | – | 2 | – | .220 | 161 | 56 |
| 1954 | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 16 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 71 | 36 |
| 1957 |  Detroit Tigers | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 3 |
| 1958 | Detroit Tigers | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 7 |