Joe Strong
1924–1937 · bats L / throws R · BLS, Chicago American Giants, CV1, HIL, Homestead Grays, ML4, Pittsburgh Crawfords, SSN
317G
.262AVG
.346OBP
.388SLG
More career statistics
169H
11HR
93RBI
3SB
70–69W–L
1,196.2IP
510K
4.08ERA
144GS
9SV
5Rare 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 · Games | 317 | 70 |
| Batting · At bats | 644 | 142 |
| Batting · Doubles | 36 | 5 |
| Batting · Hits | 169 | 35 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 1 |
| Batting · Home runs | 11 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 747 | 155 |
| Batting · Runs | 95 | 22 |
| Batting · RBI | 93 | 13 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 3 | 0 |
| Batting · Triples | 6 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 77 | 10 |
| Pitching · Games | 219 | 35 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,290 | 697 |
| Pitching · p cg | 79 | 13 |
| Pitching · p er | 542 | 25 |
| Pitching · p gs | 144 | 24 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,290 | 183 |
| Pitching · p hr | 58 | 11 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,590 | 518 |
| Pitching · p k | 510 | 73 |
| Pitching · p r | 694 | 138 |
| Pitching · p w | 444 | 49 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 317 | 747 | 644 | 95 | 169 | 36 | 6 | 11 | 93 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 250 | .262 | .346 | .388 | .734 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,196.7 | 219 | 144 | 79 | 70 | 69 | 9 | 1,290 | 694 | 542 | 58 | 444 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 4.08 | 1.449 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1924-08-03 to 1933-05-01
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1933-05-13 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1927-07-31 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1933-05-14 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | BLS | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1.000 | – | – |
| 1925 | BLS | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 1927 | BLS | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 11 | 8 |
| 1933 |  Homestead Grays | 22 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 5 | – | .263 | 31 | 13 |
| 1935 | Homestead Grays | 26 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 6 | – | .259 | 99 | 42 |
| 1936 | Homestead Grays | 13 | 21 | 4 | – | – | – | .190 | 14 | 5 |
| 1937 | Homestead Grays, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 6 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 15 | 4 |