Joe Strong

Joseph Talton Strong
(Tal; Baby Face; Kid)

Born: August 4, 1902 in Jackson, KY
Died: November 12, 1986 in Middletown, OH
(84 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 176

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Notes:

• College: Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH)
• Buried: Woodside Cemetery & Arboretum (Middletown, OH)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1922	CTS	NNL	19	SP	2	4	.333	12	8		4	0	0	54.2	41	36	69	1	26	29	0	0	1	251	5.93	86
1923	CAG/MB	NNL	20	SP	7	15	.318	31	21		13	1	1	187.2	121	89	222	8	66	68	3	1	7	845	4.27	109
1924	BBS	ECL/NVM	21	SP	3	3	.500	10	6		2	0	0	59.1	36	28	56	4	18	36	0	0	3	262	4.25	96
1925	BBS	ECL	22	SP	11	10	.524	29	17		11	2	4	151.2	78	63	142	6	49	51	4	0	8	651	3.74	119
1926	BBS	ECL	23	SP	3	5	.375	17	11		6	0	1	103.1	55	49	115	6	36	28	0	0	5	450	4.27	96
1927	BBS	ECL	24	SP	7	9	.438	23	15		8	0	0	132.0	69	46	136	3	39	45	0	0	5	566	3.14	145
1928	BBS/HIL	EAS/ECL	25	SP	4	4	.500	14	13		5	0	0	85.2	52	48	116	5	33	23	0	0	1	393	5.04	94
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	26	SP	9	3	.750	21	13		8	1	0	110.0	54	38	110	4	39	45	1	0	1	480	3.11	175
1930	SLS	NNC/NNL	27	SP	9	5	.643	20	13		7	0	1	106.0	71	53	124	9	53	59	0	1	5	488	4.50	107
1931	SLS	NNL	28	SP	4	3	.571	11	8		4	0	1	60.1	27	21	52	1	22	38	0	0	3	260	3.13	143
1932	HG	EWL	29	RF	5	5	.500	10	8		7	0	0	70.2	26	20	56	4	28	46	0	0	1	293	2.55	175
1933	HG	NN2	30	RF	1	1	.500	5	1		1	0	1	20.1	7	6	19	0	12	9	0	0	0	91	2.66	170
1934	HG	IND	31	SP	5	2	.714	9	9		6	2	0	66.2	37	34	70	3	22	33	0		0	298	4.59	84
1935	HG	NN2	32	SP	6	5	.545	18	15		6	0	0	97.1	79	65	127	10	35	51	1	0	1	444	6.01	89
1936	HG	NN2	33	RF	1	0	1.000	3	1		1	0	0	11.0	6	6	16	0	3	3	0	0	0	50	4.91	106
1937	HG/PC	NN2	34	SP	1	1	.500	5	4		1	0	0	23.2	20	17	32	2	8	6	0	0	1	107	6.46	79
16	8			SP	78	75	.510	238	163		90	6	9	1340.1	779	619	1462	66	489	570	9	2	42	5929	4.16	112
162 Game Average					13	13	.510	40	28		15	1	2	227.1	132	105	248	11	83	97	2	0	7	1005	4.16	112

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
16	Negro Leagues				78	74	.513	237	162		90	6	9	1331.1	775	615	1453	65	487	564	9	2	42	5892	4.16	112
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	1	1		0	0	0	9.0	4	4	9	1	2	6	0		0	37	4.00	118

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Cleveland Tate Stars			SP	2	4	.333	12	8		4	0	0	54.2	41	36	69	1	26	29	0	0	1	251	5.93	86
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	3	1	.750	4	4		2	1	0	32.1	8	6	33	0	9	11	0	0	1	134	1.67	232
1	Milwaukee Bears			SP	4	14	.222	27	17		11	0	1	155.1	113	83	189	8	57	57	3	1	6	711	4.81	100
5	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	25	28	.472	84	54		28	2	5	468.0	253	199	480	21	155	168	4	0	22	2035	3.83	114
2	Hilldale Club			SP	12	5	.706	29	20		12	1	0	173.2	86	69	191	7	57	60	1	0	1	760	3.58	140
7	Homestead Grays			SP	19	14	.576	49	37		22	2	1	283.1	169	143	313	18	105	145	1	0	2	1254	4.54	104
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	13	8	.619	31	21		11	0	2	166.1	98	74	176	10	75	97	0	1	8	748	4.00	117
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	0	1	.000	2	2		0	0	0	6.2	11	9	11	1	5	3	0	0	1	36	12.15	44

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1922	CTS	NNL	19	SP	54.2	1.74	1.47	11.6%	10.9%	10.4%	7.7%	1.12	1.42	0.4%	1.1%
1923	CAG/MB	NNL	20	SP	187.2	1.53	1.50	8.0%	9.0%	7.8%	7.9%	1.03	1.10	0.9%	1.4%
1924	BBS	ECL/NVM	21	SP	59.1	1.25	1.34	13.7%	14.1%	6.9%	7.8%	2.00	1.63	1.5%	2.1%
1925	BBS	ECL	22	SP	151.2	1.26	1.43	7.8%	9.7%	7.5%	8.0%	1.04	1.21	0.9%	1.6%
1926	BBS	ECL	23	SP	103.1	1.46	1.36	6.2%	10.5%	8.0%	9.4%	0.78	1.12	1.3%	1.2%
1927	BBS	ECL	24	SP	132.0	1.33	1.47	8.0%	9.2%	6.9%	9.0%	1.15	1.02	0.5%	1.3%
1928	BBS/HIL	EAS/ECL	25	SP	85.2	1.74	1.44	5.9%	10.2%	8.4%	8.0%	0.70	1.31	1.3%	1.5%
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	26	SP	110.0	1.35	1.60	9.4%	9.1%	8.1%	9.2%	1.15	1.00	0.8%	1.3%
1930	SLS	NNC/NNL	27	SP	106.0	1.67	1.49	12.1%	14.0%	10.9%	8.9%	1.11	1.50	1.8%	1.5%
1931	SLS	NNL	28	SP	60.1	1.23	1.49	14.6%	11.8%	8.5%	9.0%	1.73	1.32	0.4%	1.0%
1932	HG	EWL	29	RF	70.2	1.19	1.47	15.7%	11.7%	9.6%	8.5%	1.64	1.37	1.4%	0.8%
1933	HG	NN2	30	RF	20.1	1.52	1.39	9.9%	12.3%	13.2%	6.9%	0.75	1.79	0.0%	1.0%
1934	HG	IND	31	SP	66.2	1.38	1.33	11.1%	14.4%	7.4%	8.3%	1.50	1.74	1.0%	0.9%
1935	HG	NN2	32	SP	97.1	1.66	1.57	11.5%	11.4%	7.9%	8.9%	1.46	1.28	2.3%	1.4%
1936	HG	NN2	33	RF	11.0	1.73	1.52	6.0%	11.5%	6.0%	8.6%	1.00	1.34	0.0%	1.4%
1937	HG/PC	NN2	34	SP	23.2	1.69	1.49	5.6%	11.7%	7.5%	8.1%	0.75	1.46	1.9%	1.5%
16	8			SP	1340.1	1.46	1.47	9.6%	10.6%	8.2%	8.4%	1.17	1.27	1.1%	1.3%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
16	Negro Leagues				1331.1	1.46	1.47	9.6%	10.6%	8.3%	8.4%	1.16	1.26	1.1%	1.3%
1	vs Major Leagues				9.0	1.22	1.40	16.2%	17.3%	5.4%	8.7%	3.00	2.00	2.7%	3.1%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Cleveland Tate Stars			SP	54.2	1.74	1.47	11.6%	10.9%	10.4%	7.7%	1.12	1.42	0.4%	1.1%
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	32.1	1.30	1.34	8.2%	9.1%	6.7%	7.4%	1.22	1.22	0.0%	1.4%
1	Milwaukee Bears			SP	155.1	1.58	1.53	8.0%	8.9%	8.0%	8.3%	1.00	1.07	1.1%	1.3%
5	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	468.0	1.36	1.42	8.3%	10.0%	7.6%	8.5%	1.08	1.19	1.0%	1.4%
2	Hilldale Club			SP	173.2	1.43	1.54	7.9%	9.8%	7.5%	8.7%	1.05	1.13	0.9%	1.3%
7	Homestead Grays			SP	283.1	1.48	1.47	11.6%	12.3%	8.4%	8.4%	1.38	1.46	1.4%	1.1%
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	166.1	1.51	1.49	13.0%	12.2%	10.0%	8.5%	1.29	1.44	1.3%	1.2%
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	6.2	2.40	1.52	8.3%	11.6%	13.9%	8.2%	0.60	1.42	2.8%	1.5%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1922	CTS	NNL	19	SP	12	251	219	41	69	15	2	1	10		26	29		1	5		6	.315	.390	.416	.806
1923	CAG/MB	NNL	20	SP	31	845	730	121	222	35	14	8	0		66	68		7	42		14	.304	.367	.423	.791
1924	BBS	ECL/NVM	21	SP	10	262	235	36	56	9	1	4	6		18	36		3	6		1	.238	.301	.336	.637
1925	BBS	ECL	22	SP	29	651	579	78	142	21	5	6	15		49	51		8	16		9	.245	.313	.330	.643
1926	BBS	ECL	23	SP	17	450	391	55	115	25	3	6	11		36	28		5	18		9	.294	.361	.419	.781
1927	BBS	ECL	24	SP	23	566	504	69	136	22	12	3	18		39	45		5	18		20	.270	.328	.379	.707
1928	BBS/HIL	EAS/ECL	25	SP	14	393	346	52	116	18	7	5	4	2	33	23		1	14		12	.335	.395	.471	.866
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	26	SP	21	480	425	54	110	10	2	4	8		39	45		1	15		9	.259	.323	.320	.643
1930	SLS	NNC/NNL	27	SP	20	488	413	71	124	19	8	9	8		53	59		5	17		7	.300	.386	.450	.837
1931	SLS	NNL	28	SP	11	260	231	27	52	8	1	1	1		22	38		3	4		3	.225	.301	.281	.582
1932	HG	EWL	29	RF	10	293	258	26	56	8	4	4	2		28	46		1	6		3	.217	.296	.326	.622
1933	HG	NN2	30	RF	5	91	76	7	19	5	0	0	0		12	9		0	3		1	.250	.352	.316	.668
1934	HG	IND	31	SP	9	298	265	37	70	10	1	3	3		22	33		0	11		3	.264	.321	.343	.664
1935	HG	NN2	32	SP	18	444	392	79	127	19	12	10	12		35	51		1	16		8	.324	.381	.510	.891
1936	HG	NN2	33	RF	3	50	46	6	16	2	1	0	0		3	3		0	1		1	.348	.388	.435	.823
1937	HG/PC	NN2	34	SP	5	107	95	20	32	5	0	2	0		8	6		1	3		2	.337	.394	.453	.847
16	8			SP	238	5929	5205	779	1462	231	73	66	98	2	489	570		42	195		108	.281	.347	.391	.739

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
16	Negro Leagues				237	5892	5171	775	1453	228	72	65	97	2	487	564		42	194		108	.281	.348	.391	.738
1	vs Major Leagues				1	37	34	4	9	3	1	1	1		2	6		0	1		0	.265	.306	.500	.806

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Cleveland Tate Stars			SP	12	251	219	41	69	15	2	1	10		26	29		1	5		6	.315	.390	.416	.806
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	4	134	121	8	33	3	0	0	0		9	11		1	3		4	.273	.328	.298	.626
1	Milwaukee Bears			SP	27	711	609	113	189	32	14	8	0		57	57		6	39		10	.310	.375	.448	.823
5	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	84	2035	1798	253	480	80	24	21	51		155	168		22	62		42	.267	.333	.373	.706
2	Hilldale Club			SP	29	760	677	86	191	24	6	7	11	2	57	60		1	25		18	.282	.339	.366	.705
7	Homestead Grays			SP	49	1254	1107	169	313	48	18	18	17		105	145		2	40		18	.283	.346	.407	.753
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	31	748	644	98	176	27	9	10	9		75	97		8	21		10	.273	.356	.390	.746
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	2	36	30	11	11	2	0	1	0		5	3		1	0		0	.367	.472	.533	1.006

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