Joe Strong

Joseph Talton Strong
(Tal; Baby Face)

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)

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	5	.286	14	9		5	0	0	66.2	47	39	77	2	34	35	0		1	307	5.27	92
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	53.2	32	24	52	1	14	37	2		3	37	4.02	98
1925	BBS	ECL	22	SP	11	10	.524	28	16		11	2	4	146.1	75	64	140		38	39	4		7	618	3.94	115
1926	BBS	ECL	23	SP	3	5	.375	17	11		6	1	0	103.1	55	48	115	6	36	28	0		5	450	4.18	95
1927	BBS	ECL	24	SP	7	9	.438	23	15		8	0	0	132.0	69	45	136	3	39	45	1		5	566	3.07	142
1928	HIL/BBS	EAS/ECL	25	SP	4	4	.500	14	13		5	0	0	85.2	52	45	116	5	33	23	0		1	393	4.73	94
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	26	SP	9	2	.818	20	12		8	1	0	109.2	49	33	106	4	37	45	1		1	473	2.71	194
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	27	SP	9	5	.643	20	13		7	0	1	103.2	71	55	121	1	56	56	0		3	33	4.77	105
1931	SLS	NNL	28	SP	4	3	.571	11	8		4	0	1	60.1	27	21	52	1	22	38	0		3	260	3.13	142
1932	HG	EWL	29	RF	4	4	.500	8	6		6	0	0	61.0	20	14	48	3	25	39	0		1	253	2.07	212
1933	HG	NN2	30	RF	2	1	.667	6	3		2	0	1	29.1	9	8	25	1	14	14	0		0	126	2.45	185
1934	HG	IND	31	SP	5	2	.714	9	9		6	2	0	66.2	37	31	70	3	22	34	0		0	298	4.19	86
1935	HG	NN2	32	SP	5	5	.500	17	14		5	0	0	89.0	75	61	118	10	33	46	1		1	408	6.17	86
1936	HG	NN2	33	RF	1	0	1.000	3	1		1	0	0	11.0	6	5	16	0	3	3	0		0	50	4.09	122
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	78
16	8			SP	77	74	.510	236	161		90	7	8	1329.2	765	599	1446	50	480	556	12	1	39	5224	4.05	113
162 Game Average					13	13	.510	40	28		15	1	1	227.2	131	103	248	11	82	95	2	1	7	1009	4.05	113

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				77	73	.513	235	160		90	7	8	1320.2	761	595	1437	49	478	550	12	1	39	5187	4.05	113
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	5	.286	14	9		5	0	0	66.2	47	39	77	2	34	35	0		1	307	5.27	92
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
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	229
5	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	25	28	.472	83	53		28	3	4	457.0	246	193	474	12	140	157	7		21	1777	3.80	112
2	Hilldale Club			SP	12	5	.706	29	20		12	1	0	173.2	86	66	191	7	57	60	1		1	760	3.42	139
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	13	8	.619	31	21		11	0	2	164.0	98	76	173	2	78	94	0		6	293	4.17	115
6	Homestead Grays			SP	18	12	.600	46	35		21	2	1	274.0	156	127	298	18	100	139	1		2	1206	4.17	110
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	43

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1922	CTS	NNL	19	SP	66.2	1.67	1.47	11.4%	11.1%	11.1%	7.8%	1.03	1.43	0.7%	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	53.2	1.23	1.30	16.4%	14.1%	6.2%	7.4%	2.64	1.83	0.4%
1925	BBS	ECL	22	SP	146.1	1.22	1.40	6.3%	9.5%	6.1%	7.6%	1.03	1.24
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	1.46	8.0%	9.3%	6.9%	9.1%	1.15	1.02	0.5%	1.3%
1928	HIL/BBS	EAS/ECL	25	SP	85.2	1.74	1.43	5.9%	10.2%	8.4%	8.0%	0.70	1.31	1.3%	1.5%
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	26	SP	109.2	1.30	1.60	9.5%	9.3%	7.8%	9.3%	1.22	1.00	0.8%	1.4%
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	27	SP	103.2	1.71	1.47	11.6%	13.6%	11.6%	8.7%	1.00	1.43	0.2%
1931	SLS	NNL	28	SP	60.1	1.23	1.49	14.6%	11.8%	8.5%	9.0%	1.73	1.31	0.4%	1.0%
1932	HG	EWL	29	RF	61.0	1.20	1.46	15.4%	11.6%	9.9%	8.5%	1.56	1.36	1.2%	0.8%
1933	HG	NN2	30	RF	29.1	1.33	1.40	11.1%	12.2%	11.1%	6.8%	1.00	1.79	0.8%	1.0%
1934	HG	IND	31	SP	66.2	1.38	1.32	11.4%	14.3%	7.4%	8.5%	1.55	1.69	1.0%	0.9%
1935	HG	NN2	32	SP	89.0	1.70	1.57	11.3%	11.4%	8.1%	8.9%	1.39	1.27	2.5%	1.5%
1936	HG	NN2	33	RF	11.0	1.73	1.53	6.0%	11.2%	6.0%	8.7%	1.00	1.29	0.0%	1.5%
1937	HG/PC	NN2	34	SP	23.2	1.69	1.48	5.6%	11.4%	7.5%	8.0%	0.75	1.42	1.9%	1.5%
16	8			SP	1329.2	1.45	1.46	9.5%	10.5%	8.2%	8.4%	1.16	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				1320.2	1.45	1.46	9.4%	10.5%	8.2%	8.4%	1.15	1.27	1.1%	1.2%
1	vs Major Leagues				9.0	1.22	1.44	16.2%	17.3%	5.4%	8.7%	3.00	1.99	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	66.2	1.67	1.47	11.4%	11.1%	11.1%	7.8%	1.03	1.43	0.7%	1.1%
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	32.1	1.30	1.34	8.2%	9.1%	6.7%	7.4%	1.22	1.23	0.0%	1.4%
1	Milwaukee Bears			SP	155.1	1.58	1.54	8.0%	8.9%	8.0%	8.4%	1.00	1.07	1.1%	1.3%
5	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	457.0	1.34	1.40	8.0%	10.0%	7.1%	8.3%	1.12	1.22	1.0%	1.3%
2	Hilldale Club			SP	173.2	1.43	1.54	7.9%	9.8%	7.5%	8.8%	1.05	1.13	0.9%	1.3%
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	164.0	1.53	1.48	12.7%	11.6%	10.5%	8.3%	1.21	1.38	0.7%	1.1%
6	Homestead Grays			SP	274.0	1.45	1.46	11.5%	12.2%	8.3%	8.4%	1.39	1.46	1.5%	1.1%
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	6.2	2.40	1.51	8.3%	11.3%	13.9%	8.1%	0.60	1.39	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	14	307	266	47	77	15	4	2	12		34	35		1	6		8	.289	.372	.398	.771
1923	CAG/MB	NNL	20	SP	31	845	730	121	222			8			66	68		7				.304	.367
1924	BBS	ECL/NvM	21	SP	10	37	34	32	52	3	1	1	1		14	37		3	1		0	1.529	1.353	1.765	3.118
1925	BBS	ECL	22	SP	28	618		75	140						38	39		7
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	11	3	18	0	39	45		5	18		18	.270	.328	.375	.703
1928	HIL/BBS	EAS/ECL	25	SP	14	393	346	52	116	18	7	5	4		33	23		1	13		12	.335	.395	.471	.866
1929	HG/HIL	ANL	26	SP	20	473	420	49	106	9	2	4	8		37	45		1	15		10	.252	.314	.312	.626
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	27	SP	20	33	32	71	121	0	1	1	1		56	56		3	0		0	3.781	1.978	3.938	5.916
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	8	253	221	20	48	5	4	3	2		25	39		1	6		3	.217	.300	.317	.616
1933	HG	NN2	30	RF	6	126	108	9	25	6	0	1	0		14	14		0	4		1	.231	.320	.315	.634
1934	HG	IND	31	SP	9	298	265	37	70	10	1	3	3		22	34		0	11		3	.264	.321	.343	.664
1935	HG	NN2	32	SP	17	408	358	75	118	19	12	10	12		33	46		1	16		8	.330	.388	.534	.921
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	0	8	6	0	1	3		2	.337	.394	.453	.847
16	8			SP	236	5224	4047	765	1446	147	48	50	73	0	480	556	0	39	116		78	.286	.350	.393	.743

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				235	5187	4013	761	1437	144	47	49	72	0	478	550	0	39	115		78	.286	.350	.392	.742
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	14	307	266	47	77	15	4	2	12		34	35		1	6		8	.289	.372	.398	.771
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	4	134	121	8	33			0			9	11		1				.273	.328	.000	.000
1	Milwaukee Bears			SP	27	711	609	113	189			8			57	57		6				.310	.375	.000	.000
5	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	83	1777	1018	246	474	53	18	12	31	0	140	157		21	40		30	.286	.350	.409	.759
2	Hilldale Club			SP	29	760	677	86	191	24	6	7	11		57	60		1	25		19	.282	.339	.366	.705
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	31	293	263	98	173	8	2	2	2		78	94		6	4		3	.251	.318	.319	.638
6	Homestead Grays			SP	46	1206	1063	156	298	45	18	18	17		100	139		2	41		18	.280	.343	.407	.751
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	2	36	30	11	11	2	0	1	0	0	5	3	0	1	0		0	.367	.472	.533	1.006

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