Joe Pepitone

Positions: First Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: March 13, 2023 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, NY

High School: John Jay HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: April 10, 1962 (Age 21-183d, 11,919th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 25, 1973 (Age 32-228d)
vs. STL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Joseph Anthony Pepitone

Nicknames: Pepi

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

5097

1315

219

.258

606

RBI

721

OBP

.301

SLG

.432

OPS

.733

OPS+

105

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-5	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	5 (3)	Apr 11	HOU		ATL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
3	6	Apr 12	HOU		ATL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
4	7	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
5	8	Apr 14	HOU		LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
6	9	Apr 15	HOU		SFG	W,7-6	GS	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
7	10	Apr 16	HOU		SFG	L,9-11	CG	50	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
8	11	Apr 17	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	12	Apr 18	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
10	13	Apr 19	HOU		SDP	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	14	Apr 20	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	15	Apr 21	HOU	@	PIT	L,8-9	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
13	16	Apr 22	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
14	18 (1)	Apr 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	19	Apr 26	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
16	20	Apr 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
17	21	Apr 29	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22	May 1	HOU	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
19	23	May 2	HOU	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	24	May 3 (1)	HOU	@	STL	L,4-7	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
21	25	May 3 (2)	HOU	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
22	26	May 4	HOU		CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
23	27	May 5	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
24	28	May 7	HOU		PIT	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
25	29	May 8	HOU		PIT	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
26	30	May 9	HOU		PIT	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
27	31	May 10	HOU		PIT	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
28	32	May 12	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
29	33	May 13	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
30	34	May 14	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
31	35	May 15	HOU	@	SDP	L,8-10	CG	40	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	1B
32	36	May 16	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
33	37	May 17	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
34	38	May 18	HOU		STL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
35	39	May 19	HOU		STL	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
36	40	May 20	HOU		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
37	41	May 21	HOU		CIN	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
38	42	May 22	HOU		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
39	44 (1)	May 24	HOU		CIN	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
40	45	May 26	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
41	46	May 27	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
42	47	May 29	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
43	48	May 30	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
44	50 (1)	May 31 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	63	13.2	7	2	0	9	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	51	Jun 2	HOU		MON	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
46	52	Jun 3	HOU		MON	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
47	53	Jun 4	HOU		MON	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
48	54	Jun 5	HOU		PHI	W,8-7	GS	47	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF 1B
49	55	Jun 6	HOU		PHI	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
50	56	Jun 7	HOU		PHI	L,3-10	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	57	Jun 8	HOU		NYM	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
52	58	Jun 9	HOU		NYM	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
53	59	Jun 10	HOU		NYM	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	1B
54	60	Jun 12	HOU	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
55	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
56	62	Jun 14	HOU	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
57	63	Jun 16	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	53	12.2	16	1	0	17	1	1B
58	70 (6)	Jun 23	HOU		SDP	W,2-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
59	71	Jun 24	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
60	72	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	74 (1)	Jun 28	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	75	Jun 29	HOU	@	LAD	W,10-5	GS	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	LF 1B
63	76	Jun 30	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	77	Jul 1	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	78	Jul 3 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	79	Jul 3 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-4	GS	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
67	80	Jul 4	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	81	Jul 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
69	82	Jul 6	HOU		LAD	L,8-10	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	83	Jul 7	HOU		LAD	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	84	Jul 8	HOU		LAD	L,5-6	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
72	85	Jul 9	HOU		LAD	W,9-5	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
				Player went from Houston Astros to Chicago Cubs
73	102	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	103	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-7	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	104	Aug 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	105	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	106	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
78	107	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	108	Aug 5 (1)	CHC	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
80	109	Aug 5 (2)	CHC	@	MON	W,11-3	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	110	Aug 6	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	GS	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF 1B
82	113 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
83	114	Aug 9 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
84	115	Aug 11	CHC		SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
85	116	Aug 12	CHC		SFG	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
86	117	Aug 13	CHC		SFG	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
87	118	Aug 14	CHC		LAD	L,9-13	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	119	Aug 15 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	120	Aug 15 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
90	121	Aug 16	CHC		LAD	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
91	122	Aug 17	CHC		SDP	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
92	123	Aug 18	CHC		SDP	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
93	124	Aug 19	CHC		SDP	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
94	125	Aug 21	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
95	126	Aug 22	CHC	@	SFG	W,15-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
96	127	Aug 23	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	128	Aug 24	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
98	129	Aug 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
99	130	Aug 26	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
100	131	Aug 27	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
101	132	Aug 28	CHC	@	SDP	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
102	133	Aug 30	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	134	Sep 1	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	GS	55	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B CF
104	135	Sep 2	CHC		PHI	W,17-2	GS	16	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	136	Sep 3	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
106	137	Sep 4	CHC		NYM	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
107	138	Sep 5	CHC		NYM	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	139	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
109	140	Sep 7 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-2	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF 1B
110	141	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-3	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF 1B
111	142	Sep 9	CHC		MON	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
112	143	Sep 10	CHC		MON	W,9-3	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF 1B
113	144	Sep 12	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
114	145	Sep 13	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF 1B
115	146	Sep 15	CHC		STL	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF 1B
116	147	Sep 16	CHC		STL	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
117	149 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
118	150	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	MON	W,5-4	GS	38	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF 1B
119	151	Sep 19	CHC	@	MON	W,8-4	GS	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	CF 1B
120	152	Sep 20	CHC	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
121	153	Sep 23 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
122	154	Sep 23 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
123	155	Sep 24	CHC	@	STL	W,7-1	GS	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	CF 1B
124	156	Sep 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
125	157	Sep 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
126	158	Sep 27	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF 1B
127	159	Sep 28	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-6	GS	38	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF 1B
128	162 (2)	Oct 1	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF 1B
							150gm		1104.2	577	33	4	614	45