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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)
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	2	4	0	0	54.2	41	36	69	1	26	29	0	1	251	5.93	85
1923	CAG / MB	NNL	20	SP	7	15	.318	31	21	8	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	97
1925	BBS	ECL	22	SP	11	10	.524	30	17	11	2	4	156.1	80	69	149	0	43	42	4	7	11	3.97	113
1926	BBS	ECL	23	SP	3	5	.375	17	11	5	6	0	1	103.1	55	49	115	6	36	28	0	5	450	4.27	96
1927	BBS	ECL	24	SP	7	9	.438	23	15	6	8	0	0	132.0	69	46	136	3	39	45	1	5	566	3.14	145
1928	BBS / HIL	EAS / ECL	25	SP	4	4	.500	14	13	0	5	0	0	85.2	52	48	116	5	33	23	0	1	393	5.04	93
1929	HG / HIL	ANL	26	SP	9	3	.750	21	13	7	8	1	0	110.0	54	38	110	4	39	45	1	1	480	3.11	175
1930	SLS	NNC / NNL	27	SP	9	5	.643	20	13	6	7	0	1	106.0	71	53	124	9	55	59	0	1	5	490	4.50	107
1931	SLS	NNL	28	SP	4	3	.571	11	8	3	4	0	1	60.1	27	21	52	1	22	38	0	3	260	3.13	141
1932	HG	EWL	29	RF	4	4	.500	8	6	2	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	1	2	0	1	29.1	9	8	25	1	14	14	0	0	126	2.45	184
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	85
1935	HG	NN2	32	SP	5	5	.500	17	14	5	0	0	88.1	75	61	118	10	33	46	1	1	406	6.22	85
1936	HG	NN2	33	RF	1	0	1.000	3	1	1	1	0	0	11.0	6	6	16	0	3	3	0	0	50	4.91	108
1937	HG / PC	NN2	34	SP	1	1	.500	5	4	1	1	0	0	23.2	20	17	32	2	8	6	0	1	107	6.46	78
16	8			SP	77	74	.510	237	162	42	89	6	9	1329.2	769	613	1454	57	478	555	12	2	41	5023	4.15	112
162 Game Average					13	13	.510	40	28	10	15	1	2	226.2	131	104	248	10	81	95	2	2	7	887	4.15	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				77	73	.513	236	161	42	89	6	9	1320.2	765	609	1445	56	476	549	12	2	41	4986	4.15	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	2	4	0	0	54.2	41	36	69	1	26	29	0	1	251	5.93	85
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	3	1	.750	4	4	0	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	8	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	85	54	11	28	2	5	467.0	251	201	483	12	145	160	7	21	1170	3.87	112
2	Hilldale Club			SP	12	5	.706	29	20	7	12	1	0	173.2	86	69	191	7	57	60	1	1	760	3.58	140
7	Homestead Grays			SP	18	13	.581	47	36	5	21	2	1	273.2	161	135	302	18	102	138	1	2	1211	4.44	106
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	13	8	.619	31	21	9	11	0	2	166.1	98	74	176	10	77	97	0	1	8	750	4.00	117
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	0	1	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	11	9	11	1	5	3	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%	7.6%	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	53.2	1.23	1.30	16.4%	567.5%	6.2%	314.7%	2.64	1.83	0.4%	3.5%
1925	BBS	ECL	22	SP	156.1	1.23	1.40	381.8%	5,510.1%	390.9%	4,399.8%	0.98	1.25	0.0%	145.2%
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	BBS / HIL	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	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	1.69	1.49	12.0%	14.0%	11.2%	8.9%	1.07	1.50	1.8%	1.5%
1931	SLS	NNL	28	SP	60.1	1.23	1.49	14.6%	11.7%	8.5%	9.0%	1.73	1.30	0.4%	1.0%
1932	HG	EWL	29	RF	61.0	1.20	1.47	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	1.39	11.1%	12.3%	11.1%	6.8%	1.00	1.81	0.8%	1.0%
1934	HG	IND	31	SP	66.2	1.38	1.33	11.1%	14.3%	7.4%	8.4%	1.50	1.69	1.0%	1.0%
1935	HG	NN2	32	SP	88.1	1.71	1.57	11.3%	11.3%	8.1%	8.9%	1.39	1.27	2.5%	1.5%
1936	HG	NN2	33	RF	11.0	1.73	1.54	6.0%	11.2%	6.0%	8.7%	1.00	1.28	0.0%	1.5%
1937	HG / PC	NN2	34	SP	23.2	1.69	1.48	5.6%	11.4%	7.5%	8.1%	0.75	1.42	1.9%	1.5%
16	8			SP	1329.2	1.45	1.46	10.7%	62.3%	9.2%	39.9%	1.16	1.28	1.1%	1.7%

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	10.6%	62.6%	9.2%	40.1%	1.15	1.27	1.1%	1.6%
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	54.2	1.74	1.47	11.6%	10.9%	10.4%	7.6%	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	467.0	1.34	1.40	11.8%	207.9%	10.7%	129.3%	1.10	1.22	1.0%	2.9%
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	273.2	1.48	1.46	11.4%	12.2%	8.4%	8.4%	1.35	1.46	1.5%	1.2%
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	166.1	1.52	1.49	12.9%	12.1%	10.3%	8.5%	1.26	1.43	1.3%	1.1%
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	6.2	2.40	1.52	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	12	251	219	41	69	15	2	1	10	26	29	1	4	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	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	30	11	7	80	149	0	0	0	1	43	42	7	0	0	21.286	3.491	21.286	24.777
1926	BBS	ECL	23	SP	17	450	391	55	115	25	3	6	11	3	36	28	5	18	9	.294	.361	.419	.781
1927	BBS	ECL	24	SP	23	566	504	69	136	22	11	3	18	39	45	5	18	18	.270	.328	.375	.703
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	2	39	45	1	12	3	10	.259	.321	.320	.641
1930	SLS	NNC / NNL	27	SP	20	490	413	71	124	17	8	9	8	55	59	0	5	17	7	.300	.389	.446	.835
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	33	0	11	3	.264	.321	.343	.664
1935	HG	NN2	32	SP	17	406	356	75	118	19	12	10	12	33	46	1	16	8	.331	.390	.537	.926
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	0	1	3	2	.337	.394	.453	.847
16	8			SP	237	5023	4391	769	1454	200	67	57	79	7	478	555	0	41	171	3	97	.321	.391	.436	.827

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				236	4986	4357	765	1445	197	66	56	78	7	476	549	0	41	170	3	97	.322	.392	.436	.827
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	4	6	.315	.390	.416	.806
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	4	134	121	8	33	3	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	85	1170	1025	251	483	53	18	12	32	3	145	160	21	41	0	30	.429	.503	.551	1.054
2	Hilldale Club			SP	29	760	677	86	191	24	6	7	11	4	57	60	1	22	3	19	.282	.337	.366	.704
7	Homestead Grays			SP	47	1211	1066	161	302	46	18	18	17	102	138	2	41	18	.283	.347	.411	.758
2	St. Louis Stars I			SP	31	750	644	98	176	25	9	10	9	77	97	0	8	21	10	.273	.358	.387	.745
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	2	36	30	11	11	2	0	1	0	5	3	0	1	0	0	.367	.472	.533	1.006

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